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Acrocephalus – short-term journal program
Acrocephalus – kratkoro~ni program revije
On September 23rd 2002 the Editorial Board of the journal Acrocephalus
prepared a short-term program with aims for future work. Acrocephalus is an
international scientific and specialist ornithological journal published by
BirdLife Slovenia. It constitutes the major part of the specialist research
activities of the DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia, but its scope is both national and
international. The journal has an international editorial board. Articles are
published in Slovene and English. The scientific and specialist articles deal
with all aspects of ornithology: ecology, biogeography, biology, ethology and
conservation of birds. The preference is for contributions concerning the
regions of SE Europe and the Eastern-Mediterranean region, but other
interesting articles are also welcomed. Four issues are published in each
volume, but there can also be additional supplements on thematic issues.
Scientific and specialist papers are categorized under three headings:
a) independent articles (longer articles, which report at length on particular
ornithological themes. Such this articles may be treated as original scientific
articles, review articles or professional articles)
b) short articles (shorter professional articles, which discuss important
ornithological themes, some specialist conclusions or preliminary
ornithological studies)
c) ornithological notebook (short contributions, which present certain
ecological, ethological or faunistic notes about birds from SE Europe and
Eastern-Mediterranean region; these contributions are sorted according to
the states in the region).
Planned future development of Acrocephalus - aims and vision:
a) to become one of the most important international ornithological journal
in the region of interest;
b) to achieve greater recognition for the journal (e.g. by being reported in
Biological Abstracts);
c) to increase the number of articles in English (to at least 50%);
d) to increase the distribution of the journal in other countries (by exchange
and subscription) – the role of the publisher (DOPPS - BirdLife Slovenia)
is essential here;
e) to encourage and help writers to prepare and publish good papers (making
use of the reviewing procedure and by editorial suggestions);
f ) to collect and publish contributions important for general knowledge of the
avifauna of Slovenia, SE Europe and the Eastern-Mediterranean region. 
One of the Board members, Prof. Dr. Kazimir Tarman best summarized the
above program: “The proposed scope of the journal to engage in depth in
understanding the birds of the Eastern-Mediterranean region is an excellent
idea, which will increase the specialist and scientific significance of the
journal.”
Al Vrezec & Borut [tumberger
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