Author Guidelines

General

Tropical Forest Journal (Jurnal Hutan Tropika) only publishes articles that have not been published and are not in the process to publish in other scientific periodicals. The publication of articles already printed in other journals is entirely the responsibility of the author(s).

 Manuscript Form

Tropical Forest Journal (Jurnal Hutan Tropika) accepts research papers, short communications, and reviews written in either Bahasa Indonesia or English. Authors should refer to the instructions below when preparing their manuscripts. Research papers should be concise, and focused on new results and data. It should be no longer than 8000 words and contain approximately 10 - 30 references. Short communications should be short reports of original studies of limited scope. It should be no longer than 3000 words and contain approximately 10 - 20 references. Reviews should be overview articles of recent advances in the research of selected topics. It should be no longer than 8000 words and contain more than 20 references. References are preferred to contain primary reference sources as well as from the last ten years' issues. The structure of review papers should follow the instructions below, except that there is no need to have “Materials and Methods”, “Results” and Discussion” sections.

Manuscript Submission

The manuscript is submitted to: 
Editorial Secretariat of Jurnal Hutan Tropika
Forestry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Palangka Raya University
Yos Sudarso Street, Tunjung Nyaho, Palangka Raya, 73111
Phone: (0536) 3227864 - 08125042765 - 081521560387 – 08112647787
E-mail: jhtrop@upr.ac.id
Website: https://e-journal.upr.ac.id/index.php/JHT

Manuscript Format

The manuscript should be equipped with a line number, written on A4 paper using 1.5 spacing and a 2.5 cm margin on all four sides. The manuscript should be written using font Times New Roman size 12 point, except for the tables’ and figures’ caption and content, respectively, using font Times New Roman size 9 and 8 points. Tables and figures are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The manuscript is written in the following order.

  1. Title It should be concise, specific, and relevant with 20 words maximum. It is written in Indonesian for a manuscript written in Bahasa Indonesia, and the title in English for that written in English. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
  2. Full name of authors (no abbreviation);
  3. Please provide the name and full address of each author’s institution.
  4. Please provide the e-mail address for the corresponding author.
  5. The abstract should be written in one single paragraph of a maximum of 200 words, except for short communication papers, maximum of 100 words. It should provide a clear view of the content of the manuscript with a brief description of the main results and conclusions.
  6. Keywords in English contain 5 keywords representing the main content of the article. Avoid general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', and 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible.
  7. Introduction: It should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance. The current state of the research field should be reviewed carefully and key publications should be cited. It should be written in a way that is accessible to researchers without specialist knowledge in that area. Avoid a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
  8. Materials and Methods: This section should be divided into subheadings. It should include the design of the study, the type of materials and tools involved, and the type of analysis used. It should be described with sufficient details to allow others to replicate and build on published results. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
  9. Result and Discussion: It may also be divided into subsections with short, informative headings. It should provide a concise and precise description of the experimental results, their interpretation as well as the experimental conclusions that can be drawn. Discussion should explore the significance of the result's work to the current conditions or other research results, but not repeating the result. The findings and their implications should be discussed in the broadest context possible. Future research directions may also be highlighted.
  10. Conclusion: It contains the main points of the article. It should not replicate the abstract but might elaborate on the significant results, possible applications, and extensions of the work.
  11. Acknowledgment: This section is not mandatory. If required, state the names of funding bodies and grant numbers in this section. Authors may also wish to acknowledge individuals who have contributed materials, expertise, or time to the study who are not named as authors.
  12. References: Please ensure that all references cited in the text are listed in the references, and vice versa. The citations follow the output style of Conservation Biology. All citations should be listed in alphabetic order by author name, and then followed by the year.

Figure

Figures, including graphs, photos, and illustrations in colored or in black and white, that are relevant to the text in the manuscript and arranged professionally, manually, or digitally. All figures should be in the JPEG file format with good contrast or a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. The figures’ caption and description are placed below the figure and center justified.

Table

If a table or figure has only a few data points, incorporate the data into the text. The table caption is placed on top of the table; the abbreviation and any note necessary are placed below the table; both are left justified on 9 points of the font.

