Journal profile · Forestry
Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
ISSN 1845-5719 · eISSN 1848-9672 · University of Zagreb · CROATIA · Semiannual
Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.23; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering is published by University of Zagreb and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Forest Biomass Utilization and Management, Forest Management and Policy and Forest ecology and management, together about 54.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering (CROJFE) is a refereed journal distributed internationally, publishing original research articles concerning forest engineering, both theoretical and empirical. The journal covers all aspects of forest engineering research, ranging from basic to applied subjects. In addition to research articles, preliminary research notes and subject reviews are published.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Editor-in-chief Tibor PentekPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest Biomass Utilization and ManagementEngineering32.2%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science13.3%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science8.8%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsEngineering5.3%
- Bioenergy crop production and managementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Tree Root and Stability StudiesEngineering4.7%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 2 |
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
- 2.23LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2023
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 248 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 36 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 92 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 172 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 223 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 496 |
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 ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 accepted3
- original scientific paperOriginal scientific paperLength not stated
- preliminary notePreliminary noteLength not stated
- subject reviewSubject reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship
Authors hold copyright without restrictions Model summary
The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions as long as they credit the journal for the original creation
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
CROJFE is an Open Access journal and allows reuse and remixing of contents in accordance with a Creative Commons 4.0 licence (CC BY) permitting users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other tha…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access & Copyright
Open access with CC BY 4.0 license Model summary
CROJFE is an Open Access journal and allows reuse and remixing of contents in accordance with a Creative Commons 4.0 licence (CC BY) permitting users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other tha…
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
- University of Zagreb
- Country or region
- CROATIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 1845-5719
- Electronic ISSN
- 1848-9672
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
What CAS zone is Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Forestry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.23; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 20.
How long does peer review take at Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering?
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 Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .