期刊名称：KOEDOE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Koedoe, the official journal of the South African National Parks (SANParks), furthers the understanding of complex social-ecological systems, protected areas and conservation in general, in order to improve human ability to sustainably manage natural resources. The journal defines key practices that will ensure biodiversity in protected areas and with natural resources that are faced with pressure from growing human populations and the interaction with global environmental changes. The journal fosters scientific advances in evidence-based policy and management approaches to assist with context-specific actual management challenges.
Emphasis is on all aspects that promote and contribute to the scientific (biological) and environmental (ecological and biodiversity) conservation practices of Africa. This includes, amongst others:
- conservation movement, seeking to protect plants, animals and their habitats
- conservation ethic of resource use, allocation, exploration, and protection
- habitat conservation
- water conservation
- wildlife management, multidisciplinary practices, including conservation of species and their habitats
- marine conservation, the protection of ecosystems in oceans and seas
- soil conservation
- conservation authority
This journal provides novel, stimulating and baseline scientific information on all forms of protected areas, from large state national parks to small regional and local game and nature reserves, as well as from cultural and environmental heritage areas to private conservation areas.
Historic overview of Koedoe ↑
In the 1950s it was decided that the research conducted in South Africa’s national parks was of sufficiently high quality to be published in a specialist journal. Seeking such a research portal for Africa, the launch of Koedoe was welcomed and the first issue was published in 1958. Published annually by the then National Parks Board and biannually since 1989, more than 1000 articles have been published in the journal and it continues to grow.
What does Koedoe mean? The word 'Koedoe', which is the title of the journal, is the Afrikaans term for Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), the large and graceful antelope that is the corporate logo of the South African National Parks.
Koedoe has stimulated research and added immeasurably to our knowledge of South Africa’s biodiversity and its appropriate management. In addition, articles in Koedoe have included a number of checklists and reports of species new to science.
When the journal started the Afrikaans subtitle was, Tydskrif vir wetenskaplike navorsing in die Nasionale Parke van die Unie van Suid-Afrika, and the English, Journal for scientific research in the National Parks of the Union of South Africa. Today the subtitle 'African Protected Area Conservation and Science' aims to provide a forum for all aspects of protected area science and management in order to facilitate integration and shared learning. Koedoe publishes original articles on all aspects of conservation science, as well as on policy and management-related issues.
Scanning the output of the journal over the decades provides clear evidence of how, from early and tentative scientific ventures in the national parks of South Africa, knowledge of species has grown. In later years, the emphasis in science changed and more articles in Koedoe appeared on patterns of vegetation and habitats and articles on identification and collection of species gave way to ecosystems research. Koedoe has also spread its reach over the years, and early concentration on scientific research in the Kruger, Kalahari Gemsbok and Addo Elephant National Parks has adapted to include all South Africa’s national parks as well as conservation areas under other structures, and even those protected elsewhere in Southern Africa. Koedoe has covered a variety of fields, producing baseline information as foundation on which management plans and monitoring programmes are built today.
Koedoe aims to be a bridge where people from all over Africa can meet and share their conservation knowledge. To this end we have introduced a new structured abstract format that concludes with a section entitled 'Conservation implications' in which authors are explicitly requested to defend the relevance of their work to a broader constituency.
Disseminating reliable scientific and policy information is increasingly vital as global biodiversity faces increasing pressures. Protected areas become more and more important in order to maintain habitats, species, ecosystems and to ensure environmental resilience. However, the protected areas are increasingly fragmented and under pressure from development and global climate change. Africa’s unique socio-ecological systems, together with some of the largest protected areas in the world, are of critical significance.
Koedoe publishes stimulating original research, essays, short communications on issues of general interest, in-depth and critical reviews, monographs on large data sets and complicated issues and book reviews on new releases. We welcome your submission to the journal.
Open Access ↑
Open Access refers to free and unrestricted access via the Internet to articles published in Koedoe. This free access has usage limitations as stipulated in the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) usage license. The license allows redistribution and reuse of all articles on the condition that Koedoe is appropriately credited.
