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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • A contribuição é original e inédita, e não está sendo avaliada para publicação por outra revista; caso contrário, deve-se justificar em "Comentários ao editor".
  • O arquivo da submissão está em formato Microsoft Word, OpenOffice ou RTF.
  • Onde disponível, os URLs para as referências foram fornecidos.
  • O texto está em espaço simples; usa uma fonte de 12-pontos; emprega itálico em vez de sublinhado (exceto em endereços URL); as figuras e tabelas estão inseridas no texto, não no final do documento na forma de anexos.
  • O texto segue os padrões de estilo e requisitos bibliográficos descritos em Diretrizes para Autores, na página Sobre a Revista.

Author Guidelines

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Presentation

The Journal of the Forest Institute (Rev. Inst. Flor.) is a continuous flow scientific journal that publishes works in forestry sciences and related fields, in the form of scientific articles, scientific notes, and review articles, written in Portuguese, English, or Spanish.

The work submitted for publication in the Journal of the Forest Institute must be original and unpublished, not having been published or submitted to other journals. It will be distributed by the editor-in-chief of the Editorial Board to a reviewer in the field of the work, who will send it to two analysts, specialists in that area. The review system used is double-blind, where the names of the authors and analysts are kept confidential. The work will be analyzed and receive one of the following evaluations: acceptable without modifications; acceptable with modifications; needs to be completely reformulated and resubmitted for new analysis; rejected for publication. After the analysis, the comments and suggestions of the analysts will be forwarded to the authors to make the necessary modifications. Suggestions that are not accepted must be justified. After the modifications, the corrected version should be resent to the area editor of the Board. Based on the reviewers' reports, it will be up to the area editor to accept or reject the work after the review process is completed. After acceptance and layout, the publication proofs will be sent to the authors for a final review (limited to errors and composition) and must be returned within the indicated period.

Articles will be published online on the Journal of the Forest Institute's website, on the OJS platform https://rif.emnuvens.com.br/revista, and on the website of the Institute of Environmental Research https://www.infraestruturameioambiente.sp.gov.br/institutoflorestal/publicacoes-if/revista-do-if/.

Authors will receive a notification as soon as the article is published. By submitting an article to the Journal of the Forest Institute, the authors agree to the exclusive publication of the article in this journal.

Guidelines for Submission and Presentation of the Manuscript

Manuscripts must be submitted through the OJS platform of the Journal of the Forest Institute, available at https://rif.emnuvens.com.br/revista/about/submissions, accompanied by a letter addressed to the Editor-in-Chief of the Editorial Board, including the title, authors, affiliation, and a declaration of the originality and novelty of the work.

Files must be in Word format with a .docx extension. They should have the following characteristics: A4 paper (210 mm x 297 mm); top, bottom, right, and left margins of 25 mm; double spacing; Times New Roman 11 font; justified text; pages numbered starting from the first page of text, not exceeding 30 pages (including tables and figures) for scientific and review articles, and 10 pages for scientific notes, exceptions being accepted if justified by the author and approved by the Editorial Board. The title page should contain: bilingual manuscript title in Portuguese and English or Portuguese and Spanish, short title, full name(s) of the author(s), footer with institutional affiliation data (institution, street, number, ZIP code, city, state, country) and the email of the corresponding author. The second page should include: abstract, keywords, abstract, and keywords. The following standardization is required:

  • Title: centered, in uppercase and bold, followed by the English title and short title. It should be clear, objective, concise, with up to 20 words, and reflect the content of the work. Abbreviations, parentheses, and formulas that make understanding difficult should be avoided.
  • Abstract and Abstract: should be up to 250 words and succinctly present the research question, objectives, materials and methods, results, and conclusions. They have no indentation or numbering and should start with the word in uppercase and bold, followed by a dash, with the text beginning on the same line.
  • Keywords and keywords: three to six, with an initial capital letter, in order of importance, not repeating those used in the title.
  • Topics: in uppercase, bold, left indent, numbered in Arabic numerals.
  • Introduction: present the question, contextualize based on the literature review, state the objectives, and, if necessary, present the hypotheses.
  • Materials and Methods: should contain brief descriptions, sufficiently clear to allow repetition of the study. Techniques already published should be cited and not described. Indicate the full scientific name of the species. Maps can be included if necessary and should have the necessary cartographic elements for the study area's location and graphical quality. Provide the geographic coordinates of the study site.
  • Any comment on a procedure used for data analysis in the Results must be described in the Materials and Methods section. If there is a subdivision of this section, use Uppercase/lowercase and bold.
  • Results and Discussion: separation into two sections is optional. If there is a subdivision of this section, use Uppercase/lowercase and bold.
  • Conclusions: conclusions, if any, should be in this section, clearly related to the objectives and hypotheses stated in the Introduction. If conclusions are few and do not require a specific section, they can conclude the previous section.
  • Acknowledgments: should be concise; names of people and institutions should be written in full, explaining the reasons for the acknowledgments. Credits for funding, scholarships, and article links to broader research programs can be included.
  • Author Contributions: briefly mention the authors' contributions. Use the CREDIT system https://credit.niso.org/ as a basis.
  • References: should be presented at the end of the text, without indentation, in alphabetical order. For reference formatting, see the Reference Guidelines.
  • Footnotes: should be avoided as much as possible and accepted only exceptionally. Use Arial 7 font.
  • Illustrations: Tables, Figures, and Charts are considered illustrations. They should be referred to in the text without abbreviation and with an initial capital letter. Illustrations should be inserted as close as possible to the citation. Titles of illustrations should be in Portuguese and English, self-explanatory, without bold, and in Times New Roman 10 font.
    • Tables and Charts: titles should be positioned above them. The first line of the title has no indentation, initial capital letter, followed by the order number in Arabic numerals and a period (e.g., Table 1. Title). Vertical lines separating columns should not be used. For shading of table and chart lines, use shades of gray only when necessary. Sources consulted for tables and other notes should be placed after the bottom line. Submit tables in Word format.
    • Figures: drawings, maps, diagrams, charts, and photographs are considered Figures. Titles should be positioned above them. The first line of the title has no indentation, initial capital letter, followed by the order number in Arabic numerals and a period (e.g., Figure 1. Title). Figures should be of good quality, clear, with a minimum resolution of 300 DPI, maximum size of 150 mm x 100 mm, and contain the author's credit. Scanned images with low resolution will not be accepted. The maximum size of maps, diagrams, drawings, charts, and graphics should be 215 mm x 170 mm, including the title and consulted source (if any).
  • Equations: should be highlighted in the text to facilitate reading. A larger line spacing may be used to accommodate elements (exponents, indices, etc.). When split into more than one line due to lack of space, they should be interrupted before the equals sign or after addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division signs.
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms: should be presented in uppercase. When used for the first time in the text, they should be preceded by their full meaning, followed by a dash, e.g., Conservation Unit – CU. International acronyms should not be translated. Avoid using acronyms in the Abstract.
  • Scientific Nomenclature: should only be abbreviated when appearing more than once in the same paragraph. Follow international rules.
  • Numbers: write out numbers from one to nine, except when followed by a unit or indicating table or figure numbers, e.g., three individuals, 6.0 m, 2.0-2.5 µm. For decimal numbers, use a comma in articles written in Portuguese or Spanish, and a period in articles written in English.
  • Units and Measures: use the metric system and the International System of Units (SI). Separate units from values with a space, except for percentage, degrees, minutes, and seconds of geographic coordinates. Use abbreviations whenever possible, and for compound units, use exponentiation instead of slashes, e.g., mg.day-1 instead of mg/day, µmol.min-1 instead of µmol/min.

