Authorship and Contributorship Policy
Scholarly Contribution • Transparency • Accountability
Authorship and Contributorship Policy
Forestry : Jurnal Ilmu Kehutanan requires authorship to accurately reflect substantial scholarly contributions to research in forest science, silviculture, forest ecology, forest management, conservation, biodiversity, forest products, watershed management, restoration ecology, social forestry, agroforestry, sustainable forest management, and related fields.
SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION CRediT TAXONOMY FULL ACCOUNTABILITY
Authorship represents both academic credit and responsibility. A person should be listed as an author only when they have made a meaningful intellectual contribution to the research and accept responsibility for the integrity, accuracy, transparency, reproducibility, ethical conduct, and scholarly quality of the published work.
1. Criteria for Authorship
All listed authors must demonstrate substantial scholarly involvement in the study. Authorship should normally include all of the following:
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Substantial Research Contribution Significant contribution to the forestry research problem, conceptual framework, forest-inventory design, silvicultural experiment, ecological sampling, biodiversity assessment, watershed study, restoration design, forest-product testing, remote-sensing or GIS analysis, socioeconomic fieldwork, methodology, statistical analysis, modeling, or interpretation of findings. |
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Intellectual Contribution to the Manuscript Active participation in drafting the manuscript or critically revising its forestry framework, ecological interpretation, silvicultural rationale, management analysis, methodology, conservation implications, discussion, or scholarly contribution. |
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Final Approval Review and approval of the final manuscript, including the accuracy of author names, affiliations, forest or ecological data, sampling information, species identification, management findings, spatial analyses, declarations, and references. |
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Accountability Agreement to take responsibility for the author's contribution and to cooperate in resolving questions concerning field data, species records, forest measurements, laboratory analyses, spatial data, socioeconomic information, research permits, research integrity, authorship, or other aspects of the published work. |
Activities That Do Not Alone Qualify for Authorship
The following activities, when performed alone, are generally insufficient to justify authorship:
| • Providing research funding only | • Providing access to forests, plantations, conservation areas, laboratories, communities, or forestry datasets only |
| • General academic, field, laboratory, or administrative supervision | • Holding a forestry, governmental, institutional, concession, managerial, or professional position |
| • Routine field assistance, tree measurement, sample transport, or clerical work | • Language editing, proofreading, translation, or formatting only |
| • Providing equipment, vehicles, GIS access, laboratory facilities, permits, or logistical support only | • General encouragement, networking, or mentorship without scholarly contribution |
Individuals providing these forms of assistance may be recognized in the Acknowledgments section, subject to their permission where appropriate.
2. Author Contribution Statement – CRediT
Every accepted manuscript must include an Author Contribution Statement. Authors are encouraged to use the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to identify each author's contribution transparently.
| Conceptualization Development of forestry research ideas, conservation problems, silvicultural questions, forest-management hypotheses, restoration concepts, or ecological frameworks. |
Methodology Development or design of forest inventory, ecological sampling, silvicultural experiments, biodiversity surveys, laboratory testing, remote sensing, GIS, modeling, socioeconomic surveys, or qualitative methods. |
| Formal Analysis Statistical, ecological, spatial, biodiversity, growth-and-yield, watershed, forest-product, socioeconomic, or other analytical work. |
Investigation Conducting forest inventories, vegetation surveys, biodiversity assessments, field experiments, watershed measurements, community interviews, forest-product testing, or empirical data collection. |
| Data Curation Collecting, cleaning, coding, georeferencing, organizing, documenting, validating, or maintaining forestry, ecological, biodiversity, socioeconomic, laboratory, or spatial datasets. |
Software Statistical coding, GIS analysis, remote-sensing processing, forest-growth modeling, spatial analysis, simulation, or development of forestry analytical tools. |
| Validation Verification of forest measurements, species identification, spatial classifications, laboratory results, models, calculations, sampling procedures, or research outputs. |
Visualization Preparation of research tables, forest maps, vegetation profiles, biodiversity figures, watershed diagrams, spatial models, or data visualizations. |
| Writing – Original Draft Preparation of the initial scholarly manuscript. |
Writing – Review & Editing Critical intellectual review and substantive manuscript revision. |
| Resources Provision of essential field plots, forest records, specimens, laboratory materials, spatial data, instruments, research permits, or other resources combined with scholarly contribution. |
Supervision Intellectual oversight and scholarly guidance of the research process. |
| Project Administration Coordination and management of research activities. |
Funding Acquisition Acquisition of financial support for the research project. |
Note: Assignment of a CRediT role does not automatically qualify an individual for authorship. The individual must also satisfy the journal's authorship requirements and accept accountability.
