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Forest Science and Technology

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1981

ISSN2158-0715

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.383

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.687

Total Worksi

715

Total Citationsi

5,289

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Forestry; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications715

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2158-0715

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, Scholars Portal, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

445

2019

315

2020

193

2021

151

2022

332

2023

141

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.

ForestryQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest ecology and managementForest Management and PolicyEcology and Conservation StudiesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSeedling growth and survival studiesLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesTree Root and Stability Studies

Frequently asked questions about Forest Science and Technology

Is Forest Science and Technology a predatory journal?

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

Forest Science and Technology 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 1.11.

Is Forest Science and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forest Science and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Forest Science and Technology?