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Forest Policy and Economics

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2000

ISSN1389-9341eISSN1872-7050

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ 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 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.285

H-Indexi

116

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.409

Total Worksi

3,374

Total Citationsi

98,746

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Environmental Studies; Forestry; Economics and Econometrics; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Frequency4 Issues A Year, 2002-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,374

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1389-9341 / 1872-7050

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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

198

5.9k

2019

216

6.1k

2020

203

4.6k

2021

132

2.6k

2022

162

2.2k

2023

189

1.4k

2024

213

604

2025

107

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ1

ForestryQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsEnvironmental StudiesForestry

Scopus Categories

ForestrySociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest Management and PolicyConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEconomic and Environmental ValuationGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesForest ecology and management

Frequently asked questions about Forest Policy and Economics

Is Forest Policy and Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forest Policy and Economics: 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 Policy and Economics?

Forest Policy and 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 3.60.

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

Forest Policy and Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

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