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History, aims and scope
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum | Nature was first published in 1912 and remains one of Australia’s leading natural history journals. It aims to publish scholarly, peer-reviewed articles in the natural sciences, with a focus on original research pertaining to biodiversity, taxonomy, systematics, natural history or biological collections. While manuscript submissions with a Queensland focus are encouraged, the journal has a broad geographic remit.
Journal information
Publication model: Diamond open access
Publishing format: Online (downloadable PDF)
Publication frequency: No schedule. Papers are published online to the Queensland Museum website as they are ready.
Peer Review model: Anonymised (by default for reviewers; on request for authors)
Digital archive: Biodiversity Heritage Library (Volume 1–47); Queensland Museum website (Volume 48–present)
Unique article identifiers: Articles are assigned DOIs upon online publication.
Licensing: By default, articles in Memoirs | Nature are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. By agreement with the publisher, authors may opt to publish under a non-commercial and/or non-derivative licence. Please note when submitting if you require a specific licensing agreement.
Average time between submission & publication: 3–6 months, depending on the volume of journal submissions.
Publication fee
Authors are not charged a fee to publish in Memoirs | Nature. Papers are published online to the museum’s website and available to download free of charge.
Sponsors and affiliated institutions
Memoirs | Nature’s scholarship is made possible by funding from the Queensland Government.