Open access publisher BioMed Central recently launched BMC Zoology, a new open access, peer-reviewed journal within the BMC series. BMC Zoology will increase and disseminate zoological knowledge through the publication of original research, methodology, database, software and debate articles.
All launch articles are openly and freely available on the journal website. A launch editorial written by the editors provides a comprehensive introduction to the journal.
The journal aims to complement its current portfolio of animal research to provide a forum for new species descriptions and original research that further understanding of the world's fauna. With BMC Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Veterinary Research, and now BMC Zoology, the BMC-series portfolio can offer authors a home for all research manuscripts that report scientifically valid results on all components of our planet's rich diversity.
BMC Zoology will serve as a resource for researchers, students, organisations and charities with an interest in zoology and conservation, freely, openly and permanently accessible. Like all journals in the BMC series, BMC Zoology will not make editorial decisions on the basis of perceived interest of a study or its likely impact, but rather on the basis of its scientific soundness.
The Journal is ideal to present analyses drawing on large, long-term data sets. The online nature of BMC Zoology makes it well suited to presenting large amounts of data or copiously illustrated articles (e.g. taxonomic revisions). Manuscripts that contribute to the science-policy dialog by publishing science-based commentaries aimed at influencing policy makers for which the debate article type will be the ideal forum are welcome.
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