Turkish Journal of Forest Science

Turkish Journal of Forest Science (TJFS), founded in 2017, is a peer-reviewed biannually journal in English and Turkish. TJFS has rapidly emerged as an online open-access international journal published by Faculty of Forestry at Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University. The journal publishes scientific articles related to forest engineering, wood science and technology, wildlife ecology and management and landscape architecture. 

The scope of the journal covers the following five thematic categories and 21 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

Forest transportation, geodesy and photogrammetry

Wood Science and Technology   

Landscape Architecture

TJFS Word Template should be used for writing manuscripts. Text in the manuscript should be typed using the 12 pt Times New Roman font size with single line spacing. Text should be fully justified. Please insert your graphics (figures, etc.) in the main text after the paragraph of its first citation.

The manuscript should have an abstract with 300 words maximum. Please add up to 5 keywords after the abstract. If the manuscript is written in English then Turkish abstract should be placed after the English abstract and vice versa.

Manuscripts must be submitted to the journal online at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/turkjforsci. The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list and that they have all read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript.

The main article types in the journal are as follows:

Research Articles: Original research manuscripts. The journal considers all original research manuscripts provided that the work reports scientifically sound experiments and/or provides a substantial amount of new information. 

Reviews: These provide concise and precise updates on the latest progress made in a given area of research. 

REFERENCES / CITATIONS

References citations must follow the APA 6th edition style. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote, ReferenceManager or Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Include the digital object identifier (DOI) for all references where available. 

Please check the following examples:

Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association sixth edition (APA sixth edition). Users of Mendeley Desktop can easily install the MS Word plugin. Please click following link http://support.mendeley.com/custom-er/en/portal/articles/168756-installing-and-using-the-word-plugin-in-windows to get more information regarding plugin installation.

Basic in-text reference examples: "We used the Cuzick and Edwards (1990) test... ... summed across all cases (Cuzick & Edwards, 1990)".

List: references should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.

Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:

Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., & Lupton, R. A. (2010) The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51–59.

Reference to a book:

Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (2000) The elements of style. (4th ed.). New York: Longman, (Chapter 4).

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (2009) How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281–304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.

Reference to a website:

Cancer Research UK. Cancer statistics reports for the UK. (2003) http://www.cancerre-searchuk.org/aboutcancer/statistics/cancerstatsreport/ Accessed 13.03.03.

Reference to a dataset:

[dataset] Oguro, M., Imahiro, S., Saito, S., & Nakashizuka, T. (2015). Mortality data for Japanese oak wilt disease and surrounding forest compositions. Mendeley Data, v1. http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/xwj98nb39r.1.

Some more examples are given below:

