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International Forestry Review

Commonwealth Forestry Association · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1465-5489eISSN2053-7778

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.393

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.488

Total Worksi

1,316

Total Citationsi

25,586

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,316

Publisher OrgCommonwealth Forestry Association

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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?

Commonwealth Forestry Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1465-5489 / 2053-7778

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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

462

2019

531

2020

361

2021

229

2022

173

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.

EcologyQ2

ForestryQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementForest Management and PolicyGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactEconomic and Environmental ValuationAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentForest ecology and managementAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyOil Palm Production and Sustainability

Frequently asked questions about International Forestry Review

Is International Forestry Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Forestry Review: 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 International Forestry Review?

International Forestry Review 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 0.85.

Is International Forestry Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Forestry Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Forestry Review?