Peer review policy ↑
Koedoe has a double-blinded peer review process. Manuscripts are initially examined by editorial staff and are sent by the Editor-in-Chief to two expert independent reviewers, either directly or by a Section Editor. The editors do not inform the reviewers of the identity of the author(s). The reviewers’ identities are not disclosed to the authors either. The reviewers’ comments as well as recommendations regarding an article’s form may be passed on to the corresponding author and may also include suggested revisions. Manuscripts that are not approved for publication will not be returned to the submitting author in any format. Please note that AOSIS OpenJournals do not retain copies of rejected articles.
The peer review process aims to ensure that all published articles:
- present the results of primary scientific research
- report results that have not been published elsewhere
- are scientifically sound
- provide new scientific knowledge where experiments, statistics and other analyses are performed to a high technical standard and are described in sufficient detail so that another researcher will be able to reproduce the experiments described
- provide conclusions that are presented in an appropriate manner and are supported by the data
- are presented in an intelligible and logic manner and are written in clear and unambiguous English
- meet all applicable research standards with regard to the ethics of experimentation and research integrity
- adhere to appropriate reporting guidelines and community standards for data availability.
The journal publisher, AOSIS OpenJournals, is a member of the CrossCheck plagiarism detection initiative. In the event of suspected plagiarism in submitted works CrossCheck is available to the editors of Koedoe to detect instances of overlapping and similar text. AOSIS OpenJournals endorses and applies the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which promotes integrity in peer-reviewed research publications.
Publication frequency ↑
Koedoe publishes one issue per year. Individual articles are published as soon as they are ready for publication by adding them to the table of contents of the 'current' volume and issue. In this way, Koedoe aims to speed up the process of manuscript publication from submission to becoming available on the website. Special issues may be added on an ad hoc basis to the journal throughout a particular year and will form part of consecutive issues thereafter.
Authors will be able to check the progress of their manuscript via the submission system at any time by logging into the journal website’s personalised section.
Monographs and special issues that formed part of Koedoe through the years:
Indexing ↑
After publication in Koedoe, the complete text of each article is deposited immediately and permanently archived in major bibliographic databases:
Additionally, Koedoe uses the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system to create a distributed archiving system amongst participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.
The journal is always seeking to establish a LOCKSS-compliant archive with university libraries. The URL to the LOCKSS Publisher Manifest for Koedoe is: http://www.koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/gateway/lockss
Please inform us if you are using our manifest as we would like to add your name to the list above.
DoHET accreditation ↑
The following lists are regarded as accredited journals by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DoHET):
Journals appearing on the IBSS:
Journals appearing on the three indices of Thomson Reuters products:
List of approved South African journals: Journals that do not appear in the abovementioned international indices but are published in South Africa and meet specific criteria may be included in this list.
In conclusion: Koedoe meets the criteria of the DoHET (see List of approved South African journals as maintained by the DoHET and Science Citation Index). It is therefore accredited and approved by the DoHET for its inclusion in the subsidy system for being a research publication for South Africa.
Instructions to Authors
New submission
This page includes instructions for authors on how to make a submission to Koedoe. For details of how to prepare and submit a revised manuscript via the online manuscript submission system, please see the instructions for resubmission (after formal peer review).
