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.
|
Authors may submit their manuscript electronically as a virus-free email attachment. Please use a compressed format (.zip, .sit, or .sea compression) to
reduce the size of large files. Text (including tables) should be provided as Microsoft Word files. Please underline all text that should appear in italics.
If figures or illustrations form a part of the manuscript, please submit these separately as high-resolution JPEG or TIFF files, noting their desired position
in the text with an appropriate caption and photo credit. Do not embed figures with the text in the word processing 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' 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.
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" Web site (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 recommmended, the
author then revises the manuscript according to the reviewers' comments. Revised papers are resubmitted and, if accepted, are published in the on-line
"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 on-line issue closes, generally three times per year.
The author(s) will pay a levy as specified below, to be invoiced at the time of on-line 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.
Draft manuscripts may be submitted by email and inquiries directed to:
Managing Editor
BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management
FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources
Suite 702, 235-1st Avenue
Kamloops, BC V2C 3J4
Phone: (250) 371-3746
Fax: (250) 371-3997
Email:
jem@forrex.org
