SUBMISSION
The journal publishes original, previously unpublished (for details see Copyright statement) research reports, reviews and commentaries on various aspects of the boreal environment and its natural resources.
- Research reports describe high quality previously unpublished research.
- Reviews summarize existing knowledge on selected topics.
- Commentaries are similarly short and informal, and are reserved for the presentation of novel or controversial hypotheses and/or the reinterpretation of material published in this journal or elsewhere.
It is expectated that the authors make the data underlying published articles available on request. Any impediments to data sharing should be brought to the attention of the editors at the time of submission.
Manuscripts should be prepared as described in the Instructions to Authors and checked thoroughly to make certain that they are complete. Referring to websites should be avoided. If, however, an essential publication is available EXCLUSIVELY on the internet (printed version does not exist) it can be referred to by its URL (Universal Resource Locator) or DOI (Digital Object Identifier) ONLY. Its accessibility in foreseeable future in an unchanged form must be verfified and guaranteed. If web-only publications cannot be found when an article is send to print, the references may be replaced with 'unpublished data' without notice.
To facilitate reviewing lines of the text should be continuously numbered [e.g. in MS Word, please select 'Document' from the 'Format' menu, press 'Layout' and in the next window 'Line numbers ...', then check 'Add line numbering', 'Start at = 1', 'From text = Auto', 'Count by = 1' and select 'Continuous'; after pressing OK, lines in your document will be numbered].
Submission Method
The entire manuscript (incl. figures and tables) should be sent electronically (by e-mail) in PDF format (one printable and unprotected file with all fonts included) along with the completed Submission form directly to the editor (see below) whose area of expertise covers the subject of the paper. Before creating a pdf file from a word processor file, please turn on continuous line numbering. Due to possible font incompatibilities resulting in missing letters or symbols, please do not submit manuscripts as MSWord (or other wordprocessor) .doc or .rtf files. The information normally given in a cover letter can be place in the body of a message. Submission lacking the form may be disregarded.
IMPORTANT:
- A paper whose total length in print is max. 16 pages will be published free of charge. If an article's length in print exceeds 16 pages, a page charge (to be paid prior to printing) of 30 euros per each page over 16 will apply. To evaluate how many journal pages can result from a manuscript, please first remove the tables and pictures from the file and then perform character count (including spaces) [in MS Word: select 'Word Count' from 'Tools' menu], and divide the obtained number by 4600 (max. number of characters on one printed page of our journal). Some pages should be added to the result depending on how many figures and tables are in the manuscript (usually it is enough to add 0.5 page per each figure or table).
- Due to high costs of colour print, illustration(s) that must be printed in colour should be paid for prior to printing. The current charge for colour print is 300 euros per printer's sheet (16 pages), regardless of the number of colour illustrations that are printed on it. If illustrations occupy more than one printer's sheet, the charge is multiplied by the number of sheets. There is also an option of having illustrations printed in black-and-white with their colour versions online. In such a case no charges apply. Authors, however, should ensure that both version are equally informative.
Acknowledgements confirming the receipt of manuscripts are sent exclusively by e-mail.
Atmosphere and climate Dr. Veli-Matti Kerminen (veli-matti.kerminen@helsinki.fi)
or
Dr. Hannele Korhonen (hannele.korhonen@fmi.fi)Fisheries and aquaculture Dr. Outi Heikinheimo (outi.heikinheimo@rktl.fi)
Hydrobiology Dr. Johanna Mattila (jmattila@abo.fi)
Forests Dr. Eero Nikinmaa (eero.nikinmaa@helsinki.fi)
Wetlands Dr. Eeva-Stiina Tuittila (eeva-stiina.tuittila@uef.fi)
Physical Oceanography Dr. Kai Myrberg (kai.myrberg@ymparisto.fi)
Hydrology Dr. Harri Koivusalo (harri.koivusalo@tkk.fi)
Geology Dr. Heikki Seppä (heikki.seppa@helsinki.fi)
Inquiries of technical nature
can be sent to:Dr. Krzysztof Raciborski (sekj@helsinki.fi)
IMPORTANT: Incomplete, improperly prepared or inappropriately submitted manuscripts will be returned without consideration.