Submissions
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 manuscript has not been previously published nor is it being simultaneously submitted to another journal
- The submitted text files are in Word format (.DOC, not .DOCX) and are editable
- The text strictly complies with the bibliographic and style requirements stated in the journal's Style Manual: typography, title format, citations, references, figures, tables, units, etc. (https://tinyurl.com/ManualDetalladoDeEstiloEA)
- Each reference includes its corresponding DOI in the format https://doi.org/XXXXXXXX
- "URLs in the references are shortened using bitly.com, tinyurl.com, or similar services
- Complete information for each author is available to include in the submission form (full name, email, current affiliation, authorship order, corresponding author, ORCID)
- Performed a final check of format and style using the EA's Manuscript Formatting Template (https://tinyurl.com/ManuscriptFormattingTemplate)
Articles
We publish results of theoretical, experimental, or field scientific research that represent an original contribution to knowledge in ecology.
Articles undergo review by at least two reviewers. The review process will be confidential unless a reviewer prefers otherwise. The Editor-in-Chief of EA will return manuscripts to authors, without going through the review process, if they do not comply with the preparation standards or do not align with the purposes and orientation of Ecología Austral.
Articles should have a maximum length of 8000 words and include up to 6 figures and 6 tables. For more details on format and style, please refer to the author guidelines and Manuscript Formatting Template.
Upon receiving the galley proof in PDF, authors must submit their corrections within a maximum of 7 days. Otherwise, the manuscript will be printed as is in the galley proof.
There are no publication costs.
Short Communications
These are smaller-scale works but represent a significant advancement in knowledge or methodology development.
Short communications should have a maximum length of 4000 words and include no more than 3 figures and 3 tables. For more details on format and style, please refer to the author guidelines and Manuscript Formatting Template.
There are no publication costs.
Forum
Debates present perspectives from the theory or methodology in ecology, supported and substantiated by technical or bibliographic elements. They should have a maximum length of 4000 words and include up to 3 figures and 3 tables. For more details on format and style, please refer to the author guidelines and the Manuscript Formatting Template.
There are no associated costs.
Reviews
These are summaries of the current state of knowledge on a specific topic. Reviews should have a maximum length of 8000 words and include up to 6 figures and 6 tables. For more details on format and style, please refer to the author guidelines and Manuscript Formatting Template.
There are no associated costs.
Teaching tools
These are short contributions exclusively in Spanish on topics included in ecology curricula, intended to be reading material for undergraduate students. Teaching aids should have a maximum length of 8000 words and up to 6 figures. For more details on format and style, please refer to the author guidelines and the Manuscript Formatting Template.
There are no associated costs.
Obituary
A pedido de los editores.Special Section
Artículos por invitación para una sección temática. Al igual que los artículos regulares, los manuscritos de esta sección son evaluados por pares y sometidos al mismo rigor técnico y de formato.Copyright Notice
As part of the Open Access policy of Ecología Austral, authors who publish their articles in this journal retain their copyright, agreeing to (1) grant the journal the right to first publication and (2) register the published article with a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which allows third parties to view and use it as long as they clearly mention its origin (citation or reference including authorship and first publication in this journal). As part of their rights, authors can then make other agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published article (such as including it in an institutional repository or a book) as long as they clearly indicate its origin. In fact, at Ecología Austral, we encourage authors to widely share and disseminate the published version of their work, either by referring to the journal's website, accessible to any reader, or by including it in institutional repositories, personal pages, and other platforms for communicating scientific articles.
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