"Our authors come from every continent, draw upon and frequently integrate the natural and social sciences, and publish novel scientific insights with often profound implications for conservation policy and practice."
- Conservation Letters Editorial, 2011
Conservation Letters is an online scientific journal that publishes empirical and theoretical research with immediate implications for the conservation of biological diversity worldwide. The journal's concise papers are renowned for their originality, timeliness, and influence on policy debates and management solutions.
Since its founding in 2008, the reach and influence of Conservation Letters has grown tremendously. The journal enjoys a 4.356 impact factor and has quickly become a must-read source of cutting-edge, policy-relevant conservation research from the natural and social sciences. Many articles receive widespread media attention and manuscripts are published with a turnaround time that gives the journal a critical voice on hot-button topics of the day.
Manuscript Submissions: The journal encourages interdisciplinary submissions, drawing upon the biological and social sciences, which are aimed at advancing pragmatic conservation goals. Manuscripts, published on a rapid communications schedule, are current and topical. Authors are asked to explain how their research will be applied either on-the-ground or in terms of policy development. Research articles should clearly articulate the significance of their findings for conservation policy and practice.
Three types of articles are published in Conservation Letters:
Letters: novel findings with high relevance for practice or policy
Mini-Reviews: overviews of emerging subjects that merit urgent coverage or succinct syntheses of important topics that are rarely encountered in the mainstream literature
Policy Perspectives: brief essays for a general audience on issues related to conservation and society
Submissions should be no more than 2500-3000 words and contain no more than 8 tables and/or figures.
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