Journal profile · FORESTRY
Australian Forestry
ISSN 0004-9158 · eISSN 2325-6087 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · AUSTRALIA · Quarterly · Founded 1936
Australian Forestry: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.97; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 141 days to acceptance (33 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Australian Forestry is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Forest ecology and management, Forest Management and Policy and Forest Biomass Utilization and Management, together about 34.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nature and Landscape Conservation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Australian Forestry is published by Taylor & Francis for Forestry Australia for scientific, technical and professional communication related to forestry in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. Australian Forestry publishes new and significant scientific research articles with implications for Australia, the region and globally on topics related to forest research, management, policy, products and services. It also presents review articles, technical reports, editorials, book reviews, letters and rapid communications, and abstracts from post-graduate studies. It seeks contributions on forest management at all scales, including industrial forestry, agroforestry, urban forestry and community forestry, and across tenures and management objectives, from wood production to conservation. Australian Forestry aims to serve as a major publishing outlet on forestry in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. It has a special (but not exclusive) interest in studies that increase knowledge on the management and use of Australian forest species. Peer review policy The Editorial Panel evaluates the suitability of manuscripts for publication. All submitted papers deemed suitable for the journal will be reviewed by referees nominated by the panel. Australian Forestry uses single-anonymized peer review. Criteria for the assessment of papers centre on the suitability of the topic for publication in Australian Forestry: technical and scientific quality of the work, clarity and conciseness of presentation, appropriateness of the conclusions on the basis of the evidence presented, and suitability of the material for printing. The Editor will make the final decision concerning acceptance or rejection of a paper.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FORESTRY
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 25%); most named Australia 3, Mainland China 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science16.6%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science12.1%
- Forest Biomass Utilization and ManagementEngineering5.8%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Seedling growth and survival studiesEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceCAB AbstractsGeoRefPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA, CABI, AgBiotechNet, Agricultural Economics Database, Agricultural Engineering Abstracts (Online), Agroforestry Abstracts (Online), Biocontrol News and Information (Online), Biofuels Abstracts, Crop Physiology Abstracts (Online), Crop Science Database, Environmental Impact, Forest Products Abstracts (Online), Forest Science Database, Forestry Abstracts (Online), Global Health, Grasslands and Forage Abstract (Online), Horticultural Science Database, Irrigation and Drainage Abstract (Online), Organic Research Database, Parasitology Database, Plant Breeding Abstracts (Online), Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts (Online), Plant Genetics and Breeding Database, Plant Growth Regulator Abstracts (Online), Poultry Abstracts (Online), Review of Agricultural Entomology (Online), Review of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (Online), Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology (Online), Review of Plant Pathology (Online), Rice Abstracts (Online)
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
- 1.97LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.32Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.52Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 767OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,975Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 64,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,873 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 17 | 7 | 8 |
| 2024 | 17 | 12 | 90 |
| 2023 | 18 | 10 | 47 |
| 2022 | 23 | 8 | 142 |
| 2021 | 28 | 4 | 140 |
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
141 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 108 days – 237 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 37 days (33 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 195 days
- Sample
- 33 articles with submission and acceptance dates (38 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 42%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 59 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 64 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Article types accepted8
- abstracts from post-graduate studiesIt also presents review articles, technical reports, editorials, book reviews, letters and rapid communications, and abstracts from post-graduate studies.Length not stated
- book reviewsIt also presents review articles, technical reports, editorials, book reviews, letters and rapid communications, and abstracts from post-graduate studies.Length not stated
- editorialsIt also presents review articles, technical reports, editorials, book reviews, letters and rapid communications, and abstracts from post-graduate studies.Length not stated
- lettersIt also presents review articles, technical reports, editorials, book reviews, letters and rapid communications, and abstracts from post-graduate studies.Length not stated
- rapid communicationsIt also presents review articles, technical reports, editorials, book reviews, letters and rapid communications, and abstracts from post-graduate studies.Length not stated
- research articlesAustralian Forestry publishes new and significant scientific research articles with implications for Australia, the region and globally on topics related to for…Length not stated
- review articlesIt also presents review articles, technical reports, editorials, book reviews, letters and rapid communications, and abstracts from post-graduate studies.Length not stated
- technical reportsIt also presents review articles, technical reports, editorials, book reviews, letters and rapid communications, and abstracts from post-graduate studies.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving the option to publish open access. Model summary
Australian Forestry is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and rea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-anonymized peer review Model summary
Australian Forestry uses single-anonymized peer review.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1936
- ISSN
- 0004-9158
- Electronic ISSN
- 2325-6087
- Society / sponsor
- Forestry Australia
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 89, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Australian Forestry
What CAS zone is Australian Forestry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Australian Forestry is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Forestry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Australian Forestry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.97; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at Australian Forestry?
Based on the dates recorded on 33 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 141 days (interquartile range 108–237 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 42%. 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 JCR quartile is Australian Forestry in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
Where are the editorial board members of Australian Forestry based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (3) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Australian Forestry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Australian Forestry is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, CAB Abstracts and GeoRef; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Australian Forestry open access, and what is the APC?
Australian Forestry is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .