With the support of CONICYT (project FP-0949), we began the digitalization and archiving processes of the material published by the journal since its foundation in 1897. From late August on, these articles will be made progressively available on this website as free access PDF files.
In benefit of its authors, since March 2010 RCHN is modifying the publication format of its articles, using a reduced font size in some text sections and adjusting the size of figures and tables (when possible) to the width of one or two columns instead of half pages or an entire page. Such changes diminish the total number of published pages (at least one or two pages per article), producing a significant reduction in the final publication cost of each article. We invite authors to submit their works and take advantage of this cost reduction.
General Information and Policy
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (RChHN) is a bilingual (Spanish and English) open access journal, published by the Sociedad de Biología de Chile (Biology Society of Chile) in printed and electronic versions. Publication in RChHN is open to any person, regardless of membership status or any other distinction.
RChHN welcomes contributions presenting original results as well as essays/reviews stimulating criticism and synthesis, which may be submitted under different manuscript formats. Reception of manuscripts is continuous, and authors are allowed to choose between single- and double-blind review processes.
RChHN gives priority to basic science, although applied contributions may be considered if they provide important or novel scientific approaches. Purely descriptive studies may be acceptable only if they are directly related to key biological issues or more comprehensive theoretical frames.
Structure and Thematic Scope
RChHN offers seven categories of contributions: Research Articles, Review Articles, Commentaries, Forum and Replies, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and thematic Special Features (mini-reviews, simposia, and others; see Information for authors).
RChHN publishes original research dealing with past and present phenomena from organismic to higher levels of biological organization, considering both empirical and theoretical studies on all kinds of taxa and environments. The major areas covered by RChHN are: botany and zoology; physiological and behavioral ecology; population biology; community and ecosystem ecology; systematics, biogeography and evolution.
Periodicity, Indexing and Publication costs
RChHN publishes one volume per year and four quarterly issues per volume (March, June, September and December). The volume corresponding to 2009 is 82.
RChHN is indexed in Science Citation Index (since 1985), Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, SciELO, Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences), Biological Abstracts, Current Advances in Ecological Sciences, Wildlife Review, Fisheries Abstracts, Aquatic Sciences, and Zoological Records. The current indices of Revista Chilena de Historia Natural are: 5-year impact factor = 1.149; 2008 impact factor = 0.765; immediacy index = 0.091; cited half-life = 8.4.
Publication fees are US$ 50.00 per printed page. Color figures may be published at a rate US$ 600 per printed page. The cost of subscription is US$ 250 per volume (four issues per year).
Manuscripts must be prepared according with the guidelines contained in the Information for Authors, and submitted electronically to:
Patricio A. Camus
Chief Editor
rchn@ucsc.cl
