IForest

SISEF - Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology · Italy · Est. 2008

ISSN1971-7458eISSN1971-7458

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.513

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.832

Total Worksi

1,179

Total Citationsi

19,596

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Forestry; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionItaly

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,179

OA Since2007

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SISEF - Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1971-7458 / 1971-7458

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

904

2019

973

2020

803

2021

548

2022

277

2023

210

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

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryNature and Landscape ConservationEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest ecology and managementPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesForest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesForest Management and PolicyRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsFire effects on ecosystemsForest Insect Ecology and ManagementTree-ring climate responsesTree Root and Stability Studies

Frequently asked questions about IForest

Is IForest a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IForest: 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 IForest?

IForest 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 1.77.

Is IForest indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IForest is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of IForest?