Submissions

This journal is not accepting submissions at this time.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is one and a half spacing; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

By submitting manuscript, author(s) confirm(s) that the work have not been published anywhere, and is not under consideration for publication anywhere. The journal publishes three types of articles plus book review, letter to editor and essay.

The submitted papers will be subjected to pre-review by editors. The papers deemed to be appropriate will be sent to reviewers. The submitted paper is expected to get first decision within a month of submission.

The structure of journal will be as of following:

  1. Original articles
  2. Reviews
  3. Short communications
  4. Book reviews
  5. Letters to the editor
  6. Essay

Authors are required to submit their manuscripts either through the Manuscript Central on the journal's own website or, in case of problems Manuscript Central, authors can also send manuscript by email to the Managing Editor (journal@thenaturefounation.org or conserv.sci@gmail.com).

Original articles should be based on the original work reporting interdisciplinary investigation of conservation problem. It should not be more than 8000 words. The word count includes all parts of paper except figures and tables. It should be organized as Summary, Introduction, Materials and  Methods, Results, Discussion, Conservation Implications  and  Conclusion, References, Biography. Section should not be numbered. Summary of the manuscript should be no more than 300 words and should be organized in following subheadings: Scope, Location, Material and Methods, Key findings, Conservation implications, and ending with a list of 4-8 keywords arranged in alphabetical order.

Reviews provide a detail account of conservation issues. The journal welcomes review articles on topical themes of conservation and/or status of nature conservation (e.g. state of environment) in particular regions/countries. Reviews should be structured as original articles and should not exceed 9000 words.

Short communication provides a short but insightful glimpse of conservation issues. It should not exceed 3500 words and should be organized as Summary, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conservation Implications and Conclusion, References, Biography.

Book reviews should be of relevant titles of conservation science. Authors are strongly advised to make enquiry with managing editor (journal@thenaturefoundation.org) about the submission articles for book review. Book reviews should be less than 1500 words.

Letters to the editor are written to draw attention of scientific community about conservation issues. Letters should be less than 1000 words.

Essay is a long paper that provides an insight on new or emerging topics of conservation. It is like opinion but should be presented with valid arguments. It should not be more than 8000 words.

Copyright and Permissions
Authors retain the copyright to their articles.

Creative Commons Licence
All articles in the Conservation Science are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Submission and Processing Fees
Conservation Science charges neither publication fee nor subscription fee.  It is free !

Manuscript preparation
Manuscripts should be meticulously prepared, and submitted in final form. They should be typed in one and half  spacing. A single file (in .doc format) of manuscript is preferable to multiple files. Pages and lines must be numbered continuously throughout the manuscript including those containing references, tables and figures. The title page should be submitted separately with following  information: title of article (less  than  25  words), the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s) and address (es) of the author(s), e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author, acknowledgments. Because of double blind peer review process, it is responsibility of authors not to put any information that could reveal author(s) identity and affiliation in the manuscript file.

Both American and British English are accepted but not of combination of these. Please use Times New Roman font (12-point) for text. Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be given in title page, which will be placed in a separate section before the reference list during proof correction stage.

Tables Table should be cited in text as Table 1, Table 2 whereas appropriate. Each table should be plain format (without any effects and vertical lines). A detail caption of each table should be given in bold type (e.g. Table  1: Comparisons of key habitat properties and descriptors of megafauna assemblages). Any additional information of table should be indicated by superscript upper-case letters and provided beneath the table body.

Figures All except table (e.g map, drawing, and artwork) should be named as Figure 1, Figure 2. Figure caption should be clear enough to understand without refereeing text. Multiple part of figures should be numbered by lowercase letter (e.g., Figure 1a, 1b etc). Figure caption should be in bold type (e.g., Figure 1: Comparisons of key habitat properties and descriptors of megafauna assemblages).

