Aims and scope
Bulletin of Regional Natural History (BORNH), formerly Bollettino della
Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli, is an Italian on-line journal that promote in-depth
studies in Natural Sciences at local and regional scale, to create
management tools and spatial planning for conservation of diversity, in connections with other geographical
areas and archives of biodiversity.
BORNH seeks to publish of research articles, review articles, commentaries, check lists,
technical papers on methodological innovations or improvements, as well
as on the practical application of these resources towards the development of
effective conservation policy and practice.
BORNH publishes local and regional territory
studies in all branches of Natural Sciences dealing with diversity,
ecology and evolution of ecosystem: zoology, geology, mineralogy, ecology,
paleontology, botany, systematics and phylogenetics, terrestrial and aquatic ecology and behaviour,
parasitology, palaeontology, geomorfology, developmental biology, conservation
biology, chemistry, applied studies.
Incoming manuscripts are initially
evaluated by the Editor in Chief. If the manuscript is acceptable as
corresponding to the scope of the journal and representing a major contribution
deserving publication in an international journal, it will be forwarded to
reviewers for evaluation. After the approval of the final version by the
editorial board, the manuscript will be accepted for publication.
The editor reserves the
right to make editorial changes. Authors agree, with the acceptance of the
manuscript, that the copyright is transferred to the publisher. Manuscripts,
proofs, reviews and other correspondence concerning editorial matters should be
addressed to the Editorial Office
EDITORIALE
Antonino Pollio & Domenico Fulgione
Professor Antonino
Pollio
Managing Director
Academic Editor
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Department of Biology - University of Naples Federico II
Professor Domenico
Fulgione
Editor in Chief
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Department of Biology - University of Naples Federico II
The Bullettin of Regional Natural History (formerly “Bollettino della Società dei
Naturalisti in Napoli”) was established in 1891. At that time, the team that
founded the Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli had proposed to start the
publication of a scientific journal that could promote and disseminate
scientific knowledge at local and national level.
The second aim of the journal was also to make readily
accessible information on recent progress in Science by providing short reports
on the most interesting running research worldwide. The journal became a place
where junior and senior scientists could present their research as equal, and
many scholars published their first papers on the Bollettino, that for decades
was a reference journal for Natural History Research based on the study of
South Italy territories.
After
about 130 years, we are proud to present the new version of this old journal,
that considers the new need to communicate Science, using digital platforms and
giving room to extended-data sections. In the last decade, an amazing number of
new scientific journals has been released, and this trend raises the question
if it is still meaningful to continue the publication of old local journals as the Bollettino. Notwithstanding the deluge of scientific
papers, some topic issues seem to suffer for the paucity of information: this
is the case of the scientific study of biodiversity.
In a landmark study, Chung Kim and Byrne (2006) stressed that the lack
of site-specific data on local biodiversity and species composition of habitat
communities is one of the reasons that hinder ecosystem management and
conservation practices. The study of local geo- and biodiversity is the focus
of this new version of Bollettino, that is opened to worldwide contributors
that work on this issue at a site-specific level.
Each article will be provided with a short biographic
presentation of the research team, with photo of the authors and their “scientific
habitat”: labs, office rooms and whatever contribute to give a realistic
picture of their work life.
References
Kim K.C., Byrne L. (2006) Biodiversity loss and the taxonomic bottleneck: Emerging biodiversity science. Ecological Research 21: 794-810.
