Management of Biological Invasions

e-ISSN: 1989-8649
Frequency: Quarterly
URL: http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/Default.aspx
DOI: 10.3391/mbi
Publisher: Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre - REABIC, PL 6, 00981 Helsinki, FINLAND

Aims and Scope

Management of Biological Invasions, established in 2010 by Dr. Elias Dana, is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal focusing on applied research in biological invasions in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems from around the world. This journal is devoted to bridging the gap between scientific research and the use of science in decision-making, regulation and management in the area of invasive species introduction and biodiversity conservation.

Managing biological invasions is a crisis science, with Management of Biological Invasions aiming to provide insights to the issues, to document new forms of detection, measurements and analysis, and to document tangible solutions to this problem.

In addition to original research on applied issues, Management of Biological Invasions publishes technical reports on new management technologies of invasive species and also the proceedings of relevant international meetings. As a platform to encourage informed discussion on matters of national and international importance, we publish viewpoint papers that highlight emerging issues, showcase initiatives, and present opinions of leading researchers.

Management of Biological Invasions provides a forum for professionals involved in research and management of invasive alien species (IAS), including a focus on (but not exclusive to) the following:

• Advances in management of aquatic and terrestrial IAS
• Advances in early detection and monitoring of IAS
• Advances in policy and regulations on IAS
• Management frameworks
• Human-mediated pathways and vectors of introductions of aquatic and terrestrial IAS
• Socio-economic and cultural impacts of IAS
• Ballast water research and management
• Biofouling research and management
• Bioaccumulation in IAS
• Early warning and rapid response
• Ecological risk assessment
• Risk perception and behavioural intent
• Control and eradication of IAS (including biological control)
• Indicators for IAS (including biological indication)
• IAS-related information systems and information management
• IAS and biodiversity conservation
• Case studies that highlight biosecurity management in action
• Education and outreach
• Citizen science

Management of Biological Invasions is an official journal of International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species (INVASIVESNET).

Open Access policy

Management of Biological Invasions is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of Open Access.
The Open Access (OA) policy of Management of Biological Invasions means that authors retain the copyright of their articles, which can be copied, downloaded and freely distributed within society (please see Copyright statement below). The primary advantage of OA journals is that the entire content is freely available to users everywhere, and this may enhance citation rates of OA papers.
Management of Biological Invasions applies a regular funding model for OA journals, by charging authors for processing of their manuscripts (information on page charges and on applications for support can be found at Author Guidelines web page). Also, the journal is currently seeking additional funding from relevant organizations in order to support students, retired scientists, those from low income countries.
Please see more information on advantages of OA journals and their funding models at Wikipedia and Nordic Open Access Publishing web sites, and in recent publications:

Gargouri Y, Hajjem C, Larivière V, et al. (2010) Self-selected or mandated, Open Access increases citation impact for higher quality research. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13636. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013636
Piwowar HA, Vision TJ (2013) Data reuse and the open data citation advantage. PeerJ 1: e175. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.175
Ottaviani J (2016) The post-embargo Open Access citation advantage: it exists (probably), it’s modest (usually), and the rich get richer (of course). PLoS ONE 11(8): e0159614. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159614
Tennant JP, Waldner F, Jacques DC et al. (2016) The academic, economic and societal impacts of Open Access: an evidence-based review. F1000Research 5: 632. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8460.1

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