Literatures citation
Citation to work by three or more authors should be abbreviated with et al. (e.g. Grau et al. 2007). Citations should be listed in chronological order in the text and be separated by a comma (e.g., Grau et al. 2007, Pillay et al. 2011). The references should be organized at end of paper under heading “References” in alphabetical order with the journal name unabbreviated. The format for papers, theses, entire books and chapters in books is as follows:

Research paper

Grau O, Grytnes JA, Birks HJB (2007) A comparison of altitudinal species richness patterns of bryophytes with other plant groups in Nepal, Central Himalaya. Journal of Biogeography 34, 1907–1915

Online only artices with doi

Pillay R, Johnsingh AJT, Raghunath R, Madhusudan MD (2011) Patterns of spatiotemporal change in large mammal distribution and abundance in the southernWestern Ghats, India. Biological Conservation doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.01.026

Book

Begon M, Harper JL, Townsend CR (1996) Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities. Blackwell Science, Oxford

Theses and dissertations

Shrestha MK (2004) Relative ungulate abundance in fragmented landscape: Implications for tiger conservation. PhD dissertation, University of Minnesota

Book Chapter

Williams BH (2006) Red panda in Eastern Nepal: how do they fit into ecoregional conservation of the eastern Himalaya? In: McNeely JA, McCarthy TM, Smith A, Olsvig- Whittaker L, Sheikh KM, Smith AT (eds), Conservation Biology in Asia. Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section and Resources Himalaya, Kathmandu

Report

IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) (1996) Second assessment report of the

Intergovernmental Panel  on  Climate Change.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Works that are not accepted for publication should not be cited as ‘in press’. It should be cited as

‘unpublished data’ with author surname and initial. Such works must be uploaded as a part of the manuscript as file in order to facilitate reviewer for reviewing process.

Citations from the world wide web

Information cited from the world wide web should be from authentic source.

IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed 10 March 2011)

Conservation Notes

Conservation Notes” is a short communication about the conservation issue of a particular region. It is a forum for researchers, policy makers, conservation practitioners and general public to provide “a snapshot” of conservation issues. Issues that are not adequately investigated but warranted an immediate attention are given high priority.  Conservation Notes should be organized in the storytelling style. Photographs and artworks are extensively used to make communication insightful.

Original Articles

Original articles should be based on the original work reporting interdisciplinary investigation of conservation problem. It should not be more than 8000 words. The word count includes all parts of paper except figures and tables. It should be organized as Summary, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conservation Implications and Conclusion, References, Biography. Section should not be numbered. Summary of the manuscript should be no more than 300 words and should be organized in following subheadings: Scope, Location, Material and Methods, Key findings, Conservation implications, and ending with a list of 4-8 keywords arranged in alphabetical order.

Short Communications

Short communication provides a short but insightful glimpse of conservation issues. It should not exceed 3500 words and should be organized as Summary, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conservation Implications and Conclusion, References, Biography.

Reviews

Reviews provide a detail account of conservation issues. The journal welcomes review articles on topical themes of conservation and/or status of nature conservation (e.g. state of environment) in particular regions/countries. Reviews should be structured as original articles and should not exceed 9000 words.

Book Reviews

Book reviews should be of relevant titles of conservation science. Authors are strongly advised to make enquiry with managing editor (journal@thenaturefoundation.org) about the submission articles for book review. Book reviews should be less than 1500 words.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor are written to draw attention of scientific community about conservation issues. Letters should be less than 1000 words.

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1.1 what data we collect

  • When you browse our website, we collect anonymised data about your use of the website; for example, we collect information about which pages you view, which files you download, what browser you are using, and when you were using the site.
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1.2 why we collect the data

  • We use anonymised website usage data to monitor traffic, help fix bugs, and see overall patterns that inform future redesigns of the website, and provide reports on how frequently the publications on our site have been accessed from within their IP ranges.

1.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • We do not collect personal information that can be used to identify you when you browse the website.
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2. When registering as an author, and submitting an article or book

2.1 what data we collect

  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
  • As part of submitting an article for publication, you will need to provide personally identifying information which will be used for the peer review process, and will be published. This can include ‘Affiliation’, ‘Competing interests’, ‘Acknowledgements’.

