ZSL Celebrates Journal's Award Win

London, United Kingdom, August 07, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The prize was awarded by the Special Libraries Association at a recent ceremony held in Washington DC.

The panel of judges compared different journals in biology and medicine and selected a list of the 100 most influential journals in these subject areas over the last 100 years. The Journal of Zoology beat off stiff competition to make it into the top 10.

The award highlights the Journal of Zoology as a leader in its field, demonstrating its continued ability to showcase the world’s most cutting-edge zoological research.

Recent news stories from the Journal of Zoology

Dino-not-so-soaring
The largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, reveals a paper published in ZSL's Journal of Zoology.

From Jack the Ripper to Great White Sharks
A team of US based scientists have used CSI techniques to study great white shark hunting patterns.

Their research demonstrates how geographic profiling can be used to give a unique insight into great white shark hunting behaviour.

The scientists found that the sharks possess a well-defined anchor point or search base for hunting, but not where the chances of prey interception were greatest.

Instead the attacks seemed to take place at strategic locations that could offer a balance of prey detection, capture rates, and inter-shark competition.

These are only two of the fascinating articles published in the Journal of Zoology

Editorial Notes

The Journal of Zoology, published by the Zoological Society of London, is a leading scientific journal publishing hypothesis-driven papers that advance our knowledge of animals and their systems. For further information please visit www.zsl.org/info/publications/

(1) Geographic profiling was developed by former Canadian beat cop Kim Rossmo, now Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas State University, and head of the Centre for Geospatial Intelligence and Investigation. It uses the locations of a series of linked crimes (murder, rape or arson) to predict the location of a criminal's anchor point - usually a home or place of work. Doing this allows police to prioritise lists of suspects by concentrating on those living or working in certain areas. This is extremely useful, since in most investigations police will have too many, rather than too few, suspects: for example, police investigating the Yorkshire Ripper murders in the UK in the 1970s and 80s amassed a total of 268,000 names and 4.5 million vehicle registration numbers. Geographic profiling has been highly successful in criminology, and it is now routinely used by law enforcement agencies around the world, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and Scotland Yard.

Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is an international scientific, conservation and educational charity: our key role is the conservation of animals and their habitats. The Society runs ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, carries out scientific research at the Institute of Zoology and is actively involved in field conservation overseas. For further information please visit zsl.org.

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