The 26th volume of the scientific journal Icelandic Agricultural Sciences (old Búvísindi) has now been published and all the articles that appear there are also on the journal's website, www.ias.is, but the publication is in open access. Eight articles are in the publication and cover a wide range as usual.
The publication contains an overview article on new species of arthropods on trees and shrubs in Iceland, where the settlement history of new arthropod species is traced from the beginning of the twentieth century to 2012. It is a great benefit to get this theoretical overview because new species are constantly arriving in the country and some gaining a foothold. here. The other articles deal with ticks in Iceland, analysis of Campylobacter in chickens, effects of forestry on earthworms in Iceland, fungal infection of flax, potato mildew, methods for the analysis of kidney bacteria in salmon and the use of turf in vegetation in revegetation.
The publication is published once a year and contains only peer-reviewed scientific articles. It is one of the top-notch scientific journals and receives ratings from the Tomson Reuters Web of Knowlgede, now for the second year in a row. Last year, the assessment factor (ISI Impact Factor) was 0.562, but has now reached 1,750, which is a very good result and IAS is now high on the list among small to large scientific journals with which it is classified. Most often, these publications have IF 0.4 to 1.0. This is also a higher IF than other Icelandic academic publications have. This shows that the book is widely known and read and that it is quoted in other prestigious scientific journals. You can hardly get more motivation to write first-class articles in IAS, it is becoming more and more popular and articles are widely received.
This year, a total of 34 manuscripts were received, of which 8 are now published in the publication. The others were either rejected or did not have time to pick up this year's publications (two manuscripts) so the rejection rate is 75%. This high rejection rate is largely due to the fact that many manuscripts are received that do not fall within the scope of the publication, but some fall into the strict peer review that applies, as other scientific publications do. Four manuscripts are currently being prepared for the next issue and several are on the way.
The IAS Editorial Board would like to draw your attention to the publication and encourage people to familiarize themselves with these new articles. Manuscripts of articles in the publication are accepted all year round and are published online as soon as they are ready for publication. As several manuscripts are already being processed, it can be expected that the first articles in issue 27/2014 will be published online at the beginning of next year.
The publication is available from: Margrét Jónsdóttir, AUI, Keldnaholt, 112 Reykjavík (margretj@lbhi.is)
The publishers of the publication are:
Icelandic Farmers' Association
Hólar University
Agricultural University of Iceland
State Land Reclamation
Matís
Forestry Research Station, Mógilsá
University of Iceland Laboratory of Pathology, Keldur
Veiðimálastofnun
Editorial Board IAS
Þorsteinn Guðmundsson (editor in chief)
Bjarni Diðrik Sigurðsson
Sigurður Ingvarsson