Phasmid Studies – ISSN 0966-0011 (print) & ISSN 1750-3329 (online)
Anyone may contribute to Phasmid Studies, not just PSG members. To submit to Phasmid Studies authors should download the Instructions to contributors at the bottom of this page, or consult a recent issue.
The History of Phasmid Studies
Phasmid Studies was first published in 1992 when the Phasmid Study Group Newsletter was split into two parts to spread the editorial workload. The split took place because the existing editors of the Newsletter were retiring from the post and there were no volunteers to take over the whole Newsletter which was then typically 24 pages per quarterly issue. Paul Taylor and Phil Bragg discusssed problem and agreed to split the publication; Paul edited the Newsletter from volume 50 in March 1992 and Phil founded the new publication, Phasmid Studies. The concept was to have the biannual Phasmid Studies publishing the longer articles such as the "species reports" which had traditionally appeared at the back of the original newsletter, while the Newsletter continued as a quarterly publication containing the shorter articles and news items.
Title and Style
The PSG committee decided Phasmid Studies should be produced in A4 size so that it could accommodate life-sized illustrations of reasonably large phasmids. A sample edition of the new publication was produced by Phil Bragg in January 1992 for appraisal by the PSG committee. The provisional title of The Phasmid Journal was replaecd by Phasmid Studies at the suggestion of the retiring Newsletter editors, Michael Lazenby and Frances Holloway. The line spacing of the sample edition was reduced from one-and-a-half to single line spacing. The style of Phasmid Studies is based on that used for Entomologist in the 1980's and 1990's.
The two parts of a volume always have the same illustation on the cover. The downloadable back issues on this site are in single volumes which have a modified front cover, and a combined contents list for the volume.
Publication dates
The first issue of Phasmid Studies was in June 1992. Although intended as a biannual with the two parts forming one volume per year, in some years the two parts have been combined because of a shortage of material and a desire to keep postage costs down. In spite of producing combined issues publication fell behind schedule and volumes 13, 14 and 15 were published a year later than expected. It got back on schedule with the publication of volume 16 in 2007.
| Volume | Published |
| 1(1) | June 1992 |
| 1(2) | December 1992 |
| 2(1) | June 1993 |
| 2(2) | December 1993 |
| 3(1) | June 1994 |
| 3(2) | January 1995 |
| 4(1) | June 1995 |
| 4(2) | December 1995 |
| 5(1) | 8th July 1996 |
| 5(2) | December 1996 |
| 6(1) | June 1997 |
| 6(2) | December 1997 |
| 7(1) | June 1998 |
| 7(2) | June 1999 |
| 8(1&2) | December 1999 |
| 9(1&2) | December 2000 |
| 10(1) | March 2001 |
| 10(2) | 28th November 2001 |
| 11(1) | March 2002 |
| 11(2) | June 2003 |
| 12(1&2) | March 2005 |
| 13(1&2) | September 2005 |
| 14(1&2) | December 2006 |
| 15(1&2) | 22nd March 2007 |
| 16(1) | September 2007 |
| 16(2) | December 2007 |
| 17(1) | 29th April 2008 |
The present
Phasmid Studies was produced in printed form only and sent to all PSG members until 2006. From 2006, for financial reasons, it has been published online and in print; printed copies are issued free to PSG members who choose this option, other members can download Phasmid Studies from the PSG website. The printed and online versions are identical. Colour illustrations have been accepted since publication became mainly online in 2006.
Download back issues of Phasmid Studies.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Instructions to contributors.pdf | 30.59 KB |
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