African Zoology joins NISC from 2015

Posted 30 September 2014 by NISC under New publications • Journal: African Zoology
African Zoology joins NISC from 2015

NISC is delighted to announce that we will be publishing African Zoology from 2015. This well-established title joins our list, which already includes of some of Africa’s leading natural science journals. The journal will also see a frequency increase, going from 2 to 4 issues a year.

African Zoology focuses on research pertaining to African fauna in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, and publishes full-length papers, critical reviews, short communications, letters to the editors, as well as book reviews. Research from other regions that advances practical and theoretical aspects of zoology is also considered.

African Zoology is the official publication of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa and has been in existence since 1965. The journal is listed on the Science Citation Index and has a 2013 two year Impact Factor of 0.848 with a five year Impact Factor of 0.929. It is also accredited with the South African DHET and included on Scopus. African Zoology will be co-published with Taylor & Francis.

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The proofs look great! Thank you so much. The efficiency of the journal now is really excellent. Easy to work with, and so thorough. I appreciate it.
- Regular SAJP Author on his first interaction with NISC
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The biggest development in the history of Quaestiones Mathematicae was the association with NISC and to have the journal running in a very stable way without severe financial concerns.
- Barry Green, QM Editor
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It has been an enriching experience working with such enthusiastic and professional people at NISC who have become more friends than business partners over the years.
- Stan Pillar, Editor of the African Journal of Marine Science (1996-2013)
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The NISC partnership has benefited the Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology by bringing sustainability, additional branding and marketing, a wider reach through its websites, and the added value of expertise in the very competitive world of publishing.
- Chris Stones, IPJP Editor-in-Chief since 2003
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Thank you for the rare experience of a set of proofs on which I can find nothing to correct!
- SAJP author from Florida Atlantic University
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Perhaps the most important change, in terms of bringing the Journal to a wider audience, has been its publishing in collaboration with the NISC (Pty) Ltd.
- Stan Pillar, Editor of the African Journal of Marine Science (1996-2013)
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Since 1995, NISC has systematically built up competence and the necessary capacity in all aspects of publishing high-level research journals, with the professionalism needed to flourish in the increasingly competitive world of international research publications. No other publisher in South Africa commands the necessary technical skills, experience, competence, enthusiasm and resources to the same degree as NISC, in my view.
- Graham Baker, Editor of the South African Journal of Science (1973-2008)
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The review process is quick and is being done within the reasonable time. After acceptance, NISC is also quick enough to send proofs and is very efficiently publishes the accepted paper online before its print version.
- Author - Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science
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The paper was wonderfully laid out and rapidly published
- Author- Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
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Excellent attention by editor-in-chief; very good work of reviewers; good time for review and processing.
- Author - African Journal of Range & Forage Science
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The editorial experience was excellent: the reviewers were timely and their feedback was generative. The co-editor of the special issue was proactive about communicating information to me. In latter stages, the staff that shepherded the essay through the copy-editing stages was also very helpful and in good contact.
- Author - Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies
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A very supportive, personal and committed editorial team, which takes quality of the work very seriously. I learned a lot through the experience of publishing with Anthropology Southern Africa, and felt supported throughout the process.
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