Editors' note to authors
Thank you for choosing Management of Biological Invasions for your manuscript.
We aim to provide a professional, rigorous and timely peer review and therefore ensure that we publish your high quality papers.
You, the authors, are part of this process. You can help us to maintain our high standards, and at the same time maximize your
chance of acceptance and reduce manuscript processing time, by following these simple Author Guidelines.
Once the pre-review evaluation is completed your manuscript will be assigned to one of our relevant editors
who will handle the review process. The handling editor will check your manuscript, obtain reports from expert reviewers, and if applicable pass
this information on to you to revise your manuscript accordingly. When replying to reviewer and editor comments, please be as thorough
as possible. For example, address all comments whether you follow the recommendations or not, indicate the location of revisions
in your manuscript using line numbers, and, if it seems reasonable, please include revised sentences and passages in your responses.
This will again help ensure efficiency and reduce time delays, as editors and reviewers will not have to try to figure out what
you have done and where to find it. This will in turn influence them to view your manuscript more favourably which will increase
your chances of a positive outcome.
The peer-review process is conducted through the online MBI Editorial Manager
https://www.editorialmanager.com/mbi/.
You can check the status of your submission
in your personal workspace in the Editorial Manager. If necessary, you can also contact the Managing Editor Dr. Vadim Panov (mbi_editor@reabic.net, vepanov@gmail.com).
We welcome such enquiries and will try to deal with them quickly and as efficiently as possible, but before sending us an email, please ask yourself whether you really need to.
Below are listed some useful publications on preparation of scientific papers and the peer-review process:
1. Kalwij JM, Smit C (2013) How authors can maximize the chance of manuscript acceptance and article visibility. Learned Publishing> 26: 28–31.
https://doi.org/10.1087/20130106
2. Silver P (2016) Advice for early-career peer reviewers and authors responding to peer reviews. Freshwater Science 35: 1073–1075.
https://doi.org/10.1086/688968
3. Grossman GD (2017) Coping with the editorial process: considerations for early–career biologists. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 40: 269-276. Available at
http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC_40-2_pp_269-276.pdf
4. Taylor BW (2016) Writing an effective response to a manuscript review. Freshwater Science 35: 1082–1087.
https://doi.org/10.1086/688886
5. Cassey P, Blackburn TM (2003) Publication rejection among ecologists. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18: 375-376.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00160-5
(free copy is available at ResearchGate).
Submission procedure
Management of Biological Invasions is an English-language journal supported by an international editorial board.
Management of Biological Invasions is peer reviewed and accepts original,
not previously published, manuscripts (see “Types of manuscripts” section below). Authors are kindly requested also to read the
Journal Information
page before submitting manuscripts.
Manuscripts should be submitted online at online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/mbi/
Acknowledgement of manuscript submission will occur via automated e-mail.
In case of any technical problems with online manuscript submission, please contact the Managing Editor of Management of Biological Invasions,
Dr. Vadim Panov by mbi_submissions@reabic.net (preferable contact e-mail) or vepanov@gmail.com.
Online submissions should include three obligatory files and supporting (optional) files, not exceeding
2 Mb size each.
Obigatory files include: Title page, Manuscript and Covering letter.
Title page file (Word 2007 file) contains preferred type of manuscript, the manuscript's title, running title header
(brief version of the title), and complete name, affiliation(s), and both e-mail and institutional addresses of all contributing authors.
Please identify the corresponding author using an *(asterisk), and place the asterisk after the number that designates the institutional affiliation.
All persons listed as authors should have been sufficiently involved in the research to take public responsibility for its content.
Important note: The Author Contribution, Acknowledgements, Funding Declaration, Conflict of Interest/Declaration of Interests, Ethics and Permits
sections should be included only in the Title page. Please see details on presentation of these sections in the Manuscript presentation section.
