Ibis - the international journal of avian science
For most ornithologists and birdwatchers, the public face of the British Ornithologists' Union is Ibis, the quarterly, international journal of the BOU.
Ibis has been published continuously since 1859. In 2009 we received over 400 papers submitted for publication from authors in 44 different countries. Ibis currently publishes 920 pages per volume. In addition, we also publish occasional supplements, usually the proceedings of BOU conferences which can be accessed via our BOU Proceedings website.
Because of their topicality, some papers published in Ibis have a wider circulation through being noticed by the media at large, such as Brian Sharp's paper on the survival rate of oiled, cleaned seabirds in North America, the publication of which coincided with the oil major spill off Skokholm.
Ibis is widely chosen as the journal in which to introduce new species to science. For example, in October 1999, a new species of golden-spectacled warbler Seicercus soror was described.
Ibis is of course available on-line.
Submit your manuscripts online here. For further details about the journal see here.
The BOU Checklist Series
Another principal activity of the BOU is the publication of the BOU’s Checklist series which are published jointly with the British Ornithologists’ Club.
The Checklists were originally intended to assist local ornithology by providing information on the birds of poorly known regions in mainly undeveloped countries. However, because of the rise of eco-tourism, some of these regions are not now so poorly known and some checklists have been reprinted as second editions. Checklists covering the birds of Cyprus, The Gambia and Wallacea have proved to be particularly popular as these areas are visited by increasing numbers of birdwatchers and ornithologists. In recent years we have added titles on Barbados and Borneo and are planning checklists for Cuba and other areas.
Suggestions for new titles can be submitted to the BOU Office.
