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Forest Ecosystems

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 1999

ISSN2197-5620

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total65

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.176

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.353

Total Works

838

Total Citations

16,204

2yr Mean Citedness

3.84

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on forest ecosystems, focusing on carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, and the impacts of management practices and climate change on forest health and regeneration. Articles examine biogeochemical processes in mangroves, sustainability in European forestry, plant-soil feedbacks, the relationship between carbon storage and biodiversity, drought impacts on dryland vegetation, deer browsing effects on forest regeneration, nutrient dynamics in litter decomposition, soil organic carbon changes after forest conversion, and reference models for ecological restoration.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 108 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications838

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2197-5620

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, 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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

ForestryQ1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Forestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryNature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest ecology and managementEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsForest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesForest Management and PolicyRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsTree-ring climate responsesFire effects on ecosystemsSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsRemote Sensing in Agriculture