Manuscript file must be submitted as a single file (Word 2007 file not exceeding
2 Mb size), including line numbering, and
with tables and low resolution figures embedded in the manuscript (after list of references). At the later stages of manuscript processing, authors of accepted manuscripts
can, if necessary, be requested to provide high-resolution figures (see Manuscript Preparation section).
Important note: Management of Biological Invasions follows a double-blind review model and thus the manuscript file should be anonymous.
The first page of the manuscript should not include names and contact information of authors, and the name of the document owner should be deleted using
the ‘properties’ function of the file.
Covering letter (Word 2007 file): as part of the process of submission, authors are also kindly requested to provide an electronic
covering letter to editors of Management of Biological Invasions, explaining why the work is novel, topical (under the scope of the journal -
please check at the Journal Information page) and of broad international interest.
The covering letter should also include the following obligatory statements (in bold font):
• the manuscript has neither been submitted nor published elsewhere (or provide details on previous submissions and formal publication decision,
or copy of formal letter to the journal editor on withdrawal of manuscript);
• the manuscript adheres to publisher's Ethical Guidelines (please read Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement)
• the authors agree with journal publication policy, including data publication policy (please read our Data Publication Policy), and reviewing and publication decision procedure (please read Manuscript presentation
and Manuscript processing after submission sections below);
• the authors agree to pay article processing charges (APCs) if their manuscript is accepted for publication.
Please read Article Processing Charges section below; these include the significant reductions for members of the International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species (INVASIVESNET).
If relevant, please indicate in the covering letter your membership in the Association and include web link to your personal INVASIVESNET profile.
Please also provide name, address and VAT number of your
institution/organization (VAT number is needed for VAT-registered organizations from European Union countries; if applicable,
the VAT number for the organization should be validated at
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/vieshome.do ).
Supporting (optional) files include: Supplementary figures (single Word 2007 file), Supplementary tables (single Excel 2007 file),
Other supplementary materials (single Word 2007 file), Publication decisions by other journals (Word 2007 file), and
Reply to comments by editor and reviewers – in case of justified rejection or withdrawal from other journal (Word 2007 file).
During online submission procedure, please also identify your submission's areas of interest and specialization by selecting one or more standard classifications,
suggest minimum 5 relevant internationally recognized experts as potential reviewers for your submission, and provide specific reasons for your suggestion
in the comments box for each person. Please note that the editorial office may not use your suggestions, but your help is appreciated and may speed up
the selection of appropriate reviewers.
File names of submitted documents should include name of document type and date of submission of this document (Type_ year_month_date.doc, e.g. Title_page_2021_11_17).
Important note: Please keep your anonymity and delete the name of document owner (in file properties).
For the procedure on submission of revised manuscripts, please see Manuscript processing after submission section.
In case of any technical problems with online manuscript submission, please contact the Managing Editor of
Management of Biological Invasions, Dr. Vadim Panov (mbi_submissions@reabic.net or vepanov@gmail.com).
Types of manuscripts
The international journal Management of Biological Invasions publishes
results applied research in the area of biological invasions in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
of biological surveys and monitoring (see Journal Information page) in the form of the following types:
Editorial papers,
Letters to Management of Biological Invasions,
Viewpoint papers,
Research articles,
Short communications,
Risk Assessment,
Management in Practice,
Information Management,
Education and Outreach,
Technical reports,
and Special issues.
Editorial papers are generally short concept or reviewing papers by guest editors of special issues,
normally not longer than 6 printed journal pages.
Letters to Management of Biological Invasions are short papers
with critical discussion of recently published papers. They should not regularly exceed 8 printed journal pages. They should include an abstract that summarizes the results of the study, keywords (max 7), introduction,
description of the results with discussion, conclusions, references and other sections and supplementary material as appropriate (see "Manuscript presentation" section).
Viewpoint papers are generally short concept or reviewing papers by the journal editors and/or by contributing authors,
normally not longer than 8 printed journal pages. They should include an abstract that summarizes the results of the study, keywords (max 7), introduction,
description of the results with discussion, conclusions, references and other sections and supplementary material as appropriate (see "Manuscript presentation" section).
