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Annals of Forest Science

Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l. · Italy · Est. 1975

ISSN1286-4560eISSN1297-966X
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.874
H-Indexi
103
SNIPi
1.114
Total Worksi
2,340
Total Citationsi
80,093
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.99
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Annals of Forest Science is an international research journal devoted to multidisciplinary research for forests and wood in a changing world . It is one of the journals of the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment ( INRAE ), a public non-profit research institution. The scope of Annals of Forest Science covers the following research areas: Biology of trees and associated organisms Forest dynamics and ecosystem processes under environmental or management drivers (ecology, genetics) Risks and disturbances affecting forest ecosystems (biology, ecology, economics) Forests as drivers of a sustainable, circular and inclusive bioeconomy (tree breeding, forest management and productivity, ecosystem services, silviculture) Wood sciences (relationships between wood structure and tree functioning, and between forest management or environment and wood properties) The Editorial Board encourages: New ideas or methods for measuring or monitoring any property of interest for tree biology, forest ecosystem dynamics, wood Model-based papers focused on the forestry wood chain, including carbon accounting investigations, ecosystem services, quantification of the relationships between forest management and the properties of end products Studies addressing economic and social issues of forest management under climate change and forest based bioeconomy Review articles on timely topics in the scope of the journal Data papers presenting databases made available to a wider community Opinion papers presenting arguments about open research questions The Editorial Board does not encourage: Local case studies based on single stand experiments or small samples under local conditions, unless the addressed questions are innovative and timely Purely technological papers presenting applications without a broader scientific perspective Wood science papers that address purely technological questions unless the topic is very innovative or in relation to tree biology, forest eco

General Information

Country / RegionItaly
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1975
FrequencyEight Issues A Year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications2,340
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
OA Since2021
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1286-4560 / 1297-966X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
CLOCKSS, Portico
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
122
3.1k
2019
114
2.8k
2020
106
1.7k
2021
48
623
2022
48
466
2023
53
360
2024
50
117
2025
36
5
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.

EcologyQ1
ForestryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest ecology and managementPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesTree-ring climate responsesForest Management and PolicyForest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesTree Root and Stability StudiesWood Treatment and PropertiesRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsForest Insect Ecology and Management

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Forest Science

Is Annals of Forest Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Forest Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Annals of Forest Science?

Annals of Forest 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 2.99.

Is Annals of Forest Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Forest Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Forest Science?

Annals of Forest Science is an international research journal devoted to multidisciplinary research for forests and wood in a changing world . It is one of the journals of the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment ( INRAE ), a public non-profit research institution. The scope of Annals of Forest Science covers the following research areas: Biology of trees and associated organisms Forest dynamics and ecosystem processes under environmental or management drivers (ecology, genetics) Risks and disturbances affecting forest ecosystems (biology, ecology, economics) Forests

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