NISC News
Peter Ryan awarded SANCOR’s Gilchrist Medal
30 August 2017 • Announcements & Notices
NISC wishes to congratulate Prof Peter Ryan, a regular contributor to our journals, on his receipt of the SANCOR Gilchrist Medal.
Prof Ryan is one of the most prolific marine scientists in Southern Africa and as... 
Call for Papers: Hot Birds- Birds of the African Arid Zones
29 August 2017 • Announcements & Notices
Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology invites research papers for a special issue on the theme of Africa's arid zone birds.
The special issue, 'Hot Birds - Birds of the African Arid Zones', will consider a wide... 
Special Issue on Vultures
18 August 2017 • Announcements & Notices
Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology, Volume 88, Issue 2, 2017 is a Special Issue on Vultures, dedicated to the memory of the legendary ornithologist, André Boshoff (1945-2016).
This special issue was inspired by presentations at the... 
Featured Open Research in Child & Adolescent Mental Health
3 August 2017 • Announcements & Notices
NISC has offered authors an Open Access publishing option on all its journals since 2007 and there has been a slow uptick in the demand for Open Access publishing every year. Much of the interest in our... 
Call for Papers: #RhodesMustFall
31 July 2017 • Announcements & Notices
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Volume 35, Issue 3, 2017 will be a special issue titled, “Advanced language politics in South Africa’s higher education post #RhodesMustFall.”
Since 2015 South Africa has witnessed student driven...