Instructions for Authors

Ekológia (Bratislava) publishes original research papers addressing theoretical, methodological as well as practical aspects of the ecology. Manuscripts are accepted provided that they have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are reviewed by two independent reviewers. Papers accepted for publication by the editorial board are subject to editorial revision.

Copyright

A copy of the Publishing agreement will be sent to authors of papers accepted for publication. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain written permission for quotation and for reproducing illustrations and tables from other published material.

Manuscripts

Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise and grammatically correct English and not exceed 25 pages including tables and figures. In case the author translates the text himself, at the end of the text there should be the name of the person revising it.

It is advisable to consult the latest issue of Ekológia (Bratislava) for format. Inappropriate manuscripts will be returned to author without review. The order of the text should be as follows:

  • Heading - title (short, bold face, capital letters), author(s) name(s) (full, capital letters, font size 12), address(es), telephone and fax number, e-mail.
  • Abstract - should not exceed 20 lines.
  • Key words - should not exceed six, not including words appearing in the title.
  • The main text (font Times New Roman 12, double space lines, 3 cm margins) should be divided into sections, normally to Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion. Appendix (if any), Tables, Figure captions. Example how to cite references in the text are Dlapa (2003); (Dlapa, 2003); Dlapa, Kollár (2003); (Dlapa, Kollár, 2003); Dlapa et al. (2003); (Dlapa et al. 2003).
  • Publication ethic statement - in case the text is describing research conducted with animals, any ethical institution approval statement must be presented.
  • Acknowledgements (if any) are placed before the references.
  • References - should follow the general style as illustrated in detail below (APA style). The names of authors should be arranged chronologically and alphabetically. Titles of paper must be given in English (in brackets the language of the original). Abbreviations of journal titles should follow the BIOSIS format. If not sure about the abbreviation, give the full title of the journal.
  • Tables should be self-explanatory. They should be submitted on a separate page, mentioned in the text and numbered consecutively. Tables will be reproduced in the journal in the format presented in the final submission.
  • Illustrations should be submitted as a separate files, raster format files in min. 300 dpi resolution. Coloured illustrations will be published in the electronic format of the paper (pdf), the printed version will be published black and white only.

Instead of Reprints authors will have a hard copy of the journal and the paper in pdf format.

The journal uses double-blind review.

The journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor article submission charges.

Post address of the editorial office

Editorial office Ekológia (Bratislava)
Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Štefánikova 3, P.O.Box 254
814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
tel.: 421-2-32293621, fax: 421-2-52494508

References – style and formatting

1. Book

a. Book (one author)

Format:
Author. (Year of publication). Book title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Example:
Baxter, R. (1982). Exactly Solvable Models in Statistical Mechanics. New York: Academic Press.

b. Book (two or more authors)

Format:
Author1, Author2 & Author3. (Year of publication). Book title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Example:
Kleiner, F.S., Mamiya C.J. & Tansey R.G. (2001). Gardner’s art through the ages (11th ed.). Fort Worth, USA: Harcourt College Publishers.

c. Book chapter or article in an edited book

Format:
Author(s) of chapter. (Year of publication). Chapter title. In Editors of the book (Eds.), Book title (Chapter page range). Place of publication: Publisher.
Example:
Roll, W.P. (1976). ESP and memory. In J.M.O. Wheatley & H.L. Edge (Eds.), Philosophical dimensions of parapsychology (pp. 154-184). Springfield, IL: American Psychiatric Press.

d. Proceedings from a conference

Format:
Author(s). (Year of publication). Title. In Conference name, Date (Page range). Place of publication: Publisher.
Example:
Field, G. (2001). Rethinking reference rethought. In Revelling in Reference: Reference and Information Services Section Symposium, 12-14 October 2001 (pp. 59-64). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Australian Library and Information Association.

e. ebook

Format:
Author(s). (Year of publication). Title. Publisher. Retrieving date, http address. DOI.
Example:
Johnson, A. (2000). Abstract Computing Machines. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Retrieved March 30, 2006, from SpringerLink http://springerlink.com/content/w25154. DOI: 10.1007/b138965.

f. Thesis

Format:
Author(s). (Year of publication). Title. Information, Place of publication.
Example:
Begg, M. M. (2001). Dairy farm women in the Waikato 1946-1996: Fifty years of social and structural change. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.

