INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
The Journal of Tree Sciences is published biannually by the Indian Society of Tree Scientists. The Journal will contain original research articles in English on all aspects dealing with the trees or related fields from the members. Review articles are also accepted for publication.
SUBSCRIPTION
Inland: Rs. 1500 INR per year Overseas: US$ 100 per year
Subscription may be provided in advance through Bank Draft/ in favour of the Secretary, Indian Society of Tree Scientists, payable at SBP Bank NAUNI (Solan) -173 230, HP. It can also be paid through e transaction in account number 65004346317, IFS Code STBP0000127. For detail visit www.ists.in
CORRESPONDENCE
All correspondence concerning the Journal be addressed to Editor-in-Chief, Indian Society of Tree Scientists, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni -173 230, Distt. Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
(E-mail : secretary@ists.in)
GUIDELINES TO AUTHORS
The authors are requested to conform strictly to the following specifications while submitting their manuscripts
-TITLE : not exceeding fifteen words
-NAME (s): of the author(s)
-ABSTRACT: reflective of main findings, should not exceed 3% of the text
-KEYWORDS As per standardized
AGROVOC thesaurus available online at (http://www.fao.org/aris)
-INTRODUCTION
-MATERIAL AND METHODS -RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
-REFERENCE (cited in the text only)
The references should be written and typed as per the following pattern and style. The Journals be abbreviated according to the world list of scientific periodicals.
Mehra PN, Khosla PK and sareen TS 1972 Cytogenetical studies of Himalayan aceraceae, hippocastanaceae and staphylaceae. Silv Gene 21:186-190
Sahni KC 1980 Trees for the 21st century. In PK Khosla (Ed) Advances in Forest Genetics. New Delhi, Ambika Publications : 81-100pp
Namkoong G 1979 Introduction to quantitative Genetics in forestry. USDA For Serv, Technical Bulletin No 1599: 342p
Malik CP and Singh MB 1980 Plant Ezymology and Histoenzymology. New Delhi, Kalyani Publishers;434p
ILLUSTRATIONS
The illustrations should conform to the size of the Journal. Figures remade in the office of Editor-in-Chief will be charged @ Rs 200 per figure. The place of figure and table insertion should be indicated while submitting the manuscript. The photograph should be black and white.
SUBMISSION OF PAPER
The manuscript should be submitted online by visiting www.ists.in. Leave 5 cm margin on the left top bottom, and 2.5 cm on right. Additional requirements if any must be indicated at the time of submitting the manuscript.
REPRINTS
The society is discouraging hard copies of the Journal and Research Paper taking into account environmental concerns. Therefore PDF of the Published paper can be down loaded from website www.ists.in. PDF will be provided by the society to senior/corresponding author.