Journal Title：Malimbus

Founded by John H. Elgood (died 1998—Marimbus Obituaries 21:74-75, 127–128) and Robert E. Sharland. Its purpose is to foster scientific interest in West African birds and to promote ornithology in the region, primarily through its journal Malimbus (formerly the Bulletin of the Nigerian Society of Ornithologists). The journal is biennial and bilingual, unique in Africa.

The NOS publication The Bulletin of the Nigerian Society of Ornithologists accepted papers on birds from other West African countries for a period of time until 17 September 1977 in Liverpool. The NOS Council, wishing to expand the Society's reach, invited the French Discuss this with an ornithologist (eg Claude Chappuis) and decide to "West Africanize" the society and cover the entire West African region. A notice was posted on Bull. NOS 13:85 (1977), and a request for a proposal for a new name for the Bulletin. John Elgood came up with the name Malimbus, a passerine genus almost endemic to West Africa, which was eventually chosen as the title of his journal. The first issue of the new journal in 1979 aptly began with a paper reviewing the genus Malimbe and describing what was then considered a new species of Gola Malimbe.

由 John H. Elgood（1998 年去世——Marimbus Obituaries 21:74-75, 127–128）和 Robert E. Sharland 創立。其宗旨是培養人們對西非鳥類的科學興趣，并主要通過其期刊《Malimbus》（前身為《尼日利亞鳥類學家協會公報》）推動該地區的鳥類學研究。該期刊每兩年出版一次，為雙語期刊，在非洲獨一無二。

NOS 出版物《尼日利亞鳥類學家協會公報》在利物浦的一段時間內接受了來自其他西非國家的鳥類論文，直到 1977 年 9 月 17 日。NOS 理事會希望擴大該協會的影響力，邀請法國鳥類學家（例如 Claude Chappuis）討論此事，并決定“西非化”該協會并覆蓋整個西非地區。Bull 上發布了一則通知。 NOS 13:85（1977 年），以及一份為《公報》提出新名稱的建議書。約翰·埃爾古德想出了馬林布斯 (Malimbus) 這個名字，這是一種幾乎是西非特有的雀形目鳥類，最終被選為他的期刊名稱。1979 年新期刊的第一期恰如其分地以一篇論文開頭，該論文回顧了馬林貝屬并描述了當時被認為是戈拉馬林貝的新物種。

Malimbus創刊于1964年，由WEST AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC出版商出版，收稿方向涵蓋ORNITHOLOGY全領域，此期刊水平偏中等偏靠后，在所屬細分領域中專業影響力一般，過審相對較易，如果您文章質量佳，選擇此期刊，發表機率較高。平均審稿速度 ，影響因子指數0.1，該期刊近期沒有被列入國際期刊預警名單，廣大學者值得一試。