Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Folia Oecologica
ISSN 1336-5266 · eISSN 1338-7014 · Ustav ekologie lesa SAV · Poland
Folia Oecologica: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 16 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; review about 38 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Folia Oecologica is published by Ustav ekologie lesa SAV and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, together about 31.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
eISSN: 1338-7014, pISSN: 1336-5266Folia Oecologica is an international scientific open access journal publishes peer-reviewed,...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Milan BarnaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences16%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science7.4%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science7.4%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
- Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesEnvironmental Science4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 16Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 26Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 276 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 38 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 86 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 102 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 53 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 213 |
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)
- about 38 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
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
- Ustav ekologie lesa SAV
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1336-5266
- Electronic ISSN
- 1338-7014
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Folia Oecologica
What CAS zone is Folia Oecologica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Folia Oecologica is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ecology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Folia Oecologica?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 16; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at Folia Oecologica?
Authors report an average review time of about 38 weeks. 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 Folia Oecologica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Folia Oecologica is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Folia Oecologica open access, and what is the APC?
Folia Oecologica is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .