 PUBLICATIONS
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 2000 we received over 200 papers for publication from authors in 47
different countries. In the 716 pages of volume 142 (2000), we were able to
publish 58 full papers and 22 short communications. In addition, we also
publish occasional supplements, such as the 250 page supplement Bird
Conservation: the science and the action published in January 1995. This
supplement was the refereed proceedings of a conference sponsored
jointly by the BOU, JNCC, RSPB, WWT and BTO. In January 1996, the
proceedings of the 21st International Ornithological Congress were also
published as a supplement to Ibis.
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.
In 2002, Ibis on-line
was introduced. This is an on-line version of the paper journal that also
includes a number of papers that are published on-line only and do not
appear in the printed version of the journal.
Manuscripts can be submitted here.
Another principal activity of the BOU is the publication of the BOU’s Checklist series
which are now (since 2002) 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 third world
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.
Suggestions for new titles can be submitted to the BOU Office.
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