Journal for science, research and conservation on birds of prey and owls. Raptor Journal (formerly known as Slovak Raptor Journal) is issued generally annually and publishes original papers, reviews, short notes and other articles focusing on birds of prey and owls. All articles are published in English.
Why read
The readers can find information about all aspects of the life of raptors and owls – habitat requirements and selection, foraging ecology and diet preferences, breeding biology and nest success, postbreeding movements and migration, threats and protection, population statuses and trends etc.
Why submit
- The journal has no article publication charges.
- No regional limitation – journal published papers from Europe, Asia and both Americas in last years.
- Fair and fast peer review.
- All accepted manuscripts are published as “online first” before completing the issue.
- All published articles are visible and accessible in full version.
Archiving
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Plagiarism Policy
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Editor-in-Chief
Marek KOUBA, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Managing Editor
Filip TULIS, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
Honorary Editor
Erkki KORPIMÄKI, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Editors
Simon BIRRER, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland
Jozef CHAVKO, Raptor Protection of Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
Lucia DEUTSCHOVÁ, Raptor Protection of Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
Valery DOMBROVSKI, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Miroslav DRAVECKÝ, Eastern-Slovak Museum in Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Győző Horváth, University of Pécs, Hungary
Márton HORVÁTH, MME BirdLife Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
Jan LONTKOWSKI, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Boris MADERIČ, Raptor Protection of Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bernd-Ulrich MEYBURG, World Working Group of Birds of Prey, Berlin, Germany
Ján OBUCH, Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
Samuel PAČENOVSKÝ, State Nature Conservancy, Bratislava, Slovakia Remo PROBST, BirdLife Austria, Vienna, Austria
Mátyás PROMMER, MME BirdLife Hungary , Budapest, Hungary
Roman SLOBODNÍK, Raptor Protection of Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovakia
Language Editor
Richard C. Budd, Prievidza, Slovakia
Contact
Raptor Protection of Slovakia (RPS)
Ochrana dravcov na Slovensku
Trhová 54
SK–841 01 Bratislava , Slovakia
Phone: +421 911 882626
Miss Lucia Deutschová - RPS executive director
E-mail: deutschova@dravce.sk;
www.dravce.sk
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
Bogumiła Zuga 32A Str.
01-811 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15
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Please submit your manuscripts to Slovak Raptor Journal via email to: kouba@dravce.sk, srj@dravce.sk
Open Access Statement
The journal is an Open Access journal that allows a free unlimited access to all its contents without any restrictions upon publication to all users.