Article Type

Manuscript Types & Scientific Article Requirements

Article Types

Forestry : Jurnal Ilmu Kehutanan prioritizes original research that demonstrates clear scientific novelty, rigorous analysis, and a substantive contribution to forest science, silviculture, forest ecology, forest management, conservation, biodiversity, forest products, watershed management, restoration ecology, social forestry, agroforestry, and sustainable forest management.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PRIORITY NOVELTY REQUIRED NON-RESEARCH TYPES LIMITED

The journal gives priority to original research articles. Review articles, case studies, and short communications are accepted selectively when they are strongly aligned with the journal's Focus and Scope and provide clear ecological, silvicultural, conservation, technological, socioeconomic, or forest-management contributions.

Core Scientific Requirements

Regardless of manuscript type, articles should demonstrate the following core elements:

✓ Clear forestry, ecological, or conservation problem and significance ✓ Adequate state of the art
✓ Explicit research gap / novelty justification ✓ Clearly stated research objective
✓ Appropriate field, laboratory, ecological, spatial, or socioeconomic method ✓ Findings, analysis, and conclusion supported by evidence
Editorial Priority: Manuscripts without a clear state of the art, research gap or justification of novelty, explicit research objective, and appropriate field or analytical validation may receive lower editorial priority or be returned before peer review.
1 Original Research Article PRIMARY TYPE

Original Research Articles are the primary and preferred manuscript type. They must report original findings derived from a systematic research process and demonstrate a clear contribution to forestry science, forest ecology, silviculture, conservation, forest management, restoration, forest products, or sustainable forest utilization.

Required characteristics:

  • Relevant forestry, ecological, environmental, socioeconomic, or technological background and clearly defined research problem;
  • Adequate review of current scholarship, forest-management practices, technologies, or state of the art;
  • Explicit identification of the research gap;
  • Clear justification of novelty or scientific contribution;
  • Explicit research objective(s), research question(s), or hypotheses where appropriate;
  • Appropriate and sufficiently described field survey, forest inventory, ecological sampling, silvicultural experiment, laboratory analysis, remote sensing, GIS, modeling, socioeconomic survey, or other relevant research method;
  • Clear description of study location, forest type, sampling design, plots, species, treatments, environmental variables, instruments, and analytical procedures where applicable;
  • Clear presentation of findings supported by appropriate ecological, biometric, spatial, statistical, laboratory, or socioeconomic evidence;
  • Critical analysis and comparison with relevant forestry and environmental literature; and
  • Conclusion that directly responds to the research objective and explains relevant ecological, conservation, management, social, economic, technological, or policy implications.
Recommended Structure:
Introduction → Methods → Results → Discussion → Conclusion → Declarations → References
2 Review Article SELECTIVE

Review Articles are considered selectively and must provide a comprehensive, critical, and original synthesis of a clearly defined body of literature in forest ecology, silviculture, conservation, biodiversity, restoration, forest products, social forestry, agroforestry, watershed management, or sustainable forest management.

A high-quality review article should:

  • Present a clearly defined review question or analytical objective;
  • Explain the literature-search and selection approach;
  • Use adequate, relevant, and sufficiently current references;
  • Critically compare previous forest-management approaches, ecological findings, conservation strategies, silvicultural systems, technologies, policies, and empirical evidence;
  • Identify inconsistencies, methodological limitations, conservation challenges, forest degradation issues, emerging technologies, and research gaps;
  • Provide original analysis or synthesis by the authors; and
  • Develop a research agenda, conceptual framework, forest-management model, conservation synthesis, or substantive conclusion.
Not Acceptable: A literature review that only summarizes previous forestry studies, management practices, conservation programs, or publications without critical analysis, synthesis, or an original scholarly contribution.
3 Case Study LIMITED

Case Studies are considered when the case provides significant scientific, ecological, conservation, management, technological, socioeconomic, or policy relevance within forestry.

A Case Study must include:

✓ Clear research or forest-management objective ✓ Case-selection justification
✓ Field, ecological, spatial, socioeconomic, or analytical approach ✓ Findings and substantive evaluation
✓ Comparison with relevant forestry literature ✓ Clear ecological, management, conservation, social, or policy contribution
Not Acceptable: Purely descriptive forest-area profiles, plantation descriptions, conservation-program reports, community-forestry narratives, or forest-management documentation without a clear research objective, systematic method, analytical evaluation, and scholarly contribution.
4 Short Communication LIMITED

A Short Communication presents concise but important original findings, emerging forestry evidence, biodiversity observations, forest-health findings, silvicultural developments, restoration results, remote-sensing insights, or timely conservation and forest-management results relevant to the journal's scope.

Although shorter than a full Original Research Article, a Short Communication must still contain sufficient scientific substance and demonstrate a clear contribution to forestry knowledge or practice.

Minimum Scientific Elements:
Objective Method Results Analysis Conclusion

Manuscript Type Priority

Manuscript Type Journal Priority Main Requirement
Original Research Article HIGH Original findings + state of the art + research gap + novelty + forestry analysis
Review Article SELECTIVE Comprehensive review + current references + critical synthesis + original analysis
Case Study LIMITED Objective + case justification + forestry method + evaluation + ecological or management contribution
Short Communication LIMITED Concise but complete scientific evidence, ecological analysis, and forestry relevance

Manuscripts Not Considered

  • Purely descriptive forestry or environmental articles without substantive scientific analysis;
  • Opinion articles without a clear scholarly method or evidence base;
  • Literature summaries without critical synthesis;
  • Descriptions of forests, plantations, conservation areas, or species inventories without adequate research design and analytical interpretation;
  • Forest inventory reports that only present measurements without a clear research question, analysis, and scholarly contribution;
  • Reforestation, restoration, or conservation-program reports without systematic evaluation and measurable outcomes;
  • Remote-sensing or GIS mapping studies without appropriate accuracy assessment, validation, spatial analysis, or ecological interpretation;
  • Community or social-forestry descriptions without systematic socioeconomic analysis and evidence of management or community outcomes;
  • Forest-product or wood-utilization studies without appropriate testing, characterization, performance evaluation, or scientific discussion;
  • Conference abstracts submitted without substantial development;
  • Articles outside the journal's Focus and Scope;
  • Previously published manuscripts; and
  • Manuscripts simultaneously submitted to another publication.
Editorial Principle

The journal prioritizes original research that advances forest science, conservation, sustainable forest management, and the responsible utilization of forest resources. Non-original research formats are considered selectively and must demonstrate clear scientific objectives, methodological rigor, analytical depth, appropriate field or laboratory validation, originality, and strong relevance to the journal's Focus and Scope.