Journal profile · FORESTRY
BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES
ISSN 0006-579X · eISSN 1777-5760 · Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Developpement · FRANCE · Quarterly
BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.88; fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 33 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES is published by Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Developpement 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 Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies and French Urban and Social Studies, together about 69.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
In 1947, the former Tropical Forest Technical Centre (CTFT), now part of CIRAD, created the journal Bois et Forêts des Tropiques. Since then, it has disseminated knowledge and research results on forests in intertropical and Mediterranean regions to more than sixty countries. The articles, peer evaluated and reviewed, are short, synthetic and accessible to researchers, engineers, technicians, students and decision-makers. They present original, innovative research results, inventions or discoveries. The journal publishes in an international dimension. The topics covered are of general interest and are aimed at an informed international audience.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): FORESTRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences32.7%
- African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences26.3%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences10.1%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science3.5%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science3%
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.7%
- Forest Biomass Utilization and ManagementEngineering2.3%
- Wood Treatment and PropertiesEngineering1.9%
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
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.88LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 245OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 91.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,776 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 2 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 16 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 129 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 172 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 163 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique Pour le Developpement
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0006-579X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1777-5760
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES
What CAS zone is BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES 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 BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.88; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES open access, and what is the APC?
BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .