Editor-in Chief

Márton Veress, Faculty of Natural and Technological Sciences, University of West Hungary, Szombathely, Hungary

Associate Editor-in Chief

Arnold Gucsik, Faculty of Natural and Technological Sciences,University of West Hungary, Szombathely, Hungary

Associate Editors as Reviewers

Michael J. Day, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

David Drew, Trinity College, Ireland

Ken Grimes, Regolith Mapping, Australia

Helen Goldie, University of Durham, UK

Fabien Hoblea, University of Savoy, France

Frederic Hoffmann,

Ilona Bárány Keveiné, University of Szeged, Hungary

Martin Knez, Karst Research Institute, Slovenia

Jurij Kunaver, Emeritus Professor, Slovenia

Andrej Kranjc, Karst Research Institute, Slovenia

Dénes Lóczy, University of Pécs, Hungary

Joyce Lundberg, Carlton University, Canada

János Móga, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary

Drazen Perica, University of Zadar, Croatia

Lluis Gomez-Pujol, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Spain

Jean-Noel Salomon, Emeritus Professor, France

Tadej Slabe, Karst Research Institute, Slovenia

Tóth Gábor, University of West Hungary, Hungary

Eglish Proof Reader

Derek Ford

Aims and Scope

Karst Development publishes original articles as well as short communications (letters). The following fields of karst studies are covered:

• karst geomorphology
• karst hydrology
• karst and landscape
• karst environment and protection
• pseudokarst,
• geoinformation of karst and modeling of karstification
• carbonate chemistry
• speleology

Editorial Office of Karst Development

Savaria University Center, University of West Hungary, Department of Physical Geography, H-9700, Károlyi Gáspár tér 4., Szombathely, Hungary; Phone/Fax:+36-94-504-407, E-mail: gucsik@mailmax.hu, vmarton@ttmk.nyme.hu

Publication Information

Karst Development (HU ISSN 1585-5473). This journal has been published in Hungary (at,
University of West Hungary, Department of Physical Geography, Szombathely)
four times a year including maximum of 100 pages/edition (five or six original papers and
two letters with black-and white figures).

Publication Policy

The submitted original articles must be met with the international copyright requirements.

Guidlines for Authors

The manuscript should be submitted to the Editorial Office via E-mail (vmarton@ttmk.nyme.hu; gucsik@mailmax.hu).

1.a. The abstract must be no longer than 500 characters.

1.b. The manuscript should be divided into structured sections such as Introduction, Methodology, Results, Conclusions and Summary.

1.c. The literature must be cited in the text and reference list, too.

1.d. The citation: author name, publishing date, title, journal, volume and page (in case of books, the publisher also needs to be mentioned).

2. Maximum number of the figures such as maps, photos, tables, and diagrams is 15 with black-and white forms (min. 300 dpi resolution). They must be submitted as word documents. The manuscript must contain figures with following requirements:

Margins

-Top: 5.0 cm

-Bottom: 5.0 cm

-Left: 4.0 cm

-Right: 4.0 cm

-Gutter: 0 cm

-Header: 4.0 cm

-Footer: 3.0 cm

-Style: normal

Titel: 12 capital letter, bold

Author: 12 capital letter

Affiliation and E-mail addresses: 12 normal

Subheader: 12 bold (before and after on line spacing)

After the subheader, there is no indentation

Indentation in new row using Tab

Line spacing: single

Font: Times New Roman

Font size

-Text: 12 normal

-Figure Captions: 8 Italic

-Title of Table: 8 Italic centered

-Data in Table: title row 8 semi-bold, data 8 normal

-Abstract: 8 Italic

Page numbering: bottom of page (Footer)

Citation in the Text: normal, sentence-type

Citation of figure number: Italic

4. Extension: 10000 character for the original papers (max 10 figures including tables, images and maps) and 4000 characters for letters (max 5 figures including tables, images and maps)

Legend must be placed in the figure caption. Units must be appeared in [] based on SI. If the submitted manuscript does not meet with requirements above, the paper will not be accepted for the publication.

Reference citations are not permitted in the abstract of a paper. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references, and are reminded that inaccurate references are highly frustrating to the reader, the cited author, and indexing services.

Permissions

The author must obtain permission to reproduce figures, tables and, text form previously published material. Written permission must be obtained from the original copyright holder (generally the publisher, not the author or editor) of the journal or book concerned. An appropriate credit line should be included in the reference list. Written permission must be obtained from the author of any unpublished material cited from other laboratories, and should accompany the manuscript.

Page Proofs

Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author via e-mail, so please be sure to have any e-mail filters accept e-mail from the Editorial Office. Please ensure that proper E-mail addresses are given.