2.2 why we collect the data

  • Registering an account allows you to log in, manage your profile, and participate as an author/reviewer/editor. We use cookies and session information to streamline your use of the website (for example in order for you to remain logged-in when you return to a journal). You can block or delete cookies and still be able to use the websites, although if you do you will then need to enter your username and password to login. In order to take advantage of certain features of the websites, you may also choose to provide us with other personal information, such as your ORCiD, but your decision to utilize these features and provide such data will always be voluntary.
  • Personal data submitted with the article or book is collected to allow follow good publication ethics during the review process, and will form part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

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  • As a registered author in the system you may be contacted by the journal editor to submit another article.
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2.4 why we store the data

  • We store the account data so that you may choose to become a reviewer and be able to perform those tasks, or to become an author and submit an article and then track progress of that article.
  • Published personal data that accompanies an article or a book forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

2.5 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

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  • To conform to publication ethics and best practice any personal data that is published alongside an article or book cannot be removed. If you have a query about a publication to which you are attributed please contact info@ubiquitypress.com

3. When registering as a reviewer

3.1 what data we collect

  • To become a reviewer you must first register as a user on the website, and set your preference that you would like to be considered as a reviewer. No new personal data is collected when a registered user elects to become a reviewer.
  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
  • Reviewers can also be registered by editors who invite them to review a specific article. This requires the editor to provide the reviewer’s First Name, Last Name, and Email address. Normally this will be done as part of the process of inviting you to review the article or book.
  • On submitting a review, the reviewer includes a competing interest statement, they may answer questions about the quality of the article, and they will submit their recommendation.

3.2 why we collect the data

  • The data entered is used to invite the reviewer to peer review the article or book, and to contact the reviewer during and the review process.
  • If you submit a review then the details of your review, including your recommendation, your responses to any review form, your free-form responses, your competing interests statement, and any cover letter are recorded.

3.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • This data is not shared publicly and is only accessible by the Editor and system administrators of that journal or press.
  • The data will only be used in connection with that journal or press.
  • Data that is retained post final decision is kept to conform to publication ethics and best practice, to provide evidence of peer review, and to resolve any disputes relating to the peer review of the article or book.
  • For journals or presses that publish the peer reviews, you will be asked to give consent to your review being published, and a subset of the data you have submitted will become part of the published record.

3.4 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

  • If you would no longer like to be registered as a reviewer you can edit your profile and tick the box ‘stop being a reviewer’. This will remove you from the reviewer database, however any existing reviews you may have carried out will remain.
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4.1 what data we collect

  • Co-author data is entered by the submitting author. The submitting author will already have a user account. According to standard publishing practice, the submitting author is responsible for obtaining the consent of their co-authors to be included (including having their personal data included) in the article/book being submitted to the journal/press.
  • The requested personal data for co-authors are at the bare minimum; first name, last name, institution, country, email address. This can also include; ORCID ID, Title, Middle Name, Biographical Statement, Department, Twitter Handle, Linkedin Profile Name or ImpactStory ID.

4.2 why we collect the data

  • Assuming that it is accepted for publication, this data forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.
  • Author names, affiliations and emails are required for publication and will become part of the permanent cited record.

4.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • The co-author’s personal data is stored in the author database. This personal data is only used in relation to the publication of the associated article.
  • Any co-author data collected is added to the author database and is only used in association with the article the user is co-author on.

4.5 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

  • To receive a copy of your data, please contact info@ubiquitypress.com
  • To conform to publication ethics and best practice any personal data that is published alongside an article or book cannot be removed. If you have a query about a publication to which you are attributed please contact info@ubiquitypress.com

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5.1 what data we collect

  • We require you to include your name and email address

5.2 why we collect and store the data, and for how long

  • This data would be collected to keep you updated with any news about the platform or specific journal

5.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

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5.4 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data or want your data to be removed

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(Updated: 18 May 2018)