Dear List,
I was wondering if anyone knew of a journal in the ecological sciences that publishes monographs aside from ESA’s “Ecological Monographs”. The success rate there is just not very high, and getting even worse. Essentially, I have what is a long, but important descriptive paper. At the end of the paper we do some interesting broader ecological analyses, but at the end of the day it’s probably too descriptive for Ecological Monographs. My coauthor and I are reticent to break it apart into multiple papers, as we believe it is most useful as a single cohesive unit for others to reference as opposed to many fragmented papers. This is really the 1st long paper I've ever had. In general, I am somewhat surprised by the lack of this format for ecologists and scientists as a whole. I certainly understand the push for smaller, “higher impact” papers in many journals, and the demands on page space. However, there seem to be cases where monographs would be far more appropriate, but only 1 major outlet for this format in our field. Additionally, it seems that journals are printing less and less pages (i.e., going electronic), making the need to conserve page space at all times somewhat unclear to me. Is anyone aware of another ecology monograph journal? Preferably one that is not completely obscure. Or maybe an ecology journal that allows the publication of longer manuscripts (ours is ~60 manuscript pages)? Or had similar experiences? Thanks much for your insight, Andrew -- Andrew L. Rypel, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Researcher University of Mississippi, Biology Dept. USDA Forest Service Stream Hydrology Lab 1000 Front Street, Oxford, MS 38655 http://olemiss.academia.edu/AndrewRypel Phone: 205.886.9916
