Historia Naturalis Bulgarica

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1989, Historia naturalis bulgarica is a peer-reviewed international journal published by the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

We publish primarily scientific contributions on mineralogy, palaeontology, botany, zoology, as well as original articles on history of natural sciences and natural history institutions.

In the period before 2018 the majority (65.6%) of papers published consisted of research articles.

Almost two-thirds of these appeared in English, but also in Bulgarian, French, German, Russian.

Other types include short notes, “personalia” (biographies, anniversaries), news articles, book reviews.

Currently, research articles form the entire content and are all published in English.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Late Pleistocene and Earliest Holocene avifauna from the Loutra Almopias Cave (Macedonia, Greece)

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Zlatozar, Evangelia

• Coleoptera (Insecta) collected or observed around Chelopech Village, Western Bulgaria

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Borislav

• New records of Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Mantodea) from Bulgaria

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Boyan, Stanislav, Victor, Vladislav

• A specimen of little bush moa Anomalopteryx didiformis (Owen, 1844), Emeidae Bonaparte, 1854 from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Zlatozar

• Updated distribution of the elusive Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi Bate, 1937 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Gliridae) in Bulgaria

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Nedko, Georgi, Anna

• Recent changes in the presence status and numbers of ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in the Eastern Balkans

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Peter, Girgina, Konstantin, Svetla, Rossen, Ivaylo, Andrey

• Review of the genus Maraenobiotus Mrázek, 1893 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Canthocamptidae) in Bulgaria with description of two new species

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Apostol

• Two species of Psocoptera (Insecta) as new records to the Bulgarian fauna with a country checklist

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Dilian

• An addition of two Tortricidae species to the Bulgarian fauna with notes on genital morphology (Lepidoptera)

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Boyan, Ognyan

• Bird images in the mosaics of Late Antique basilicas in the town of Sandanski (Blagoevgrad Region, SW Bulgaria)

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Zlatozar