Instructions to authors
We encourage the submission of original high-quality papers in Polish or English
from all fields of dendrology. The material should not have been previously
published elsewhere except in a preliminary form. Papers accepted for publication
but not yet published should be referred to as “in press”. The
papers may report the results of original research in all aspects of anatomy;
morphology; taxonomy; ecology; geobotany; introduction and acclimatization;
ethnobotany; material culture; and history of forests and of dendrological
collections. Descriptions of interesting parks, arboreta etc. can also be
submitted except those containing detailed documentations or solely lists
of common woody species. Short notes; literature reviews; obituary notices;
reports from scientific events; and information on the activities of the Dendrological
Section of the Polish Botanical Society are also accepted.
The manuscript should not exceed 25 printed pages including illustrations
(longer papers can be accepted upon earlier agreement from the Editors). The
original papers must be submitted in two computer-generated copies, with all
margins of 2.5 cm and double spacing throughout, using the Times New Roman
12 type. Using bold face is discouraged, italics may only be used for Latin
plant names which must be given according to rules of Nomenclature Codes for
both wild and cultivated plants.
Components of the manuscripts:
- The heading should include names of authors; a title (up to 15 words) in
Polish and in English; the addresses of the authors including e-mail address
of the corresponding author.
- Abstract in English should be concise, it is unnecessary in short reports
and reviews.
- Key words — usually 3-5 words which, if possible, should not repeat
words from the title.
- Illustrations, tables and captions (in Polish and in English) should be
given on separate pages with consecutive numbering; their position in the
text should be clearly marked on margins. The size of tables cannot exceed
one printed page. The copyright of the authors of illustrations, particularly
photographs and drawings, should be declared.
- Two copies of high-quality photographs on glossy paper or their electronic
versions should be submitted (formats .tif, .bmp, .pcx with the resolution
of at least 300 dpi).
- References — different papers in the same year by the same author
should be distinguished as (Smith 2000a), (Smith 2000b) etc. Journal names
should be given in full (not abbreviated). In the main text the citation of
papers by two or more authors should contain the name of the first author
followed by et al. (Smith et al.). If typed manuscripts or papers issued as
manuscripts are cited (e.g. doctoral theses or park inventories) the places
(libraries) where they are available should be given. Translations must be
provided with translators’s name. The following standard of references
will be accepted:
- Books: KRUSSMAN G. (transl. by Epp M.E.). 1984. Manual of cultivated Broad-Leaves
Trees & Shrubs, 1 (A-D). Timber Press, Beaverton.
- A chapter from a book written by different co-authors - BALL P.W., 1993.
Viscum L. In: Flora Europaea, 1. Tutin T.G., Burges N.A., Charter A.O., Edmonson
J.R., Heywood V.H., Moore D.M., Valentine D.H., Walters S.M., Webb D.A. (eds.).
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 72-73.
- Papers in proceedings: PIETRZAK M., 1992. Model i typologia antropogenicznej
granicy lasu. In: Funkcjonowanie i waloryzacja krajobrazu — ogólnopolska
konferencja naukowa (in Polish) (Chmielewski T.J., Richling A., Wojciechowski
K.H., eds.), Lublin 21-22.1991: 103-105.
- Internet sources — CESKA A., 1999. Rubus armenicus — a correct
name for Himalayan blackberries. Bot. Electr. News 230. http://www.ou.edu.cas/botany-icro/ben230.html.
- Articles — CZEKALSKI M., 1994. Okazale szakłaki pospolite - Rhamnus
cathartica L. - w parku wiejskim Dąbrówka koło Poznania (in Polish). Rocznik
Dendrologiczny 42:115-119.
The deadline for manuscript submission is July 31. After receiving
a review authors are asked to return within a month the final corrected version
of the paper and its electronic version (Word compatible formats .doc or .rtf),
with a response to the review.
Submitted papers may be returned to the authors if they fail to follow the
journal’s standard format. According to the decision of the Main Board
of the Polish Botanical Society the cost of printing is partially charged
to the authors (the invoices are issued by the Main Board); the whole cost
of printing of the color photographs is charged to the author. The author
receives one copy of the Yearbook with its electronic version in the .pdf
format.