Publications

Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology

Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology has been published since 1977 by the Bird Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society. Originally titled Scopus, the addition of Journal of East African Ornithology began with our January 2018 issue. The journal is published Open Access twice a year, typically in January and July. Authors retain copyright and their work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Our copyright and licensing agreement only applies from January 2018 onwards, and does not apply to previously published issues. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles.

Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology welcomes original contributions— which have not been published elsewhere— on all aspects of the ornithology of eastern Africa, encompassing the area from Sudan, Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa countries south to Mozambique, and including the Malagasy region.

This journal does not charge Article Processing Charges or submission charges.

Editor

James Bradley

Bird Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society, Kenya

Contact: scopus@naturekenya.org

 

Editorial Board

Don Turner

Bird Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society, Kenya

 

Leon Bennun

The Biodiversity Consultancy, Cambridge, UK

Conservation Science Group, Zoology Department, Cambridge University, UK

Luc Lens
Ghent University, Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ghent, Belgium

 

Norbert J. Cordeiro

The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

Darcy Ogada (Kenya)

The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, USA

Ornithology Section, Zoology Department National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

 

Graeme Backhurst (UK)

Bird Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society

 

Derek Pomeroy

Departments of Zoology and of Environmental Management, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

 

Jeremy Lindsell

A Rocha International, London, UK

 

Muchane Muchai
Department of Clinical Studies, Wildlife Management & Conservation Program, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Ornithology Section, Zoology Department National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

 

Contributions

Contributions comprise original papers, short communications (usually less than two pages), short notes and records, notices and letters. Original papers and short com­munications should present new information that has not been published or been submitted for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts are subject to peer review and they will be assessed by at least one member of the editorial board as well as by independent referees.

 

Guidelines for Authors

• Download our author guidelines  http://naturekenya.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Author-Guidelines-updated-Aug-2017.pdf 
• Free access to current and recent issues; https://www.ajol.info/index.php/scopus/index
• Free access to issues from 1977-2014; http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64405#/summary
• Free access to our Special Supplements; http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/67967#/summary
• Please see our index here
• The East Africa Natural History Society Bulletin. 1971-1998. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/114426#/summary
• Kenya Birds published from 1992-2008. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64392#/summary

All contributions for publication should be sent to:

Editors, Scopus, c/o Nature Kenya, P.O. Box 44486, G.P.O. 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
email: scopus@naturekenya.org