Daneshvar, M. R. M., Bagherzadeh, A., & Tavousi, T. (2013) Assessment of bioclimatic comfort conditions based on Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET) using the RayMan Model in Iran, Central European Journal of Geosciences, 5(1), 53-60.
Farajzadeh H., & Matzarakis A. (2012) Evaluation of thermal comfort conditions in Ourmieh Lake, Iran. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 107, 451–459.
Hamad, T. A., & Oguz, H. (2020) Determining thermal comfort zones for outdoor recreation planning: A case study of Erbil-Iraq, Turkish Journal of Forest Science, 4(1). 133-145.
Hoppe, P. R. (1999) The physiological equivalent temperature – a universal index for the biometeorological assessment of the thermal environment. International Journal of Biometeorology, 43, 71–75.
Knes, I. & Thorsson, S. (2006) Influences of culture and environmental attitude on thermal, emotional and perceptual evaluations of a public square. International Journal of Biometeorology, 50:258–268.
Lin, T. P. & Matzarakis, A. (2008) Tourism climate and thermal comfort in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. International Journal of Biometeorology, 52, 281–290.
Lin, T. P. & Matzarakis, A. (2011) Tourism–climate information based on human thermal perception in Eastern China and Taiwan. Tourism Management, 32, 492–500.
Lo, C. P. & Yeung, A. K.W. (2002) Concepts of Techniques of GIS. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
Matallah, M. E., Alkama, D., Ahriz, A., & Attia, S. (2020) Assessment of the Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Oases Settlements, Atmosphere, 11(2), 185, 1-17
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Matzarakis, A. (2006) Weather and climate related information for tourism. Tourism and Hospitality Planning & Development, 3, 99–115.
Matzarakis, A., Rutz, F. & Mayer, H. (2010) Modelling Radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments – Basics of the Rayman model. International Journal of Biometeorology, 54, 131–139.
Matzarakis, A., Rutz, F. & Mayer, H. (2007) Modelling Radiation fluxes in easy and complex environments – Application of the Rayman model. International Journal of Biometeorology, 51, 323–334.
Matzarakis, A. & Mayer, H. (1996) Another kind of environmental stress: Thermal stress. WHO collaborating centre for Air Quality Management and Air pollution Control. Newsletters, 18, 7–10.
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Stathopoulos, T., Wu, H., & Zacharias, J. (2004) Outdoor human comfort in an urban climate. Building and Environment, 39:297–305.
SWSD (2015) Sulaimani Weather Station Data. Retrieved from the office in Sulaimani-Iraq.
Topay, M. (2013) Mapping of thermal comfort for outdoor recreation planning using GIS: the case of Isparta Province (Turkey) Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 37: 110-120.
Toy, S., Yılmaz, S., & Yılmaz, H. (2005) Determination of bioclimatic comfort in three different land uses in the city of Erzurum, Turkey. Building and Environment, 42: 1315–1318.
VDI. (1998) Methods for the human biometeorological evaluation of climate and air quality for the urban and regional planning. Part I: Climate. Beuth, Berlin, VDI guideline 3787, Part 2.
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Yılmaz, S., Akif, I. M. & Matzarakis, A. (2013) Global NEST Journal, 15(3), 408-420.
Zengin, M., Kopar, İ., & Karahan, F. (2010) Determination of bioclimatic comfort in Erzurum-Rize expressway using GIS. Building and Environment, 5, 158–164.

Turkish Journal of Forest Science is an online, open access, international, and double-blind peer reviewed scientific journal, publishing original research articles concerning all aspects of forest engineering, forest product engineering, wildlife ecology and management and landscape architecture. The journal publishes original research and review articles that are prepared in accordance with the ethical guidelines.

The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the European Association of Science Editors (EASE), the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal conforms to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).

ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Authors must not submit a manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously. Related to this subject, authors should not submit previously published work, as well. All authors must agree with any such addition, removal or rearrangement. The authors should ensure that if they use other person’s ideas, language, pictures and tables, this has been appropriately cited or quoted and permission has been obtained where necessary. The authors should follow the rules stated in this section (plagiarism, duplication, self-plagiarism, authorship, false citation, fabrication, unethical research and measures, conflict of interest, main principles etc.) for the papers that they sent.

By submitting an article, the author(s) certify that the article is their original work, that the paper has not been submitted or published elsewhere (in print, online/blog, etc.), that the article and its contents do not infringe in any way on the rights of third parties, and that they take full responsibility of any risk of therein.

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made substantial contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the paper (e.g. language editing), they should be recognized in the “Acknowledgements” section. If the work involves “scientific researches/studies conducted with the participation of human excluding clinical researches”, the author should ensure that the paper contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with the human rights legislation, and that the appropriate institutional committee(s)/the university ethics committee have/has approved them.

If the work involves the use of experimental or wild animals (or animal material), the author should ensure that the paper contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with the principles of “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals”, relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s)/the university ethics committee have/has approved them.

If the work involves the permission of the ethics committee, information on permission (name of the board, date and number) should be given in the methodology section and in the first or last page of the article. under the permission of the ethics committee. In case reports, you provide an informed volunteer / consent form to sign the article.

If there are any commercial ties or institutions supporting the research financially, they should be recognized in the “Acknowledgements” section and the authors should state that there are no relationship with the mentioned institution or organization, or if any, nature of the relationship should be stated.

ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR EDITORS

Editors are fully authorized to make necessary changes and edit the paper in order to ensure the compliance with the writing and publishing guideline. Editors should be aware that any information related to the paper is confidential and should not be shared with anyone, but the authors and the reviewers.

ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWERS

Reviewers should be aware that the information related to the paper and the peer review process is confidential and should not be shared with anyone, but the editor. 

There is no fee or any kind of charge for publication in TJFS. Our Journal does not charge for article submission, processing or publication.