Publication Ethics

Ownership of Content: All articles, text, images, and tables published in the Thai Forestry Journal represent the personal opinions of the authors. The editorial board does not necessarily endorse these views and shall not be held responsible for their content. The authors bear sole responsibility for the accuracy and originality of their work.
Plagiarism: If you become aware of any plagiarism or misrepresentation of authorship in any article, please inform the editorial board immediately.
Editorial Review: All submitted articles must undergo a rigorous review process by the editorial board.
Peer Review: All articles must be reviewed by at least three qualified peer reviewers.
Internal Review: Articles from internal authors must undergo a double-blind peer review by external reviewers.
External Review: Articles from external authors must undergo a double-blind peer review by either internal or external reviewers.
Mandatory Double-Blind Review: All articles, regardless of the author's affiliation, must undergo a double-blind peer review by external reviewers.
Original Work: Articles submitted for publication must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
No Plagiarism: Articles must not contain any plagiarized material.

Author Ethics

Duplicate Submission: Authors must not submit manuscripts that have been published or are under review by another journal.
Plagiarism: Authors must not plagiarize the work of others. All sources must be properly cited.
Adherence to Guidelines: Authors must strictly adhere to the Thai Forestry Journal's guidelines, especially regarding the citation format.
Data Fabrication and Falsification: Authors must not fabricate, falsify, or misrepresent data.
Funding Disclosure: Authors must disclose all sources of funding for the research and list only those who have made substantial contributions to the work.
Error Correction: Authors must promptly notify the editor of any errors in published articles or in manuscripts under review that could affect the interpretation of the results.
Ethical Approval: For studies involving human participants or animals, authors must provide a copy of the ethical approval from the relevant institutional review board.

Reviewer Ethics

Confidentiality: Reviewers must keep all information confidential during the review process and must not disclose any part of the submitted manuscript to others.
Conflict of Interest: Reviewers must avoid any conflicts of interest with the authors of the manuscript.
Expertise and Objectivity: Reviewers should only accept manuscripts for review that fall within their area of expertise and must maintain objectivity throughout the review process.

Editor Ethics

1. Oversight and Quality Assurance: The editor is responsible for overseeing, monitoring, and evaluating the journal's operations to ensure that it meets its objectives, maintains the quality of research and scholarly work, adheres to international ethical publishing standards, and prevents conflicts of interest among editors, staff, authors, reviewers, and members of the editorial board.

2. Confidentiality: The editor must maintain the confidentiality of all authors and reviewers throughout the review process. The Thai Forestry Journal employs a double-blind peer review process to ensure anonymity.

3. Plagiarism Prevention: The editor must ensure that all published articles are original and free of plagiarism. A plagiarism detection tool, such as Copycatch all in ThaiJo2.0, will be used to screen all submissions. If a significant level of plagiarism is detected, the editor will immediately contact the corresponding author to request an explanation and decide whether to reject the manuscript.

Accepted Manuscripts: Accepted manuscripts will be sent to the corresponding author for proofreading. The author will be informed of the publication schedule.
Rejected Manuscripts: Rejected manuscripts will be returned to the author along with reviewers' comments to assist in revisions and potential submission to other suitable journals.

4. Conflict of Interest: The editor must avoid any conflicts of interest with authors and reviewers to maintain the highest ethical standards.

5. Transparency and Accountability: The editor must be transparent about the peer review process and be prepared to explain any deviations from the established procedures.

6. Retraction: If misconduct is discovered after publication, the editor must promptly retract the article and provide clear evidence to support the retraction. This retraction must be communicated to readers and other indexing databases.

7. Finality of Decisions: Once a decision has been made to reject a manuscript, the editor must not reverse that decision unless there is compelling evidence of a serious error. The editor must also honor the decisions of previous editors, unless there is clear evidence of misconduct.

8. Author Guidelines: The editor is responsible for providing up-to-date guidelines for authors on manuscript preparation.