Copeia

*Ichthyology and Herpetology*
Discipline	Ichthyology and Herpetology
Language	English
Edited by	W. Leo Smith
Publication details
History	1913–present
Publisher	American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	1.220 (2017)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Copeia
Indexing
CODEN	COPAAR
ISSN	0045-8511 (print); 1938-5110 (web);
LCCN	a43003155
JSTOR	00458511
OCLC no.	01565060
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive; Copeia supplemental material website;

Ichthyology and Herpetology (formerly Copeia) is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in ichthyology and herpetology that was named after Edward Drinker Cope, a prominent American researcher in these fields. It is the official journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.220, ranking it 70th out of 166 journals in the category "Zoology".[1]

History

On December 27, 1913, John Treadwell Nichols published the first issue of Copeia. This issue consisted of a single piece of paper folded to form four pages of information with five articles. The cover of the pamphlet bore the inscription: "Published by the contributors to advance the science of coldblooded vertebrates." In 2020, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists voted to rename the journal Ichthyology and Herpetology.[2] The society issued an apology for past and present contributions to discrimination.[3]

Name controversy

The journal was ostensibly named after Edward Drinker Cope, a renowned 19th century herpetologist, naturalist, and paleontologist, who identified thousands of vertebrate species. He also held views on race that are now considered appalling. The journal's directors are considering a name-change.[4] The journal will be renamed Ichthyology and Herpetology beginning 2021.[2]

Issues

1913 (Number 1):

Fowler HW. "An Interesting Form of the Snapping Turtle. (Chelydra serpentina)". pp. 1–2. (DOI:10.2307/1436101)
Franklin D. "Color Changes in Collared Lizards". pp. 2–3.
Phillips RJ, Fowler HW. "Fishes in the Water-Supply of Wilmington, Delaware". pp. 3–4.
Nichols JT. "Notes on Fishes near New York". p. 4.
Miller WW. "Late Activity of Pickering's Hyla ". p. 4.

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References

"Journals Ranked by Impact: Zoology". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science. Thomson Reuters. 2011.
"Motion to Change the Name of the ASIH Journal". Copeia.
https://twitter.com/IchsAndHerps/status/1294388146260652033?s=20. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Cahan, Eli (July 2, 2020). "Amid protests against racism, scientists move to strip offensive names from journals, prizes, and more". Science Magazine. Scientific Community News. American Association for the Advancement of Science. doi:10.1126/science.abd6441. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

External links

Official website

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[WoS-1] "Journals Ranked by Impact: Zoology". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science. Thomson Reuters. 2011.

[auto-2] "Motion to Change the Name of the ASIH Journal". Copeia.

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[4] Cahan, Eli (July 2, 2020). "Amid protests against racism, scientists move to strip offensive names from journals, prizes, and more". Science Magazine. Scientific Community News. American Association for the Advancement of Science. doi:10.1126/science.abd6441. Retrieved July 16, 2020.