About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Heringeriana publishes original scientific papers, review papers, taxonomic monographs, commented checklists, scientific notes and opinions in different areas of biodiversity. All types of studies in biodiversity are considered, including taxonomy, physiology, ecology, and ethnobiology. Heringeriana was founded in 1994 as Boletim do Herbario Ezechias Paulo Heringer, and in 2007 changed its name to Heringeriana. It has a diverse Editorial Board and counts on the voluntary collaboration of hundreds of qualified reviewers. It is published by the Jardim Botânico de Brasília and is in the process of adapting the criteria for indexing in national and international databases. The Journal does not charge publication fees. All publications are free of charge. 

For legal purposes, it should be noted that by submitting an article, authors agree to the following:

  • All authors agree with their submission and the corresponding author has been authorized by the co-authors.
  • The article has not been previously published and is not being concurrently considered for publication elsewhere.
  • The article does not infringe any copyright or other personal property right of any person or entity and does not contain any unlawful statements in any way.

If the submitted manuscript does not follow these guidelines, it will not be processed.

Peer-review process

Manuscripts submitted to Heringeriana will be evaluated by the Editorial Board considering its relevance, originality, adequacy to the scope and norms of the Journal. After the initial evaluation, the manuscript will be forwarded to at least two specialists, preferably with a doctorate in the area addressed, who will evaluate the manuscript. The manuscript will be accepted if both reviewers provide favorable opinions for publication.

The editor asks reviewers to turn in the review within one month. However, the review process may take longer depending on the size of the manuscript and the reviewers' responses.

When the opinion is favorable, after the review process, which includes the incorporation of corrections and suggestions from the reviewers to the manuscript, the editor checks the corrections and finalizes the manuscript. The corresponding author will receive an electronic proof, sent via email, for approval.

After publication, the works will be available in PDF format on the journal's website and in other databases in the future.

Double-blind peer-review

Heringeriana adopts double-blind peer review, neither authors nor reviewers know each other's names. 

Frequency

The journal is currently published in continuous flow, with an annual volume, in which articles are published as they are accepted.

Open Access Policy

This journal offers immediate free access to its content. All articles in this journal are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International BY Public License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows others to distribute, remix, adapt and develop the work, even commercially, as long as they are credited with the original creation.

Archiving policy

Heringeriana adopts the digital preservation service of Brazilian electronic journals provided by the CARINIANA Network (LOCKSS v2 200W) for its partner institutions and for the editors of journals published on the SEER platform (Open Journal Systems). For more information visit https://cariniana.ibict.br/?page_id=252

Repository policy

Heringeriana encourages authors to post their pre-publication manuscript in DIADORIM using the Heringeriana identifier (http://diadorim.ibict.br/handle/1/3303) or on their websites prior to and during the submission process and to post the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version after publication without embargo. These practices benefit authors with productive exchanges as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

Sponsors

Journal history

Heringeriana is the scientific journal of the Jardim Botânico de Brasília that publishes, every six months, original scientific articles, taxonomic monographs, annotated checklists, scientific notes and opinions in several areas of biodiversity. Published since 1994, initially as "Boletim do Herbário Ezechias Paulo Heringer" and, from 2007, as Revista Heringeriana.

The journals name is a tribute to Ezechias Paulo Heringer, a pioneer botanist in the Federal District who, in addition to proposing the creation of the Brasília National Park, helped in the implementation of the Brasília Zoo and Botanical Park, in the creation of the Águas Emendadas Biological Reserve, Experimental Station of Agriculture Cabeça-de-Veado, Parque do Gama and Parque do Guará, which today is called Ezechias Paulo Heringer Ecological Park. Due to his collection efforts, he was also named after 35 new species.