Journal profile
Forest
ISSN 1824-0119 · Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) · Italy
Forest: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Forest is published by Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Forest Management and Policy, Forest ecology and management and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, together about 52.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Forest@ is an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal published by the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF). The journal encompasses a broad range of research aspects concerning forest science, with special interest to sustainable management of forest ecosystems and its biological and ecological bases.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Marco BorghettiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 58, Switzerland 2 (60 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science28%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science19.6%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science3.7%
- Forest Ecology and ConservationAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.77OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 710 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 66 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 132 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 169 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 153 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 174 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 207 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 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-NC | |
| 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≥ 300 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence for all site material Model summary
© SISEF - Tutto il materiale presente su questo sito web è distribuito con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale 4.0 Internazionale.
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
- Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- ISSN
- 1824-0119
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Forest
How long does peer review take at Forest?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Forest?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≥ 300 words; Keywords: 5; Reference style: Author–date. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Forest based?
Of the 60 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (58) and Switzerland (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Forest?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Forest is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Forest open access, and what is the APC?
Forest 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, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .