Journal profile · Forestry
CIENCIA FLORESTAL
ISSN 0103-9954 · eISSN 1980-5098 · Universidade Federal de Santa Maria · BRAZIL · Annual · Founded 1991
CIENCIA FLORESTAL: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.92; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review 18–36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 60 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CIENCIA FLORESTAL is published by Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 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 Agricultural and Food Sciences, Growth and nutrition in plants and Forest ecology and management, together about 41.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
O periódico tem como missão divulgar estudos científicos inéditos e inovadores, voltados ao avanço e ao desenvolvimento da ciência florestal. Abrange áreas como Silvicultura, Manejo Florestal, Tecnologia da Madeira, Produtos Florestais Não Madeireiros, Energia de Biomassa Florestal, Bioengenharia, Mecanização e Segurança do Trabalho Florestal, Manejo Biotécnico de Bacias Hidrográficas e Recuperação de Áreas Degradadas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.2%
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.6%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science13.1%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences13%
- Environmental and biological studiesEnvironmental Science6.9%
- Seed Germination and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science4%
- Wood Treatment and PropertiesEngineering3.5%
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.92LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 722OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 27.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,254 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025 | 60 | 60 | 35 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | 97 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 | 192 |
| 2022 | 119 | 119 | 513 |
| 2021 | 103 | 103 | 529 |
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)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 53 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | BRL 250 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | BRL 250 | — | — | |
| LetPub | BRL 250 | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- BRL 500
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- Word
Article types accepted4
- artigo científico4.1 Artigo Científico e Nota Técnica: Título, Resumo, Introdução contendo Revisão de Literatura e objetivos, Materiais e Métodos, Resultados e Discussões, Concl…Length not stated
- artigosArtigosLength not stated
- nota técnica4.1 Artigo Científico e Nota Técnica: Título, Resumo, Introdução contendo Revisão de Literatura e objetivos, Materiais e Métodos, Resultados e Discussões, Concl…Length not stated
- revisão bibliográfica4.2 Revisão bibliográfica: Título, Resumo, Introdução, Desenvolvimento, Conclusão, Agradecimentos (se houver) e Referências.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Data availability
Privacidade: nomes e endereços usados exclusivamente para os serviços da publicação. Model summary
Os nomes e endereços informados nesta revista serão usados exclusivamente para os serviços prestados por esta publicação, não sendo disponibilizados para outras finalidades ou a terceiros.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright: trabalhos publicados passam a ser propriedade da revista; reprodução permitida com citação da fonte. Model summary
Os trabalhos publicados passam a ser propriedade da revista CIÊNCIA FLORESTAL, sendo permitida a reprodução parcial ou total dos trabalhos, desde que a fonte seja citada.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Avaliação cega por pares: identificação de autoria removida do arquivo. Model summary
*A identificação de autoria do trabalho foi removida do arquivo e da opção Propriedades no Word, garantindo desta forma o critério de sigilo, conforme instruções disponíveis em Assegurando a Avaliação Cega por Pares.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plágio: similaridade máxima de 10%, testado antes da submissão (recomendado Copy Spider). Model summary
O trabalho foi testado em um programa de detecção de plágio antes da sua submissão e o relatório anexado demonstra que o trabalho NÃO SUPEROU 10% de similaridade.
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
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 0103-9954
- Electronic ISSN
- 1980-5098
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CIENCIA FLORESTAL
What CAS zone is CIENCIA FLORESTAL in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CIENCIA FLORESTAL 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 CIENCIA FLORESTAL?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.92; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 37.
How long does peer review take at CIENCIA FLORESTAL?
Authors report an average review time of 18–36 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of CIENCIA FLORESTAL?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Templates: Word. 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.
Which databases index CIENCIA FLORESTAL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CIENCIA FLORESTAL is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is CIENCIA FLORESTAL open access, and what is the APC?
CIENCIA FLORESTAL is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .