Author Guideliness – Hrvatsko entomološko društvo

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS FOR ENGLISH VERSION OF THE MANUSCRIPT

General Considerations

The journal Entomologia Croatica is the scientific journal of the Croatian Entomological Society with international reviewing, publishing original papers from the field of entomology (systematics, molecular biology, fauna, ecology and other fields). Exceptionally, papers concerning representatives of other terrestrial invertebrates are published as well. As well as original scientific articles, the following are published: short scientific communications, review articles, professional papers, comments, letters to the editor and from the editor, bibliographies, biographies, book reviews and reports concerning the work of the Society. The articles are referred to in BIOSIS Citation Index (BCI), CAB Abstracts, Hrčak Portal of Croatian scientific and professional journals and Zoological Record.

Editorial address

Croatian entomological society ENTOMOLOGIA CROATICA Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Vladimira Preloga 1 31000 Osijek Croatia Editor in Chief: Milan Pernek, PhD Email: drustvo@entomološko-drustvo.hr Web: https://entomolosko-drustvo.hr

Manuscript

Manuscripts should be written concisely and clearly in Croatian or English (UK English), preferably using Template

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Illustrations – figures, graphs and tables should be placed in the text.
The optimum number of pages with all enclosures is up to 16 printed papers.
Use the International System (SI) for units.
Only Latin names of species, subspecies and genera should be in italics. Full name species, subspecies is needed in first appearance (author and year).

Recommended form of manuscript

The first page contains: title of the paper, below which are the full names and surnames of the author(s), names of the institutions of the authors and postal and electronic addresses.
The abstract is in English language used in the article, up to 1500 characters and spaces, and is written in a single paragraph. Provide a Croatian version of the Abstract (Sažetak) additionally. Up to ten key words are added with the abstract.
The original scientific articles should have the following subtitles:
Introduction and purpose give a brief and clear account of the purpose of the article and its relations to other articles of the same contents, avoiding any long elaboration of the references.
Materials and methods provide enough information for other scientists to be able to repeat the experiments.
Results and discussion give clear and precise explanations of results and the drawing of conclusions.
Acknowledgements, where necessary, to those who assisted the performance of the scientific work.
At the end of the article, give a list of abbreviations and symbols that are not in common use.
Every equation must be in a line of its own. Numbers of equations are placed in the right margin,
Hmax = ln n (1)
The dates shoul be written with Arabic numbers.
The citations in the text should be cited as (Krčmar, 1995) or (Ciglar and Barić, 1999) or (Kučinić et al., 2005).
References are quoted in alphabetical order. Quote all the names of authors and initials, the title of the article, the name of the journal, the year of printing, volume and number, and first and last page.
Journals should be abbreviated according to Web of Science (Journal Title Abbreviations) http://images.webof knowledge.com/WOK46/help/WOS/A abrvjt.html.

References (example)

Argov, Y., Uygun, N., Porcelli, F., Baspinar, H. 2012. Aleyrodidae. In: Vacante, V., Gerson, U. 2012. Integrated Control of Citrus Pests in the Mediterranean Region. Bentham Books: 156-171.

Bellows, JR, T. S., Meisenbacher, C., Headrick, D. H. 1998. Field Biology of Paraleyrodes minei (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Southern California. Environ. Entomol. 27 (2): 277-281.

Dubey, A. K. 2019. Paraleyrodes minei Iaccarino (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) – a new invasive pest threat to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Phytoparasitica. 47 (5): 659-662. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-019-00760-z

Evans, G. A. 2007. The whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) of the World and Their Host Plants and Natural Enemies. https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/whitefly/PDF_PwP%20ETC/ world-whitefly-catalog-Evans.pdf (accessed in December, 19th 2023)

Longo, S. Rapisarda, C. 2014. Spread of Paraleyrodes minei Iaccarino (nesting whitefly) in Italian citrus groves. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin. 44 (3): 529-533.

Tables should be processed in the same programme as the text. A table should fit on A4 page and permit of reduction to B5. Use the tabulator and not table tool, with title above.
Images, drawings, graphs and photographs are to be marked as figures and numbered in Arabic numbers in order (minimum 500 dpi) with the title under. All enclosures should be ready to print, of high graphic computer resolution, but a rougher raster should be used for the fill. For captions, use font not less than 10 pt.

Concluding instructions

The editorial board reserves the right to adjust the manuscript to the standards of the English language.
Authors themselves are responsible for copyright matters.
Before printing or online publication, the first author will be sent a proof.
By the printing or online publication of the article, all authorial rights are reserved to the Croatian Entomology Society.
The journal is issued in one to two numbers and one volume a year.
Manuscipt not prepared in accordance with this Guide will be returned to the authors.