About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Reog: Journal of Ecoethnoscience Education is a scholarly journal dedicated to advancing research and scholarly discussion related to ecological (environmental) education, ethnoscience education, and their intersection. Reog welcomes scholarly works situated in local, national, regional, and international contexts, provided that they offer clear academic contributions and insights relevant to the broader scholarly community. The journal particularly encourages contextually grounded research that connects ecological knowledge, local and indigenous knowledge, cultural practices, environmental issues, and educational innovations with broader science-education and sustainability perspectives.
The scope of Reog includes, but is not limited to:
- Ecological and Environmental Education
Environmental education, ecological literacy, climate-change education, biodiversity education, conservation education, sustainability education, environmental awareness and behaviour, and educational practices that promote environmentally responsible knowledge, attitudes, and actions. - Ethnoscience and Local Knowledge in Education
Ethnoscience, indigenous and traditional knowledge, local wisdom, ethnophysics, ethnobiology, ethnochemistry, ethnomathematics, cultural knowledge systems, and educational approaches that connect scientific concepts with local and cultural contexts. - Ecoethnoscience Education
Research integrating ecological or environmental knowledge with ethnoscience, indigenous knowledge, local wisdom, cultural practices, and sustainability perspectives in science education and related educational settings. - Teaching, Learning, Curriculum, and Assessment
Curriculum development, teaching strategies, learning models, instructional materials, assessment, scientific literacy, scientific reasoning, inquiry, problem solving, and other pedagogical approaches related to ecological, environmental, ethnoscience, and culturally relevant science education. - Educational Innovation and Technology
Digital learning, educational technology, virtual and augmented environments, artificial intelligence in education, multimedia, STEM/STEAM education, and other educational innovations that support ecological, environmental, ethnoscience, or culturally contextualized learning. - Teacher Education and Professional Development
Pre-service and in-service teacher education, teacher knowledge and beliefs, professional development, pedagogical content knowledge, culturally responsive teaching, and teacher competencies related to ecological, environmental, and ethnoscience education. - Culture, Community, and Sustainability in Education
Community-based learning, place-based education, cultural heritage, community knowledge, local environmental practices, education for sustainable development, and educational initiatives connecting schools, communities, culture, and environmental sustainability.
Reog particularly welcomes studies focusing on a specific institution, community, cultural setting, indigenous or local knowledge system, or geographical location when the study demonstrates clear scholarly significance and connects its findings or implications to broader ecological, environmental, ethnoscience, science-education, cultural, or sustainability perspectives.
Manuscripts addressing education, science education, environmental issues, culture, or local knowledge without a clear and meaningful relationship to ecological (environmental) education, ethnoscience education, or their intersection may be considered outside the scope of Reog.
Reog accepts Original Research Articles, Review Articles (including Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses), and Comments and Criticism. The Comments and Criticism section forms part of the journal's post-publication policy and provides a forum for scholarly comments, critical responses, and academic discussions concerning articles previously published in Reog. Authors of the Original Article may be invited to submit an Author Response, which will be published within the same section.
Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submitted to Reog: Journal of Ecoethnoscience Education follow a six-stage editorial workflow consisting of Submission, Initial Check, Peer Review, Final Check, Editing & Proofreading, and Publication.
During the Initial Check, the Editorial Team verifies the manuscript's relevance to the journal's Focus and Scope, compliance with submission requirements, completeness of required components, and similarity screening. Manuscripts that do not meet the initial requirements may be returned to the Authors for revision or rejected before peer review. Manuscripts that pass this stage proceed to peer review.
Reog applies a double-blind peer-review process. Each manuscript is evaluated by at least two or three independent Peer Reviewers with expertise relevant to the subject of the manuscript. Additional Reviewers may be appointed where necessary.
Peer Reviewers are selected primarily based on relevant subject expertise, recent scholarly publication records, methodological competence, institutional independence, and absence of relevant Conflicts of Interest. Preference may also be given to Reviewers with a verifiable scholarly profile, such as a Scopus Author ID, Web of Science Researcher Profile, ORCID, or Google Scholar profile, or who have previously served as a First Author or Corresponding Author of an article published in Reog. These supporting criteria do not replace the primary requirements of expertise, competence, and independence.
