Aims and scope
Mammal Study (Print ISSN: 1343-4152, Online ISSN: 1348- 6160) is the international journal published quarterly by the Mammal Society of Japan. It publishes three types of contributions on basic and applied biology of mammals: Original paper, Rapid communication, and Review. Mammal Study especially encourages publications for the study of mammals in Asia.
Editor-in-Chief
[2024-2026] Amano, Masao. (Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan) ==> Editorial Board
Journal Metrics
Impact Factor (IF): 0.8 (2023)
[IF = 0.581 in 2019, 0.656 in 2020, 0.723 in 2021, 1.0 in 2022]
Impact Factor (5 year): 0.9 (2023)
Days to First Decision: 38.2 days (average in 2023)
Days to Acceptance: 186.6 days (average in 2023)
Acceptance Ratio: 47.3% (2023)
Mammal Study Award
The Mammal Study Award Committee gives the Mammal Study Award to a few excellent papers each year. All published papers are eligible, irrespective of whether the authors include a member of the Mammal Society of Japan. ==> See details
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Self-archiving policy
The copyrights for articles in Mammal Study are held by the Mammal Society of Japan. For the purpose of an institutional repository, authors can upload the preprint after informing EIC in advance and also can make the author’s accepted manuscript public after 1 year of publication (the authors must not use the Mammal Study version).
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Please download the application file below.
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Copyright Manager: Naoki Ohnishi (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of Japan)
E-mail address: msj-copyright<"at" mark>bw.mimoza.jp
News & Topics
- 2024/09/27
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 49 issue 4 (October 2024) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). You can get one Open Access paper in this issue.
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-49/issue-4
- 2024/06/21
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 49 issue 3 (July 2024) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). You can get two Open Access papers in this issue.
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-49/issue-3
- 2024/03/21
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 49 issue 2 (April 2024) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). You can get one Open Access paper in this issue (one more second OA will appear soon).
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-49/issue-2
- 2023/12/21
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 49 issue 1
(January 2024) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). You can get two Open Access papers in this issue.
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-49/issue-1
- 2023/9/28
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 48 issue 4(October) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First).
You can get four Open Access papers in this issue (one more fifth OA soon).
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-48/issue-4
- 2023/6/26
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 48 issue 3 (July) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). You can get three Open Access papers in this issue.
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-48/issue-3
- 2023/3/30
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 48 issue 2
(April) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First).
You can get one Open Access paper in this issue.
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-48/issue-2
- 2022/12/20
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 48 issue 1
(January) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First).Two of them are Open Access.
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-48/issue-1
- 2022/09/21
- Papers that will be published in Mammal Study volume 47 issue 4 (October) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First). Three of them are Open Access.
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-47/issue-4
- 2022/06/14
- Papers that will be published in volume 47 issue 3 (July 2022) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First).
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-47/issue-3
- 2022/03/16
- Papers that will be published in volume 47 issue 2 (April 2022) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First).
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-47/issue-2
- 2021/12/02
- Papers that will be published in volume 47 issue 1 (January 2022) are available from the BioOne website below (Online First).
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-47/issue-1
- 2021/09/17
- Papers that will be published in volume 46 issue 4 are available from the BioOne website below (Online First).
https://bioone.org/journals/mammal-study/volume-46/issue-4
- 2018/11/27
- We now have a Twitter account (https://twitter.com/MammalStudy). Please follow us on twitter for future updates and information.
- 2018/09/13
- The following article has just been published online.
"Postnatal Growth, Age Estimation, and Wing Development in Geoffroy's Bat Myotis emarginatus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) ” by H. Eghbali and M. Sharifi.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0077
- 2018/09/13
- The following article has just been published online.
"Interspecific Burrow Sharing between Mammals in Countryside in Japan No Access” by A. Kondo.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0062
- 2018/08/30
- The following article has just been published online.
"Gait characteristics of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and greyhounds (Canis lupus familiaris) running on curves” by H. Ichikawa and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0089
- 2018/08/30
- The following article has just been published online.
"The first record of dizygotic twins in semi-wild stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) tested using microsatellite markers and the occurrence of supernumerary nipples” by A. Toyoda and S. Malaivijitnond.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0081
- 2018/08/26
- The following article has just been published online.
