Editorial Policy
- Focus and Scopes
The 2nd International Conference of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences (ICAFES 2025) is a hybrid international event hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Riau, Indonesia. Scheduled to be held on August 30–31, 2025, the conference will take place both on-site at the Integrated Classroom Building, Bina Widya Campus, Universitas Riau in Pekanbaru, and virtually via the Zoom platform. The theme of ICAFES 2025 is "Promoting Sustainable Agriculture for Ensuring Food Security in the Face of Climate Change"
- Scopes
• Agronomy and Plant Breeding
• Agriculture and Food Technology
• Agriculture Policy and Socio-economics
• Forestry, Biodiversity and Conservation
• Plant Protection
• Soil Science and Land Resource Management
• Environmental Engineering, Sustainability and Green Technology related to Agriculture - Peer Review Process
To uphold the highest standards of academic quality and integrity, all submitted papers to ICAFES 2025 will undergo a double-blind peer-review process. The review is designed to ensure fairness, scientific rigor, and relevance to the conference themes.
- Review Workflow
All submitted manuscripts undergo a structured and ethical peer-review process designed to uphold the quality, originality, and academic integrity of the conference proceedings. The review process begins with the submission of full papers through the designated online platform.
In the initial stage, each manuscript is subject to a desk evaluation by the editorial team, which assesses its relevance to the conference scope, adherence to formatting guidelines, and basic scientific merit. As part of this preliminary screening, all submissions are also subjected to a plagiarism check using a similarity detection tool (e.g., Turnitin). Manuscripts exceeding the acceptable similarity threshold (generally <15%) will be returned to the authors for revision.
Submissions that pass both the editorial screening and similarity check proceed to the double-blind peer-review stage, where they are evaluated by two independent reviewers. In this stage, the identities of both authors and reviewers are concealed to ensure objectivity and impartiality.
- Evaluation Criteria
• Relevance to the conference theme
• Originality and scientific contribution
• Scientific rigor and methodology
• Clarity of writing and structure
• Practical implications or innovation
• Ethical compliance and citation practices - Final Submission & Publication
Upon acceptance of the revised paper for the conference, the manuscript proceeds to an additional review stage conducted by the publisher. Final acceptance is determined based on the publisher's evaluation and approval. Authors will be notified via email.
- Publication Ethics
All submissions must comply with international publication standards and ethics, including originality, appropriate citation, and absence of plagiarism. Authors are encouraged to follow the COPE Guidelines for responsible conduct in scholarly publishing.
Read publication ethics [ https://publicationethics.org/guidance?f%5B0%5D=type%3A21 ] - Code of Conduct
The 2nd ICAFES 2025 committees adhere to the code of conduct statement we apply as described in the COPE code of conduct.
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