Copeia

Copeia  
Discipline Ichthyology and Herpetology
Language English
Edited by W. Leo Smith
Publication details
Publication history
 1913–present
Publisher
Frequency Online early and printed quarterly
1.220
Standard abbreviations
Copeia
Indexing
CODEN COPAAR
ISSN 0045-8511 (print)
1938-5110 (web)
LCCN a43003155
JSTOR 00458511
OCLC no. 01565060
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Copeia is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in ichthyology and herpetology that was named after Edward Drinker Cope, a prominent American researcher in these fields. It is the official journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.220, ranking it 70th out of 166 journals in the category "Zoology".[1]

History

On December 27, 1913, John Treadwell Nichols published the first issue of Copeia. This issue consisted of a single piece of paper folded to form four pages of information with five articles. The cover of the pamphlet bore the inscription: "Published by the contributors to advance the science of coldblooded vertebrates."

Issues

1913 No. 1

  • Fowler HW. An Interesting Form of the Snapping Turtle. (Chelydra serpentina). 1913(1):1–2. (DOI:10.2307/1436101)
  • Frankinl D. Color Changes in Collared Lizards. 1913(1):2–3.
  • Phillips RJ, Fowler HW. Fishes in the Water-Supply of Wilmington, Delaware. 1913(1):3–4.
  • Nichols JT. Notes on Fishes near New York. 1913(1):4.
  • Millers WW. Late Activity of Pickering's Hyla. 1913(1):4.

References

  1. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Zoology". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science. Thomson Reuters. 2011.
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