"Different seasonal diets of the Tsushima marten Martes melampus tsuensis revealed by quantitative assessment of stomach contentsNo Access” by Y. Okawara and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0074
- 2018/08/26
- The following article has just been published online.
"Feeding habits of Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus) in relation to the abundance and timing of fruiting in 13 tree species ” by A. Nakajima and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0032
- 2018/07/24
- The following article has just been published online.
"Low genetic diversity in an isolated red fox (Vulpes vulpes) population on Mt. Hakodate, Japan, revealed by microsatellite analyses of fecal samplesNo Access” by Y. Amaike and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0055
- 2018/07/24
- The following article has just been published online.
"Home range and habitat use of female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan” by C. K. Nielsen and J.. K. Stroud-Settles.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0085
- 2018/06/08
- The following article has just been published online.
"Feeding Adaptation of Alimentary Tract Length in Arboreal Squirrels” by W. Mitsuzuka and T. Oshida.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0079
- 2018/06/08
- The following article has just been published online.
"Tooth Outline Shape Analysis of the Ryukyu Wild Boar (Sus scrofa riukiuanus) and the Japanese Wild Boar (S. s. leucomystax) by Geometric Morphometrics” by E. Yamada and coauthors. No Access
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0080
- 2018/06/08
- The following article has just been published online.
"Reproductive Pattern of the Silky Short-Tailed Bat Carollia brevicauda (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in the Andes of Colombia” by D. A. Torres and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0082
- 2018/05/22
- The following article has just been published online.
"An Immunohistochemical Study of the Cytoskeletal Proteins in the Testis of the Sunda porcupine (Hystrix javanica) No Access” by T. Budipitojo and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0052
- 2018/05/22
- The following article has just been published online.
"A Seven-Year Longitudinal Study on the Food Habits of the Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) in Relation to Mast Production in Shirakawa Village, Gifu Prefecture, Japan” by T. Mori
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0034
- 2018/05/11
- The following article has just been published online.
"Anatomical Studies of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve and the Subclavian Artery in Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) and Pacific White-Sided Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)” by Y. Okuda and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0047
- 2018/05/11
- The following article has just been published online.
"Seasonal Change of Deer Occurrence and Damage of Plant Biomass in the Mosaic Landscape of Artificial Grasslands and Forests” by H. Iijima
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0087
- 2018/05/11
- The following article has just been published online.
"Fossil and Archeological Records of the Ryukyu Long-Furred Rat Diplothrix legata (Rodentia, Muridae)”No Access by Y. Nakamura
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0044
- 2018/03/27
- The following article has just been published online.
"Late Quaternary Subfossils of Forest Rats (Tokudaia muenninki and Diplothrix legata) and Other Small Mammals Found in the Sashiki Fissure on Okinawajima of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan” by Y. Nakamura.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0041
- 2018/03/27
- The following article has just been published online.
"Estimating Mammalian Diversity and Relative Abundance Using Camera Traps in a Tropical Deciduous Forest of Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary, Eastern India” by S. Debata and K. K. Swain.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0078
- 2018/03/27
- The following article has just been published online.
"Giraffe Mother-Calf Relationships in the Miombo Woodland of Katavi National Park, Tanzania” by M. Saito and G. Idani.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0050
- 2018/03/27
- The following article has just been published online.
"First Records of Myotis altarium (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from India and Vietnam” by V. D. Thong and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0076
- 2018/03/27
- The following article has just been published online.
"Scavenging on Ungulate Carcasses in a Mountain Forest Area in Northern Italy” by E. Bassi and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2016-0058
- 2018/03/20
- The following article has just been published online. "Mass Mortality of Wild Malayan Flying Lemurs (Galeopterus variegatus) and Its Underlying Causes” by Y. Tsuji and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0071
- 2018/03/20
- The following article has just been published online. "Interspecific Feeding Association between Central Himalayan Langurs (Semnopithecus schistaceus) and Himalayan Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus), in a Temperate Forest of the Western Indian Himalayas” by H. Nautiyal and M. A. Huffman.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0033
- 2018/03/20
- The following article has just been published online. "Abundance, Habitat Conditions, and Conservation of the Largha Seal (Phoca largha) During the Past Half Century in the Bohai Sea, China” by H.-K. Yan and coauthors.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3106/ms2017-0027
- 2017/02/21
- Open new Mammal Study's web page!
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