Research articles are scientific papers, normally not longer than
24 printed journal pages.
They should include an abstract that summarizes the results of the study (or submitted data), keywords (max 7), introduction,
description of the results (or submitted data) with discussion, references and the
appendices in standard tabular format with primary geo-referenced species record data, if appropriate (see "Manuscript presentation" section).
Short communications are brief
scientific papers, normally not longer than 12 printed journal pages.
The paper should include an abstract, keywords (max 7), paper text (regularly divided to sections like in research article), references and the appendices
in standard tabular format with primary geo-referenced species record data and/or other relevant information (see "Submission of datasets" section).
Management in Practice are communications on advances in management of invasive species.
They should include an abstract that summarizes the results of the study, keywords (max 7), introduction,
description of the results with discussion, conclusions, references and other sections and supplementary material as appropriate (see "Manuscript presentation" section).
Education and Outreach are communications on advances in education and outreach activities related to biological invasions.
They should include an abstract that summarizes the results of the study, keywords (max 7), introduction,
description of the results with discussion, conclusions, references and other sections and supplementary material as appropriate (see "Manuscript presentation" section).
Technical reports are applied accounts on new methodologies in the area of biological
invasions in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, normally not longer than 30 printed journal pages.
They should include an abstract that summarizes the results of the study, keywords (max 7), introduction,
description of the results with discussion, conclusions, references and other sections and supplementary material as appropriate (see "Manuscript presentation" section).
Special issues of Management of Biological Invasions may include extended papers
or technical reports longer than 40 printed pages, relevant conference proceedings and extended datasets upon special agreement
with editors. If you are interested in becoming an author or guest editor of a specific special issue, please contact
the Managing Editor of Management of Biological Invasions, Dr. Vadim Panov (mbi_editor@reabic.net
or vepanov@gmail.com).
Important note:
on average, one printed journal page in
Management of Biological Invasions is the equivalent of one single-sided, single-spaced manuscript
of A4 format pages prepared using Times New Roman 12-point font, including up to 500 words, or 3200 characters with spaces.
Manuscript presentation
All manuscripts must be in English, preferably checked by a native English-speaking colleague,
before submission. The latter will greatly improve both the legibility and scientific quality of your paper for acceptance
by the journal if English is not your first language. You may also consider utilising the services of
Bioedit English Language Editing,
Editage,
Enago, or
Textcheck.
Please single-space all material (text, figure legends, tables, references, etc.), and use 12-point Times New Roman font.
The first page of the manuscript should start with the preferred type of manuscript (see Types of manuscripts section),
title of article, running title header (not to exceed 70 characters and spaces), abstract and key words.
Important note: First page of the manuscript should not include names and contact information of authors, and the name of document owner should be deleted using the ‘properties’ function of the file.
Abstract: The abstract should briefly describe the methods, results of the research and conclusions (minimum three related sentences, maximum of 300 words or 2000 characters with spaces).
The abstract should be a single paragraph and contain no citations or footnotes.
Key words: Please provide 5-7 key words, different from those specified in the title of the manuscript.
Text: Please separate paragraphs with a blank line. First order section headings (Introduction, Methods, Results,
Discussion etc) should be in bold, second order headings should be italicized, third order headings should be
not-italicized but underlined. Please provide line numbering in text.
Citations in the text should be identified by means of an author‘s name followed by the date of the reference (no comma) in parentheses and page number(s)
where appropriate. In-text citations should be listed chronologically (in ascending order). If two or more studies were published in the same year,
those should be organized alphabetically (by author last name). When there are more than two authors of a publication, only the first author‘s name
should be mentioned, followed by "et al.". In the event that an author cited has had two or more works published during the same year, the reference,
both in the text and in the reference list, should be identified by a lower case letter like "a" and "b" after the date to distinguish the works.
