STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a partnership with the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (Society for Biological Systematics). Under the deal, Springer will publish the society's official journal Organisms Diversity & Evolution, beginning with Volume 10, Issue 1, in March 2010. The journal was previously published by Elsevier. Dr. Olaf R.P. Bininda-Emonds, Professor of Systematics and Evolutionary Biology at Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany, is the editor-in-chief.
Published five times a year, Organisms Diversity & Evolution seeks to promote the understanding of all aspects of organismal diversity, particularly in an evolutionary framework. Topics include the systematics, phylogenetics, taxonomy, biogeography, biodiversity and/or evolution of any organismal group, recent or fossil. The journal contains original articles on high-quality research; short papers describing new laboratory methods, bioinformatic tools and databases; forum papers on issues relevant to the journal's main areas of interest; and comprehensive reviews.
Fast publication in Online First will provide immediate access to new research results in Organisms Diversity & Evolution on Springer's online information platform, www.springerlink.com. Editorial Manager, an online peer review and author submission system; Cross Reference Linking; and Alert services will be fully implemented for the journal. In addition, all authors, via the Springer Open Choice programme, have the option to publish their articles using the open access publishing model.
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