《林业研究（英文版）》投稿须知
Instructions for Authors
Introduction
Journal of Forestry Research (JFR) publishes scientific articles related to forestry for a broad range of international scientists, forest managers and practitioners. The scope of the journal covers the following five thematic categories and 20 subjects:
Basic Science of Forestry:
Forest biometrics
Forest soils
Forest hydrology
Tree physiology
Forest biomass, carbon, and bioenergy
Forest biotechnology and molecular biology
Forest Ecology:
Forest ecology
Forest ecological services
Restoration ecology
Forest adaptation to climate change
Wildlife ecology and management
Silviculture and Forest Management:
Forest genetics and tree breeding
Silviculture
Forest RS, GIS, and modeling
Forest management
Forest Protection:
Forest entomology and pathology
Forest fire
Forest resources conservation
Forest health monitoring and assessment
Wood Science and Technology:
Wood Science and Technology
Although JFR is a comprehensive academic journal covering nearly all subjects of forestry, this journal does not publish papers related to forest economics, forest recreation, medicinal plants, fruit trees, landscape architecture, horticulture, aquatic organisms, and manufacturing methods and technologies, as well as other subjects addressed in detail by other journals.
The journal welcomes critical reviews, original research papers, technical notes, and short communications of the highest quality. The journal seeks manuscripts reporting breakthroughs in knowledge, approaches or techniques, and understanding across a broad spectrum of forests and forestry. All papers are subject to peer review. Submissions are judged on their originality, the importance of their subject matter, and their clarity, accuracy, and quality of scientific writing.
Full online submission
Articles should be submitted by the author(s) to whom acknowledgment of receipt and other correspondence will be addressed. The senior author should also list his or her telephone and fax number and e-mail address on the manuscript and in any correspondence. A Research Report submitted to Journal of Forestry Research must contain original work and must not be under consideration for publication by other periodicals. If an article is accepted, the copyright will belong to the Publisher. Contributors are free, however, to reproduce material from their own articles without consulting the publisher provided that source is acknowledged.
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. The system automatically converts source files to a single PDF file of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF files at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail removing the need for a paper trail.
All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter. In the cover letter, you should declare that this manuscript has not been submitted to any of other journals, and the manuscript has not been published previously (partly or in full). Its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out. Highlights should be also mentioned in the cover letter. They consist of a short collection of bullet points that convey the core findings of the article.
Please submit your article via:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/jfr/
Manuscript Preparation
New submissions
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. The system automatically converts your files to a single PDF file, which is used in the peer-review process.
As part of the Your Paper Your Way service, you may choose to submit your manuscript as a single file to be used in the refereeing process. This can be a PDF file or a Word document, in any format or lay-out that can be used by referees to evaluate your manuscript. It should contain high enough quality figures for refereeing. If you prefer to do so, you may still provide all or some of the source files at the initial submission. Please note that individual figure files larger than 10 MB must be uploaded separately.
Length and format
•Research reports of any length will be considered for publication. Authors should aim, however, to present their work as concisely as possible.
•All manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to convey your manuscript, for example Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusions, Artwork and Tables with Captions.
•If your article includes any Videos and/or other Supplementary material, this should be included in your initial submission for peer review purposes.
•Please ensure the text of your paper is double-spaced and has consecutive line numbering - this is an essential peer review requirement.
•Please ensure the figures and the tables included in the single file are placed next to the relevant text in the manuscript, rather than at the bottom or the top of the file.
Essential title page information
• Title. The title should be concise and informative
• Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that phone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Article structure
Title
The title should be concise and informative, with appropriate words for indexing and information retrieval. In the title, the names of organisms should be either in vernacular or in Latin without their authors. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Abstracts
A concise and factual abstract is required (not longer than 400 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself
Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Material and methods
Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
Results
Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
Acknowledgements
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).
Submission checklist
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone
All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:
• Keywords
• All figure captions.
• All tables (including title, description, footnotes).
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar-checked.
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web).
• Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color reproduction on the Web (free of charge) and in print, or to be reproduced in color on the Web (free of charge) and in black-and-white in print.
• If only color on the Web is required, black-and-white versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes.
