Ivanka Boteva is a physico-geographer, long-time editor of the magazine "Problems of Geography", as well as a number of scientific monographs and collections: "Geography of Bulgaria" (1997), "Morphotectonics of the Balkan Peninsula", "Landslides in the Rhodopes and their strengthening" , "Administrative and territorial organization of the Republic of Bulgaria", "Geographical Terminology Dictionary" and others. She is the author of scientific articles, biographical essays, book reviews and announcements for scientific forums. Her inclusion as an author in "Mountains in Bulgaria" contributes to the more in-depth processing, supplementation and editorial design of the third edition.