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American Forests

American Forests Β· United States

ISSN0002-8541
SJR Q4βœ“ Scopus / SJR
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.
πŸ“Š Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR Β· Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.101
H-Indexi
5

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

American Forests is a research journal that publishes articles related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

AI-compiled from public web sources Β· verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary Languageβ€”
1st Year Publishedβ€”
StatusActive
Total Publicationsβ€”

Submission Info

Peer Reviewβ€”
OA Licenseβ€”
OA Rateβ€”

Ethics & Quality

COPE Memberβœ— No
OASPA Memberβœ— No
Not on Predatory Listsβœ“ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

4/11 Β· 36%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
American Forests
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Does the journal have a website?
No URL
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Is the ISSN verified?
0002-8541
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Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
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Peer review process documented?
N/A
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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
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Not on predatory/blacklists?
βœ“ Clean
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Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
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Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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Primary language documented?
N/A

A twelfth criterion β€” whether APC fees are clearly disclosed β€” is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category β€” its quartile can differ by discipline.

ForestryQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Forestry

Frequently asked questions about American Forests

Is American Forests a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Forests: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee β€” always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of American Forests?

American Forests is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.101.

Is American Forests indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Forests is indexed in Scopus.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 Β· Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref