Natura Croatica

Aims & Scope

Natura Croatica is a scientific journal of the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb.

It publishes papers that bring original insight into biology and geology.

The journal welcomes papers related to research carried out in natural history museums, departments and collections.

It has international Editorial Board and is internationally peer-reviewed; papers must be in English.

The journal publishes papers without any charges to authors.

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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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, 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
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, 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.

• A survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Manal, Mohamed A.

• New data on the occurrence of the critically endangered common angelshark, Squatina squatina, in the Croatian Adriatic Sea

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Draško, Bojan

• The caddisfly fauna (Insecta: Trichoptera) of the Llap River catchment, Republic of Kosovo

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Halil, Nexhip

• Taxonomic survey of benthic diatoms in Neum Bay, southeastern Adriatic

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Dubravka, Nenad, Ana

• European invasion in progress: Myriophyllum heterophyllum Michx. (Haloragaceae) in Croatia

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Nenad, Anđelka, Dubravka, Ana

• New evidence of Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825) (Odonata, Gomphidae) reproduction at the north-western border of its distribution

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Marina, Antun, Nikola, Zlatko

• First records of the caddisfly fauna (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Karadak Mountains, Western Balkans

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Astrit, Halil, Milaim

• The first record of the invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the African continent

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Youness, Abdelkhaleq Fouzi

• The youngest stage in the evolution of the Dinaric carbonate platform: the Upper Nummulitic Limestones in the North Dalmatian foreland, Middle Eocene, Croatia

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Ljubomir, Jožica

• Tinodes atlasensis Ibrahimi, Mabrouki & Taybi, sp. nov. (Trichoptera: Psychomyiidae), a new species from Atlas Mountains, Morocco

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Halil