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The American Naturalist
DisciplineEcology, evolution, population biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDaniel I. Bolnick
Publication details
History1867–present
Publisher

University of Chicago Press on behalf of the American Society of Naturalists (United States)

FrequencyMonthly

Impact factor

3.926 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Am. Nat.
Indexing
ISSN0003-0147
LCCN00-227441
JSTOR00030147
OCLC no.45446849
Links

The American Naturalist is the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society of Naturalists, whose purpose is "to advance and to diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences." It was established in 1867 and is published by the University of Chicago Press. The journal covers research in ecology, evolutionary biology, population, and integrative biology. As of 2018, the editor-in-chiefisDaniel I. Bolnick. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2020 impact factor of 3.926.

History[edit]

Plate 1 from the first issue of the Journal, showing land snails of New England. Engraved by Edward S. Morse

The journal was founded by Alpheus Hyatt, Edward S. Morse, Alpheus S. Packard Jr., and Frederick W. Putnam at the Essex InstituteinSalem, Massachusetts.[1] The first issue appeared in print dated March 1867.[2] In 1885 the four men founded the American Naturalist Society, where in 1887 the journal was designated an official organ of the society for publication.[3]

In 1878 the journal was for sale and Edward Cope bought half the rights. He moved the journal to Philadelphia and arranged to edit it jointly with Professor Alpheus S. Packard Jr. Cope became editor-in-chief in 1887 and continued in that capacity until his death in 1897.[4]

In 1897, a group of professors from M.I.T., Harvard, and Tufts bought the rights from the Cope estate and kept the journal in publication until 1907 when J. McKeen Cattell acquired control.[3] Cattell's son Jacques became co-editor and publisher with his father in 1939.[5]

Although the ASN became increasingly involved in editing The American Naturalist through changes in 1941 and 1951, the journal remained with the Cattell family until 1968, when the University of Chicago Press took it over after Jacques Cattell's death.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dunn, L. C. (Sep–Oct 1966). "The American Naturalist in American Biology". The American Naturalist. 100 (915): 481–492. doi:10.1086/282444. JSTOR 2459204. S2CID 83809336.
  • ^ "American Naturalist," in International Magazine Co., Periodicals, vol. 1, no. 1 (October-December 1917), pg. 5.
  • ^ a b Conklin, Edwin G. (1943). "The Early History of The American Naturalist". The American Naturalist. 78 (774): 29–37. doi:10.1086/281164. S2CID 85127322.
  • ^ National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir of Edward Drinker Cope
  • ^ a b American Society of Naturalists (2012). "History of the ASN". Retrieved 5 December 2013.
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