Protistology

Protistology is one of the five "organism-oriented" journals for researchers of protistan material. The Journal publishes manuscripts on the whole spectrum of lower Eukaryote cells including protozoans, lower algae and lower fungi. Protistology publishes original papers (experimental and theoretical contributions), full-size reviews, short topical reviews (which are supposed to be somewhat "provocative" for setting up new hypotheses),

rapid short communications, book reviews, symposia materials, historical materials, obituary notices on famous scientists, letters to the Editor, comments on and replies to published papers. Chronicles will present information about past and future scientific meetings, conferences, etc.
THE PECULIARITIES OF THE JOURNAL
♦ reviews, overviews and theoretical manuscripts on systematics, phylogeny, evolution and ecology of protists are favourably accepted
♦ the manuscripts on multicellular organisms concerning their phylogenetic and taxonomic relationships with protists are also accepted
♦ the size of manuscripts is usually not limited

• EDITOR–IN–CHIEF - Sergei SKARLATO, Ph.D., D.Sc., Head of the Department of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology RAS, Russian Federation

• Andrew GOODKOV - Ph.D., Leading Scientist, Department of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology RAS, Russian Federation

• Yuri MAZEI - Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor, Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, Penza, Russian Federation
• Irena TELESH - Ph.D., D.Sc., Principal Scientist, Department of Freshwater and Experimental Hydrobiology, Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

• Igor DOVGAL, Ph.D., D.Sc., Head of the Department of Invertebrate Fauna and Systematics, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Alexander FROLOV, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor, Principal Scientist, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Sergei FOKIN, Ph.D., D.Sc., Leading Scientist, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological and Soil Sci. Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, and Biological Faculty, University of Piza, Italy
• Irma ISSI, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor, Leading Scientist, All-Russia Institute of Plant Protection (RAAS)
• Sergey KARPOV, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological and Soil Sci. Faculty, St. Petersburg State University
• Elena NASSONOVA, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Department of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Yuri NOVOZHILOV, Ph.D., D.Sc., Leading Scientist, Laboratory of Systematics And Geography of Fungi, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Giulio PETRONI, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Faculty, University of Piza, Italy
• Elena SABANEYEVA, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Cytology and Histology, Biological and Soil Sci. Faculty, St. Petersburg State University
• Alexey SMIRNOV, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological and Soil Sci. Faculty, St. Petersburg State University
• Yuliya SOKOLOVA, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Department of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Alan WARREN, Ph.D., Life Sciences Department, Genomics and Microbial Biodiversity Division, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
• Zhenzhen YI, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Subtropical Biodiversity and Biomonitoring, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
• Alexander YUDIN, Ph.D., D.Sc., Professor, Principal Scientist, Department of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Vyacheslav YURCHENKO, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Lab. Head, Laboratory of Molecular Protozoology, Life Science Research Center, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 71000 Ostrava, Czech Republic
• EDITORIAL ASSISTANT - Yulia AFANASEVA, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Head of the Editorial Office of Scientific Journals, Penza State University, Penza, Russian Federation