Submissions

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts should be submitted using the Open Journal System (OJS): https://www.sumari.hr/sumlist.
Article publishing is free of charge.
The scientific and professional papers shall be submitted in 1) English or 2) Croatian with extended summary (up to 1000 words; highlighting the objective, results, and conclusion of the paper; all tables, figures and appendices should be referred to) and key words in English. If the paper is in Croatian, all titles, headings, legends and other text in figures and tables shall be presented bilingually. Other articles are generally published in Croatian. Submitted manuscripts shall consist of no more than 15 single-sided A4 sheets, including tables, figures and references and all appendices. Longer papers should be approved by the editor. Large tables and figures can be published as supplementary materials online, but not in the printed version. The manuscript should be submitted as a Word document (docx format), using Times New Roman font, with single spacing and font size 12, without additional text editing. The title page should contain: 1) full title (should not exceed 120 characters without spaces); 2) names of all authors (name and surname in full), their institutional affiliations and e-mail addresses, with indication of the corresponding author; 3) summary (up to 350 words; highlights the objective, results, and conclusion of the paper); 4) keywords (up to eight, in alphabetical order); and 5) proposal of names, surnames, institutional affiliations and e-mail addresses of three potential reviewers.
Cite relevant references in the text by name and year, e.g. (Heinze 1998), (Kremer and Hipp 2020; Cristiano et al. 2023a, 2023b), (Kremer and Hipp 2020, Cristiano et al. 2023a), Heinze (1998), Kremer and Hipp (2020), Cristiano et al. (2023a, 2023b). Unpublished results and personal communications should not be in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as ”in press” implies that the item has been accepted for publication. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Responsibility for the accuracy of reference citations lies entirely with the authors. The articles in Croatian, English, Spanish, French, German and Italian are accepted in the Reference list. For any other language, please provide the English translation in parentheses. Please provide DOI numbers wherever is possible (http://www.doi.org).
Use the following formats for Reference list style:
Journal articles (please note that the names of journals should be given in full):
Bertović, S., 1987: Reljef, podneblje i vegetacijski pokrov. Šumarski list 111 (7–8): 366–390.
Blanusa, T., M. Garratt, M. Cathcart-James, L. Hunt, R.W.F. Cameron, 2019: Urban hedges: A review of plant species and cultivars for ecosystem service delivery in north-west Europe. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 40: 126391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126391
Books:
Pernar, N., 2017: Tlo – nastanak, značajke, gospodarenje. Sveučilište u Zagrebu Šumarski fakultet, Zagreb.
Foxcroft, L.C., P. Pyšek, D.M. Richardson, P. Genovesi (eds.), 2013: Plant invasions in protected areas: patterns, problems and challenges. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7750-7
Chapters in a book:
Forrest, M., C. Konijnendijk, 2005: A history of urban forests and trees in Europe. In (Konijnendijk, C., K. Nilsson, T. Randrup, J. Schipperijn, eds.): Urban forests and trees. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 23–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27684-X_3
Conference proceedings papers:
Konijnendijk, C., 1992: Urban forestry and foresters. In (Hummel, J.A., M.P.E. Parren, eds.): Forests: A growing concern. Proceedings of the XIXth International Forestry Students Symposium, Wageningen, The Netherlands, September 30–October 7, 1991, pp. 33–37.
Theses:
Vidaković, A., 2025: Morphological and genetic diversity of populations and chemical composition of fruits of European wild pear (Pyrus pyraster (L.) Burgsd.) and almond-leaved pear (P. spinosa Forssk.) in Croatia. PhD Thesis, University of Zagreb Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Zagreb, Croatia.
Software:
R. Core Team, 2022: R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. https://www.R-project.org
Websites:
CABI, 2025: Invasive Species Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. http://www.cabi.org/iscarticle should strive to convert the author’s ideas into forestry practice. Different sections of the journal publish articles dealing with a broad scope of topics, such as forest nature protection, anniversaries, scientific and professional gatherings, books and magazines, activities of the Croatian Forestry  Association, meetings and conclusions of the Managing Board, annual and extraordinary meetings, announcements on the branches of the Association, etc.
All articles submitted to the Editorial Board for publication must be written in Croatian, and scientific and specialist articles must be written in Croatian and English. Titles and subheadings must be translated into English or Croatian.
Documents must be prepared in standard A4 format, all margins should be 2.5 cm, and spacing should be 1,5. The font should be 12-point Times New Roman (notes – footnotes 10). The text itself should be in normal type, the titles in bold and small letters, the subheadings in bold and small letters, and the authors in bold and small letters without titles. Footnotes should contain the name of the author together with titles, address (affiliation) and electronic address (e-mail). The pages must be numbered.
A manuscript with all its components, including tables, graphs, figures (drawings and photographs) and maps, should not exceed 15 pages. Manuscripts exceeding 15 pages must be approved for publication by editors and reviewers. The attached drawings, photographs and maps should be in high resolution.
All paper components should be in two languages (titles of components, table headings, units of measure, graph axes, figures, maps, photographs, legends and others) and the font should be 10-point Times New Roman (8-point size if neces sary). The second language must be in italics. Places in the text where the components should be entered must be marked.
Manuscripts of scientific and specialist papers, written according to the above instructions and submitted to the Editorial Board of Forestry Journal, must contain an abstract in English (or in Croatian if the article is written in English). The abstract should allow easy indexation and abstraction and must contain all the key parts of the article: a part of the introduction, description of research topic, method of work, research results, and the essentials from the discussion and conclusions. The summary must give an indication of bilingual components – tables, graphs and figures (drawings and photographs) from the article.
Rules for reference lists:
Journal article: Last name, F., F. Last name, 2005: Title of the article, Journal abbreviated title, Volume number: p.–p., City of publication
Conference proceedings: Last name, F., F. Last name, 2005: Title of the article, In: M. Davies (ed), Title of the conference, Publisher, p.–p., City of publication
Book article: Last name, F, 2005: Title of the article or chapter, Title of the book, Publisher, p.–p. City of publication
Book: Last name, F, 2005: Title of the book, Publisher, xxxx p., City of publication
Dissertations and master’s theses: Last name, F., 2003: Title, Dissertation (Master’s thesis), Faculty of Forestry, Zagreb) (F. = Initial of the first name; p. = page)