Examples: (Author 2001; Author 2002a, b; Author and Co-Author 2005; Author et al. 2007). Before submitting the manuscript, please check carefully
each citation in the text against the list of References to ensure that they match exactly.
Species taxonomy: Please consult WoRMS web site,
FishBase and
ITIS web site
for species taxonomy.
Each first citation of a species latin name within the main text of paper must give the scientific authority and the year of first publication
(with comma), e.g, Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771), Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758.
Please use lower case letters for all common names ("zebra mussel", "common carp").
Units for water salinity: Salinity should be reported as either PSU or with no units.
Names of disputed geographical features: The journal maintains its neutrality with regard to names of disputed geographical features. Our practice is to allow authors
to use national names in conjunction with internationally accepted names for such disputed geographical features.
Footnotes: Footnotes should only be used in tables. Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Figures: all relevant photographs, graphs and diagrams should be named as Figure and numbered, and along with captions they
should be embedded in the manuscript after References section. Please insert in
manuscript only low or medium resolution
figures to ensure a reasonable size of manuscript file (for instance, inserted jpg file should not regularly exceed 200 kb size).
Please refer to each figure in the text of manuscript as (Figure 1, 2 etc).
Authors are encouraged to provide figures in colour, if relevant, however, authors are advised to test the reproductive clarity of colors,
and information presented using color backgrounds, in figures by printing test examples on standard black and white printers and photocopiers.
Multi-part figures ought to be labelled with higher case letters (A, B, etc.). Please insert keys and scale bars directly in the figures,
and avoid using small fonts. Times Roman 12-point (or larger) font is recommended.
The axes caption on graphs should be in lower case except for the first letter or in the case of proper names.
The vertical axis caption on graphs should be placed sideways and both captions and scale numbers should be large
enough to be clear when reduced to one column width.
Number of figures is not limited, but authors are advised to include only those figures that are essential to the manuscript.
Important note: Images should not contain alpha channels or transparencies.
Important note: all species distribution maps are acceptable only when they are supported by primary geo-referenced species record data,
which should be provided as supplementary tables in standard format in Excel. Publication of these
supplementary tables with primary record data is not limited by size and is free of charge for the authors, who are encouraged to submit the extended datasets on
both alien and native species records (see section "Supplementary information" below.
Tables text should be Time New Roman min 7 or max 10-point font and single table size should be equal or less than 1 printed journal page,
and embedded in the manuscript after the References section. Larger tables and tables with primary geo-referenced species record data should be provided
in form of appendices and located after the References section. Authors are encouraged to keep all tables within one or two column widths
(portrait A4 page). Please refer to each table in the text of manuscript as (Table 1, 2 etc). Also, please include only those tables that
are essential to the manuscript.
Acknowledgements: please provide a brief paragraph acknowledging the assistance of individuals or organizations not identified among the list of authors.
Specifically, please acknowledge reviewers (anonymous or named) during revision of your manuscript.
Acknowledgements should be placed in a separate section before the Funding Declaration section.
Please provide this section only in the Title page!
Funding Declaration: please identify who provided financial support (funding and in-kind) for the conduct
of the research and/or preparation of the article and briefly describe the role of the funder(s) in:
• study design;
• the collection, analysis and interpretation of data;
• the preparation and/or writing of the manuscript; and
• the decision to publish, including:
- the decision to submit the manuscript for publication;
- selection of journal; and
- selection of potential reviewers.
If the funding source(s) had no such involvement in the research then this should be stated as “The funders had no role in study design,
data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.” If the study was unfunded, include this sentence
as the Financial Disclosure statement: “The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.”
This information must also describe sources of funding that have supported the work including:
• specific grant numbers;
• initials of authors who received each award/sponsorship;
• full names of commercial companies that funded the study or authors;
• initials of authors who received salary or other funding from commercial companies.
