Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika is a periodic scientific articles and conceptual thinking of tropical forest management covering all aspects of forest planning, forest policy, forest resources utilization, forest ergonomics, forest ecology, forest inventory, silviculture, and management of regional ecosystems.

Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika has been re-accredited A from the Directorate General of Higher Education (DIKTI) through the Decree of Directorate General of Higher Education No. 36a/E/KPT/2016.  Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika is indexed in SCOPUS, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) since November 2017, also in Science and Technology Index 1 (SINTA 1, SINTA is Indonesian Government official indexing body). Since October 24th, 2018 Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika has been recognized as PERINGKAT 1 journal based on the Directorate General of Research and Development Strengthening of Ministry of Research Technology and Higher Education of Indonesian Republic (Decree No. 30/E/KPT/2018).

Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika focuses on disseminates knowledge in managing tropical forest with its unique features, biological and ecological sphere that rely on a very complex and interrelated system. Therefore, Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika covers wide discussions on multi scientific disciplines, i.e., forest planning, forest policy, forest resources utilization, forest ergonomics, forest ecology, forest inventory, silviculture, management of regional ecosystems, forest economics, anthropology, social, and environmental sicences.