Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty (KUOFD) is an international journal, which publishes original research and review articles dealing with Forest Engineering, Forest Industry Engineering related with forest.

Our journal publishes articles that are dealing with any aspects of forestry including;

• Forest Management
• Silviculture
• Forest Botany
• Watershed management
• Forest Economics
• Forest Entomology and Protection
• Forest Growth and Yield
• Forest Operations and Surveying
• Forestry Policy and Administration
• Soil Science and Ecology
• Tree Physiology and Genetics
• Forest Health
• Wildlife management
• Forest Products Chemistry and Technology
• Forest Biology and Wood Protection Technology
• Wood Mechanics and Technology
• Forest Industry Machines and Business Administration

1.       The journal is a scientific and double blind peer-reviewed publication of Kastamonu University, and is published three times in a year. The articles related to Forestry, Forest Industry, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sciences are published in the journal.

2.       The submitted papers should be original, and they must not have been previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere.

3.     Manuscripts must be written in scholarly English. Manuscripts will not be moved through the review process if the level of English is unacceptable.

4.       Standard A4-size is preferred for papers. Manuscript should be written with double columns, and with equal column width and 0.8 cm of space between columns. Text should be justified both sides. Margins on the page should be 3-cm on each side, and 2.5-cm on top and bottom.

5.       Manuscript text, except title, should be written in Times New Roman with 11-font size and single spacing using MS Word. Title should be in Arial with 14-font size. English and Turkish abstracts and References should be written with 10-font size and single spacing.

6.       Decimals are shown by a full stop (e.g., 10.2).

7.      Manuscripts should be arranged as follows: Title- Abstract and Keywords (followed by Turkish title, Turkish abstract and keywords) – Introduction - Material and Methods – Results – Discussion – Conclusion - References. Main manuscript document MUST NOT contain Author(s) name and affiliations of author(s). All author(s) information should be entered in the system during submission.

8.         Format for the abstract can be reached using the following link https://dergipark.org.tr/download/article-file/371579

9.   The main subtitles should be written in small letters with capitalized first letters. Subtitles should not be numbered.

10.   A space should be left above subtitles. There should not be a space between subtitles and the first paragraph. All paragraphs should be indented (0.5 cm). There should not be any space between paragraphs.

11.   All visual elements (graphs, pictures, maps, photographs etc.) should be named as “Figure”. Tables about numerical expressions should be named “Table”. Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively. Headings of figures should be replaced at the bottom of the figures, while headings of the tables should be placed on top of the tables. A space should be given after the headings. The first letter of first word of headings should be capitalized.  If the figures and tables cannot fit one column, they should be centered using “section breaks” function in MS Word. The abbreviations used for tables and figures should be written clearly in the title of the related table or figure. Only horizontal lines should be given in tables.

12.   The references must be written in APA References Style. http://www.apastyle.org/

SÜRELİ YAYINLAR/ARTICLES

Tek yazarlı makale/Articles with single author	TR	Akyol, M. (2018). Raphignathus hecmatanensis (Acari: Raphignathidae) türünde görülen genital kıl sayısındaki varyasyonlar. Kastamonu Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 18(2), 121-125.
	ING	Zaimes, G. N. (2017). Utilizing new and innovative tools to mitigate surficial erosion in Mediterranean environments. Kastamonu Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 17(3), 373-382.
İki yazarlı makale/Articles with two authors	TR	Aydın, A. & Tiryaki, S. (1994). Performans değerlendirme sistemi ile orman ürünleri endüstrisinde performans araştırması. Kastamonu Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 17(3), 394-403.
	ING	Altuner, E. M. & Çetin, B. (2011). Antimicrobial activity of Isothecium alopecuroides and potential effect of some climate elements on the activity of this bryophyte sample. Kastamonu Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 18(2), 126-137.
Üç ve daha fazla yazarlı makale/Articles three or more authors	TR	Acar, M., Diler, H. & Erdil, Y. Z. (2009). Yuvarlak ve kare kesitli mobilya bağlantı elemanlarının eğilme direncinin karşılaştırılması. Kastamonu Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 18(2), 164-170.
	ING	Goussanou, C. A., Tente, B. A., Akouehou, G., Salako, V. K.,. Glele- Kakaï, R. L., & Sinsin, B. A. (2017). Structural and spatial patterns of Isoberlinia species in a disturbed community forest (Benin, West Africa). Kastamonu Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 17(2), 225-237.

