Journal History
2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Diversity was published as a quarterly journal. |
2011 | Diversity was indexed in Scopus - Elsevier and Zoological Record - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
2015 | Diversity was indexed in BIOSIS Previews - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
2016 | Diversity held the first online Editorial Board Member meeting. |
2017 | Diversity announced the first edition of the Travel award. Diversity established the following section:
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2018 | Diversity was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 8 (Issue 1). |
2019 | Diversity received its first Impact Factor (2.047). Diversity adopted a monthly publication schedule. Diversity established the following sections:
The year 2019 marked the 10th Anniversary of Diversity. |
2020 | Diversity established: Reviewer Board Topical Advisory Panel Diversity published its 1,000th paper. |
2021 | Diversity established the following section:
Diversity was indexed in Biodiversity Conservation category, in addition to Ecology category in Web of Science. |
2022 | Diversity received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.031). Diversity received its 2021 CiteScore (2.9). Diversity held the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity—New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes (IECD 2022). |
2023 | Diversity received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.4). Diversity received its 2022 CiteScore (3.1). |
2024 | Diversity received its 2023 Impact Factor (2.1). Diversity received its 2023 CiteScore (3.4). The year 2024 marked the 15th Anniversary of Diversity. Diversity held the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Diversity—Biodiversity of Animals, Plants and Microorganisms (IECD 2024). |
2025 | Diversity published its 5,000th paper. Diversity received its 2024 Impact Factor (2.1). Diversity received its 2024 CiteScore (4.0). |
Editor-in-Chief
2009–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael Wink |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2017–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christian Wild for the section on Marine Diversity |
2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Luc Legal for the section on Animal Diversity |
2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Karl Cottenie for the section on Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics |
2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Miguel Ferrer for the section on Biodiversity Conservation Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mario A. Pagnotta for the section on Plant Diversity Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Ipek Kurtboke for the section on Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Eric Buffetaut for the section on Phylogeny and Evolution |
2021–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michel Baguette for the section on Diversity Review |
2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bert W. Hoeksema for the section on Marine Diversity Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ben-Erik Van Wyk for the section on Chemical Diversity and Chemical Ecology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. José L. Tella for the section on Biodiversity Loss & Dynamics |
2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michel Baguette for the section on Biogeography and Macroecology |