Focus and Scope

Novitates Caribaea is a biannual scientific publication (January and July), edited and financed by the National Museum of Natural History “Prof. Eugenio de Jesus Marcano.” We publish original content, in the form of articles and notes, reserving the possibility of including, by invitation, book reviews or articles for public outreach that contribute in a clear and effective way to updating knowledge in a discipline; these last two publication types will be placed in a separate section when they are included in an issue. The topical scope of Novitates Caribaea encompasses three major areas: zoology, paleobiology and geology, covering disciplines such as: systematics, taxonomy, biogeography, evolution, genetics, molecular biology, embryology, behavior, ecology, comparative and stratigraphic anatomy, among others. Regardless of the topic, the geographical scope of the journal is focused solely on the Caribbean, especially the Antilles. Priority will be given to content dealing with the biodiversity and natural history of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti). The journal guarantees that at least 70% of the contents included in each issue will be from authors who are not employed by the publishing institution.

Indexing
Novitates Caribaea is indexed in the following Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science) platform products: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Zoological Record, Biological Abstracts and BIOSIS Previews (Master Journal List). Similarly, this journal is indexed in the Redalyc Scientific Information System, the Latindex Directory  and in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Publication frequency

The journal Novitates Caribaea is published biannually (January and July). The reception of contents is continuous, but always with the option of publication in January and July. Normally, the closure for the inclusion of contents on each issue is done in November and May.

Editors-in-Chief

National Museum of Natural History “Prof. Eugenio de Jesus Marcano”

Open Access Policy

All the contents published in Novitates Caribaea are freely accessible, following the definition of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI10), which states:

By "open access" [to peer-reviewed scientific literature], we mean its free availability on the public Internet, allowing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or add a link to the full text of those articles, track them for indexing, enter them as data into software, or use them for any other purpose that is lawful, without financial, legal, or technical barriers, other than those inseparable from access to the Internet itself. The only limitation on reproduction and distribution, and the only role of copyright (property rights) in this area, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their works and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.

The submission or application, processing, publication and reading of the contents is free of any charge, both for the readers and for the authors.

Copyright

All content published in Novitates Caribaea are protected under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. The following conditions apply: a) The authors retain the copyright and give the journal the right of first publication, with the work registered with the Creative Commons attribution license that allows third parties to use what is published as long as they mention the authorship of the work and the first publication in this journal. b) The authors may make other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in this journal (e.g., deposit it in an institutional repository or website, publish it in a book) provided that clearly indicate that the work was first published in this journal. c) The commercial use of the contents is prohibited.

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