Bird Study
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Aims & Scope
Bird Study publishes high quality papers relevant to the sphere of interest of the British Trust for Ornithology: broadly defined as field ornithology; especially when related to evidence-based bird conservation. Papers are especially welcome on: patterns of distribution and abundance, movements, habitat preferences, developing field census methods, ringing and other techniques for marking and tracking birds. Bird Study concentrates on birds that occur in the Western Palearctic. This includes research on their biology outside of the Western Palearctic, for example on wintering grounds in Africa. Bird Study also welcomes papers from any part of the world if they are of general interest to the broad areas of investigation outlined above. Bird Study publishes the following types of articles: -Original research papers of any length -Short original research papers (less than 2500 words in length) -Scientific reviews -Forum articles covering general ornithological issues, including non-scientific ones -Short feedback articles that make scientific criticisms of papers published recently in the Journal.
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisBird Study (acronym: bto, abbr: BIRD STUDY, ISSN: 0006-3657) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Biology, published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. in England since 1954. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.30, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.389 (Q2), an H-index of 60.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Tri-annual, an annual output of approximately 57 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,730 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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