Guidelines for authors for the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics meeting in Järvenpää, Finland May 12-15, 2004. All papers may be published in the proceedings Scandinavian Forest Economics vol. 40. Deadline for full papers June 30, 2004.
(Max. 10 pages, font 12 point, Times New Roman, single spacing)
Copies: Please submit three copies of the manuscript (including copies of figures),
printed on one side only, and one set of original figures. Submit a diskette/CD including
the same information with the original submission.
Title Page
Please note all title page information should appear on a separate page.
Title and Citation: The title should be concise, specific, descriptive and no longer than
15 words. Author Name(s): Provide the full name(s) of the authors(s), affiliation, address,
phone number, and e- mail addresses for all authors; fax number for the corresponding
author only.
Manuscript
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Length: The maximum length of the manuscript is set at 10 pages including figures,
tables and text.
Structure: Title, abstract, introduction, main text, conclusions, acknowledgements,
references.
Abstract and Keywords: Please provide a concise abstract, no more than 150 words.
Often the abstract makes a summary unnecessary. At the end of the abstract add up to 5
keywords for indexing that do not appear in title. Repeat the title at the top of the page.
Text: Prepare the manuscript single-spaced including captions and literature citations.
The text should be justified in 1 column 6½ inches (165 mm) wide with 1 inch (25 mm)
margins. Use 12 point Times New Roman for all text. Captions should be bold. Use
preferably no more than two levels for captions. The highest level should use 14 point
Times New Roman.
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differentiated, and ones (1’s) and els (l’s) differentiated, if any of these could
possibly be misunderstood. - All tables and figures must be inserted in the manuscript. Please use the table
format provided in the Paper Style paper. Use 10 point Times New Roman for text
inside the table. Column and row titles should be bold. Place table caption above
the table. Table number must be bold using 12 point Times New Roman.Example:
Table 1 Descriptive statistics for in- and output variables. - Place figure caption below the figure. Figure number must be bold using 12 point
Times New Roman. Caption must be hanging by 1.5 cm.Example:
Figur 1 Normalized histograms for efficiency scores assuming “crs” technology,
together with density function for the corresponding estimated censored
log- normal distributions. Farms with 30-60 cows. - Avoid footnotes. If impossible indicate footnotes in the text by consecutive,
superior numerals, never asterisks. - Number each page at bottom and centered.
- Authors should use GB or US English, preferably the first.
Literature Citations
Please follow the format examples below. Do not use journal abbreviations, spell out the
whole name. Include total page numbers for books. Include the page numbers of the
relevant material whenever a textbook is cited (e.g., Kreps 1990, pp. xx-xx). Publisher of
book or proceedings is required.
Literature Citation Examples
Please use 10 point Times New Ro man for producing the reference list.
Book
CHARNES, A., COOPER, W.W., LEWIN, A.Y. AND SEIFORD, L.M.(EDS.) 1995. Data
Envelopment Analysis: Theory, Methodology and Applications. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, 528 pp.
Chapter in Book
JANSSEN, R. AND RIETVELD, P. 1990. Multicriteria Analysis and Geographical
Information Systems: An Application to Agricultural Land Use in the Netherlands. In:
Scholten, H.J. and Stillwell, J.C.H. (eds.). Geographical Information Systems for Urban
and Regional Planning. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 129-139.
Article in Journal
KEENAN, D.C. AND O’BRIEN,M.J. 1993. Competition, Collusion, and Chaos. Journal of
Economic Dynamics and Control 17: 327-353.
Proceedings
THOMPSON,W., HALME, M., BROWN, S., VERTINSKY, I. AND SCHREIER, H. 1994. Timber Harvest Scheduling Subject to Wildlife and Adjacency Constraints. In: Sessions, J. and Brodie, J.D. (eds.). Management Systems for a Global Economy with Global Resource
Concerns. Proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on System Analysis in Forest Resources,
California, pp. 261-269.
Technical Report
MASON, R.R. AND PAUL, H.G. 1994. Monitoring Larval Populations of the Douglas- fir
Tussock Moth and Western Spruce Budworm on Permanent Plots: Sampling Methods
and Statistical Properties of Data. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNWGTR-
333, 22 pp.
Thesis/Dissertation
TORRES-ROJO, J.M. 1989. The Use of Relaxation to Solve Harvest Scheduling Problems
with Flow, Wildlife Habitat, and Adjacency Constraints. PhD Dissertation, Department
of Forest Resources, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, 210 pp.