HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of human biology. It was established in 1949 by Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt.[1]

HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology
DisciplineHuman biology, biological anthropology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMaciej Henneberg, Andrea Cucina, Friedrich W. Rösing, Frank J. Rühli, Stanley J. Ulijaszek
Publication details
History1949-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
gold Open Access
0.788 (2018)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4HOMO
Indexing
CODENHOMOA7
ISSN0018-442X (print)
1618-1301 (web)
OCLC no.867665246
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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

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

Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde

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In 1935, Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt started a German journal Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde[2] (lit.'Journal for Racial Studies'). It continued until 1944.[2]

Homo, Internationale Zeitschrift für die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen

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After the World War II, in 1949,[2] Eickstedt established a new journal Homo, Internationale Zeitschrift für die vergleichende Forschung am Menschen[1] as the successor of the Zeitschrift für Rassenkunde.[2] The title "Homo" was chosen to avoid terms suspicious of racism.[3]

HOMO: Journal of Comparative Human Biology

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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.[4] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2018 impact factor of 0.788.[5]

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).[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "editorial board" (PDF). HOMO. 69 (6): ii. 2018. doi:10.1016/S0018-442X(18)30077-5. S2CID 239798599. Founded by: Egon von Eickstedt
  2. ^ a b c d Preuß, Dirk. "Eickstedt, Egon Rudolf Ernst Adolf Hans Dubslaff Freiherr von 1892 – 1965". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  3. ^ Klautke, Egbert (2007). "German "Race Psychology" and Its Implementation in Central Europe: Egon von Eickstedt and Rudolf Hippius". In Turda, Marius; Weindling, Paul J. (eds.). Blood and Homeland – Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900-1940. Budapest, Hungary: CEU Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-963-7326-81-3.
  4. ^ "HOMO". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.
  5. ^ Rösing, Friedrich W.; Rühli, Frank J.; Zink, Albert; Nägele, Andreas (2021). "editorial". HOMO. 72 (4): 261. doi:10.1127/homo/2021/1599. PMID 34806113. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09.
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