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Focus and Scope
Mandate
Guelph Ichthyology Reviews is an international journal emphasizing longer and more synthetic views and reviews of all aspects of ichthyology that typically do not find a "home" in scholarly periodicals because of length, format, or specific nature of the investigation.
We take a decidedly interdisciplinary perspective, expecting that the resulting cross-fertilization will encourage new thinking on historical and emerging issues.
The first four Reviews - invited reviews by founding members of the Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology at the University of Guelph - were published in the traditional paper format.
Since 2001, Guelph Ichthyology Reviews is produced using an entirely electronic process, including the submission of manuscripts to the Editor and the entire review process. The consequences of this change are significant. While improving access to the journal, electronic publication will reduce the time and costs required for the editorial and review processes, in addition to reducing printing and distribution costs. Most importantly, this format offers much greater flexibility in terms of content. Colour photographs and plates can be incorporated into articles, as can animations, model simulations, direct access to raw data and links to World Wide Web sites. Authors are strongly encouraged to exploit the capabilities of electronic publishing in their submissions.
Guelph Ichthyology Reviews publishes both invited and contributed papers on all aspects of ichthyology on a quarterly basis. The following areas are emphasized:
1. conservation and biodiversity (including but not restricted to rare, threatened and endangered species),
2. evolution and genetics,
3. paleontology of fishes,
4. physiology,
5. life history and ecology,
6. behaviour, and
7. taxonomy and systematics.
Despite changes in format, the function of Guelph Ichthyology Reviews remains the same: to publish insightful papers that lead to new interpretations and increased understanding of fishes.
Section Policies
Book/Media Reviews
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Articles
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
The section editor uses three reviewers for every submission. The fundamental criteria that reviewers are asked to base their judgement on is the whether or not the submission will be a useful addtion to the literature. Useful in the sense that it is likely to be used by others in the field. In addition, we seek submissions that represent "good science", or critical reviews of "good science".
Publication Frequency
Guelph Ichthyology Reviews publishes both invited and contributed papers on all aspects of ichthyology on a quarterly basis.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides open access to all of it content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Such access is associated with increased readership and increased citation of an author's work. For more information on this approach, see the Public Knowledge Project, which has designed this system to improve the scholarly and public quality of research, and which freely distributes the journal system as well as other software to support the open access publishing of scholarly resources.