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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, DOIs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure that the text complies with the formatting, structure, and presentation requirements established by Bioinvasiones. The manuscript must be prepared in Word or a compatible format, using Times New Roman 12-point font, single line spacing, standard margins, numbered pages, and continuous line numbering.

Use the author–year citation system in the text. For works with two authors, include both surnames joined by “&” —for example, Herrera & Nassar 2009—. For works with three or more authors, use “et al.” from the first citation —for example, Peña et al. 2008; Langdon et al. 2010—.

Arrange the reference list alphabetically by the surname of the first author. Include complete information for each source: author names, year, title, full journal name or publisher, volume, pages or article identifier, and DOI in permanent link format when available. Carefully check that all citations included in the text appear in the reference list and that all listed references correspond to works cited in the manuscript.

Original articles

Original articles present empirical, theoretical, methodological, or applied research on invasive alien species and biological invasions in Latin America and the Caribbean. These manuscripts should provide novel results, rigorous analyses, or relevant approaches that advance the understanding, prevention, control, management, or handling of biological invasions in the region.

Original articles may address, among other topics, the patterns, causes, and consequences of biological invasions; traits of alien species that promote their introduction, establishment, spread, or impact; human activities that facilitate the arrival, dispersal, or establishment of alien species; impacts at genetic, individual, population, community, ecosystem, or socioeconomic levels; species distribution models and predictive analyses; ecosystem vulnerability; risk analyses and prioritization of species or areas; assessments based on frameworks such as EICAT and SEICAT; as well as experiences in control, management, restoration, or recovery of areas affected by biological invasions.

Original articles should not exceed 8,000 words, including references. They should preferably be structured into the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, and References.

Reviews

Review articles present a critical, updated, and well-supported synthesis of relevant topics on invasive alien species and biological invasions in Latin America and the Caribbean. These manuscripts should integrate the available literature, identify general patterns, knowledge gaps, conceptual or methodological advances, and provide perspectives to guide future research, public policies, management, or control of biological invasions.

Review articles may have a narrative, systematic, bibliometric, conceptual, or methodological approach, depending on the objective of the manuscript. In all cases, authors must clearly indicate the general criteria used to select, organize, and analyze the reviewed literature.

Review articles should not exceed 8,000 words, including references. Their structure may be adapted to the content of the manuscript, using headings appropriate to the topic addressed.

Book reviews

Book reviews are critical analyses of recent or relevant publications related to invasive alien species, biological invasions, conservation, restoration, ecosystem management, environmental policy, or other topics within the scope of Bioinvasiones. These contributions should provide a synthesis of the book’s content, assess its relevance to the scientific, technical, or management community, and discuss its main contributions, limitations, or implications for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Book reviews should not exceed 3,500 words, including references. Their structure may be adapted to the content of the contribution.

Short communications

Short communications present concise results, novel methodologies, relevant preliminary findings, or technical advances that may contribute to the understanding, monitoring, prevention, control, or management of invasive alien species and biological invasions. These contributions must be clear, direct, and justified by the relevance or novelty of the finding.

Short communications may include preliminary results, provided that these are sufficiently significant to justify early publication. They may also present tools, protocols, methodological approaches, or technical experiences that can be replicated in other research or management contexts.

Short communications should not exceed 2,000 words, including main text, figures, tables, and references.

Proceedings of international meetings and congresses

These contributions present results, agreements, syntheses, or conclusions derived from scientific meetings, workshops, congresses, symposia, courses, or working groups related to invasive alien species and biological invasions. Their purpose is to communicate lessons learned, priorities, recommendations, or advances generated in collaborative discussion spaces.

Manuscripts should include an abstract summarizing the main outcomes of the activity, an introduction contextualizing its relevance and objectives, a section presenting the results or synthesis of the main topics discussed, and conclusions highlighting the implications for research, management, or control of biological invasions.

These contributions should not exceed 3,500 words, including references.

Opinion articles

Opinion articles are brief essay-style contributions intended to propose ideas, develop arguments, present critical perspectives, or encourage debate on topics related to invasive alien species and biological invasions.

These articles may provide conceptual advances, methodological reflections, policy analyses, management proposals, or evidence-based opinions. Although their main focus is argumentative or conceptual, they must be supported by evidence and relevant scientific literature. They may also include data when these help contextualize or strengthen the arguments presented.

Opinion articles should not exceed 3,500 words, including references. Their structure and headings may be adapted to the content of the manuscript.

Practice Insights

Practice Insights articles are brief contributions aimed at communicating experiences, lessons learned, challenges, or recommendations derived from professional practice in the management, prevention, control, or handling of invasive alien species.

At least one of the authors must be a professional, practitioner, or have direct experience in practical environmental management, conservation, restoration, biosecurity, monitoring, control of alien species, or other related areas.

These articles may include case studies, successful or unsuccessful management experiences, lessons learned, proposals for new approaches to persistent problems, analyses of gaps between science and management, or perspectives on research topics relevant to decision-making.

Practice Insights articles should not exceed 3,500 words, including references. Their format and subheadings may be adapted to the content of the manuscript.

Occurrence reports

Record reports document new introductions, new geographic records, recent range expansions, emerging invasions, or regional lists of alien species that contribute to early detection, management prioritization, or the updating of knowledge on biological invasions in Latin America and the Caribbean.

These manuscripts should include, when applicable, the scientific name of the species, origin or invasion status, locality of the record, geographic coordinates, date of observation or collection, detection method, associated evidence, and relevance of the record for management, control, early detection, or understanding of the invasion process.

Record reports should have a maximum length of 2,500 words and preferably cite fewer than 25 references.

Copyright Notice

By submitting a manuscript to Bioinvasiones, authors agree that, if the manuscript is published, they retain copyright over their work and authorize the journal to publish, distribute, and disseminate the article as open access. Authors also declare that the manuscript is original, that they hold the necessary rights to all its contents, including text, figures, tables, data, and images, and that the submission does not infringe the rights of third parties.

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