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Journal of Forest Economics

Now Publishers Inc · United States · Est. 1980

ISSN1104-6899eISSN1618-1530

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.274

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.355

Total Worksi

661

Total Citationsi

11,785

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Forestry; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications661

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Now Publishers Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1104-6899 / 1618-1530

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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

250

2019

2020

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.

EcologyQ3

ForestryQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsForestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest Management and PolicyEconomic and Environmental ValuationConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementForest ecology and managementDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityAgricultural Economics and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Forest Economics

Is Journal of Forest Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Forest Economics: 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 Journal of Forest Economics?

Journal of Forest Economics 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 0.17.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Forest Economics?