As we move into the second century of publishing Journal of Ecology, it’s a good time to see how the Journal fared in its 100th year. With this in mind, we compared uptake of the 150 papers published in the Centenary volume 100 in 2012. To make it interesting, we look at citations as they…
The Journal of Ecology blog started in January this year. We sought to create a forum where we could highlight some of the most interesting work in the Journal of Ecology. Personally speaking, I wanted to do something different than the usual text based blog posts on published papers. Namely, I wanted to do something video or audio…
Altmetrics are catching a head of steam in science, but are still not widely used. What are they? Jason Priem, who coined the term “altmetrics”, on almetrics.org defines almetrics as “the creation and study of new metrics based on the Social Web for analyzing, and informing scholarship”. Find out more here and here and here. TotalImpact is a project…
The Plant Population Ecology (PPE) section of the Ecological Society of America and Journal of Ecology are pleased to announce that a Plant Population Ecology Postdoctoral Excellence Award, sponsored by Journal of Ecology, will be presented at the ESA meeting in Portland this year (2012). This award will celebrate the most distinguished contribution to plant…
Mike Hutchings et al. published a paper in the recent issue of the Journal entitled “Tansley’s vision for Journal of Ecology, and a Centenary Celebration”. In the aforementioned paper they presented a table breaking down how papers were distributed across different fields of ecology over the past 100 years (or the first 100 volumes of…
Journal of Ecology was the world’s first ecological journal. It was established as the official publication of the newly formed British Ecological Society (BES) in 1913 under the leadership and guidance of the Society’s first President, Sir Arthur Tansley FRS. At its launch, Tansley identified two primary aims for the Journal, namely “to foster and…
Happy holidays to everyone. We would like to give a short preview of some of our upcoming posts once we return from the holiday.
Contributing Authors: Mike Hutchings, Scott Chamberlain As a part of the celebrations surrounding publication of its Centenary Volume, the Journal of Ecology – the world’s first-established ecological journal – is starting a blog. The blog will enhance the value of the Journal to its authors and readers by creating a new forum for discussion…
The Journal of Ecology is pleased to announce the launch of an official blog to celebrate the publication of the Centenary Volume in 2012. The blog will be launched in December to coincide with the online publication of Volume 100 Issue 1. Sign up to follow the blog now and be among the first to…
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