The American Society of Mammalogists

What The American Society of Mammalogists does

The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) is a private nonprofit professional scientific society founded in 1919 and headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. ASM serves approximately 2,500 members, predominantly professional mammalogists, graduate and undergraduate students, and international researchers from developing countries. The society's mission centers on promoting interest in mammals through research, education, conservation, and scholarly communication, with governance distributed across 40+ standing committees covering awards, conservation, biodiversity, animal care, international relations, and nomenclature.

ASM's core products are two peer-reviewed journals—the flagship Journal of Mammalogy (published six times per year since 1919 and recognized as one of the top 100 most influential serials in biology and medicine of the 20th century) and Mammalian Species—alongside Special Publications, the Mammal Image Library digital archive, and the externally hosted Mammal Diversity Database. The society's technology footprint is modest: membership is managed through the Wild Apricot platform (asm.wildapricot.org), journals are published and distributed through Oxford University Press (academic.oup.com), and historical Special Publications are freely accessible via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

The society generates revenue primarily through tiered annual membership dues ($20–$55 per year across Developing Country, Student, Early Career, and Regular tiers), Life and Patron Membership one-time payments ($500–$5,000), publication page charges and Open Access fees, direct sales of Special Publications, annual meeting registrations, and member donations funding the Sponsored Membership Program for developing-country researchers. Distribution combines digital channels—social media (Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube), email newsletters, and Google Group forums—with the annual in-person conference (105th Annual Meeting scheduled for June 2026 in Norfolk, Virginia).

Name

The American Society of Mammalogists

Legal name

American Society of Mammalogists

Website

https://mammalsociety.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The American Society of Mammalogists is a nonprofit professional scientific society founded in 1919, serving approximately 2,500 mammalogists and students through peer-reviewed journals, annual meetings, grants, and membership programs across North America and Latin America.

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Lawrence

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United States

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North America

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Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: The society generates revenue primarily through annual membership dues at various rates including Regular Member ($55), Early Career Member ($40), Student Member ($25), and Developing Country membership ($20). Life and Patron memberships are also available at higher one-time or installment rates.
2. Publication Revenue: Revenue generated from publication activities including page charges for publishing in the Journal of Mammalogy, color print fees, Open Access publication fees, and sales of Special Publications including The Wild Mammals of Montana ($27.95) and Anatomy of the Woodchuck ($45.00).
3. Sponsored Membership Donations: The International Relations Committee manages sponsored memberships funded by ASM member contributions, supporting mammalogists in developing countries who cannot afford standard membership rates.

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Core offering

No factual core-offering description is directly evidenced in the supplied input; the only contextual cues suggest publications and membership-related activities for the mammalogy research community, but these lack source attribution.

Product overview

The American Society of Mammalogists operates a portfolio of scientific publishing products and membership services for mammalogy professionals. The core offering centers on two peer-reviewed journals—the Journal of Mammalogy (established 1919, published 6x/year) and Mammalian Species—alongside Special Publications and the Mammal Image Library digital archive. The Society provides membership programs at multiple tiers (Regular, Early Career, Student, Developing Country) with benefits including publication access, conference attendance, and research grants. The 105th Annual Meeting is scheduled for June 2026 in Norfolk, Virginia. Additional resources include the Mammal Diversity Database, Sponsored Membership Program, and various grants and awards supporting mammalogy research internationally.

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Brands

• Journal of Mammalogy: The flagship international scientific journal of ASM, published 6 times per year since 1919, promoting interest in mammals through publication of original research on all aspects of mammalian biology.
• Mammalian Species
• Mammal Image Library

Quantifiable outcome

• Journal of Mammalogy voted one of the top 100 most influential serials in biology and medicine of the 20th century
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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• International Federation of MammalogistsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration with the global umbrella organization for mammalogists to advance the field through joint efforts and shared resources.
• Society for Marine MammalogymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the primary professional society focused on marine mammals, supporting cross-disciplinary mammalogy research.
• Biodiversity Heritage LibrarycoreTechnology or IntegrationASM Special Publications 1-11 and 13 are freely available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library (biodiversitylibrary.org), providing digital access to historical mammalogy publications.
• Oxford University PresscoreTechnology or IntegrationJournal of Mammalogy and Mammalian Species published and distributed through Oxford University Press (academic.oup.com). Members access journals through this platform.
• Regional Mammal Societies (Latin America)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASM International Relations Committee collaborates with SAREM (Argentina), SBMz (Brasil), APM (Paraguay), SCMas (Colombia), SOMASPA (Panama), ASOGUAMA (Guatemala), AEM (Ecuador), and RELAM (Latin America) for Carol and Jim Patton Award program supporting Latin American graduate students.
• American Society of ParasitologistsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with related scientific society in parasitology, supporting interdisciplinary research connections.
• The Animal Behavior SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with professional society focused on animal behavior research, supporting cross-disciplinary mammalogy research.
• Ecological Society of AmericaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with major ecological research organization supporting broader environmental and ecological research connections.
• International Theriological CongressmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASM serves as official contact with organizing committees of International Theriological Congresses and updates members about international conferences focusing on mammals.

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Direct peers

• Society for Conservation Biology: International scientific society publishing Conservation Biology and Conservation Science and Practice, with membership tiers and global meetings. Directly comparable non-profit publisher-and-society structure serving conservation-oriented researchers overlapping ASM's audience.
• Ecological Society of America: ASM's listed partner and a fellow biology-focused scientific society with peer-reviewed journals, annual meetings, and tiered professional/student memberships. Comparable in non-profit scholarly publishing and member-service model, though broader in taxonomic scope.
• The Wildlife Society: Scientific society for wildlife professionals with publications, conferences, working groups, and tiered memberships analogous to ASM. Highly comparable member-led non-profit operating model in an adjacent wildlife/conservation discipline.
• American Society of Parasitologists: Listed ASM partner and fellow discipline-specific biological society with peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Parasitology), annual meeting, and tiered memberships. Operates the same scientific-society-as-nonprofit publisher model.
• Society for Marine Mammalogy: Direct peer scientific society focused specifically on marine mammals. ASM lists it as a major strategic partner, and the two operate overlapping publication, membership, and annual-meeting models for adjacent specialist communities within mammalogy.
• International Federation of Mammalogists: Global umbrella organization for mammalogists that ASM collaborates with directly. Most comparable peer in international coordination of mammal research, although structurally a federation rather than a single society.
• The Animal Behavior Society: Listed ASM partner and a parallel learned society in animal behavior with journals, annual meetings, grants, and student programs. Closely comparable member-led academic publishing and awards model.

Broad incumbents

• American Institute of Biological Sciences: Umbrella organization representing many biological societies with publishing and policy activities. Broader scope than ASM but highly comparable as a non-profit biology ecosystem organization supporting member societies and journals.

Regional players

• British Ecological Society: Long-established UK-based ecological scientific society with journals, membership tiers, grants, and annual meetings. Highly analogous operating model to ASM, serving a different geography but overlapping researcher audience.

Others

• International Theriological Congress: Listed ASM partner; recurring international conference series on mammals. Comparable as a global convening body for ASM members, though structured as a periodic conference rather than an ongoing society.

Market position

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Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mammalogists
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCA6tp7M-8d9YFLorYysHR_Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/American.Society.of.Mammalogists
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/home
• Instagraminstagram.com/amersocmammalogists

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