KİTAP/BOOKS

 

Tek yazarlı kitap/Books with single author

Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Yıl). Kitabın adı (Baskı Sayısı). Basım yeri: Yayınevi.

Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment and loss: Vol. 1. Attachment (2nd ed.). New York: Basic Books.

İki veya daha çok yazarlı kitap/Book with two or more authors

 

Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. ve Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Yıl). Kitabın adı (Baskı sayısı). Basım yeri: Yayınevi

Young, J. E., Klosko, J. S. & Weishaar,

M. (2003). Schema therapy: A practitioner’s guide. New York: Guilford Publications.

 

Kitap bölümü/Book chapter

Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. ve Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Yıl). Kitap bölümünün adı. Kitabın adı (Baskı sayısı) içinde (Cilt, Sayfa aralığı). Basım yeri: Yayınevi.

Yıldırım, A. & Şimşek, H. (2000). Nitel araştırmaların planlanması. Sosyal bilimlerde nitel araştırma yöntemleri (2. baskı) içinde (s.49-91). Ankara: Seçkin Yayınları.

 

Çeviri kitap/Translated book

Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Yıl). Kitabın adı (Baskı sayısı). (Çevirmenin adının baş harfi. Çevirmenin soyadı, Çev.) Basım yeri: Yayınevi. (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi)

Yalom, I. D. (1998). Kısa süreli grup terapileri: İlkeler ve teknikler (N. H. Şahin, Çev.). Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları. (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi 1983).

 

Editörlü kitap/Editorial Book

Birinci editörün soyadı, adının baş harfi. Ve İkinci editörün soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Ed.). (Yıl.) Kitabın adı (Baskı sayısı). Basım yeri: Yayınevi.

Savaşır, I. & Şahin, N. H. (Ed.). (1997). Bilişsel-davranışçı terapilerde değerlendirme: Sık kullanılan ölçekler. Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.

Atıflar/Citations

Atıf şekli	Metin dili/Language	Metin içinde kaynak ilk defa belirtilirken/ The first time an article is cited in the text	Metin içinde aynı kaynak tekrar belirtilirken/ If an article is cited again in the text following its first citation
Tek yazarlı çalışma/Article with single author	TR	Kara (2018) or (Kara, 2018)	Kara (2018) or (Kara, 2018)
	ING	Kara (2018) or (Kara, 2018)	Kara (2018) or (Kara, 2018)
İki yazarlı çalışma/ Article with two author	TR	Eken and Öner (2017) or (Eken and Öner, 2017)	Eken & Öner (2017) or (Eken & Öner, 2017)
	ING	Eken and Öner (2017) or (Eken and Öner, 2017)	Eken & Öner (2017) or (Eken & Öner, 2017)
Üç, dört ve beş yazarlı çalışma/ Article with three, four and five author	TR	Yıldız, Yapıcı, Korkmaz & Pelit (2017) or (Yıldız, Yapıcı, Korkmaz & Pelit, 2017)	Yıldız et al. (2017) or (Yıldız et al., 2017)
	ING	Mosa, Ehwaeti and Akkuzu (2017) or (Mosa, Ehwaeti & Akkuzu, 2017)	Mosa et al. (2017) or (Mosa et al., 2017)
Altı ve daha üstü yazarlı çalışma/ Article with six or more author	TR	Özkan et al. (2018) or (Özkan et al., 2018)	Özkan et al. (2018)  or (Özkan et al., 2018)
	ING	Goussanou et al. (2017) or (Goussanou et al., 2017)	Goussanou et al. (2017) or (Goussanou et al., 2017)
Kurumlar tarafından yapılmış çalışma/Articles by institutions		Türk Psikologlar Derneği (TPD, 1997) or (Türk Psikologlar Derneği [TPD], 1997)	TPD (1997) or (TPD, 199

1. Copyright Transfer: All authors must sign the Copyright Transfer form. The signature of the corresponding author is mandatory. If the other author(s) cannot be reached and their signatures cannot be obtained, the corresponding author accepts the responsibility of the relevant author(s).

