Thanks to the efforts of our Secretary Trevor Rose and Website Developer Jen Drage, ALL editions of The Herpetological Bulletin from the very first one dated Summer 1980 to current are now uploaded as PDFs and available on the Bulletin page. This represents a real achievement and provides a fantastic historical resource. All editions apart from the latest four are flagged as open access in line with our policies in this area.
The paper on declining adder populations in the UK ( published in HJ , Vol 29 Number 1) has received national coverage both in newspapers - Guardian, Times , Telegraph, Daily Express - and on radio. A summary of the study findings has also just been published in Science, both in the online and printed magazine editions.
The paper has been published in the HJ as open access, so can be viewed or downloaded here: Adder population decline in the UK
The Science article can be seen here : Science magazine
We have now completed a long-standing aim - to upload scanned copies of all issues of the Herpetological Journal to the website from the first one in 1985 to current.
This has been a significant undertaking, with the actual uploading of the scanned files having been handled by Jen Drage of AyeAye Design on behalf of the BHS. Trevor Rose, our Secretary also gets a shout for organising the digital scanning of the historical issues.
A relevant subscription is required to access the last 5 years HJ content - older content is free to view or download.
We have a similar plan in progress to upload all historical Bulletins to the website - plan for completion during 2018.
Herpetological Journal Vol 28 No 1 (January 2018) and Herpetological Bulletin Issue 142 (Winter 2017) are now available on the website for viewing or download by members with a valid subscription.
Herpetological Journal Vol 27 No. 4 (October 2017) and Herpetological Bulletin number 141 (Autumn 2017) are available as online publications to BHS members with a relevant membership.
Please navigate to the appropriate publication page and log in to see the new editions.
Herpetological Journal Vol 27 , Number 3 , July 2017 and the Herpetological Bulletin Issue 140 (Summer 2017) are available on the website for online viewing or download by members with the relevant membership access.
A new edition of the NatterJack (Issue 212 June 2016) is now available on the website for BHS members to view or download
Herpetological Bulletin issue 136 (Summer 2016) is now available on the website for BHS members to view or download.
Herpetological Bulletin issue 134 (Winter 2015) is now available on the website for BHS members to view or download.
Bulletin 133 (Autumn 2015) is now available on the website (see `Publications' section) for view or download by BHS members with a valid subscription.
Historically, the Herpetological Journal has only been accessible online to BHS members via the Ingenta platform. This has now changed - the HJ can now also be accessed online directly within the BHS website. This will particularly benefit individual (as opposed to institutional) members as they will no longer need an Ingenta log-on to access the Journal online..
All issues of the HJ that are currently available via Ingenta are now also available on the BHS website. A longer term initiative is also underway with the aim of uploading ALL issues of the Journal since its inception.
This approach represents another major step forward by the Society in terms of online access to our publications and increasing our online presence. The HJ page on the website has been updated to reflect the new access.
The Herpetological Bulletin issue 132 (Summer 2015) is now available to BHS members to view or download.
Print copies will be posted out to print subscribers in the near future.
The Herpetological Bulletin issue 131 is now available to BHS members to view or download.
Print copies will be posted out to print subscribers in the near future.
Herpetological Bulletins 129 and 130 are now available on the website for BHS members to view or download.
Herpetological Bulletins numbers 127 and 128 are now available to BHS members to view or download
As at end June 2014, the Herpetological Journal impact factor was ranked at 1.338 - an all time high for the BHS flagship publication. Consequently, the HJ is again ranked first among all global herpetological journals!
Bulletin number 126 and Natterjack number 207 are now available to view to BHS members
Bulletin 125 is now uploaded and available to BHS members
Bulletin number 124 and Natterjack number 206 are now uploaded and available to BHS members
As at end June 2013, the Society's Herpetological Journal had a rated impact factor of 1.08. The HJ is consequently ranked first among all global Herptelogical journals.
