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Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv (Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Plovdiv) is the official scientific bulletin of the Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, published by Plovdiv University Press. The journal accepts submissions of original studies in the field of paleontology, natural history, geology and speleology, zoology, botany, ecology, biogeography, museology, history of natural studies, information about museum collections, etc. The official language of the journal is English. Exceptions are possible, certain manuscript may be published in Bulgarian language, with extensive abstract in English.

Once an article is accepted, it is published online first immediately. Manuscripts may be rejected without peer review if they do not comply with the instructions for authors or if editor estimate that they are beyond the scope of the journal. The journal allow the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions.

Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv follows the standards for Ethics and Publication Malpractice set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Conformance to standards of ethical behavior is therefore expected of all parties involved: Authors, Reviewers, Editors, and the Publisher. Manuscript submissions are welcome.

Online ISSN 2534-9635; Print ISSN 2534-9627
Periodicity: Annually – one issue per year (December).
Type: Open Access, hard copy and electronically. Free of charge to publish.

In 1970, the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv issues Volume 1 of the journal “Bulletin of the Natural Science Museum Plovdiv”. In 1973 Volume 2 was released.

Before the release of the independent journal of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, researchers at the museum published their articles in “Annuals of the Museums in the Plovdiv Region” and from 1975 in “Bulletin of the museums in Southern Bulgaria”, which was published until 1995 (a total of 21 volumes).

With the creation of the Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, the Regional Museum of Natural History – Plovdiv resumed issuing its scientific journal. In the magazine accepted for posting short messages (up to 4 pages), original research papers (from 4 to 10 pages) and review articles (over 10 pages) in the above mentioned fields and shaped according to the instructions for authors.

The logo of the journal is the paleoendemic beetle Rhodopaea angelovi Gruev & Tomov, 19681, known only from a small area in the Rhodope Mountains, south of Plovdiv. The species is named after Professor Emeritus Pavel Angelov, one of the first directors of the museum, who collected the type specimens.

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From the Editorial Board

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1 Gruev B., V. Tomov. 1968. A new genus and species Rhodopaea angelovi gen. et sp. n. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Bulgaria. Rev. Ent. URSS, XLVII(3):553-555 (in Russian with English summary).

Editor-In-Chief: Chief Assist. Prof. Ognyan Todorov, PhD
(Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Co-Editor-In-Chief: Assoc. Prof. Ivelin Mollov, PhD
(University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation – Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Technical Secretary: Tsvetelina Petrova
(Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Secretary: Gergana Kicheva
(Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Associate Editors

Prof. Dimitar Bechev, DSc
(University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Zoology – Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Prof. Ruslan Kostov, PhD
(University of Mining and Geology – Sofia, Bulgaria)

Prof. Radoslav Andreev, PhD
(Agricultural University – Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Assoc. Prof. Dilian Georgiev, DSc
(University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation – Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Assoc. Prof. Toshko Liubomirov, PhD
(Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Sofia, Bulgaria)

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2016, Volume 1

Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv
2016, Volume 1 – Whole issue

Research Articles

Fossil records of Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotoidea Gray, 1821), Chalicotheres (Chalicotherioidea Gill, 1872) and Brontotheres (Brontotherioidea (Marsh, 1873) (Peryssodactyla Owen, 1848 – Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758) in Bulgaria
Zlatozar N. Boev, pp. 1-7
Article bnhmp-17101 [Full text – PDF]

Bone Remains of the Late Antiquity – Early Medieval Deposits of the National Academy of Art (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Zlatozar N. Boev, pp. 9-11
Article bnhmp-17102 [Full text – PDF]

Aphid Parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Aphidiinae) of the Agro- ecosystems at the Experimental Fields of Plovdiv City
Ognyan B. Todorov, pp. 13-15
Article bnhmp-17103 [Full text – PDF]

Cacyreus marshalli (Butler, 1898) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Confirmed for the Republic of Macedonia
Nikola Micevski, Branko Micevski, pp. 17-20
Article bnhmp-17104 [Full text – PDF]

Current Status, Distribution and Habitat of the Threatened Species Myricaria germanica (Tamaricaceae) in Bulgaria
Yulian Marinov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Chavdar Gussev, Kalina Pachedjieva, pp. 21-28
Article bnhmp-17105 [Full text – PDF]

Short notes

Two Species from the genus Liposcelis Motschulsky, 1852 – New to the Fauna of Bulgaria Found in the Building of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv (Insecta: Psocoptera)
Dilian G. Georgiev, pp. 29-30
Article bnhmp-17201 [Full text – PDF]

Reports of Caecilius fuscopterus (Latreille, 1799) and Lachesilla quercus (Kolbe, 1880) in Bulgaria with some Additional Barkfly Records (Insecta: Psocoptera)
Dilian G. Georgiev, Ognyan B. Todorov, pp. 31-32
Article bnhmp-17202 [Full text – PDF]

Book reviews and Anniversaries

Professor Yanko Kolarov at Seventy Years of Age (In Bulgarian)
Dimitar N. Bechev, pp. 33
Article bnhmp-17401 [Full text – PDF]

Professor Pavel Angelov at Eighty Five Years of Age (In Bulgarian)
Dimitar N. Bechev, pp. 35-36
Article bnhmp-17401 [Full text – PDF]

2018, Volume 3

Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv
2018, Volume 3 – Whole issue

The National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – 60 years since the management of the Corr. member of BAS Prof. Dr. Georgi Paspalev and the problem for the Museum’s survival (1959-1965) (In Bulgarian)
Zlatozar N. Boev, pp. vii-xvii
Article bnhmp-19001 [Full text – PDF]

The National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – analysis of the current state, problems and development guidelines (An inside view) (In Bulgarian)
Zlatozar N. Boev, pp. xix-xxxiii
Article bnhmp-19002 [Full text – PDF]

Research Articles

Late Antiquity (3-5 century A.D.) Fauna from Building Excavations on Exarch Joseph Street (Sofia City, Bulgaria)
Zlatozar N. Boev, pp. 1-8
Article bnhmp-19101 [Full text – PDF]

Eulophidae and Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Rhodope Mts. – Recent Knowledge, Gaps and Perspectives, with Some New Records for the Bulgarian Fauna
Ivaylo Todorov, Peter Boyadzhiev, pp. 9-14
Article bnhmp-19102 [Full text – PDF]

New records of Adscita obscura (Zeller, 1847) (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Procridinae) on the Balkan Peninsula
Ana Nahirnić, Stoyan Beshkov, Dimitar Kaynarov, pp. 15-19
Article bnhmp-19103 [Full text – PDF]

Late Pleistocene avifauna of Nanin Kamak Cave (CN Bulgaria)
Zlatozar N. Boev, pp. 21-25
Article bnhmp-19104 [Full text – PDF]

Fossil record of the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach, 1799)) (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) in Bulgaria
Zlatozar N. Boev, pp. 27-31
Article bnhmp-19105 [Full text – PDF]

Miscellaneous

Second Book about the Biodiversity of Vrachanska Planina Mts. (In Bulgarian)
Zlatozar N. Boev, pp. 33
Article bnhmp-19401 [Full text – PDF]

Professor Angel Zaykov at Seventy Years of Age (In Bulgarian)
Dimitar N. Bechev, pp. 35-36
Article bnhmp-19402 [Full text – PDF]

Vladimir Beshkov (1935-2019) – In Memoriam (In Bulgarian)
Ivelin A. Mollov, pp. 37-39
Article bnhmp-19403 [Full text – PDF]

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Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv
2020, Volume 5 – Whole issue

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