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The Nautilus (journal)

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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
  
Nautilus

Language
  
English

Discipline
  
Malacology

Edited by
  
José H. Leal

The Nautilus (journal)

Former names
  
The Conchologists’ Exchange

Publisher
  
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum (United States)

The Nautilus is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in malacology. Hence its scope includes all aspects of the biology, ecology, and systematics of mollusks.

Contents

The first two volumes were published by shell trader William D. Averell (1853-1928) under the name The Conchologists’ Exchange. From 1958 to 1972, the subtitle of The Nautilus was "The Pilsbry Quarterly devoted to the Interests of Conchologists".

Since 1999, its publication is partly sponsored by Florida's Division of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts since 2002.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents, Science Citation Index, and The Zoological Record. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2009 impact factor is 0.500.

Editors

Editors of The Nautilus included notable malacologists:

  • William D. Averell (1853–1928), editor and business manager (1886–1889)
  • Charles Willison Johnson (1863–1932), business manager (1890–1932)
  • Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862–1957), editor (1889–1957)
  • Horace Burrington Baker (1889–1971), editor (1958–1968), business manager since 1932
  • Charles B. Wurtz (1916–1982), editor since 1958
  • Robert Tucker Abbott (1919–1995), editor (1968–1995)
  • Myroslaw George Harasewych (born 1949), editor (1985–1998)
  • José H. Leal (born 1952), managing editor (1997), editor (1998–present)

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