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Publications
will include regular submissions as well as invited articles,
reviews and essays solicited by members of the Editorial Board.
A prerequisite for publications in this journal is that papers
need to be presented in simple language and written in an integrative
fashion. Being an interdisciplinary journal, the presentation
of content is critical. Conservation professionals who come from
a wide array of disciplines should find the content comprehensible
and stimulating. For example, to provide a very general perspective,
natural scientists should take care to use and explain mathematical
equations and statistics meaningfully and social scientists should
attempt more concise manuscripts with some graphical outputs.
Authors should take care to explain terminology that is restricted
to their discipline. For contributors whose first language is
not English, we are willing to provide reasonable assistance to
improve the written style of manuscripts. All contributions will
be peer-reviewed. |
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Length
- Manuscript length limits refer to all pages (including cover
page, abstract, text, tables and figures). Each figure will count
as a page. |
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Reports
– 5000 words
Articles – 12000 words
Reviews – 10,000 - 15000 words
Comments – 1000 - 2000 words
Book Reviews – 1000 – 1500 words
Special Features – Perspectives, Debates & Essays
(of variable length – to be decided by the Editor) |
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Reports
– Reports are short papers that communicate new work. The
results should contain data and ideas that support interesting
advances in a particular discipline. Reports are not news items.
They should be supported by sufficient data and a logical framework.
Reports should not exceed 5000 words (or 20 manuscript pages).
Reports will get priority for review, processing and publication. |
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Articles
– Articles should present significant work in any
of the journal’s broad areas of interest. Submissions
of articles that break new ground or advance our understanding
of a particular conservation issue are particularly welcome.
The ideal word limit for an article is 10,000 words. |
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Comments
– Readers are encouraged to submit replies or comments
on articles that have already been published in the journal.
These could be with regard to factual errors, different
viewpoints, analyses or interpretation of results. Comments
will be peer-reviewed. |
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Special
Features - Debates, perspectives and essays
on certain themes or paradigms can be of varying length and are
intended to promote discussion on important topics. They are different
from reviews that may have exhaustive surveys of literature. These
are normally solicited by the Editorial Board, but one can contact
the Editor with respect to submissions or new ideas. |
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Reviews
– Reviews of work carried out on a particular topic can
be published as longer papers. Reviews normally contain a larger
number of citations and hence the longer word limit (10,000 to
15,000 words). |
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Book
Reviews – Book reviews are concise
evaluations of books on topics provided by invited experts.
Book reviews are solicited by the Editorial Board, however,
books may be suggested or submitted to the Book
Reviews Editor after consultation. |
