A request has come
down from the Top End for a greater contribution of natural history literature
from Central Australia. While Alice Springs probably punches well above its
weight in publication in a variety of journals, apparently we are not well
represented in Northern Territory
Naturalist. We thought we should put out the call to all naturalists, professional and otherwise, in the Land for Wildlife network.
The following email,
received from Chief Editor Dr. Michael Braby, provides the details;
The Northern Territory Naturalist is a registered, peer-reviewed
journal (ISSN 0155-4093) for original research and publishes works concerning
any aspect of the natural history and ecology of the Northern Territory or
adjacent areas of northern Australia (e.g. Kimberley, western Queensland,
Timor). Authors may submit material in the form of Reviews,
Research Articles, Short Notes, Species Profiles or Book Reviews.
Contributors include a range of
field naturalists and scientists who are not necessarily members of the NT
Field Naturalist Club. There are no page charges, and inclusion of colour
figures is also free of charge. This year we are moving towards making all articles
accessible (open access) as PDF’s on the Clubs web site.
The journal is sent to Thomson's
Zoological Record for abstracting, and electronic versions are indexed and
distributed through the Informit platform. The journal is also currently listed
by the Australian Research Council as a Category C publication, and all papers
will soon be included in Scopus,
Elsevier's bibliographic database containing abstracts and cited references of
over 19,000 scientific titles from more than 5,000 publishers. Hence, academics
and other researchers receive official recognition for publishing with us.
The success of the journal in
recent years is reflected by the number of high quality refereed papers
published (46 in the past 5 years), which span a broad range of topics in
natural history and ecology. Since 2007, the journal has been produced on an
annual basis.
For
more information regarding author instructions please see our home page:
