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The Wildlife Professional

  • Overview

    This magazine provides news and analysis to inform wildlife professionals about advances in wildlife science, conservation, management, policy and education. It features in-depth articles, summaries of relevant scientific papers, profiles of wildlife professionals, new field techniques, and more.

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    Keith Norris, Editor-in-Chief, Director of Wildlife Policy & Communications

    An Editorial Advisory Board composed of members representing TWS Sections and Working Groups and at-large members guides the content of The Wildlife Professional. The board and the publication follow Rules of Governance to ensure that the magazine remains vital, informative and relevant to TWS members.

  • Frequency

    The Wildlife Professional publishes six issues per year.

    • January/February
    • March/April
    • May/June
    • July/August
    • September/October
    • November/December
  • Submissions

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TWS membership includes FREE online access to The Journal of Wildlife Management. You can find more information about the journal, view any open access issues, and sign up for automatic table of contents emails on Wiley.
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THE JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

  • Overview

    The Journal of Wildlife Management, published continuously since 1937, is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering biodiversity, climate change, competition, conservation, diseases that influence populations, ecology, economics, genetics, habitats, habitat restoration, human-dimensions, human-wildlife interactions, hunting, landscape ecology, management, sustainable use, quantitative approaches to ecology, and models, among others.

  • Contact

    For general information, contact the journal’s editorial office.

    For a list of the journal’s current Associate Editors (AEs) and their areas of expertise, click here.

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  • Aims & Scope

    The journal publishes articles that focus on aspects of wildlife that can assist management and conservation by providing life-history data, modeling, new analytical and quantitative approaches, theory, and new approaches to understand human dimensions. Authors are invited to submit papers on the following topics:

    • Book reviews
    • Commentaries and topical reviews
    • Economics related to theory and research
    • Human dimensions related to theory and research (e.g., new approaches to understand human dimension surveys)
    • Investigations into the biology and ecology of wildlife that benefit management and conservation (e.g., life histories, demography, movements, and habitat relations that are useful to better manage and conserve wildlife)
    • Modeling of populations, habitat, or human dimensions
    • New analytical and quantitative methodological approaches related to wildlife science (e.g., statistical, quantitative)
    • Theoretical concepts that benefit management and conservation
  • Frequency

    The Journal of Wildlife Management publishes eight issues per year.

    • January
    • February
    • April
    • May
    • July
    • August
    • September
    • November
  • Technical Info

    Editor-in-chief: Paul R. Krausman

    2021 Journal Impact Factor: 2.586

    2020 Journal Citation Reports Ranking: 31/175 (Zoology) and 97/166 (Ecology)

    Source: Clarivate Analytics 2022

    Online ISSN: 1937-2817

  • Submissions

    Interested in submitting an article to The Journal of Wildlife Management?

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  • Institutional Subscriptions

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Wildlife Monographs

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The Wildlife Society Bulletin is now open access! Check out the WSB’s page on Wiley to read issues, find out more details about the publication, and sign up for automatic table of contents emails.
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Wildlife Society Bulletin

  • Overview

    This fully open-access, peer-reviewed publication contains papers related to wildlife management, law enforcement, education, economics, administration, ethics and more.

  • Contact

    For general information, contact the bulletin’s editorial office.

    For a list of the journal’s current Associate Editors (AEs) and their areas of expertise, click here.

  • Aims & Scope

    The Bulletin focuses on manuscripts that directly assist with on-the-ground management and conservation. Authors are invited to submit papers on the following topics:

    • Administration (e.g., papers that deal with the administration of wildlife agencies, organizations, and programs)
    • Analysis of wildlife management and conservation programs including successes and failures (e.g., evaluation of ongoing programs or programs that have been implemented, analysis of reports, analysis policies)
    • Commentaries and topical reviews
    • Economics related to on-the-ground management (e.g., costs of different techniques, management)
    • Education (e.g., all levels of academic advancement)
    • Human dimensions related to on-the-ground management (e.g., surveys, attitudes, values)
    • Law enforcement
    • New techniques for on-the-ground use (that have been evaluated for accuracy) or an evaluation of different techniques for-on-the ground management
    • Philosophy
    • Regulatory impacts and processes
    • Sociology
    • Student voices
  • Frequency

    The Wildlife Society Bulletin publishes four issues per year.

    • March
    • June
    • September
    • December
  • Technical Info

    Editor-in-chief: Bret Collier

    2021 Journal Impact Factor: 1.739

    2021 Journal Citation Reports Ranking: 38/60 (Biodiversity Conservation)

    Source: Clarivate Analytics 2022

    Online ISSN: 2328-554

  • Submissions

    Interested in submitting an article to the Wildlife Society Bulletin?
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    Submit a manuscript.

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