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Wood and Fiber Science

Society of Wood Science and Technology · United States

ISSN0735-6161eISSN0735-6161

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

354

Total Citationsi

3,092

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications354

Publisher OrgSociety of Wood Science and Technology

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society of Wood Science and Technology

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0735-6161 / 0735-6161

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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

385

2019

406

2020

104

2021

2022

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.

ForestryQ4

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ForestryMaterials Science, Paper & WoodMaterials Science, Textiles

Scopus Categories

ForestryMaterials Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wood Treatment and PropertiesTree Root and Stability StudiesForest ecology and managementNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesBamboo properties and applicationsLignin and Wood ChemistryForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementMaterial Properties and ProcessingTextile materials and evaluationsWood and Agarwood Research

Frequently asked questions about Wood and Fiber Science

Is Wood and Fiber Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Wood and Fiber Science: 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 Wood and Fiber Science?

Wood and Fiber Science 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 0.25.

Is Wood and Fiber Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Wood and Fiber Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Wood and Fiber Science?