Myrmecological News
Homepage funded by Beate Lattanzi-Schödl & Alexander Schödl, in honour of their brother, Stefan Schödl, 1957-2005, Editor of Myrmecological News, 1999-2005
Edited by: Florian Steiner (Editor-in-Chief), Birgit Schlick-Steiner, Daniel Kronauer
Online ISSN: 1997-3500
Print ISSN: 1994-4136 (Volumes 1 - 27)
Abbreviation: Myrmecol. News
Frequency: at least one volume per year
Current issue: Volume 35 (2025)
Previous name: Myrmecologische Nachrichten
Indexed by: Directory of Open Access Journals, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Zoological Record
Impact Factor: 2.4 (2024); rank 20/110 in Entomology
Myrmecological News is an independent, international, peer reviewed, non-profit journal. It offers rapid means of publication on all fields of ant research, in a lively mix of research and review articles. As of Volume 28, Myrmecol. News is an open-access (CC BY 4.0, all rights remain with the author), online-only, digitally archived (Biotaxa) journal (for details, see Open access). All requirements for taxonomic publications as defined in the 2012 amendment of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature are met (for details, see Aims and scope). Open access also applies to all earlier content (Volumes 1 - 27).
News and announcements
>>> New contribution published: [as of 28 January 2026] >>
The enigma of sugar: changes in aggressiveness of weaver ants across habitats in response to sugar supplies
Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Li, P., Wanga, V.O & Nakamura, A. Check it out