2. The submitted manuscript must not have been published elsewhere or be under review for publication in any journal. All authors mentioned in the article have seen and approved the submitted article. The journal is not responsible for any problems between the authors, such as the order of names.

3. The manuscript must be prepared according to the journal's spelling rules. As the author/authors of the article, they are deemed to have waived the article’s copyright and transferred this right to the Kastamonu University Faculty of Forestry Journal and authorized the journal to publish the article in the journal. They are deemed to have accepted the article as soon as they upload it to the system.

4. The author(s) of the article accepts that all texts, figures, graphs, photographs, and charts given in the article belong to the authors of the article and that all kinds of information received from other researchers are made by citing the source within the framework of ethical rules and that the author(s) of the article are responsible for any ethical offense.

5. Kastamonu University Journal of Faculty of Forestry is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal. The journal does not charge fees under any name (such as article processing, evaluation, or printing fee).

6. Kastamonu University Journal of Faculty of Forestry published 3 issues a year (March-September-December). The journal does not publish special issues or additional issues.

7. Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty has agreed to comply with the provisions of The COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors prepared by COPE.

8. Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty is evaluated by double-blind peer review process.

9. Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty does not accept any advertisements.

10. All articles published in Kastamonu University Faculty of Forestry Journal are archived and stored in PDF format through the TÜBİTAK-ULAKBIM database.

11. Personal information such as names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers entered into the Kastamonu University Faculty of Forestry Journal system will be used only for the scientific purposes of this journal by the Privacy Statement.

12. Articles submitted to Kastamonu University Faculty of Forestry are first evaluated by the editor-in-chief. Articles that are not suitable for the scope of the journal are rejected at this stage.

13. If the articles that are suitable for the scope of the journal do not have any significant deficiencies, the referee review is initiated. The referee invitation period is 1 week and the referee evaluation period is 1 month. If deemed necessary, referees may be given additional time to complete their reviews. Authors are given 1 month to make the necessary corrections to the manuscript in line with the referees' opinions. Authors are given a minimum of 1 day and a maximum of 7 days for the final check of the accepted article.

14. Each article submitted to the journal is reviewed by two referees. If both referees give a positive opinion, the article is accepted. If both referees give a negative opinion, the article is rejected. If one of the referees gives a positive and the other a negative opinion, a third referee is consulted. A decision on the articles submitted to the journal is made at the end of three months at the latest.

15. Articles suitable for the journal's scope are initiated for peer review if there is no significant deficiency. The referee invitation period is 1 week and the referee evaluation period is 1 month. Authors are given a minimum of 1 week and a maximum of 4 weeks to make the necessary corrections on the article in line with the referee's opinions. A minimum of 1 day and a maximum of 7 days is given for the final control phase.

16. Each article submitted to the journal is reviewed by two referees. If both referees give a positive opinion, the article is accepted. If both referees give a negative opinion, the article is rejected. If one of the referees gives a positive and the other a negative opinion, a third referee is consulted. A decision on manuscripts submitted to the journal is usually made at the end of six months at the latest.

By submitting his/her manuscript, the Author(s) warrants that the Author has the right or has obtained authorization to enter into this Licence.
The Author warrants that the manuscript;
· has not been published before, or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere,
· does not infringe any intellectual property right of any person and its use in accordance with this Licence will not infringe any intellectual property right of any person,
· does not contain any subject matter that contravenes any laws,
· meets ethical standards applicable to the research discipline.


Plagiarism Rules

Our journal is using iThenticate plagiarism solution and our maximum allowed score, for the manuscript in which References sections truncated, is 20%. Scores higher than 20% are not allowed and the manuscript will be returned to the authors with given the plagiarism report.

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