The Ring

Details, Metrics & Owners

Journal Details

: Open Access

Format: Journal
eISSN: 2083-3520
First Published: 30 Jun 2009
Publication timeframe: 1 time per year
Languages: English
Journal Subjects: Life Sciences, Zoology, Ecology, other

Aims & Scope

The on-line version of the journal is a primary one to the printed edition.

The Ring is an international journal dealing with problems of bird ringing, migration and monitoring bird numbers. The main fields of interest are original papers, review articles and methodical discussions. Information, progress reports, personal comments and short notes or news are also accepted to the informative columns of the journal. Although papers are refereed, conclusions, opinions and discussion are published on the author's responsibility. Innovative and even controversial ideas are appreciated.

Why subscribe and read

Excellent source of high quality research on bird migration; original articles on:

migration strategies (long jumps vs. short jumps; stopover ecology; fattening strategy; obligatory vs. partial migration, etc.);
migratory patterns (breeding/wintering areas and flyways; migration dynamics and phenology, distances and migration speed, etc.);
populational differentiation of migrating birds (incl. mechanisms isolating different populations, morphological differentiation and morphometrics studies, etc.);
long-term monitoring of migratory bird populations.

Why submit

transparent, comprehensive and fast peer review,
innovative ideas are appreciated.

Rejection Rate

About 10%

Archiving

Sciendo archives the contents of this journal in Portico - digital long-term preservation service of scholarly books, journals and collections.

Plagiarism Policy

The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Przemysław Busse, Bird Migration Research Foundation, Poland

Managing/Subject Editor
Agnieszka Ożarowska, University of Gdańsk, Poland

Editorial Advisory Board
Lorenzo Fornasari, University of Milano, Italy
Wulf Gatter, Randecker Maar Bird Station, Germany
Wojciech Kania, Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Vladimir Payevsky, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Pertti Saurola, University of Helsinki, Finland
Reuven Yosef, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Language Editor
Sara Wild

Technical Editor
Marta Ściborska, Poland

Contact
Przemysław Busse
Przebendowo 3, 84-210 Choczewo
tel/faks 58 572 23 96
ring@wbwp-fund.eu

Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
Bogumiła Zuga 32A Str.
01-811 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15