Focus and Scope

Hystrix - The Italian Journal of Mammalogy (It. J. Mammal.) is a peer reviewed journal that accepts papers on original research in basic and applied mammalogy concerning living and fossil mammals. It. J. Mammal. publishes field studies, analytical and modelling studies, theoretical and empirical papers and review articles. Manuscripts can be published as extensive articles and reviews (without page, figures and tables limits), and as short communications. Proceedings of symposia, meetings, workshops, synthesis of bachelor, master or PhD thesis and technical reports can be published with the approval by the Editor in Chief and the Associate Editors. In order to promote mammal research in the Mediterranean area, the It. J. Mammal. particularly welcomes papers of studies in this geographical area.

Section Policies

Notices

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Contents

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Short Notes

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts will be submitted to two reviewers for evaluation of their significance and soundness. Authors will be notified at every significant step in the peer-reviewing process.

Publication Frequency

Hystrix is published two times per year.

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.

Why publish here?

Since 1986 It. J. Mammal. publishes papers concerning fossil and living mammals particularly on systematics, biology, conservation, management and ecology. The priority of the journal is to promote research and increase knowledge on mammals, both in theoretical and applied field, particularly in Italy and, since recent, in the Mediterranean area. The scope is also to offer the opportunity to promote circulation of data, in revised and synthetic form, on mammals from the grey literature (technical reports, bachelor thesis, etc.). In its new electronic format, It. J. Mammal. guarantees:

• short publication time (less than 1 year from submission to on-line publication);
• large amount of space to publish extensive papers;
• use of colour figures;
• the possibility to publish supplemental material as sounds, short videos, or original datasets.