Frontiers of Biogeography

{{short description|Scientific journal}} {{Infobox journal | title = Frontiers of Biogeography | cover = Frontiers of Biogeography cover.png | former_names = | abbreviation = Front. Biogeogr. | discipline = Biogeography | language = | editor = Robert Whittaker | publisher = Pensoft Publishers | country = | history = 2009–present | frequency = | openaccess = Yes | license = Creative Commons Attribution License | impact = 2.5 | impact-year = 2024 | ISSN = | eISSN = 1948-6596 | CODEN = | JSTOR = | LCCN = | OCLC = 334391382 | website = https://biogeography.pensoft.net/ | link1 = | link1-name = | link2 = | link2-name = | link3 = | link3-name = }} '''''Frontiers of Biogeography (FoB)''''' is the scientific journal of The International Biogeography Society (TIBS, [https://www.biogeography.org/ biogeography.org]), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, and public understanding, of the biogeographical sciences. TIBS launched FoB in 2009 to provide an independent forum for biogeographical science, with the academic standards expected of a journal operated by and for an academic society. It is published by Pensoft Publishers on behalf of the International Biogeography Society using the [https://arphahub.com/ ARPHA Publishing platform].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Whittaker |first=Robert J. J. |last2=Franklin |first2=Janet |last3=Costello |first3=Mark John |date=2024-08-05 |title=Frontiers of Biogeography relaunched with Pensoft Publishers |url=https://biogeography.pensoft.net/article/132542/ |journal=Frontiers of Biogeography |language=en |volume=17 |article-number=e132542 |doi=10.21425/fob.17.132542 |issn=1948-6596|doi-access=free }}</ref> The current Editor-in-Chief is Robert J. Whittaker.<ref name="FoB">{{cite web |title=Frontiers of Biogeography |url=https://biogeography.pensoft.net/board/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |publisher=Pensoft Publishers}}</ref>

== Abstracting and indexing == The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Web of Science, Scopus, and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) amongst over 60 scientific literature databases. In 2025, it received its inaugural Journal Impact Factor of 2.5,<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 June 2025 |title=First Journal Impact Factor for Frontiers of Biogeography |url=https://blog.pensoft.net/2025/06/27/first-journal-impact-factor-for-frontiers-of-biogeography/ |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Pensoft blog}}</ref> placing the journal in the Q2 of both the Ecology and Physical Geography categories.

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://biogeography.pensoft.net/}}

Category:Open-access journals Category:Ecology journals Category:Geography journals Category:Biogeography Category:Academic journals established in 2009 Category:English-language journals