• Freshwater Biology
• Marine and Freshwater Research

Freshwater Biology

Subscribe to the online version of Freshwater Biology for only £60.00 (regular price - £145.00).

Freshwater Biology publishes papers on all aspects of the ecology of lakes and rivers, including studies of micro-organisms, algae, macrophytes, invertebrates, fish and other vertebrates, as well as those concerning whole systems and related physical and chemical aspects of the environment.  Further details of Freshwater Biology can be found on the journal website at: http://www.blackwell-science.com/fwb

Please email your subscription to Freshwater Biology to: LMiller@blackwellpublishers.co.uk 

Marine & freshwater research

In 2002, after more than 15 successful years as Managing Editor of Marine and Freshwater Research, Ann Grant retired. She was instrumental in shaping MFR into the high-quality journal, with its international reach and scope, which it is today. In early 2003, I was appointed the new Managing Editor of MFR, my main aim being to continue the strong traditions that characterise MFR, while ensuring its development as a vital resource for researchers in the aquatic realm.

I see one of the great strengths of the journal being its broad scope and wide circle of readers, contributors, subscribers and referees. The submission of studies from any area of the aquatic sciences is welcome. I, together with the Editorial Advisory Committee and the International Advisory Panel, particularly encourage studies that are not only original, significant and substantial contributions to existing knowledge, but also those that are interdisciplinary in nature. I want to facilitate the development of MFR into a journal that is required reading by researchers in the aquatic sciences the world over. I hope to do this with the use of invited reviews and special issues and by encouraging studies that strive to encompass different subject areas.

From my experience as an author, and from talking at length with various research groups, I believe there are three important factors that contribute to the decision of where an author submits a manuscript: impact factor, turnaround time, and the perceived readership of the journal. I can proudly report that the impact factor of MFR has steadily increased over the last few years and is now over 1.0. I aim to have the turnaround time from submission to first decision down to 8 weeks and from acceptance to publication down to 12 weeks. This will be achieved through the increased use of electronic forms of communication, and in conjunction with the new Production Editor of MFR, Melissa Storey. There is a wide readership of MFR – I can report that over 80% of our subscribers are from overseas, and web-hit statistics show a healthy interest in the journal from all quarters of the globe. The referees are from many countries, as are the authors of the submitted and published papers.

Finally, the Executive of the ASL and the management of MFR are working hard to forge links between the two organizations. I am happy to report two outcomes of this collaboration. First, there will be an MFR prize given at the annual Congress. Second, ASL members can subscribe, through the society, to the online edition of MFR at a discounted rate – under $100 for a full year’s subscription, which includes over 1,000 pages of current scientific papers and online access to all papers published since 1997. This offer is available for the 2004 volume of MFR. 

STOP PRESS: CSIRO will continue to offer MFR at $100 for 2005 but has closed all orders for 2004.