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20 years after View from the Park: advance ecology and avoid editorial rejection in Oikos
Author(s) -
Bonte Dries,
Marshall Dustin,
De Deyn Gerlinde B.,
Peres-Neto Pedro R.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
oikos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.672
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1600-0706
pISSN - 0030-1299
DOI - 10.1111/oik.05168
Subject(s) - citation , ecology , library science , computer science , biology
Oikos has a long-standing tradition in publishing original and innovative research on all aspects of ecology. The journal’s emphasis has always been on theoretical and empirical work aimed at generalization and synthesis across taxa, systems and ecological disciplines. At the same time, Oikos has always been a little quirky – a little odder than other, equally valuable ecologically focused journals. This balance of quirkiness and rigour was best captured but John Lawton’s View from the park contributions that influenced our thinking and practice in ecology. The “View from the Park” essays remain timely and relevant; Lawton presciently communicated key concerns about ecological research that continue to resonate 20 years later: