Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to this journal (Sains Tanah - Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology) must follow Focus and Scope and Author Guidelines of this journal. The submitted manuscripts must fulfill scientific merit or novelty appropriate to the focus and scope of this journal. 

All manuscripts submitted to this journal must be written in good English. Authors for whom English is not their native language are encouraged to have their paper checked before submission for grammar and clarity. The work must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

All submissions are reviewed by one of the editors and at least two reviewers. All papers are first assessed by the editor. A manuscript might be accepted at this point, though it is uncommon. The articles that are rejected at this stage are either not sufficiently original, have significant scientific faults, use poor grammar or poor English, or fall beyond the journal's goals and scope. Those that meet the minimum criteria are normally passed on to at least one expert for review. The review process used in this stage is a double-blind review system, where the author and reviewer remain anonymous throughout the process.

Authors are requested not to suggest reviewers with whom they have a personal or professional relationship, especially if that relationship would prevent the reviewer from having an unbiased opinion of the work of the authors. A working e-mail address for each reviewer is essential for rapid review in the event that the reviewer is selected from those that are identified by the authors. You may also select reviewers you do not want to review your manuscript, but please state your reason for doing so.

The final decision of manuscript acceptance is solely made by Editor in Chief (together with Editorial Board if required for consideration) according to reviewers critical comments. The final decision of manuscript is solely based on the Editor and Editorial Board final review which considering peer-reviewers comments (but not solely by Reviewer).

Publication of accepted articles including the assigning the article to the published issue will be made by Editor in Chief by considering the sequence of accepted date.