About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Folia biologica et geologica, ISSN 2335-2914, (Ex: Razprave, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Razred za naravoslovne vede / Dissertationes classis IV; ISSN 0352-5090), is a scientific periodical of the Classis IV: Natural history of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, that publishes original, not previously published natural scientific proceedings and review articles referring mainly to researches in ethnic region of ours, and also in Europe and elsewhere being of importance, necessity and comparison to our researches. The target readership is researchers, policymakers, students, and others who are studying or applying geography at various levels. The journal also publishes shorter contributions addressing current and scientifically relevant developments in the field. Articles are published in Slovene and English.
Publication Frequency
Folia biologica et geologica is published two to four times annually.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to the full-text of articles at no cost on the principle of open science, that makes research freely available to the public immediately upon publication. Through this, we participate in the global exchange of research achievements, making them accessible to the widest possible audience. No fee is charged to the author or his institution for the editorial expenses and for the publication (Article Processing Charge).
Digital copies of the journal are stored by the repository of DiRROS and the digital department of Slovenian national library NUK, dLib.
This work is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Indexing
The journal is indexed by the following bibliographic databases:
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
All articles are first examined by the editor-in-chief. If articles appear to be plagiarized, have been published elsewhere or are outside the scope of the journal, they may be rejected. The articles are then sent to two peer reviewers for double-blind review, which minimizes the possibility of identifying either the author or the reviewer. Articles are rejected or accepted based on the editorial board’s and peer reviews' decison. The author is informed about a submission’s acceptance or rejection within approximately three to six months of its receipt.
Copyright Notice
The authors confirm that they are the sole authors of the articles submitted for publication. The 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.
The copyright of the work published in this publication remains with the authors. The author licenses SASA the right to publish, reproduce, and distribute the article in print and electronic form in various formats in the SASA journal. The authors agree that, if the article is reused, SASA obtains attribution to the original publisher, and the article shall be made available to the public under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). Users may access and use all journal archives and individual articles published therein under the terms of this license. This does not apply to third-party materials published in the articles.
Journal History
The journal Folia biologica et geologica (print ISSN: 1855-7996, online ISSN: 2335-2914) was established in 1981. Its first 50 volumes were occasionally published under the title Razprave, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, Razred za naravoslovne vede / Dissertationes classis IV (ISSN: 0352-5090). Since 2009, it has been published under its current title two to four times per year, and since 2012 also online.
