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Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología, A.C.
2006
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- Folia entomológica mexicana (1961 - 2005): celebrating 44 years in latin american scientific communications W. Bruce Campbell Sergio Ibáñez Bernal Biología Mexico entomology journal history literature survey The generation and use of scientific knowledge is constantly influenced by current scientific awareness, educationalefficiency and quality, social and political issues, and resource availability. To facilitate communication of scientific knowledge,science societies were developed, within which journal publication is the most important and enduring function. Journals providequality-controlled outlets for knowledge and thus further scientific progress by enhancing scientific awareness, increasingeducational efficiency and quality, clarifying social and political issues, and improving resource management. The SociedadMexicana de Entomología (SME) and its highly regarded journal Folia Entomológica Mexicana (FEM) are strategically situatedin Mexico. As in other developing tropical regions, insect and agricultural diversity and poverty are high, budgets are oftenlimited, and ecosystem alteration and destruction are increasing, thus challenging the function of the society and its journal. Dueto their geographic location, SME and FEM are uniquely positioned as cost effective (compared with more temperately locatedscientific societies) and critically important providers of entomological knowledge from tropical research to education andmanagement on domestic and internationally collaborative scales. This report describes a survey of all articles published in FEMfrom the beginning of the journal in 1961 through 2005. Data from 13 variables were collected directly from each journal issueand graphically assessed. Journal publication activity has continued to increase, and the general foundation behind the increasein total page production is improved publication design and an increase in more concise original basic science articles producedfrom field surveys. Nearly 50% of all published articles were focused on systematics and faunistic inventories, followed by articleson agricultural entomology and ecology. The Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Lepidoptera were the four most frequentlyresearched insect orders. These orders represent high tropical species richness and diversity (described and predicted), are highlynoticeable, and possess much taxonomic history and favoritism due to their m edical and agricultural importance and their diverseand critical ecological roles. FEM appears to be acceptablymanaging influential societal developments and limitations to continueto produce substantive scientific knowledge on biodiversity, agriculture, and ecology in Mexico and the Americas. Such criticallyimportant fields are the frontlines of necessary research and education in developing tropical regions, eventually contributing tomore effective and sustainable resource management. 2006 artículo científico 0430-8603 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42445211 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=424 Folia Entomológica Mexicana application/pdf Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología, A.C. Folia Entomológica Mexicana (México) Num.2 Vol.45