All manuscripts submitted to this journal must follow the JIK’s focus and scope, and author guidelines of this journal. The submitted manuscripts must address scientific merit or novelty appropriate to the focus and scope. All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software for the similarity checking. Editors check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal using iThenticate software.

As a peer-reviewed journal, this statement clarifies ethical conduct to all parties involved in manuscript publication Jurnal Ilmu Kehutanan, including the author(s), editors (editor-in chief and associate editor), and the peer-reviewers. This statement is relied on Practice Guidelines for publication as in Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE’s Best). The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) provides comprehensive guidelines on the ethical use of AI in research publications.