Journal of Conchology

The Journal of Conchology (JoC) is the world's oldest continuing publication on the subject. Published twice a year, it contains scientific papers and short communications on molluscs with emphasis on promoting conservation, biogeography, and taxonomy. The contents cover, typically, descriptions of new species from anywhere in the world and reports concerning the ecology, distribution, and status of molluscs. Both living and fossil molluscs are dealt with.

In addition, the Journal publishes obituaries and book reviews. As a scientific publication, papers are published only after review by at least two referees. The Journal is subscribed to by learned institutions world-wide and is a flagship publication for the Society. Members and non-members may submit contributions to the Honorary Editor. Here are detailed Instructions for authors on how to submit articles to the Journal of Conchology.

Aims and Scopes

The Journal of Conchology publishes peer reviewed scientific papers that are relevant to the aims of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

The aims of the Society are:

The promotion of studies on Molluscan species, and in particular the identification, recording and conservation of land, freshwater and marine Mollusca.

Any papers on previously unpublished work whose scope fits into these aims may be submitted to the Journal for publication.

Editorial Board  
Hon. Editor – Anna M Holmes

Associate Editors:  
Robert Cameron (UK)  
Barna P Gergely (Hungary)  
David Holyoak (Portugal)  
Michael Horzak (Czechia)  
Manuel Malaquias (Portugal)  
Daniella R Bar Yosef Mayer (Israel)  
Julia Piza (Argentina)  
Dinarzarde Raheem (UK)  
Ira Richling (Germany)  
Carmen Salas (Spain)   
Julia Sigwart (Germany)  
Martin Zuschin (Austria)  
Ben Rowson (UK)  
Diego Zelaya (Argentina)

Peer-review  
Papers are published after anonymous (unless the reviewers wish to disclose their identity to the author) peer review process.

Plagiarism  
The Journal does not tolerate plagiarism. We reserve the right to check for plagiarism and, if detected, the Journal reserves the right to decline submissions suspected of plagiarism at any point during the assessment process. It will also retract articles found to violate plagiarism guidelines after publication. In addition, the Journal reserves the right to report any suspicion of plagiarism to the senior author's institution.

Open Access Statement  
Journal of Conchology is a peer-reviewed open access journal. Papers and short articles are available for all to read, download, copy and distribute free of charge. Access is unrestricted to all articles published in Journal of Conchology. Past issues back to volume 39 (2006) are available on our website. Older issues (before volume 39) will be available at the BHL website (Biodiversity Heritage Library (biodiversitylibrary.org)).

ISSN Number  
Print 0022-0019  
Online 2755-3531

Copyright  
It is the authors’ responsibility to secure all necessary copyright permissions for the use of third-party materials in their manuscript. All information published in Journal of Conchology is copyright with the Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland.

License  
The Journal of Conchology uses Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International public license. Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0

Publication fees  
Journal of Conchology does not charge Article Processing Fees as standard, however, non-members will be charged £100 once their paper is ready for publishing. Members of the Conchological Society or Great Britain & Ireland may submit and publish for free, but non-members are encouraged to either join the Society or pay the fee. If the paper is of considerable size then the fee may be larger. Authors will be queried on submission of their manuscript and a fee agreed before processing of manuscripts.

Fee Waiver  
Authors without institutional support who are unable to meet the fees can enquire about the Cameron Fund. This is a small amount generously donated by Robert Cameron to assist those that cannot afford to pay a publication fee. The Society does however encourage those that can pay to do so, so that the Cameron Fund, which is a finite amount of money, can be used by those that really need it.

Repository policy  
Authors may deposit a copy of their paper in their institution’s repository or on Researchgate or other such sharing application.

DOIs  
Doi numbers are acquired from Zenodo.

To further the objectives of the Society from 2023 the JoC will be a fully Open Access Journal and from 2024 it will be digital only. This page of our website will be the gateway to current and past issues of the journal (from Vol. 39 to the present day). We hope to make steady progress with respect to back-populating it over time (but bear with us as this process may take some time!). Please feel free to browse, bookmark or download as you wish and do come back and visit this space periodically to check on the growing availability of what we trust will be a valuable resource to all those interested in molluscs.

2023: April, Vol. 44, Part 5

2022: October, Vol. 44, Part 4 / April, Vol. 44, Part 3

2021: October, Vol. 44, Part 2 / April, Vol. 44, Part 1

2006: November, Vol. 39, Part 2 / May, Vol. 39, Part 1

Journal of Conchology volumes available via the Biodiversity Heritage Library:

2005: May, Vol. 38, Part 5 / November, Vol. 38, Part 6

2004: January, Vol. 38, Part 2 / July, Vol. 38, Part 3 / December, Vol. 38, Part 4

2003: August, Vol. 38, Part 1

Index to contents

This content, generated historically, was a stepping stone to the digital sharing options now available. It will remain in place for now, but as the full content of past issues becomes available it will slowly be subsumed by the process described above.

The Society added abstracts of articles published in the Journal of Conchology to the website. Indexes to the following volumes can be browsed by clicking on the links provided:

How to submit articles

Please see the detailed Instructions for authors on how to submit articles to the Journal.