The Bryologist is a peer review

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

ed scientific journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 specialising in bryology

Bryology

Bryology is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes . Bryophytes were first studied in detail in the 18th century...

. It is published quarterly by the American Bryological and Lichenological Society

American Bryological and Lichenological Society

The American Bryological and Lichenological Society is an organization devoted to the scientific study of all aspects of the biology of bryophytes and lichen-forming fungi and is one of the nation's oldest botanical organizations. It was originally known as the Sullivant Moss Society, named after...

(ABLS). It began as a department of the Fern Bulletin devoted to the study of North American Mosses. Its first editor was Dr. A.J. Grout, who intended the bulletin to "enabling any one at all interested in mosses to get some knowledge of these plants without excessive labor or expense...the editor will also try to identify for subscribers difficult specimens accompanied by notes and return postage."