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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (JAPB)

Purpose and content
  • To contribute to the popularization and utilization of biodiversity information by publishing a journal specialized in biodiversity research, and to enhance the status of the National Science Museum by developing it into a leading academic journal in Asia.
  • Publish research papers, review papers, and technical papers on the diversity, abundance, regional distribution, and conservation of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms in Korea and other countries.
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Published by GBIF Korean Secretariat (the National Science Museum), Korea National Arboretum
Composition of the Editorial Board Composed of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity experts (2-year term).
38 people, including editor-in-chief (1), editorial board members (2), associate editors (12), and editorial board members (23)
Publication schedule four times a year (Mar., Jun., Sep., and Dec.)
Contributing countries 15 countries including Korea, India, China, Taiwan, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Iran, United States, and Mongolia.
Publication history
2023
  • Impact Factor 0.8

2019
  • Published in JAPB, the English journal of the Korean Biodiversity Information Facility, ESCI listed

2015
  • Listed in SCOPUS, the international indexing database for scholarly publications

    SCOPUS is a comprehensive scholarly indexing database created by Elsevier, the world's leading publisher, covering more than 5,000 publishers and 20,000 peer-reviewed journals from around the world in the natural sciences, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and engineering.
2014
  • Transitioned to an online article submission system and made it Open Access through Science Direct (an international website that provides access to scientific research)

    Accessed by 92 countries and downloaded an average of 4,000 article files per month (in 2016)
2013
  • Changed name to Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity

    The journal began accepting and publishing international papers breaking away from the domestic focus.
2008
  • Began publication of Journal of Korean Nature