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Forest Science

Springer International Publishing · United States · Est. 1955

ISSN1938-3738

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.452

H-Indexi

151

SNIPi

0.64

Total Worksi

6,436

Total Citationsi

150,866

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Forestry; Ecology; Ecological Modeling.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1955

FrequencyBimonthly, 2003-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications6,436

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-3738

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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

983

2019

567

2020

437

2021

299

2022

229

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

Ecological ModelingQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryEcological ModelingEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest ecology and managementForest Management and PolicyForest Insect Ecology and ManagementSeedling growth and survival studiesForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsFire effects on ecosystemsForest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsBotany and Plant Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Forest Science

Is Forest Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forest Science: 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 Forest Science?

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 0.90.

Is Forest Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forest Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Forest Science?