Please select the applicable link below:
Submit original work to Koedoe ↑
We ask our authors to ensure that they submit original work that:
- have been honestly carried out according to rigorous scientific standards that has not been obtained fraudulently or dishonestly, or fabricated or falsified
- present an accurate account of the research performed and the results obtained and offer an objective discussion of the significance thereof
- present sufficient detail and reference to public sources of information in order to permit peers to repeat the work if needed
- report data accurately and never ‘fudged’, with any problematic data also treated accordingly
- cite all relevant references; it is the duty of the author to check the references that are cited very carefully to ensure that the details are accurate and in the correct format
- declare any (potential) conflicts of interest
- do not claim originality if others have already reported similar work in part or as a whole
- give credit to the work and findings of others that have led to your findings or influenced them in some way
- identify any hazards inherent in conducting the research
- do not contain plagiarised material or anything that is libellous, defamatory, indecent, obscene or otherwise unlawful and that the work does not infringe on the rights of others
- provide all the statements required by the journal in order to prove that the experimental protocols were approved appropriately and that they meet all the guidelines of the agency involved, including obtaining informed consent where required if investigations have involved animals or human subjects
- contain explicit permission of the individuals from whom information was privately obtained and that they have accompanying appropriate letters confirming permission to include this information , as may be acquired by journals
- avoid fragmenting research to maximise the number of articles submitted, also known as ‘salami publishing’
- have not been submitted to multiple journals or other publication media.
Although an experimental or theoretical study may sometimes justify criticism of the work of another scientist, in no circumstances is personal criticism appropriate. Do not present work, or use language, in a way that detracts from the work or ideas of others.
Cover page: The format of the compulsory cover letter forms part of your submission and is located on the first page of your manuscript and should always be presented in English. You should provide all of the following elements:
- Article title: Provide a short title of 50 characters or less.
- Significance of work: Briefly state the significance of the book being reported on.
- Full author details: Title(s), Full name(s), Position(s), Affiliation(s) and contact details (postal address, email, telephone and cellphone number) of each author.
- Corresponding author: Identify to whom all correspondence should be addressed to.
- Authors’ contributions: Briefly summarise the nature of the contribution made by each of the authors listed.
- Summary: Lastly, a list containing the number of words, pages, tables, figures and/or other supplementary material should accompany the submission.
Formatting requirements: Please use British English, that is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Avoid Americanisms (e.g. use ‘s’ and not ‘z’). Consult the Oxford English Dictionary when in doubt and remember to set your version of Microsoft Word to UK English.
- Language: Manuscripts must be written in British English.
- Line numbers: Insert continuous line numbers.
- Font:
- Font type: Palatino
- Symbols font type: Times New Roman
- General font size: 12pt
- Line spacing: 1.5
- Headings: Ensure that formatting for headings is consistent in the manuscript.
- First headings: normal case, bold and 14pt
- Second headings: normal case, underlined and 14pt
- Third headings: normal case, bold and 12pt
- Fourth headings: normal case, bold, running-in text and separated by a colon.
Our publication system supports a limited range of formats for text and graphics. Text files can be submitted in the following formats only:
- Microsoft Word (.doc): We cannot accept Word 2007 DOCX files. If you have created your manuscript using Word 2007, you must save the document as a Word 2003 file before submission.
- Rich Text Format (RTF) documents uploaded during Step 2 of the submission process. Users of other word processing packages should save or convert their files to RTF before uploading. Many free tools are available that will make this process easier.
 For full details on how to ensure your manuscript adheres to the house style, click here.
Publication ethics ↑
AOSIS OpenJournals endorses and applies the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which promotes integrity in peer-reviewed research publications.
Experimental research on animals and/or humans must follow internationally recognised guidelines. A statement to this effect must appear in the Ethical Considerations section of the manuscript, including the name of the body that gave approval, with a reference number where appropriate. Informed consent must also be documented. Manuscripts will be rejected if the editorial office considers that the research has not been carried out within an ethical framework (e.g. if the severity of the experimental procedure is not justified by the value of the knowledge gained.)
The author should aim to post answers to the following questions:
- What risks to the subject are entailed in involvement in the research? Are there any potential physical, psychological or disclosure dangers that can be anticipated? What is the possible benefit or harm to the subject or society as a result of their participation or from the project as a whole? What procedures have been established for the care and protection of subjects (e.g. insurance, medical cover) and the control of any information gained from them or about them?
