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In 2020, four issues of the journal "Nature Conservation Research" are being published with support of World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

The list of published articles, arranged according to research topic, is available HERE.

Aims

The journal "Nature Conservation Research" is one of the first exactly scientific journals, aimed to show the quality and level of scientific investigations that are carried out in the Protected Areas, studies of biological diversity and also biology and ecology of rare and endangered species.

The main requirements for submitting manuscripts: a manuscript must 1) either be based on studies conducted (exclusively or predominantly) within Protected Area(s), or 2) be devoted (exclusively or predominantly) to rare and/or threatened species.
The main criteria for submitting manuscripts:
1. A manuscript should not have exclusively descriptive character, i.e. it should include analyse of data obtained.
2. A manuscript should be interesting for international (not only national or local) audience.
3. A manuscript should include comparison of obtained authors' data with similar publications from other regions of the world (as widely as possible and needed).

• Guidelines for Authors also include additional requirements to manuscripts submitted in the journal.

The journal "Nature Conservation Research" publishes review articles, original articles, short communications, research notes, as well as chronicles, book reviews, anniversaries.

The publication frequency is 4 issues per year. Also, we plan to publish special issues dedicated to certain thematics in the field of the nature conservation.
The publishing activity of the journal "Nature Conservation Research" is supported by Fund for Support and Development of Protected Areas "Bear Land".

Current rejection rate: 52.3%.

There are no charges for submission and publication of manuscripts.

Scope

– Biodiversity and conservation of rare and endangered species.

– Inventory of living organisms in Protected Areas and other territories.

– Study and conservation of objects of non-living nature in Protected Areas.

– Long-term monitoring of environment components in relation to threatened/rare species or to Protected Areas.

– New concepts, methods and techniques for nature conservation.

– Anthropogenic transformation of natural ecosystems and invasive alien species in Protected Areas.

– Paleontological studies in Protected Areas.

– Ecosystems management for nature conservation.

– The legal basis for nature conservation and management.

– History and development prospects of reserve management and studies.

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