Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
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The Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club is an ornithological journal published by the British Ornithologists' Club (BOC). It is cited as Bull. B. O. C.
Many descriptions of
new to science
have been published in the bulletin.
The journal was first published in 1892. It is published in four quarterly issues. from March 2017 (Vol. 137 No. 1), it became an online-only, open access, journal, giving as the reasons for the change:[1][2]
the realities of current trends in academic journal publication, the slow decline in the readership of the hard copy Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. and our public benefit charitable responsibilities.
Since 2004, the journal's honorary editor has been Guy Kirwan.
List of editors
List of Bulletin Editors with dates of tenure [3]
- Richard Bowdler Sharpe 1892–1904
- W. R. Ogilvie-Grant1904–1914
- David Armitage Bannerman 1914–1915
- D. Seth-Smith1915–1920
- Percy R. Lowe1920–1925
- Norman B. Kinnear1925–1930
- G. Carmichael Low1930–1935 and 1940–1945
- C. H. B. Grant1935–1940 and 1947–1952
- W. P. C. Tenison 1945–1947
- J. G. Harrison 1952–1961
- J.J. Yealland1962–1969
- C.W. Benson1969–1974
- Hugh Elliott 1974–1975
- J.F. Monk 1976–1990
- D.W. Snow1991–1997
- C.J. Feare 1997–2003
- G.M. Kirwan 2004–
See also
References
- ^ Pitches, Adrian (May 2017). "Bull. BOC moves online". British Birds. 110: 255.
- S2CID 198148163. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ BOC website
External links
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, volumes 1–136 (1892–2016) in Biodiversity Heritage Library (accessed 2022-05-31)