''Protist'' is a
peer-review
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ed
scientific journal
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focusing on
protist
A protist ( ) or protoctist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus. Protists do not form a natural group, or clade, but are a paraphyletic grouping of all descendants of the last eukaryotic common ancest ...
s. It was founded as ''Archiv für Protistenkunde'' by editor
Fritz Schaudinn
Fritz Richard Schaudinn (19 September 1871 – 22 June 1906) was a German zoologist.
Born in Röseningken (now in Ozyorsky District) in the Province of Prussia, he co-discovered, with Erich Hoffmann in 1905, the causative agent of syphilis, ' ...
in 1902, and originally published by
Gustav Fischer Gustav Fischer may refer to:
* Gustav Fischer (explorer) (1848–1886), German explorer of Africa
* Gustav Fischer (equestrian)
Gustav Fischer (8 November 1915 – 22 November 1990) was a Switzerland, Swiss Equestrian at the Summer Olympics, ...
and later
Jena
Jena (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 in ...
. The journal is now published by
Elsevier
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, and is currently edited by
Michael Melkonian (Botanical Institute,
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...
). The journal changed its name to ''Protist'' in 1998.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is
abstracted and indexed
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in the following
bibliographic database
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s:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2017
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field.
The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 2.702.
References
Further reading
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External links
*{{Official, https://www.elsevier.com/journals/protist
Publications established in 1902
English-language journals
Biology journals
Elsevier academic journals
Bimonthly journals