Fauna Norvegica

Aims & Scope

Fauna norvegica is an international journal focusing on Nordic fauna.

In addition to faunistic studies, contributions concerning systematics and taxonomy, biogeography, biodiversity in order to describe abundance and distribution, as well as methodological development, are welcome.

Submitted manuscripts will be considered for publication after peer review.

There are no page charges for manuscripts accepted for publication.

All research papers in Fauna norvegica are subjected to peer review.

Submissions must not have been previously published or copyrighted, and must not be published subsequently except in abstract form or by written consent of the editor in chief.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

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• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Distribution of marine, benthic, shell bearing gastropods along the Norwegian coast

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Tore

• Stable isotopic analysis of fossil chironomids as an approach to environmental reconstruction: state of development and future challenges

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Oliver, Jos, Maarten

• Growth, migration and survival of lake reared juvenile anadromous Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L.

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Lars P.

• Bird predation on hatchery reared Atlantic salmon smolts, Salmo salar L., released in the River Eira, Norway

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Ole, Nils Arne, Lars P.

• Animal bones from the Late Weichselian in Norway

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Rolf W.

• Notes on Norwegian marine Amphipoda. 10. Scavengers and fish associates

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Wim, Kirsi

• The aquatic glacial relict fauna of Norway – an update of distribution and conservation status

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Ingvar, Björn, Gösta, Jens Petter, Risto

• Long-term patterns of chironomid assemblages in a high elevation stream/lake network (Switzerland) – Implications to global change

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Brigitte, Beat, Christopher T

• The taxonomy, life cycle and pathology of Sarcoptes scabiei and Notoedres cati (Acarina, Sarcoptidae): A review in a Fennoscandian wildlife perspective

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Morten, Vegard, Kirstin, Kjetil

• Distribution and spread of the invasive slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon in Norway

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Bjørn Arild, Steffen, Arild, Kristin, Bente, Torstein