Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Title	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Abbreviation	Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.
Discipline	Multidisciplinary science
Language	English
Editor	Bruce S. McEwen
Publisher	New York Academy of Sciences
History	1823–present
Frequency	Irregular (special issues)
Issn	0077-8923

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences is a long-running multidisciplinary scientific serial established in the early 19th century that publishes proceedings, review articles, and special issue collections tied to symposia and conferences. The journal has intersected with the work of many notable figures and institutions, including Louis Agassiz, Charles Darwin, Alexander von Humboldt, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, and has served as a venue for contributions connected to organizations such as the Smithsonian Institution, Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences (United States), Royal Society of London, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Its pages have reflected developments associated with events like the World's Columbian Exposition and institutions such as Columbia University, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, and Johns Hopkins University.

History

Founded in 1823 under the auspices of the New York Academy of Sciences, the journal emerged during the era of figures like DeWitt Clinton, Albert Gallatin, Joseph Henry, and Alexander Graham Bell, paralleling activities at the American Philosophical Society, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Académie des Sciences (France). Early volumes recorded lectures and transactions akin to those of the Linnean Society of London and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and they documented exchanges involving explorers such as Lewis and Clark Expedition participants and naturalists like John James Audubon and Asa Gray. Through the 19th century the publication intersected with infrastructure projects tied to Erie Canal advocates and scientific developments connected to inventors like Samuel Morse and Eli Whitney. In the 20th century it published material related to conferences attended by scientists from institutions including Rockefeller University, Carnegie Institution for Science, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Max Planck Society, and Institut Pasteur, and it covered topics contemporaneous with the Manhattan Project, International Geophysical Year, and Space Race.

Published by the New York Academy of Sciences, the journal issues themed volumes often derived from meetings held at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and university lecture halls at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Chicago. Editors and contributors have included figures affiliated with National Science Foundation, Guggenheim Fellowship recipients, members of the Royal Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and laureates of awards such as the Nobel Prize, Lasker Award, Copley Medal, and Pulitzer Prize for scientific writing. Bibliographic identifiers include ISSN numbers and inclusion in catalogues maintained by institutions like the Library of Congress, British Library, and Bibliothèque nationale de France.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major services used by researchers at organizations such as Clarivate Analytics, Elsevier, and PubMed Central, and appears in databases associated with Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, and BIOSIS Previews. Libraries and consortia at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Yale University Library, Harvard Library, and New York Public Library provide access records, and citation tracking tools used by scholars at Institute for Scientific Information and members of the Committee on Publication Ethics monitor its metrics. Institutional repositories at Cornell University, University of Michigan, University of California, and Columbia University Libraries index many of its volumes.

Scholars affiliated with Royal Society of Canada, Australian Academy of Science, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, and national academies worldwide have cited the journal in literatures covering ecology, neuroscience, molecular biology, and earth science. Reviews in publications such as Science (journal), Nature (journal), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and commentary from editors at The Lancet have discussed its special issues, while policy-oriented readers at United Nations agencies and advisory committees have consulted its proceedings. Citation metrics tracked by Journal Citation Reports and analyses performed by scholars at National Bureau of Economic Research have informed assessments of its disciplinary influence.

Special issues and landmark articles have assembled work related to contributors like Sigmund Freud in historical perspectives, ecologists following the legacy of Aldo Leopold, neuroscientists building on the research of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Donald Hebb, and conservationists in the tradition of John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt. Thematic volumes have focused on topics addressed by delegations to meetings such as the Geneva Conference, panels convened by Royal Society committees, and symposia organized with partners including National Geographic Society, World Wildlife Fund, American Museum of Natural History, and New York Botanical Garden.

Category:Scientific journals