Funding Declaration should be placed in a separate section before the Authors’ Contribution section.
Please provide this section only in the Title page!
Authors’ Contribution: please include a clear statement as to the individual author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant roles as follows:
• research conceptualization;
• sample design and methodology;
• investigation and data collection;
• data analysis and interpretation;
• ethics approval;
• funding provision; and
• roles/writing - original draft; writing - review & editing.
Authorship statements should be formatted with the initials of authors first and role(s) following.
Authors’ Contribution should be placed in a separate section before the Conflict of Interest/Declaration of Interests section.
Please provide this section only in the Title page!
Conflict of Interest/Declaration of Interests: all authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict
of interest including any financial, personal, or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning
the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. Examples of potential competing interests
include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
If there are no interests to declare then please include a sentence that states “Declarations of interest: none”.
Conflict of Interest/Declaration of Interests should be placed in a separate section before the Ethics and Permits section.
Please provide this section only in the Title page!
Ethics and Permits: please acknowledge that it is understood that with submission of this article the authors have complied with the institutional
and/or national policies governing the humane and ethical treatment of the experimental subjects, and that they are willing to share the original data
and materials if so requested. Please provide the ethics approval number, and the approving ethics committee name. If ethics was not required,
please include a sentence that states this clearly.
Please provide specific permit details (permit name, full name of agency that issued the permit, and permit number(s)).
If your research did not require permits please include this sentence “All research pertaining to this article did not require any research permit(s).”
Ethics and Permits should be placed in a separate section after the Conflict of Interest/Declaration of Interests section.
Please provide this section only in the Title page!
References: please group full references alphabetically by author, then chronologically, after the acknowledgements section.
If relevant, please include in specific references a DOI number for research papers and other documents available online (https://doi.org/...).
Please list all authors of publications, and provide full titles for journals (journal issue number and DOI for released papers
with page numbering is optional). Before submitting the manuscript, please check carefully the list of References against each
citation in the text of manuscript, tables, annexes and figure captions to ensure that they match exactly.
Please use the following style for the reference list:
1. Regular journal article
Green-Gavrielidis LA, Hobbs N-V, Thornber CS (2019) The brown macroalga Colpomenia peregrina (Sauvageau, 1927) reaches Rhode Island, USA.
BioInvasions Records 8(2): 199-207, https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.2.01
Non-English publication (English translation is optional):
Ates R (1998) De druipzakpijp, Didemnum lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909 in Zeeland [The sea squirt Didemnum lahillei Hartmeyer, 1909 in Zeeland].
Het Zeepaard 58(4): 101-110
2. Article in press
Galil BS, Marchini A, Occhipinti-Ambrogi A (2016) East is East and west is west? Management of marine bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea.
Estuarine Coastal and Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.12.021
3. Book, authored
Elton CS (1958) The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants. Methuen, London, England, 181 pp, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7214-9
Eales NB (1961) The Littoral Fauna of the British Isles, 3rd edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 306 pp
4. Book, edited
F. Gherardi (ed) (2007) Biological Invaders in Inland Waters: Profiles, Distribution and Threats. Invading Nature - Springer
Series in Invasion Ecology, Volume 2. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 733 pp, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6029-8
5. Book articles
Ojaveer H, Leppäkoski E, Olenin S, Ricciardi A (2002) Ecological impacts of alien species in the Baltic Sea
and in the Great Lakes: an inter-ecosystem comparison. In: Leppäkoski E, Gollasch S, Olenin S (eds), Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe:
Distributions, Impacts, and Management. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 412-425, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9956-6_41
6. Book, conference proceedings
Osman R, Shirley T (eds) (2007) Proceedings and Final Report of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Marine Invasive Species Workshop.
Corpus Christi, USA, February 26-27, 2007. Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center,
Corpus Christi, USA, 47 pp
7. Article in conference proceedings book
Miller W (2007) Shipping vectors within the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean: ballast water and hull fouling.
