''Malacologia'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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in the field of
malacology
Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...
, the study of
mollusk
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s. The journal publishes articles in the fields of molluscan
systematics
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,
ecology
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,
population ecology
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,
genetics
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,
molecular genetics
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,
evolution
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, and
phylogenetic
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s.
The
editor-in-chief
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is Charles Lydeard (
Morehead State University).
The journal specializes in publishing long papers and
monographs. The journal publishes at least one, sometimes two, volumes of about 400 pages per year, which may consist of 1 or 2 issues.
[ According to the '']Journal Citation Reports
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,'' its 2022 impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
is 1.3.
See also
*'' Archiv für Molluskenkunde''
*'' Basteria''
*'' Journal of Conchology''
*''Journal of Molluscan Studies
The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology. ''
*'' The Nautilus''
References
External links
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Malacology journals
Academic journals established in 1962
English-language journals
Irregular journals
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