Text Citation Guidelines

Text citations should be in the format author (initial capital) + date.

For citations with two authors, connect the surnames with "and." E.g., Chaves and Usberti (2003) or (Chaves and Usberti 2003).

For citations with three or more authors, cite the first author followed by "et al.," without italics. E.g., Gomes et al. (2008) or (Gomes et al. 2008).

For indirect citations, use "apud," without italics. E.g., Oliveira (2002) apud Souza (2009).

For citations of multiple articles by the same author and date, indicate with lowercase letters a, b, c, etc. E.g., Vrek (2005a, 2005b) or (Vrek 2005a, 2005b).

Citations of information obtained through personal communication should be avoided. However, if presented, they should be in parentheses in the text with the author's full name. E.g., (José da Silva pers. comm.).

Unpublished data should always be presented in a footnote, accompanied by the expression "unpublished," in parentheses.

Citations of dissertations and theses will be accepted exceptionally. Abstracts, expanded abstracts, monographs, or final course works will not be accepted.

Reference Guidelines

References should be presented in alphabetical order by the author's last name or the first author, without numbering. When there are multiple articles by the same author(s), follow the chronological order from most recent to oldest. When there are multiple articles by the same author(s) and the same date, indicate with lowercase letters, e.g., 2005a, 2005b, etc. Authors' names should be separated by commas, and initials should not have spaces.

Examples:

Book

Carvalho PER. 2008. Espécies arbóreas brasileiras. Brasília: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica. v. 3. 593 p.

Chapter or Part of a Book

Hobbs RJ, Norton DA. 2007. Ecological filters, thresholds, and gradients in resistance to ecosystem reassembly. In: Temperton VM, Hobbs RJ, Nuttle T, Halle S (Ed.). Assembly rules and restoration ecology. London: Island Press. p. 72-95.

Dissertation/Thesis

Migliorini AJ. 1986. Variação da densidade básica da madeira de Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden em função de diferentes níveis de produtividade da floresta. Dissertação de Mestrado, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba.

Vedovello R. 2000. Zoneamentos geotécnicos aplicados à gestão ambiental a partir de unidades básicas de compartimentação UBCs. Tese de Doutorado, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro.

Journal Article

Yamamoto LF, Kinoshita LS, Martins FR. 2007. Síndromes de polinização e de dispersão em fragmentos da Floresta Estacional Semidecídua Montana, SP, Brasil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 21(3): 553-573.

Conference Paper

Giansante AE, Almeida TIR, Branco FC, Almeida FAFM 1993. Sensoriamento remoto aplicado à proteção de mananciais: o caso do sistema Cantareira. In: 17 Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental. Natal: ABES. v. 2: 657-659.

Legislation

Brasil. 2006. Lei no 11.428, de 22 de dezembro de 2006. Lex: coletânea de legislação e jurisprudência 70: 3145-3166.

São Paulo (Estado). 2008. Decreto Estadual no 53.494, de 2 de outubro de 2008. Declara as espécies da fauna silvestre ameaçadas, as quase ameaçadas, as colapsadas, sobrexplotadas, ameaçadas de sobrexplotação e com dados insuficientes para avaliação no Estado de São Paulo e dá providências correlatas. Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, Poder Executivo, 118 (187): 1-10.

Map

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística − IBGE. Mapa da vegetação do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, 1998. Escala 1:5.000.000.

Electronic Document

Catharino ELM, Bernacci LC, Franco GADC, Durigan G, Metzger JP. 2006. Aspectos da composição e diversidade do componente arbóreo das florestas da Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande, SP. Biota Neotropica, 6 (2). Disponível: http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v6n2/pt/abstract?article+bn00306022006. Acesso: 16 set. 2009.

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