In: Osman R, ShirleyT (eds) (2007) Proceedings and Final Report of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Marine
Invasive Species Workshop. Corpus Christi, USA, February 26-27, 2007. Harte Research Institute
for Gulf of Mexico Studies and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Corpus Christi, USA, pp 12-13
8. Reports and official documents
By author:
Smeets E, Weterings R (1999) Environmental indicators: Typology and overview. European Environment Agency (EEA). EEA Technical report No 25, 19 pp
By institutional author:
European Community (2000) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for
Community action in the field of water policy. Official Journal of the European Communities L327: 1-72
European Community (2006) Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 – and beyond. Sustaining ecosystem services for human well-being.
Communication from the Commission of the European Communities COM (2006) 216, Brussels, Belgium, May 22, 2006, 15 pp
9. Theses
Gumuliauskaitė S (2007) Life history of the Ponto-Caspian amphipod, Pontogammarus robustoides, and its impact
on Lithuania's freshwater communities. PhD Thesis, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 39 pp
10. Web sites and online databases (should be provided in the separate section or as part of supplementary material)
REABIC (2009) Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC).
http://www.reabic.net (Accessed 15 December 2008)
Birnbaum C (2006) NOBANIS – Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet – Dreissena polymorpha. Online Database of the North
European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species – NOBANIS.
http://www.nobanis.org (Accessed 10 January 2009)
11. Computer programmes and databases (should be provided in the separate section or as part of supplementary material)
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (2007) Hydrographic database of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Supplementary information: Supplementary information regularly should include extended datasets in tabular format (preferably in Excel format), specifically, geo-referenced species record information.
In the latter case we encourage authors to cross-reference distribution maps and record information in annex tables providing relevant
cross-numbering of record points on the map and record line in the supplementary tables. Column headings should be clearly labelled.
Geographic coordinates should be provided in decimal degrees (DD) format (see
PGC Coordinate Converter).
Please refer to each supplementary table and figure in the text of manuscript (as Table S1, Table S2, Figure S1, etc).
Supplementary information can also include lists of web sites and online databases cited in text, and full bibliographic references for supplementary tables and figures).
Important note: Please provide list of all supplementary tables and figures after
References section, and include in this list only brief versions of titles of these figures and tables (one brief sentence). Full titles should be available
in separate files with supplementary figures (single Word file) and supplementary tables (single Excel file with specific tables in the separate spreadsheets).
Important note: Authors are highly encouraged to deposit
species records (for papers on species records and/or distribution) and checklists of non-native species (for relevant review or data papers) to the species repository of the
Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC).
Standard Excel tables with recommended formats for data submission to REABIC can be downloaded here
Species_records_format_example.xls,
Checklist_format_example.xls.
Deposition of your species record data and/or checklists of non-native species in the REABIC repository will greatly contribute to both the scientific value and
visibility of your paper and may enhance both the citation rate of your paper and the impact factor of the journal.
Important note: Nucleic acid sequences also should be deposited in an appropriate database (i.e.
GenBank) in time for the accession number to be included in the published article.
Important note: in case your separate files with supplementary materials exceed 1 Mb size and
you are not able to submit them online, please contact the Managing Editor of BioInvasions Records, Dr. Vadim Panov (bir_submissions@reabic.net or vepanov@gmail.com).
Manuscript processing after submission
Reviewing process
Approximately two weeks after submission, the responsible Thematic editor may contact authors by e-mail,
either in the case of any problems with a submitted manuscript, and/or to acknowledge successful submission
and also notify authors regarding the start of the reviewing process and assignment of the handling editor for their submission.
In case authors do not receive confirmation
of initial submission after two weeks, they are kindly requested to contact the Managing Editor of the journal,
Dr. Vadim Panov (mbi_editor@reabic.net or vepanov@gmail.com).
Up to 20% of papers submitted to Management of Biological Invasions are rejected without review.
