Mammal Review
Mammal Review is the official scientific journal of The Mammal Society, published by John Wiley & Sons on its behalf, founded in 1970, covering all aspects of mammalian biology and ecology, with a 2025 journal impact factor of 3.3《Mammal Review》是英国哺乳动物学会的官方科学会刊,由约翰威立(Wiley)代其出版,1970 年创刊,覆盖哺乳动物生物学与生态学的各个方面,2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.3。
Scope
- It is the official scientific periodical of the Mammal Society and covers all aspects of mammalian biology and ecology该刊是英国哺乳动物学会的官方科学期刊,覆盖哺乳动物生物学与生态学的各个方面。
- Its coverage spans behavioural ecology, biogeography, conservation, ecology, ethology, evolution, genetics, human ecology, management, morphology and taxonomy其覆盖范围包括行为生态学、生物地理学、保护、生态学、动物行为学、演化、遗传学、人类生态学、管理、形态学与分类学。
- It publishes Reviews drawing together information from various sources for a new synthesis or analysis of mammalian biology刊载综述,汇集各类来源的信息,以对哺乳动物生物学作出新的综合或分析。
- It also publishes Predictive Reviews using quantitative models, Perspectives presenting original views, Comments responding to papers published in the journal, and Short Communications亦刊载使用量化模型的预测性综述、陈述原创观点的观点文、回应本刊已发表论文的评论,以及短通讯。
- Its aim is to provide international researchers with the resources they need to prevent native mammal extinction globally其宗旨是为国际研究者提供必要资源,以在全球范围内防止本土哺乳动物灭绝。
- Studies of domesticated or production animals are considered only when their subject matter relates to wild populations仅当主题与野生种群相关时,才考虑家养或生产动物的研究。
History
- It was founded in 1970 in co-operation with Blackwell Scientific Publications in Oxford, and its introduction was a difficult financial step for the society该刊 1970 年与牛津的布莱克韦尔科学出版公司合作创办,其推出对学会而言是艰难的财务一步。[1]
- It supersedes in part the society's Bulletin and was launched to fill a gap in the mammalogy literature as a review journal它部分取代了学会公报,并作为综述期刊推出以填补哺乳动物学文献空白。
- It was launched with thorough preparation by J. Clevedon Brown, who edited it in partnership with M. Dadd until 1980该刊经 J. Clevedon Brown 充分筹备而推出,他并与 M. Dadd 合作编辑至 1980 年。
- It has had no name change该刊无更名史。
- Its publisher lineage runs from Blackwell Scientific Publications through Blackwell Publishing, merged into Wiley in 2007, to John Wiley & Sons Ltd today其出版方沿革自布莱克韦尔科学出版公司,经布莱克韦尔出版公司,于 2007 年并入威立,至今日的约翰威立国际出版公司。
- It is a quarterly with four issues a year, and its 2025 journal impact factor is 3.3 with a CiteScore of 9.3 and an acceptance rate of 25%该刊为每年四期的季刊,2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.3,CiteScore 为 9.3,录用率为 25%。
Editors
- The Editor-in-Chief is Robyn Grant of Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom, Reader in Comparative Physiology and Behaviour, whose field is sensory biology and the tactile perception of whiskers in mammals, as confirmed by the journal homepage and her university page while the publisher's board page still shows a previous incumbent and appears outdated现任主编为 Robyn Grant,供职于英国曼彻斯特城市大学,任比较生理学与行为学高级讲师,研究方向为感觉生物学与哺乳动物触须的触觉感知,期刊首页与其单位页均予确认,而出版方编委会页仍显示前任者,似未更新。
- The Assistant Editor is Antonio Uzal of Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom, Associate Professor of Conservation Biology, working on conservation biology, wildlife monitoring and human-wildlife conflict助理编辑为 Antonio Uzal,供职于英国诺丁汉特伦特大学,任保护生物学副教授,研究保护生物学、野生动物监测与人兽冲突。
- The editorial board has twenty-one members from many countries, including Benjamin Allen in Australia, Sandro Bertolino in Italy, Marco Festa-Bianchet in Canada, Gareth Jones in the United Kingdom, Shai Meiri in Israel and Zhiwei Zhong in China编委会有二十一位成员,来自多国,包括澳大利亚的 Benjamin Allen、意大利的 Sandro Bertolino、加拿大的 Marco Festa-Bianchet、英国的 Gareth Jones、以色列的 Shai Meiri 与中国的 Zhiwei Zhong。
- Peer review is double-blind, so authors submit an anonymised text plus a separate title page and the cover letter should recommend three reviewers同行评审为双盲,作者须提交去标识化正文与单独标题页,投稿信应推荐三位审稿人。
- All submissions are checked for plagiarism, the journal follows COPE principles, and non-commercial preprints are accepted所有投稿均查重,该刊遵循 COPE 原则,并接受非商业预印本。
- It runs a Practice Insights section, offers Early View ahead of issue assignment, and publishes all online appendices free access该刊设实践洞见栏目,提供编期前的 Early View 在线首发,并将全部在线附录免费开放。
References
- ^Flowerdew J.R. Advances in the conservation of British mammals, 1954-2004: 50 years of progress with The Mammal Society. Mammal Review, 2004, 34(3). doi:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2004.00037.x