The BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management (JEM) welcomes contributions from practitioners, professionals, researchers, agencies, decision makers, and resource users on all topics relating to research and management of British Columbia’s ecosystems. The pages of this journal are open to anyone who wants to write or read an informed, well-reasoned, and relevant article that will improve knowledge of provincial ecosystems and communities. Both original papers and previously published papers, which have been rewritten to meet the goals of JEM, are invited. Authors are encouraged to contact the Managing Editor before preparing and submitting a manuscript.
General Guidelines:
JEM accepts three categories of papers.
- Perspectives: Commentaries on the current or future status of natural resource management. Papers may state an opinion, offer a challenge, or present a thought-provoking idea on natural resource management issues.
Length: 2000 - 5000 words.
- Extension Notes: Focus on simplified syntheses of existing or new research, operational trials, case studies, preliminary field results, techniques, and new tools or technology. Papers may offer suggestions to improve ecosystem management activities or provide accounts of how research results have been adopted and placed into practice.
Length: 2000 - 5000 words.
- Research or Discussion Papers: Full-length scientific research and discussion papers that cover major research projects or programs, develop new concepts in natural resource management, or test ideas with data from field and laboratory experiments, observations, or simulations.
Length: 5000 - 10000 words.
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Authors may submit their manuscript electronically as a virus-free attachment. Text (including tables) should be provided as Microsoft Word files. If figures or illustrations form a part of the manuscript, please submit these separately as high-resolution (minimum 300dpi) JPEG or TIFF files, noting their desired position in the text with an appropriate caption and photo credit. Do not embed figures/images with the text in the word processing files, please upload them as supplementary files. If tables form a part of the manuscript, group these at the end of the document, noting their desired position in the text with an appropriate caption and source. All figures and tables should be referred to at least once in the text.
JEM generally uses the British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Research Program Style Guide and Author Manual as its publishing standard. Authors may consult this guide on-line at:
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Mr/Mr041.htm.
Title:
The title of the article should convey the content of the paper in as few words as possible. Strive for titles that are 10 words or less. Please also provide a running head.
Author Documentation:
Include the names of all authors, along with their job titles and institutional affiliations, mailing address, city, postal code, and email address. Please place the primary author’s contact information first.
Abstract:
The abstract should appear at the beginning of the manuscript and contain 200 words or less. It should describe the manuscript topic in one sentence, if possible, and go on to briefly outline the manuscript's purpose, scope, conclusions, and management implications.
Headings and Subheadings:
These should cover all the major concepts in the manuscript and indicate the relationship between the sections. Try to use no more than three levels of headings. Use of a numbered heading hierarchy is recommended (i.e., 1 LEVEL ONE; 1.1 Level Two;
1.1.1 Level Three).
References:
Use the author-date system when citing published works or acknowledging unpublished material in the text. List these references alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. Try to keep explanatory footnotes to a minimum. For examples of bibliographic citation style, see the articles currently posted to the JEM “Issue-in-Progress” website (
www.forrex.org/publications/jem/jem.asp).
If the content of the article is acceptable, the Review Committee will assign the article to a peer review. In general, all papers are reviewed by three individuals with skills relating to the paper: two members of the natural resource community and an extension specialist. If publication is recommended, the author then revises the manuscript according to the reviewers' comments. Revised papers are resubmitted and, if accepted, are published in the online "Issue-in-Progress" as soon as possible following English editing and typesetting. Authors have the opportunity to approve the final proofs of their papers. A copyright release is required of all papers accepted for publication. Print issues are produced as each online issue closes, generally three times per year.
The author(s) will pay a levy as specified below, to be invoiced at the time of online publication of the article.
- Extension Notes and Perspectives: $80 per journal page to a maximum of $600. Graphics-heavy articles may be subject to a surcharge of $50 per graphic if there are more than three graphics.
- Research Reports and Discussion Papers: $80 per journal page to a maximum of $1000. Graphics-heavy articles may be subject to a surcharge of $50 per graphic if there are more than five graphics.
Please upload draft manuscripts to the JEM website. Direct inquiries can be made to:
Managing Editor
BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management
FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources
Suite 400, 235-1st Avenue
Kamloops, BC V2C 3J4
Phone: (250) 371-3746
Fax: (250) 314-0360
Email:
jem@forrex.org
