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Forest Products Journal

Forest Products Society · United States

ISSN0015-7473eISSN0015-7473

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.293

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.55

Total Worksi

3,128

Total Citationsi

33,675

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Forestry; Materials Science, Paper & Wood; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,128

Publisher OrgForest Products Society

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Forest Products Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0015-7473 / 0015-7473

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ 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?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

207

2019

375

2020

259

2021

178

2022

147

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

ForestryQ2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Plant ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ForestryMaterials Science, Paper & Wood

Scopus Categories

ForestryPlant ScienceMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wood Treatment and PropertiesForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementForest ecology and managementForest Management and PolicyTree Root and Stability Studies

Frequently asked questions about Forest Products Journal

Is Forest Products Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forest Products Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Forest Products Journal?

Forest Products Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.86.

Is Forest Products Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forest Products Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Forest Products Journal?