About the Journal

Focus and Scope

This journal is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research articles in the biological aspects of tropical biodiversity, including ecology, animal and plant systematics, microbiology, zoology, botany, biotechnology, and ethnobiology,  with a particular emphasis on the Indonesian context and global perspective

  • Ecology, including tropical ecology and conservation studies
  • Animal and plant systematics, including animal and plant taxonomy and biosystematics
  • Microbiology. Microbiology is the study of the biology of microscopic organisms - viruses, bacteria, algae, fungi, slime molds, and protozoa.
  • Zoology, a branch of biology that studies the members of the animal kingdom and animal life in general.
  • Botany. Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.
  • Biotechnology. Biotechnology is the use of biology to develop new products, methods, and organisms intended to improve human health and society.
  • Ethnobiology. Ethnobiology is the scientific study of dynamic relationships among peoples, biota, and environments

Peer Review Process

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 to do the similarity checking. Editors check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal by using a Turnitin software.

The research article submitted to this journal will be double blind reviewed at least 2 {two} or more expert reviewers. The reviewers give scientific valuable comments improving the contents of the manuscript.

Final decision of articles acceptance will be made by Editors according to reviewers comments. Publication of accepted articles including the sequence of published articles will be made by Editor in Chief by considering sequence of accepted date and geographical distribution of authors as well as thematic issue.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published two issues each year (Maret and September) in online versions.

                            PUBLISHED VOLUME 7 ISSUE 1, 2025

Published article Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2025 with potential reviewer (domestic and foreign reviewer). Available online since September 30, 2024. Nationally Accredited by Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education Republic of Indonesia. Indexed by Science and Technology Index (SINTA) S2 (2nd highest cluster for reputable journal in Indonesia). Participated countries are Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Austria and Pakistan