For Authors
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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
Please add all authors' names, or all contributors not just the corresponding author's name, when you are submitting your paper. Please be sure that the affiliation addresses in the manuscript file should be the same as you are adding in the submission system. you need to add the same affiliation address of the authors and their email addresses while you are making the submission.
The submission file is in Microsoft Word. Two files should be prepared one with author names and the second without author names. Please consider that we are using blind review then the file without author names will be shared by the reviewers.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
The copyright form is signed by the corresponding author and attached. You can download the copyright form from this linke: https://ebe.wcu.edu.az/az/page/for-authors
In case of rejection, I agree that EBE team transfer my paper to other EBE's sister journals (We will contact you however before the transfer, to get your final agreement).
Author Guidelines
Instructions for Authors
Appropriate subjects for contribution to EBE are described in the “aims and scope” section.
Original Research papers should typically be no longer than 6.000 words but can be up to a maximum of 8000 words (without references).
Article types
Scientific report: This type of paper presents important new research results of broad significance. Reports should include an abstract, an introductory paragraph, figures or tables, conclusions, and references. Materials and Methods can be added to the supplementary files.
Review paper: Review articles will also be considered but after initial contact with the Editor in chief. They should typically be no more than 7000 words and concisely present an area of interest in wildlife ecology and biodiversity. Review articles are not expected to adhere to a strict format, though the title page and abstract should be included as described below. Reviews can be up to 7000 words and include up to 100 references, and 4-6 figures or tables. Reviews do not contain supplementary material. They should describe and synthesize recent developments of interdisciplinary significance and highlight future directions. They include an abstract, an introduction that outlines the main themes, brief subheadings, and an outline of important unresolved questions. Unsolicited offers of Reviews are considered.
Short communication (or Short note): Short note is concise paper devoted to the rapid publication of new research works, findings, new records expected to attract the attention of and have a beneficial impact on researchers working in relevant fields of wildlife and biodiversity. Such papers should be up to 2000 words and contain no more than 20 references and 3 display items (figures and/or tables). The abstract should not exceed 75 words. Short notes should normally follow the general format described below, but results and discussion sections should be combined.
Original Research papers
Manuscripts should be arranged in the following order:
It should be noted that Figures and Tables should be placed into relevant sections within the text. However, the journal keeps the right to re-organize the layout of the accepted paper.
Title
Author(s), complete name(s) of institution(s) (affiliation address)
Running title
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Material and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Manuscript structure:
Text preparation
Non-English speakers are strongly encouraged to have their manuscripts checked by a native speaker before submission.
Manuscripts must be prepared in 12-point font size (Times New Roman), line numbered, double-spaced throughout, with a left-hand margin of 4 cm and a right-hand margin of 2cm in A4.
Title
Concise and informative.
Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems.
Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations
Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names.
Indicate all affiliations with a lowercase superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address.
Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding author
Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication.
Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
Abstract
Should succinctly and clearly describe the major findings reported in the manuscript.
Avoid specialized terms and use only usual acronyms.
All others must be spelled out on the first reference.
The abstract must not exceed 300 words.
Keywords
at least three keywords that should not be repeated in the Title.
Introduction
Presents the purpose of the study and its relationship to earlier work in the field.
The introduction should not be an extensive review of the literature and usually is less than one formatted page.
Material and Methods
Presents the locality of the investigation, if any and describes especially new procedures in detail.
Previously published procedures should be referenced.
Modifications of previously published procedures should not be given in detail except where necessary to repeat the work.
Results
Presented in figures, tables, or text.
Integrating Results and Discussion in one single section can be accepted upon managing editor decision.
Discussion
Should be concise (usually less than two formatted pages) while focusing on the interpretation of the results; should not repeat information in the “Results” section.
Conclusion
In this section, the author(s) should briefly summarize the main findings of the paper in no more than one paragraph.
Acknowledgments
Funding sources should be acknowledged as well as database names and accession codes (if applicable) should be mentioned.
Brief note(s) of thanks to people who helped with the study or preparation of the paper (optional) can be added. Remember that all those designated as authors must meet all four criteria for authorship.
References
The 7th Edition of APA Citation guidelines should be used. You can use the following guide for reference formatting: please click this link for a detailed explanation regarding the use of references in-text and reference section.
Please add DOI numbers of the cited references, if possible.
The reference style has the prepared style in Mendeley software, which is freely available on this link.
BOOKS:
Reference List
1 Author
Smith, J. D. (2009). Research ethics in New Zealand: A student guide. Rata Press.
2 Authors
Smith, J. D., & Khan, V. (2009). Research ethics in New Zealand: A student guide. Rata Press.
3 to 20 Authors
Smith, J. D., Khan, V., & Zhang, H. (2009). Research ethics in New Zealand: A student guide. Rata Press.
21+ Authors
Smith, J. D., Khan, V., Zhang, H., Williams, T., Garcia, J., Sato, Y., Thompson, D., Taylor, F. G., McDonald, L., Laine, C., Arnott, A., Fisher, V., Derryck, W., Young, N., Creswell, I., Greene, P., Walsh, Dubois, T., Wright, B., … Roach, C. (2009). Research ethics in New Zealand: A student guide. Rata Press.