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Photographs: (Above) Diamond Anadia (Anadia rhombifera). (Below) Fringed Leaf Treefrog (Cruziohyla craspedopus).
Permission kindly granted by Ryan L. Lynch/The Biodiversity Group.
Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (ARC) is an open-access international journal that is published three times per year (tri-annually). ARC publishes original peer-reviewed research, reviews, short communications, new species descriptions, country overviews, and more, focusing on a variety of topics relating to the biology, conservation, natural history, and diversity of the world's amphibians and reptiles.
ARC features exceptional graphic design and unlimited use of full-color photographs to maximize appeal to all audiences, quick turn-around time from submission to publication, and exposure within the media (press releases, social networking, etc.) to enhance distribution and publicity for our authors' research results. Each issue normally focuses on a specific country or topic, which is illustrated by the cover photo. The first half of the journal is devoted to the special topic and the second half contains all other papers that are submitted during the time frame for that particular issue.
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Papers accepted for publication go through a rigorous peer-review process and must be deemed scientifically sound and meet professional standards of ethical conduct. Contributed or invited manuscripts may focus on a variety of topics directly relevant to amphibian and reptilian conservation. In addition, space is allocated for other important papers, perhaps not directly relevant to conservation, but nonetheless important to the broader field of herpetology.
ARC has been privately funded by the founder, editor, and publisher of the journal Craig Hassapakis and his supporters the past 20 years (since its founding in 1996), but the majority of efforts and production work (editing, graphic design, website maintenance and operation, etc.) are contributed on a voluntary basis; thus, we function as a nonprofit organization for the preservation and conservation of amphibian and reptilian species worldwide. We are pleased to hear from others who care about the conservation of amphibians and reptiles as much as we do and who can lend a hand wherever possible. A prime example of volunteer work within the ARC organization is exhibited through our expert ARC Editorial Board where all papers are presented for editing and approval for publication.
Our core goal is to have the most widely read and distributed publication in herpetology with relevant content that maximizes conservation action and results, while also advocating for and promoting the exciting field of herpetology. Extremely modest page charges are collected (US$10/per page x number of pages published in the journal) for those who have access to publication funding but no one is blocked from publication in the journal for lack of publication costs (see Publication Waiver Agreement by contacting the publisher at: editor@amphibian-reptile-conservation.org).
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ISSN: 1083-446X
eISSN: 1525-9153
Founded by Craig Hassapakis in 1996
Published in the United States of America (USA)
Article submission and correspondence: editor@amphibian-reptile-conservation.org
Database indexing: Current Contents - Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, SCOPUS, BIOSIS Previews; Biological Abstracts; Zoological Record; Directory of Open Access Journals; Biodiversity Heritage Library
All new species descriptions and taxonomic revisions published in the journal are permanently archived at the Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, USA located at: http://library.mcz.harvard.edu/Ejournals/ARCns
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