- Was there any sense in subjects being ‘obliged’ to participate – as in the case of students, prisoners, learners or patients – or were volunteers being recruited? If participation was compulsory, the potential consequences of non-compliance must be indicated to subjects; if voluntary, entitlement to withdraw consent must be indicated as well as when that entitlement lapses.
- Authors must include how informed consent was handled in the study and include, in detail, the way in which data protection was handled.
Plagiarism: It should be noted that salami publishing and parallel publishing detract from the innovative nature of research findings. The journal publisher, AOSIS OpenJournals, is a member of the CrossCheck plagiarism detection initiative. In the event of suspected plagiarism in submitted works CrossCheck, is available to the editors of Koedoe to detect instances of overlapping and similar text.
Instructions on how the submission process work ↑
The authors of an article need to decide who the corresponding author will be that will take responsibility during the submission, peer review and editing processes. By submitting an article for publication you confirm that you are the corresponding/submitting author and that AOSIS OpenJournals will be communicating with you about the article.
Firstly, register or ensure you have an author account with Koedoe. Secondly, ensure your contact details are updated in your profile.
After you have logged in and clicked on Author, click on the link start a new submission to go to Step 1 of the five-step submission process (scroll down and click on the Next button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen):
- Select the journal section and complete the submission checklist.
- Upload submission file. Click on the Browse button and locate the file on your computer. When you have selected the file you wish to upload, click the Upload button. Review your submission (in a Word .doc) before sending it to the editors and ensure you have included your manuscript cover page.
- Complete the manuscript metadata, author(s) details, manuscript title, manuscript abstract and keywords.
- Upload either a separate cover page or other multiple supplementaryfile(s), such as large tables and photographs:
- Click on the Browse button and locate the file on your computer.
- Select the designation of your supplementary files (.eps, .xls).
- When you have selected the file you wish to upload, click the Upload button. Note: You have a limit of 15MB for a single file you upload.
- Repeat the process until all supplementary files have been uploaded. Note: You can only upload 1 supplementary file at a time.
- Review your submission online in Step 5.
- Click the Finish Submit button when you would like to complete the manuscript submission to the journal.
Support videos:
- Click here to view a video on how to submit a paper online.
- Click here to view a video on how to copyedit and proofread your article.
The submission process can be interrupted at any time; when you return to the site you can continue from where you left off. After completing the manuscript submission, you will receive a submission confirmation via email. You can also log into Koedoe at any time to check the status of your manuscript.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
| Llewellyn C. Foxcroft |
South African National Parks, Conservation Services and Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University |
Associate Section Editors
| Leslie R. Brown |
Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa |
| Dirk J. Roux |
South African National Parks, South Africa |
| Anna Spenceley |
Spenceley Tourism and Development cc, South Africa |
| Gretel van Rooyen |
University of Pretoria, South Africa |
Editorial Board
| Wendy Annecke |
South African National Parks, South Africa
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| Oonsie Biggs |
Stockholm University, Sweden
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William Bond
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University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Mike Bruton |
Bahrain Science Centre, Bahrain |
| Jane Carruthers |
University of South Africa, South Africa |
| David Cumming |
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Delali Dovie |
University of Ghana, Ghana |
| David Ehrenfeld |
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, United States of America |
| Christo Fabricius |
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa |
| Edmund February |
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Brock Fenton |
University of Western Ontario, Canada |
| Herve Fritz |
Université de Lyon I, France |
| Andrea Fuller |
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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| Charles Griffiths |
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Marc Hockings |
University of Queensland, Australia |
| Conrad A. Matthee |
Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| Steve McCool |
University of Montana, United States of America |
| Melodie McGeoch |
Monash University, Australia |
| Banie L. Penzhorn |
University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Belinda Reyers |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa |
| Joop H.J. Schaminée |
Wageningen University, Radboud University, The Netherlands |
| Bob Scholes |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa |
| Dianne Scott |
University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
| Michael Somers |
University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| David A. Sheppard |
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland |
| Rosie Trevelyan |
Cambridge University, United Kingdom |
| Ed Witkowski |
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
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