3. Example of Author Contribution Statement
Example – Forest Ecology / Silviculture Research
Author Contributions: A.B.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Writing – Original Draft. C.D.: Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Validation, Visualization. E.F.: Supervision, Resources, Writing – Review & Editing. All authors approved the final manuscript and agreed to be accountable for their contributions.
Example – GIS / Remote Sensing / Social Forestry Research
Author Contributions: A.B.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – Original Draft. C.D.: Investigation, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Visualization. E.F.: Validation, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.
4. Author Order
Author order must be determined and agreed upon collectively by the author group before manuscript submission. The journal does not assign or determine author order.
The authorship list and order must be consistent across the submitted manuscript, OJS metadata, Author Contribution Statement, declarations, field or permit documentation where applicable, and final published article.
5. Corresponding Author
One author must be identified as the corresponding author and serve as the primary contact between the journal and all co-authors.
| ✓ Ensures all authors approve manuscript submission | ✓ Verifies author names, affiliations, email, and ORCID information |
| ✓ Coordinates responses to reviewers | ✓ Ensures all authors approve substantive revisions |
| ✓ Verifies funding, permits, ethics, and Conflict of Interest Statements | ✓ Coordinates Data, GIS, Remote Sensing, Specimen, or Supplementary Material Availability where applicable |
| ✓ Coordinates final proof approval | ✓ Responds to post-publication methodological or research-integrity inquiries when necessary |
6. Unacceptable Authorship Practices
| ✕ Guest / Honorary Authorship Adding senior academics, forestry officials, concession managers, conservation-area leaders, institutional heads, community leaders, or respected individuals who did not make sufficient scholarly contributions. |
✕ Ghost Authorship Excluding individuals who made substantial contributions to field sampling, species identification, ecological analysis, silvicultural experiments, GIS analysis, laboratory testing, or manuscript preparation that qualify for authorship. |
| ✕ Gift / Reciprocal Authorship Exchanging or granting authorship without genuine scholarly contribution. |
✕ Purchased Authorship Buying, selling, or transferring authorship positions. |
| ✕ Coercive Authorship Requiring inclusion because of supervisory, governmental, forestry, institutional, concession, managerial, community, or professional authority. |
✕ Unauthorized Authorship Listing a person without their knowledge and approval. |
7. Changes to Authorship
Addition, removal, or rearrangement of authors after submission must be exceptional and supported by a clear explanation and written consent from all affected authors.
| BEFORE ACCEPTANCE May be considered with full written agreement |
AFTER ACCEPTANCE Exceptional and subject to editorial approval |
AFTER PUBLICATION May require a formal Correction Notice |
8. Authorship Disputes
The Editorial Team may request explanations and documentation when an authorship dispute arises. However, the journal does not normally adjudicate disputes concerning who should or should not qualify as an author. Unresolved disputes may be referred to the authors' institution, research-integrity office, forestry research authority, conservation institution, or another appropriate body. Editorial processing may be suspended until the dispute is resolved.
9. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship
Artificial intelligence tools, large language models, generative AI systems, and AI-based forestry or spatial-analysis platforms must not be listed as authors or co-authors. AI cannot accept accountability, approve a manuscript, declare conflicts of interest, or take responsibility for research integrity. Relevant AI-assisted activities, including AI-supported writing, coding, species or image classification, remote-sensing processing, GIS analysis, forest modeling, or analytical interpretation, must instead be disclosed according to the journal's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage Policy.
Authorship Checklist Before Submission
| ✓ Every listed author has made a genuine scholarly contribution | ✓ No eligible contributor has been omitted |
| ✓ Author order has been approved by all authors | ✓ All authors approved the submitted manuscript |
| ✓ Author Contribution Statement is complete | ✓ Corresponding author has been identified |
| ✓ OJS metadata matches the manuscript | ✓ Field permits, specimen information, GIS/remote-sensing data, ethics, community consent, and supplementary-material statements are accurate where applicable |
| ✓ AI-assisted activities have been disclosed where required | ✓ All authors accept responsibility for the published work |
Authorship Principle
In Forestry : Jurnal Ilmu Kehutanan, authorship is based on substantive intellectual contribution and accountability. Academic rank, forestry or governmental authority, institutional position, access to forests, plantations, conservation areas, communities, specimens, laboratories, spatial datasets, equipment, permits, funding alone, routine field assistance, supervisory status, or professional seniority does not by itself justify authorship.
