Guidelines for Authors

PUBLISHING ARTICLES IN ŠUMARSKI LIST

In print continously since 1877, the journal Šumarski list is a diamond open access, peer-reviewed, international, bimonthly, print and online journal. Šumarski list publishes articles in the fields of forestry, urban forestry and nature protection, with a geographic focus on Europe and the Mediterranean. The journal welcomes manuscripts for publication in the following categories: original scientific papers, review articles, preliminary communications, short communications, professional papers, book reviews, social news and announcements.
The journal follows the guidelines for code of conduct recommended by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Submission of a manuscript implies that it has not been submitted for publication elsewhere or published before and that the publication is approved by all co-authors and by the authorities of the institution where the research has been carried out. Submitted manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
The scientific and professional papers will be subject to a thorough review by at least two selected reviewers. The Editorial Board shall make the choice of reviewers, as well as the decision about the classification of the paper and its acceptance (based on the reviewers’ recommendations). All accepted papers are subject to proofreading. The editors will require authors to modify the text in the light of the recommendations made by the reviewers and lector, and they reserve the right to suggest abbreviations and text improvements. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their contributions. It shall be assumed that the author has obtained the permission for the reproduction of portions of text published elsewhere, and that the publication of the paper in question does not infringe upon any individual or corporate rights. Papers shall report on true scientific or technical achievements.
Current issues and archive of Šumarski list is entirely and freely available online on https://www.sumari.hr/sumlist, permitting any users to download, print, further distribute, read and reuse it with no limits provided that the author(s) and the original source are identified in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY). The authors retain their copyrights.
Scientific and professional papers shall be precise and concise. The main chapters should be characterized by appropriate headings. Footnotes should not be used, information should be integrated into the text. Italicize only the names of genera, species and lower taxonomic units. The nomenclature of taxa and syntaxa has to be in strict accordance with international rules (codes). Introduction should define the problem, clearly state the aims of the article and its relation to other papers on the same subject. Materials and methods should be as precise as possible to enable other scientists to repeat the research. Results should involve only material pertinent to the subject. Discussion should interpret the results relating to the problem outlined in Introduction and to related observations by the author(s) or other researchers. Repeating the data already presented in the Results chapter should be avoided. Implications for further studies or application may be discussed. Discussion and conclusion may, if desired by authors, be combined into one chapter. Acknowledgements are presented at the end of the paper, before references.
The number of tables and figures shall be limited to those absolutely necessary for clarification of the text. The same information must not be presented in both a table and a figure. Figures and tables should be numbered separately with Arabic numerals, and should be referred to in the text with clear remarks (Table 1, Figure 1). All tables and figures shall be inserted into the text in their original format. Tables and figures should contain all the information necessary to be understandable without reference to the text (authors should provide enough information in captions and explain all abbreviations). Figures should be of 300 dpi resolution, in JPG, PGN or TIFF format. Tables and figures are published in colour free of charge.
The paper will be sent to the corresponding author in PDF format before printing. The paper should be carefully corrected and sent back with the list of corrections made.
Further information on the way of writing scientific papers can be found on the following website: www.ease.org.uk/publications/author-guidelines

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/isc