Malimbus

Journal Title：Malimbus

Founded by John H. Elgood (died 1998—Marimbus Obituaries 21:74-75, 127–128) and Robert E. Sharland. Its purpose is to foster scientific interest in West African birds and to promote ornithology in the region, primarily through its journal Malimbus (formerly the Bulletin of the Nigerian Society of Ornithologists). The journal is biennial and bilingual, unique in Africa.

The NOS publication The Bulletin of the Nigerian Society of Ornithologists accepted papers on birds from other West African countries for a period of time until 17 September 1977 in Liverpool. The NOS Council, wishing to expand the Society's reach, invited the French Discuss this with an ornithologist (eg Claude Chappuis) and decide to "West Africanize" the society and cover the entire West African region. A notice was posted on Bull. NOS 13:85 (1977), and a request for a proposal for a new name for the Bulletin. John Elgood came up with the name Malimbus, a passerine genus almost endemic to West Africa, which was eventually chosen as the title of his journal. The first issue of the new journal in 1979 aptly began with a paper reviewing the genus Malimbe and describing what was then considered a new species of Gola Malimbe.

由 John H. Elgood（1998 年去世——Marimbus Obituaries 21:74-75, 127–128）和 Robert E. Sharland 创立。其宗旨是培养人们对西非鸟类的科学兴趣，并主要通过其期刊《Malimbus》（前身为《尼日利亚鸟类学家协会公报》）推动该地区的鸟类学研究。该期刊每两年出版一次，为双语期刊，在非洲独一无二。

NOS 出版物《尼日利亚鸟类学家协会公报》在利物浦的一段时间内接受了来自其他西非国家的鸟类论文，直到 1977 年 9 月 17 日。NOS 理事会希望扩大该协会的影响力，邀请法国鸟类学家（例如 Claude Chappuis）讨论此事，并决定“西非化”该协会并覆盖整个西非地区。Bull 上发布了一则通知。 NOS 13:85（1977 年），以及一份为《公报》提出新名称的建议书。约翰·埃尔古德想出了马林布斯 (Malimbus) 这个名字，这是一种几乎是西非特有的雀形目鸟类，最终被选为他的期刊名称。1979 年新期刊的第一期恰如其分地以一篇论文开头，该论文回顾了马林贝属并描述了当时被认为是戈拉马林贝的新物种。

Malimbus创刊于1964年，由WEST AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖ORNITHOLOGY全领域，此期刊水平偏中等偏靠后，在所属细分领域中专业影响力一般，过审相对较易，如果您文章质量佳，选择此期刊，发表机率较高。平均审稿速度 ，影响因子指数0.1，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。