Citations

In-text citations

  1. In most cases, enclose citations in text in parentheses: “ In some trees, grain may spiral in one direction for several years and then reverse direction to spiral oppositely (Shmulsky & Jones 2011).” is better than “According to Shmulsky and Jones (2011), In some trees, grain may spiral.....”
  2. Use an ampersand (&) between author surnames when the citation is parenthetical: (Kozlowsky & Pallardy 1997).
  3. When a citation is not parenthetical, use: “These findings are consistent with the predictions of Mayer and Koch (2007).
  4. For citations with more than two authors, use et al.: (Marsoem et al. 2015). Do not italicize et al.
  5. List parenthetical citations chronologically (from oldest to most recent) and separate entries with a semicolon: (Siddique et al.2012; Alemaheyu et al. 2014).
  6. Separate the years with commas when citing multiple papers by the same author: (Widyorini et al.2015, 2016; Umemura et al. 2014).

 References section

  1. Provide the full names of all journal titles. Do not italicize titles.
  2. If there are more than 10 authors, use et al. (Singarimbun M, et al.) instead of listing the names of all authors.
  3. Papers in review and personal communications should not be included in references.
  4. Proceedings and abstracts from conferences may be cited only if they have a “publisher” and the location of the publisher (or the organization from which the document may be obtained) can be provided.
  5. Written with a name-year system and arranged alphabetically refer to APA Style format. It is recommended to use a Reference Manager application, such as Mendeley or Zotero or EndNote. An example of writing a bibliography is as follows:

Periodical Journal:

Wahyudi, Sih W., N. Hidayat, H. Joni, H. Toni. 2015.  Medicinal Sapling Plants Diversity at the Peat Swamp Forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.  International Journal of Applied Engineering Research Vol 10, No 11, 2015, pp. 28681-28690.

Numata, S., Yasuda M., Okuda T., Kachi, N. 2006.  Canopy gap dynamics of two different forests stand in a Malaysian lowland rain forest.  Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 18(2) pp.109-116.

Proceeding:

Gordinho, L. E. Nacuray, M.M., Cardinoza and Lasco. 2003. Climate Change Mitigation Through Carbon Sequestration: The Forest Ecosystem of Timor Leste. Proceeding of National Workshop on Climate Change. Dili.

Book:

MacKinnon, K., Hatta, G., Hakimah, H., Arthur, M. 2000.  Ecology of Kalimantan.  Series of Ecology of Indonesia, Book III.  Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Prenhallindo, Jakarta.

Skripsi/Thesis/Disertation

Indrawan A. 2000.  Perkembangan Suksesi Tegakan Hutan Alam Setelah Penebangan dalam Sistem Tebang Pilih Tanam Indonesia (Disertasi). Bogor: Program Pascasarjana, IPB.

A Translation

Ary, D., Yacobs, L. C., Razavieh, A. 2001. Pengantar Penelitian Pendidikan. (A. Furchan, Trans). Surabaya : Usaha Nasional. (Original Work published 1976)

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book

O’Neil, J. M.,& Egan, J. (1999). Men’s and women’s gender role journeys: A metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York, NY: Springer.

 Electronic Sources (Web Publications)

Article From an Online Periodical with DOI Assigned

Wooldridge, M. S., & Shapka, J. (2012). Playing with technology: electronic toys. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 33(5), 211-218.           http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2012.05.005.

Article From an Online Periodical with no DOI Assigned

Kenneth, I. A. (2000). A Buddist response to the nature of human rights. Journal of Buddist Ethics, 8. Retrieved from      http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html

 Newspaper Article

Parker, T. (2008, May 6). Psychiatry handbook linked to drug industry. The New York Time.  Retrieved from http://well.blogs.nytimes.com

Electronic Books

De Huff, E.W. (n.d.). Taytay's tales: Traditional Pueblo   Indian tales. Retrieved from http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/dehuff/tayt    ay/taytay.html

Davis, J. (n.d.). Familiar birdsongs of the Northwest. Available from http://www.powellls.com/cgi-bin/biblio?

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Government Document

National Institute of Mental Health. (2008). Clinical training in serious mental illness (DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.

Report

Quarles SL, Valachovic Y. 2012. Using wood quality measures to evaluate second-growth redwood. Pages 553-559. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-238. 553-559. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California.

Poedjirahajoe E. 2007. Pengelompokan mangrove berdasarkan faktor habitat di Pantai Utara Jawa Tengah. Laporan DPP Fakultas Kehutanan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta