Forest Ecology and Management

Forest Ecology and Management is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management and Fire effects on ecosystems, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Science to Sustain the World’s ForestsForest Ecology and Management focuses on scientific articles linking forest ecology with forest management, with potential application of biological and ecological knowledge to the management and conservation of plantations and natural forests.The journal encourages communication between scientists in disparate fields who share a common interest in ecology and forest management, bridging the gap between scientists and forest managers. A peer-review process ensures the quality and international interest of the manuscripts accepted for publication. Authors are invited to benefit from editorials that provide advice for constructing strong papers.We encourage submission of papers that will be of strong interest and value to the Journal's international readership. Some key features of papers with strong interest include: 1. Clear connections between the ecology and management of forests; 2. Novel ideas or approaches to important challenges in forest ecology and management; 3. Studies that address a population of interest beyond the scale of single research sites (see the editorial, Three key points in the design of forest experiments, Forest Ecology and Management 255 (2008) 2022-2023); 4. Review Articles on timely, important topics. Authors are invited to contact one of the Editors to discuss the suitability of a potential review manuscript, which can be a regular review, an Mini review or a Tamm review (see the Guide for Authors for details about each type of review article).We invite to read the following editorial article with more advice in relation to preferred articles: How to avoid having your manuscript rejected: Perspectives from the Editors of Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 473, 1 October 2020, 118321.The Journal encourages proposals for special issues examining important areas of forest ecology and management. Potential guest editors should contact one of the Editors to initiate a discussion about topics, potential papers, and other details.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Forestry

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

4.18LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

4.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

7.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

7.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

1.33LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.37LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

152LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

270OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

14,992OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.66OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

11.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

41.49%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

756LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

4 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

43 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

93 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

9 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Elsevier

Country or region

NETHERLANDS

Language

English

Frequency

Semimonthly

Founded

1976

ISSN

0378-1127

Electronic ISSN

1872-7042

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website