Jurnal Ilmu Kehutanan is a peer-reviewed journal.
All manuscripts submitted to this journal must follow 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.
All manuscript submitted to this journal will be double-blind peer-reviewed at least 2 (two) or more expert reviewers. The reviewers' valuable scientific comments will be forwarded to the authors to improve valuable scientific comments. While submitting the revised manuscript, the authors should explain how the reviewers' comments have been addressed. If the authors disagree with the reviewers' comments, the reason(s) should be explained.
The Editors will make the final decision on article acceptance. The Editors use the following criteria in evaluating the papers: the novelty and interest for a broad audience, the quality of the paper, the adequate methodology, and interpretation of the results provided by the authors. Publication of accepted manuscripts will consider the sequence of accepted date.
The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the overall editorial process and coordination, assisted by Associate Editors who will coordinate the review process of manuscripts dealing with subjects of their expertise. The final decision on whether to accept or reject a paper rests with them. The Editor reserves the right to make some corrections (without altering the essence of the work) to style, phraseology, arrangement of figures, etc., without communicating with the author. If the Editor decides that the manuscript requires essential changes, the author will be asked to accept those changes. The overall editorial process takes 27 weeks in average.