MycoKeys, or why we need a new journal in mycology?

By

Lumbsch, Thorsten
Miller, Andrew
Begerow, Dominik
Penev, Lyubomir

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

1

Pages

1-6

Subjects

MycoKeys

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.1.2058

 

Abstract

The launch of MycoKeys coincided with several revolutionary changes to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) (Knapp et al. 2011 and Hawksworth 2011, in this volume, Miller et al. 2011) that occurred during the Nomenclature Section of the XVIII International Botanical Congress (IBC2011) in Melbourne, Australia. The path to the present launch, however was paved years ago by the lively discussions on electronic publication and dissemination of biodiversity information in the Internet era (e.g., Knapp 2010, Penev et al. 2010a), as well as by the successful start of its sister journals, PhytoKeys and ZooKeys.