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Forest Systems

Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (CSIC-INIA) · Spain · Est. 1991

ISSN2171-9845

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.298

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.294

Total Worksi

1,261

Total Citationsi

14,098

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Forestry; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Soil Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,261

Publisher OrgSpanish National Research Council

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~47 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (CSIC-INIA)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2171-9845

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

305

2019

217

2020

2021

112

2022

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.

ForestryQ2

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Soil ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

ForestrySoil ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest ecology and managementForest Management and PolicyForest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsTree Root and Stability StudiesForest Insect Ecology and ManagementRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementMediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

Frequently asked questions about Forest Systems

Is Forest Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forest Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Forest Systems?

Forest Systems 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 0.44.

Is Forest Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forest Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Forest Systems?