Acta Zoologica Mexicana
Encyclopedia
Acta Zoológica Mexicana is a Mexican
peer-reviewed
scientific journal
in the field of terrestrial zoology
. It was established in July 1955 by the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute), and taken over in 1966 by the Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de México (Natural History Museum in Mexico City), which published it from 1966 to 1971, the last issue being volume 10, number 4. It was not published from 1971 through 1983. In 1984, a new series (nueva serie) was started by the Ecological Institute of Mexico (Instituto de Ecología). The new series was published irregularly and instead of collated volumes was simply sequentially numbered, with 90 issues through December 2003. Beginning with the April 2004 issue, volume 20, number 1, it was again collated into volumes, and placed on a regular schedule of three issues a year.
Acta Zoológica Mexicana is indexed in Biological Abstracts
and The Zoological Record
.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
peer-reviewed
Peer review
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scientific journal
Scientific journal
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in the field of terrestrial zoology
Zoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
. It was established in July 1955 by the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute), and taken over in 1966 by the Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de México (Natural History Museum in Mexico City), which published it from 1966 to 1971, the last issue being volume 10, number 4. It was not published from 1971 through 1983. In 1984, a new series (nueva serie) was started by the Ecological Institute of Mexico (Instituto de Ecología). The new series was published irregularly and instead of collated volumes was simply sequentially numbered, with 90 issues through December 2003. Beginning with the April 2004 issue, volume 20, number 1, it was again collated into volumes, and placed on a regular schedule of three issues a year.
Acta Zoológica Mexicana is indexed in Biological Abstracts
Biological Abstracts
Biological Abstracts is a database produced by Thomson Reuters through its subsidiary BIOSIS. It includes abstracts from peer-reviewed academic journal articles in the fields of biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, pre-clinical and experimental medicine, pharmacology, zoology, agriculture,...
and The Zoological Record
The Zoological Record
The Zoological Record is a print and electronic index of zoological literature that also serves as the unofficial register of scientific names in zoology....
.
External links
- "Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie)" full text access beginning with 1994