Journal profile · Forestry
Applied Vegetation Science
ISSN 1402-2001 · eISSN 1654-109X · Wiley-Blackwell · DENMARK · Semiannual
Applied Vegetation Science: CAS Zone 3 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.66; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,600; median 236 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Applied Vegetation Science is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Rangeland and Wildlife Management, together about 47.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Applied Vegetation Science focuses on community-level topics relevant to human interaction with vegetation, including global change, nature conservation, nature management, restoration of plant communities and of natural habitats, and the planning of semi-natural and urban landscapes. Vegetation survey, modelling and remote-sensing applications are welcome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Editor-in-chief Valério De Patta PillarPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named Germany 14, Italy 6, Czechia 6, Canada 5, United States 4 (69 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science28.7%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences11%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science7.7%
- Peatlands and Wetlands EcologyEnvironmental Science6.8%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science3.9%
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsEnvironmental Science3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Astrophysics Data System
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.66LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 62.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 44Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 172,801Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,801 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 26 | 12 |
| 2025 | 49 | 40 | 103 |
| 2024 | 55 | 44 | 473 |
| 2023 | 60 | 46 | 608 |
| 2022 | 76 | 34 | 807 |
| 2021 | 79 | 37 | 827 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
236 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 188 days – 360 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 274 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (89 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 227 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,600 / EUR 3,000 / GBP 2,400 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted11
- case studyArticle Types Research Article. This category includes descriptions of vegetation patterns or processes, experiments, simulations, theories, or any combination …Length not stated
- commentaryArticle Types Research Article. This category includes descriptions of vegetation patterns or processes, experiments, simulations, theories, or any combination …Length not stated
- forumForum. Forum articles are essays with original ideas, speculations or well-reasoned arguments.Length not stated
- letterArticle Types Research Article. This category includes descriptions of vegetation patterns or processes, experiments, simulations, theories, or any combination …Length not stated
- methodological articleMethodological Article. These articles describe (1) newly developed methods of vegetation sampling or analysis; (2) tests of the performance of traditional or n…Length not stated
- reportReport. This article type may contain information about new tools, databases, vegetation science software or research initiatives.Length not stated
- research articleArticle Types Research Article. This category includes descriptions of vegetation patterns or processes, experiments, simulations, theories, or any combination …Length not stated
- reviewArticle Types Research Article. This category includes descriptions of vegetation patterns or processes, experiments, simulations, theories, or any combination …Length not stated
- surveyArticle Types Research Article. This category includes descriptions of vegetation patterns or processes, experiments, simulations, theories, or any combination …Length not stated
- synthesisSynthesis. Reviews of a topic that produce new ideas or conclusions (and are not merely summaries of previous literature) can be published as SynthesesLength not stated
- vegetation surveyVegetation Survey. Articles focused on plant community classification based on species composition and surveys of regional diversity of vegetation types, especi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship Author contributions
Free format submission Model summary
In multi-author papers, the authors are encouraged to specify contributions of individual authors in a concise statement, e.g.: A.B. conceived of the research idea; C.D. and E.F. collected data; A.B. and G.H. performed statistical analyses; A.B., with contributions from C.D. and G.H., wrote the paper; all authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement. Any interest or relationship, financial or other that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclos…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statement
Data availability statement required Model summary
You must include a data availability statement with your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Manuscript Acceptance Criteria The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readers. To be acceptable, a paper must be of interest to an international readership, even if its immediate scope is local. A paper can be interesting by doing one or more of the following things: Developing new concepts in understanding vegetation;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Standard copyright or Open Access under Creative Commons License Model summary
You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access fee charged Model summary
Authors who choose to publish using Open Access will be charged a fee.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-anonymized peer review Model summary
This journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy. Authors are responsible for anonymizing their manuscript to remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout the peer review process. Please note that if authors share their manuscript in preprint form, this may compromise their anonymity during peer review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: prior posting on an online preprint archive is acceptable Model summary
Prior posting of a manuscript on an online preprint archive is acceptable, as is posting of the preprint on a private website or online publication as a component of a thesis or dissertation.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving allowed under specific conditions Model summary
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- DENMARK
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 1402-2001
- Electronic ISSN
- 1654-109X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Applied Vegetation Science
What CAS zone is Applied Vegetation Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Applied Vegetation Science is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Forestry / Plant Sciences / Ecology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Applied Vegetation Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.66; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 93.
How long does peer review take at Applied Vegetation Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 236 days (interquartile range 188–360 days); authors report an average review time of 18–36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Applied Vegetation Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 8; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Applied Vegetation Science based?
Of the 69 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (14), Italy (6) and Czechia (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Applied Vegetation Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Applied Vegetation Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Applied Vegetation Science open access, and what is the APC?
Applied Vegetation Science is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .