Homo (journal)

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| discipline = Human biology, biological anthropology

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| editors = Maciej Henneberg, Andrea Cucina, Friedrich W. Rösing, Frank J. Rühli, Stanley J. Ulijaszek

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| history = 1949-present

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| impact = 0.788

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| ISSN = 0018-442X

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Homo: Journal of Comparative Human Biology (stylized in all-capitals as HOMO) is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of human biology. It was established in 1949 by Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt.{{Cite journal |title=editorial board |journal=Homo |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018442X18300775/pdfft?pid=1-s2.0-S0018442X18300775-main.pdf |issue=6 |volume=69 |doi=10.1016/S0018-442X(18)30077-5 |date=2018 |page=ii |s2cid=239798599 |quote=Founded by: Egon von Eickstedt}}

The editors-in-chief are Maciej Henneberg (University of Adelaide), Andrea Cucina (Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán), Friedrich W. Rösing (University of Ulm, son of von Eickstedt's assistant, Ilse Schwidestsky), Frank J. Rühli (University of Zurich), and Stanley J. Ulijaszek (University of Oxford).

History

Homo is the successor of Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde, also founded and edited by Eickstedt.

{{anchor|predecessor|Zeitschrift fur Rassenkunde|Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde}}

= ''Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde'' =

In 1935, Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt started a German journal Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde ({{literal translation|Journal for Racial Studies}}). It continued until 1944.

= ''Homo: Internationale Zeitschrift für die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen'' =

After the World War II, in 1949, Eickstedt established a new journal Homo, Internationale Zeitschrift für die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen{{Cite journal |title=editorial board |journal=Homo |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018442X18300775/pdfft?pid=1-s2.0-S0018442X18300775-main.pdf |issue=6 |volume=69 |doi=10.1016/S0018-442X(18)30077-5 |date=2018 |page=ii |s2cid=239798599 |quote=Founded by: Egon von Eickstedt}} as the successor of the Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde.{{cite NDB online |date=4 January 2023 | article=Eickstedt, Egon Rudolf Ernst Adolf Hans Dubslaff Freiherr von 1892 – 1965 |access-date=9 July 2024 |last=Preuß |first=Dirk |gnd=105237698 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021163244/https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/dbo036138-5.html |archive-date=21 October 2023 |url-status=live}} The title Homo (the name of the human genus) was chosen to avoid terms suspicious of racism.{{Cite book |title=Blood and Homeland – Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900-1940 |last=Klautke |first=Egbert |publisher=CEU Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-963-7326-81-3 |location=Budapest |pages=35 |editor-last=Turda |editor-first=Marius |chapter=German 'Race Psychology' and Its Implementation in Central Europe: Egon von Eickstedt and Rudolf Hippius |editor-last2=Weindling |editor-first2=Paul J.}}

Author's copy: {{Cite web |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/12974/ |title=German "Race Psychology" and its implementations in central Europe: Egon von Eickstedt and Rudolf Hippius |date= |access-date=9 July 2024 |last=Klautke |first=Egbert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702091937/https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/12974/ |archive-date=2 July 2020 |url-status=live |pages=16–17 |via=UCL Discovery}} (Direct link to PDF:[https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/12974/1/12974.pdf])

= ''Homo: Journal of Comparative Human Biology'' =

In sometime, the subtitle was rename to Homo: Journal of Comparative Human Biology.

Homo was published by Elsevier up to and including Volume 69 (2018) on behalf of the Australasian Society for Human Biology, of which it is the official journal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.australasianhumanbiology.com/useful-links.html |title=Useful Links |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=Australasian Society for Human Biology |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109131325/http://www.australasianhumanbiology.com/useful-links.html |archive-date=9 November 2022 |url-status=live |at=Science Websites |quote=HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0018442X) - the official journal of the ASHB.}} According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2018 impact factor of 0.788.{{cite book |date=2018 |chapter=HOMO |title=2018 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science}}

From Volume 70 (2019) the journal is published by E. Schweizerbart Science Publishers, quarterly (four issues, formerly 6, but in a larger sub-A4 format). Homo is planned to be a gold Open Access journal from volume 73 (2022).{{Cite journal |title=editorial |journal=HOMO |url=https://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/homo/detail/72/100674/Editorial |issue=4 |volume=72 |doi=10.1127/homo/2021/1599 |date=2021 |page=261 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109144135/https://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/homo/detail/72/100674/Editorial |archive-date=9 November 2022 |url-status=live |last1=Rösing |first1=Friedrich W. |last2=Rühli |first2=Frank J. |last3=Zink |first3=Albert |last4=Nägele |first4=Andreas |pmid=34806113}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.schweizerbart.de/journals/homo}} at Schweizerbart.de: from Volume 70 (2019)
{{Cite web |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/homo |title=Homo: Journal of Comparative Human Biology |website=Elsevier.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132342/https://www.journals.elsevier.com/homo/ |archive-date=4 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}: up to Volume 69 (2018)
{{Cite web |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/homo/issues |title=Homo All issues |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=ScienceDirect |quote=Transferred back to the society as of 2019}}: abstracts of Volume 52 (2001) – Volume 69 (2018)

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