Ornithology Research Journal

[Marybelle Bailey]

Ornithologyis an international, scientific journal of the American Ornithological Society (the other is Ornithological Applications). It publishes original research that tests fundamental, scientific hypotheses through ornithological studies and advances our understanding of living or extinct bird species. Descriptive studies are considered if they present important discoveries or methodological advances that open novel avenues of ornithological research. AOS members can access and publish in Ornithology free of charge.

The University of New Mexico University Libraries (UNMUL) has hosted and supported the current Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (SORA) site since it was created in 2002. SORA continues to be a valuable resource for researchers with some unique content not found elsewhere. However, UNM is unable to continue support the site on its current platform and we need to move all of the SORA content to a new site where it can be supported into the future.

We are excited to share that the University of South Florida (USF) will become the new home for SORA! For organizations who are currently publishing content, the ability to add to your existing materials will continue and USF is migrating existing SORA content into their hosted platform. The UNMUL is glad to partner with USF to find a new home for this important ornithological research resource.

The USF Libraries have a long history of journal hosting through their Digital Commons repository dating back to 2007. With their strong focus on environmental and natural history, including several Audubon and ornithological collections, SORA will be a natural fit for their institutional focus and expertise. The new access point for SORA will be .

SORA is the world's first and largest open access ornithological publications archive. This resource is the product of collaborations between the American Ornithologists Union, the Cooper Ornithological Society, the Association of Field Ornithologists, the Wilson Ornithological Society and the University of New Mexico Libraries. SORA provides access to an extensive library of ornithological literature of international scope, and detailed material documenting the history of ornithology in North America over the last 120 years.

You do not need an account to browse and search through journal titles, or to download individual articles as PDF files. Use the links on the left to browse specific journals, or fill in the search form on the right to find specific information.

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.

Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology is a refereed scientific journal, published by the non-profit society BirdsCaribbean. JCO has now served as an important resource for ornithological research in the Caribbean for over 35 years.

The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology is a peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of ornithology within the Caribbean region. We welcome manuscripts covering the biology, ecology, behavior, life history, and conservation of Caribbean birds. Submission types include full length manuscripts presenting original research, notes on field observations, review and synthesis papers, and book reviews.

The following is a list of notable journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology. The continent and country columns give the location where the journal or magazine is published and may not correspond with its scope or content.

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology is a peer-reviewed quarterly publication consisting of major articles based on original studies of birds and short communications that describe observations of particular interest. Each issue also includes reviews of new books on birds and related subjects, as well as ornithological news. Through an endowment from the late George Miksch Sutton, each issue of the Journal includes a full color frontispiece. Each current volume consists of approximately 500 pages.

The principal focus of WJO is the study of living birds, their natural history, behavior, ecology, distribution, physiology, and conservation. Although many articles originate from work conducted in the western hemisphere, the geographic coverage of WJO is global. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology is internationally recognized as a major journal of ornithology.

Research published Sept. 19 online by the journal Science shows a massive loss of nearly 3 billion birds in the continental breeding adult bird population for the United States and Canada over the past 50 years.

Rosenberg led a research team of scientists from seven institutions from the U.S. and Canada in the analysis of 529 bird species. The team analyzed the most robust synthesis of long-term-monitoring population surveys ever assembled for a group of wildlife species; it also analyzed radar imagery.

All told, the U.S. and Canadian continental avifauna population is down by 2.9 billion breeding adult birds, with devastating losses among birds in every biome. Forests alone have lost 1 billion birds. Grassland bird populations collectively have declined by more than 50 percent, or another 700 million birds.

The decline of birds signals a broader crisis in the natural world. Our quality of life - the water we drink, the food we eat, and the beauty of natural landscapes that we enjoy - all depend on keeping our planet healthy.

The research also looked at the archives of radar imagery from more than 140 National Weather Service-operated NEXRAD (next-generation radar) weather stations across the United States. Birds appear on radar scans during spring nights, when they migrate high in the air. Adriaan Dokter, a Cornell Lab of Ornithology information science research associate, measured the total biomass of birds passing over U.S. airspace during nighttime spring migration and saw that the decline in birds was visible on radar.

Booming waterfowl numbers show that conservation works and birds respond when investments are made into habitat. Wetlands conservation efforts fueled a 50% increase in North American duck populations over the past 50 years.

Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research (EOH) deals with the study of insects, birds, reptiles and with their scientific research on description of new species, Geographical distribution Genome organization & sequencing and Genetic adaptations and diseases related to insects, birds and reptiles

The journal enables scientists all over the world to submit their work related to three major groups in Zoology. Insects, birds and reptiles are part of the ecosystem and play varied roles in the human and animal lives and are vital for scientific studies. Their relation to humans and plants is of great importance both for food production, health and medicine. The role of insects in plant growth, especially crops have been always a topic of research the same goes for birds and reptiles in a different way. This journal welcomes authors to submit the work related to Forensic Entomology, Medical entomology, Agricultural entomology, Flea Behavior, Herpetological Medicine and many more. This is a broad spectrum journal which thrives for perfection and goodness for open access publication.

Entomology, Ornithology & Herpatology: Current Research is a peer-reviewed journal promotes high impact research work. The journal welcomes scientists to share their thoughts related to entomology, Biofertilizers & Biopesticides, Biochemistry in Avian Systems, Avian Pathology and many more.

Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research is participating in the Fast Editorial Execution and Review Process (FEE-Review Process) with an additional prepayment of $99 apart from the regular article processing fee. Fast Editorial Execution and Review Process is a special service for the article that enables it to get a faster response in the pre-review stage from the handling editor as well as a review from the reviewer. An author can get a faster response of pre-review maximum in 3 days since submission, and a review process by the reviewer maximum in 5 days, followed by revision/publication in 2 days. If the article gets notified for revision by the handling editor, then it will take another 5 days for external review by the previous reviewer or alternative reviewer.

Acceptance of manuscripts is driven entirely by handling editorial team considerations and independent peer-review, ensuring the highest standards are maintained no matter the route to regular peer-reviewed publication or a fast editorial review process. The handling editor and the article contributor are responsible for adhering to scientific standards. The article FEE-Review process of $99 will not be refunded even if the article is rejected or withdrawn for publication.

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