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Forest Ecology and Management

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0378-1127eISSN1872-7042

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.333

H-Indexi

265

SNIPi

1.349

Total Worksi

20,162

Total Citationsi

882,238

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Forestry; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency8 Issues Per Year <, June 1983->

StatusActive

Total Publications20,162

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0378-1127 / 1872-7042

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — 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.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

669

20k

2019

895

25k

2020

911

20k

2021

604

11k

2022

724

9.1k

2023

653

4.9k

2024

826

2.2k

2025

598

197

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.

ForestryQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryNature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesForest ecology and managementFire effects on ecosystemsForest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Forest Ecology and Management

Is Forest Ecology and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forest Ecology and Management: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Forest Ecology and Management?

Forest Ecology and Management 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 2.97.

Is Forest Ecology and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forest Ecology and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Forest Ecology and Management?