Check List
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

Brazil

Journal ISSN: 1809127X

Publisher: Centro de Referencia em Informacao Ambiental

History: 2010-2021

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Scope/Description:

Check List is a peerreviewed online journal devoted to publishing biodiversity data related to species geographic distribution. Thus our primary mission if to fill the socalled Wallacean shortfall Lomolino 2004 and to improve our knowledge of how life is distributed on the planet in order to better preserve it. These data are essential for studies on biogeography and provide a baseline for the conservation of biodiversity. The first step to undertaking effective conservation action is to maintain records of the distribution of species.Therefore the journal was created from the need publish basic data on species distribution of any taxon in a timely and open manner which are often neglected by traditional journals.Check List is a bimonthly peerreviewed online journal and will consider for publicationdistribution summaries of a supraspecific taxon in a broad geographic area e.g. hemisphere country biome as a review of the distribution of a taxon in the given area.annotated list of species of a given taxon in a strict geographic area with comments and illustrations on the identifications based on original data.notes on the geographic distribution reporting new records of one or more species while providing a complete overview on the known distribution of the treated taxa.book reviews on books related to biodiversity biogeography niche modeling or any associated field that uses species distribution as its primary data source.opinions on relevant subjects for the journals mission and scope