We thus welcome studies within the fields of basic biology, ecology, behaviour, conservation and biogeography, especially those arising from hypothesis-based research. Although we have a long publication history of Mediterranean and Neotropical studies, we accept papers on investigations worldwide.

Each volume of Ardeola has two parts, published annually in January and July. The main body of each issue comprises full-length original articles (Papers and Review articles) and shorter notes on methodology or stimulating findings (Short Communications). The publication language is English, with summaries, figure legends and table captions also in Spanish. Ardeola also publishes critical Book Reviews and PhD-Dissertation Summaries; summarising ornithological theses defended in Spain. Finally there are two Spanish-language sections, Ornithological News; summarising significant recent observations of birds in Spain, and Observations on Rare Birds in Spain, the annual reports of the Spanish Rarities Committee.

Additionally, Ardeola is indexed / abstracted in Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, the Recent Ornithological Literature published by Ibis, Emu and Auk, the Key Word Index of Wildlife Research, the Referativnyi Zhurnal, the Wildlife Review Abstracts, the French scientific database PASCAL, the Directorio Latindex (CINCOC; CSIC) and the Spanish database ICYT.

Ardeola is covered by Thomson ISI® services. Beginning with volume 50(1) 2003, journal contents of Ardeola has been indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded®, ISI Alerting Services®, Current Contents®/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences®. ISI Journal Citation Report® Ranking 2020: 11 / 28 (Ornithology). Impact Factor 2022: 1.471.

Contents and summaries can also be consulted in the web page of the journal (www.ardeola.org) and in BioOne digital platform (www.bioone.org/loi/arla), where an ‘issue in progress’ is published ahead of the printed version.
Subscription price for the printed issues in 2022 (one volume per year) is 80.00 € (Institutional rate) and 17.00 € for SEO/BirdLife members (all prices include postage). We offer as well online subscriptions (120 € and 15 €, respectively) and mixed options (both printed and online, 150 € and 22 €, respectively).

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