Emu (journal)

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| title = Emu

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| abbreviation = Emu

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| discipline = Ornithology

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| language = English

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| publisher = Taylor & Francis on behalf of BirdLife Australia

| country = Australia

| history = 1901–present

| frequency = Quarterly

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| impact = 1.895

| impact-year = 2012

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| ISSN = 0158-4197

| eISSN = 1448-5540

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| OCLC = 1567848

| website = http://www.birdlife.org.au/education-publications/publications/emu-austral-ornithology

| link1 = http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/temu20/current

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Emu, subtitled Austral Ornithology, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of BirdLife Australia (formerly the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union). The journal was established in 1901 and is the oldest ornithological journal published in Australia.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/mu/mu972051|title=A critical history of 'Emu'|first=S.|last=Marchant|date=6 July 1972|journal=Emu|volume=72|issue=2|pages=51–69|access-date=6 July 2023|via=publish.csiro.au|doi=10.1071/mu972051}} The current editor-in-chief is Kate Buchanan (Deakin University). The journal was published quarterly for the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in print and online by CSIRO Publishing until 2016. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 1.895, ranking it 4th out of 22 journals in the category "Ornithology".{{cite journal |year=2013 |title=Journals Ranked by Impact: Ornithology |series=2012 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |journal=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}