Authors are encouraged to recommend at least three and up to five prospective Reviewers with relevant expertise by completing the journal's optional Reviewer Recommendation. Recommended Reviewers must be independent of the Authors and free from relevant Conflicts of Interest. Authors may also identify up to three individuals whom they prefer not to review the manuscript, provided that a reasonable explanation is given. The Editorial Team retains full discretion in Reviewer selection and is not obligated to use or exclude Reviewers recommended by the Authors.
Peer Reviewers assess manuscripts based on their originality and scholarly contribution, methodological soundness, adequacy of evidence, quality of analysis and interpretation, clarity of presentation, and relevance to the journal's Focus and Scope. All manuscripts and review materials must be treated confidentially, and Reviewers must comply with the journal's Publication Ethics, Conflict of Interest, and Generative AI policies.
When revision is requested, Authors must revise the manuscript and submit the journal's Author(s) Response Form, explaining how the Editor and Reviewer comments have been addressed. The revised manuscript may be reassessed by the Editor and/or returned to the Peer Reviewers where necessary.
After the required revisions have been completed, the manuscript undergoes a Final Check to determine whether the Reviewer comments have been adequately addressed and whether the manuscript complies with the journal's scientific, editorial, ethical, and submission requirements. Additional revision or further peer review may be requested where necessary.
The Editor makes the final editorial decision after considering the Peer Reviewers' reports, the Authors' revisions, the scholarly quality of the manuscript, and applicable editorial and ethical requirements. Reviewer recommendations are advisory. The Publisher does not interfere with editorial decisions, which remain the responsibility of the Editorial Team.
Accepted manuscripts proceed to Editing & Proofreading, followed by Author approval of the galley proof. Articles may subsequently be published as Article in Press before assignment to a scheduled issue.
Manuscripts processed through Fast-Track Review remain subject to the same peer-review and editorial standards. Fast-Track Review does not guarantee acceptance, publication, or any particular editorial decision.
Content Not Subject to Standard Peer Review
Not all published content is subject to the standard double-blind peer-review process. Editorial Remarks, Editorial Notes, Forewords, or other introductory content published as part of an issue are normally reviewed and approved internally by the Editor and do not undergo external peer review.
Editorial and post-publication notices, including Correction, Erratum, Corrigendum, Expression of Concern, Retraction, Article Removal, and Article Replacement notices, may instead undergo appropriate editorial, research-integrity, technical, legal, or independent expert assessment, depending on the nature of the case.
Comments and Criticism and Author Response may undergo peer review where they contain substantive scholarly arguments, new data, analyses, methodological assessments, or technical claims.
Publication Frequency
Reog: Journal of Ecoethnoscience Education is published by PT Mitra Edukasi dan Publikasi in collaboration with IAIN Ponorogo and is issued twice a year, in January and July, with approximately 5–7 articles published in each issue.
Articles that have been accepted and completed the production process may be published as Article in Press before assignment to a scheduled issue. Article in Press publication does not alter the regular publication frequency of Reog.
Anti-Plagiarism and Similarity Policy
All manuscripts submitted to Reog: Journal of Ecoethnoscience Education must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal or publisher. Authors are responsible for the originality, authenticity, and integrity of their submitted manuscripts.
All submitted manuscripts may be screened using similarity-checking software, such as Turnitin and/or iThenticate, as part of the editorial assessment.
A similarity score is used as a screening tool and does not, by itself, constitute evidence of plagiarism. Similarity reports are evaluated by the Editorial Team by considering the source, nature, context, extent, and distribution of the overlapping material, including legitimate quotations, references, methodological descriptions, preprints, repositories, and other previously disseminated material.
Reog does not determine plagiarism solely on the basis of a fixed similarity percentage. Where inappropriate or unexplained overlap is identified, the Editorial Team may request clarification or revision, reject the manuscript, or take other appropriate editorial action in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement and, where applicable, the Research Misconduct and Post-Publication Policy.
Reference Management Software
Authors submitting manuscripts to Reog: Journal of Ecoethnoscience Education are encouraged to use reference management software, such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero, to support the accuracy and consistency of citations and references. Reog uses the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style.