g. Report

Format:
Author(s). (Year of publication). Title. Place of publication: Publisher. (Report number)
Example:
Osgood, D. W., & Wilson, J. K. (1990). Covariation of adolescent health problems. Lincoln: University of Nebraska. (NTIS No. PB 91-154 377/AS)

h. Government publication

Format:
Institution name. (Year of publication). Title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Example:
Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy. (1997). The national drug strategy: Mapping the future. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

2. Article

a. Journal Article (one author)

Format:
Author. (Year of publication). Article title. Journal Title. Volume (issue), range of pages. DOI.
Example:
Nikora, V. (2006). Hydrodynamics of aquatic ecosystems: spatial-averaging perspective. Acta Geophysica, 55(1), 3-10. DOI: 10.2478/s11600-006-0043-6.

b. Journal Article (two or more authors)

Format:
Author1, Author2 & Author3. (Year of publication). Article title. Journal Title. Volume (issue), range of pages. DOI.
Example:
Cudak, M. & Karcz J. (2006). Momentum transfer in an agitated vessel with off-centred impellers. Chem. Pap. 60(5), 375-380. DOI: 10.2478/s11696-006-0068-y.

c. Journal article from an online database

Format:
Author(s). (Year of publication). Article title [Electronic version]. Journal Title. Volume (issue), range of pages. Retrieved date of access, from name of database. DOI.
Example:
Czajgucki Z., Zimecki M. & Andruszkiewicz R. (2006, December). The immunoregulatory effects of edeine analogues in mice [Abstract]. Cell. Mol. Biol. Lett. 12(3), 149-161. Retrieved December 6, 2006, from PubMed database on the World Wide Web: http://www.pubmed.gov. DOI: 10.2478/s11658-006-0061-z.

d. Newspaper article (no author)

Format:
Article title. (Publication date). Journal Title. page.
Example:
Amazing Amazon region. (1989, January 12). New York Times, p. D11.

e. Encyclopedia article

Format:
Author. (Year of publication). Article title. In Encyclopedia title (volume number, pages). Place of publication: Encyclopedia name.
Example:
Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopedia britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.

3. Other formats

a. Web page

Format:
Author/Sponsor. (last update or copyright date). Title. Retrieved date of access, from URL.
Example:
Walker, J. (1996, August). APA-style citations of electronic resources. Retrieved November 21, 2001, from http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/apa.html

b. Lecture note

Format:
Author(s). (Date of presentation). Lecture title. Lecture notes distributed in the unit, at the name of the teaching organisation, the location.
Example:
Liffers, M. (2006, August 30). Finding information in the library. Lecture notes distributed in the unit Functional Anatomy and Sports Performance 1102, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia.

c. Patent

Format:
Author. (Year). Patent number. The location. Issue body.
Example:
Smith, I. M. (1988). U.S. Patent No. 123,445. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

d. Standard

Format:
Issue body. (Year). Standard name. Standard number. The location.
Example:
Standards Association of Australia. (1997). Australian standard: Pressure equipment manufacture. AS4458-1997. North Sydney.

e. Video

Format:
Producer, P. P. (Producer), & Director, D.D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of motion picture [Motion picture]. Country of origin: Studio or distributor.
Example:
Zhang, Y. (Producer/Director). (2000). Not one less [Motion Picture].China: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

f. Audio recording

Format:
Songwriter, W. W. (Date of copyright). Title of song [Recorded by artist if different from song writer]. On Title of album [Medium of recording]. Location: Label. (Recording date if different from copyright date).
Example:
Taupin, B. (1975). Someone saved my life tonight [Recorded by Elton John]. On Captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy [CD]. London: Big Pig Music Limited.

g. Mailing list

Format:
Author. (Exact date of posting). Subject line of message. Message posted to followed by name of mailing list, archived at followed by address for the archived version of the message
Example:
Hammond, T. (2000, November 20). YAHC: Handle Parameters, DOI Genres, etc. Message posted to Ref-Links electronic mailing list, archived at http://www.doi.org/mail-archive/ref-link/msg00088.html

h. Computer software

Format:
Author(s). (Year). Title [computer software]. The location: Company.
Example:
Ludwig, T. (2002). PsychInquiry [computer software]. New York: Worth.