This reduces the burden on the refereeing community and enables authors to submit, without delay, to another journal.
In some cases our editors may recommend re-submission of relevant manuscripts to other thematic REABIC journals,
BioInvasions Records or Aquatic Invasions
Submitted manuscripts that pass the initial assessment will be assigned to one of our Associate Editors (the manuscript handling editor).
After acknowledgment of successful submission, the responsible editor will contact at least 2 independent referees to review
the manuscript and provide comments (referees will be selected from experts suggested by the authors and/or other relevant experts).
Normally, selected reviewers are required to complete their reviews within 30 days, including evaluations, suggestions for
improvements and recommendation for acceptance or rejection of manuscripts. In the case of all reviews, the responsible editor
will send the corresponding author a decision letter along with detailed comments from referees.
Important note:
Management of Biological Invasions uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.
Submission of revised manuscripts
After receiving a positive decision letter from the responsible editor (publication decision) and comments from the referees,
authors are required to return the revised manuscript along with a detailed response letter to referees comments within one month
or less in the case of minor revisions (authors are kindly requested to reply to all reviewers' suggestions and/or any reasons
for rejecting/modifying/improving all or any part of their specific suggestions).
Delayed revisions may be treated as new submissions and sent for further evaluation by new referees unless an extension to the revision period
has been agreed both with responsible (handling) and thematic editors.
Also, submission of high resolution figures in separate files also may be requested in some cases.
Revised manuscripts should be submitted online at https://www.editorialmanager.com/mbi/.
Please make a note “Revised Version, Date“ in the first line of your revised documents.
File names of submitted documents should include names of document type, word “revision” and date of submission of revised document (e.g. Title_page_revised_year_month_date.doc).
Important note: Please keep your anonymity and delete name of document owner (in file properties).
Manuscripts will be considered as formally accepted only after the approval of the revised version by the responsible Thematic Deputy Editor-in-Chief,
who may also contact the authors with additional comments.
Authors will receive a formal acceptance letter (final publication decision) of the revised manuscript by e-mail.
Paper proofs and publication
Paper proofs will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author soon after final publication decision,
and authors are kindly requested to return as soon as possible the revised proofs electronically to mbi_submissions@reabic.net,
indicating “revised proof” in the “Subject” line of your e-mail message. Normally the paper will be placed on
the Management of Biological Invasions website soon after receipt of the revised proof (in around 1 week).
The final version of paper (with journal volume, issue, page and DOI numbers assigned) will be released within 3 months
of submission of corrected proofs.
Important note: Please do not contact scientific editors on any technical issues after final publication decision. Information on the situation with technical processing of accepted papers can be obtained from the Managing Editor
of Management of Biological Invasions, Dr. Vadim Panov
(mbi_editor@reabic.net, vepanov@gmail.com).
Publication fees (Article processing charges)
The Open Access policy of Management of Biological Invasions means that
authors retain the copyright of their articles, which can be copied, downloaded and freely distributed within society
(for more information on editorial policy of Management of Biological Invasions please see Journal Information page).
This also ensures free web access to the results of research and maximum visibility for published papers.
However it requires the author to pay the costs
of the review and editing process, typesetting, web publication, long term archiving and inclusion in CrossRef (enabling electronic citation in other journals that are available electronically).
Article processing charges (APCs) for authors (along with support from relevant funding institutions) represent the main funding source for Open Access journals.
According to this funding model, papers selected for publication in Management of Biological Invasions
are subject to a page charge of €70 Euro per printed journal page.
A minimum fee of €1120 Euro is fixed for papers smaller than 16 printed pages (for size of printed journal page please read Types of manuscripts section above). .
As the publisher of Management of Biological Invasions, the Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC),
is VAT (Value Added Tax) registered, this means we have to charge some
of our European customers VAT (currently 24.0 per cent) on top of the
original page charge rate. VAT is applicable only for VAT non-registered
customers based within the European Union .
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