Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- 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, or RTF document file format.
- The text is single-spaced; 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.
Scientific paper
Scientific Paper is a complete description of original research including an introductory overview of the state-of-the-art. The structure is typically IMRAD (Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion), followed by Conclusions (optional), Acknowledgements (optional), References, Summary, Supplementary material (optional).
Short Communication
Short Communication is an original paper reporting on a smaller dataset as well as partial or preliminary research results. The structure follows the IMRAD logic but is simplified, for example by fusing the Results and Discussion sections. The main text is followed by Acknowledgements (optional), References, Summary, and Supplementary material (optional).
Field Note
Field Note is a short report on new and interesting findings coming from or related to biological field work. It contains information in the main text, Acknowledgements (optional) and References.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors are confirming that they are the authors of the submitting article, which will be published (print and online) in journal Natura Sloveniae by University of Ljubljana Press / Biotechnical Faculty (Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia) and National Institute of Biology (Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia). Author’s name will be evident in the article in journal. All decisions regarding layout and distribution of the work are in hands of the publisher.
- Authors guarantee that the work is their own original creation and does not infringe any statutory or common-law copyright or any proprietary right of any third party. In case of claims by third parties, authors commit their self to defend the interests of the publisher, and shall cover any potential costs.
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.