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Small-scale Forestry

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2006

ISSN1873-7617eISSN1873-7854
SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR
90
/ 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?
166
days submission → published
measured · last 12 articles · accept 146d
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei
0.516
H-Indexi
47
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.746
Total Worksi
639
Total Citationsi
10,799
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.72
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Small-scale Forestry is an international journal focused on pure and applied research into small-scale forestry. Provides a platform for empirical, theoretical, modeling, and methodological papers. Explores the social, economic and technical dimensions of farm, family, non-industrial and community forestry. Originated as Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy in 2002. Particularly useful to the global research community, policy makers, and forest managers.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2006
Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications639
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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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

6/12 · 50%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1873-7617 / 1873-7854
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
❌
Peer review process documented?
N/A
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
❌
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
✅
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
18
198
2019
33
415
2020
31
299
2021
41
341
2022
22
153
2023
24
91
2024
31
61
2025
31
11
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.

ForestryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

Forestry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest Management and PolicyConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEconomic and Environmental ValuationForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementBioenergy crop production and managementGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactForest ecology and managementAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Frequently asked questions about Small-scale Forestry

Is Small-scale Forestry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Small-scale Forestry: 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 Small-scale Forestry?

Small-scale Forestry 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 1.72.

Is Small-scale Forestry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Small-scale Forestry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Small-scale Forestry?

Small-scale Forestry is an international journal focused on pure and applied research into small-scale forestry. Provides a platform for empirical, theoretical, modeling, and methodological papers. Explores the social, economic and technical dimensions of farm, family, non-industrial and community forestry. Originated as Small-scale Forest Economics, Management and Policy in 2002. Particularly useful to the global research community, policy makers, and forest managers.

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