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Forest Systems
ISSN 2171-5068 · eISSN 2171-9845 · Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria · SPAIN · Tri-annual
Forest Systems: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Forest Systems is published by Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria 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 Forest ecology and management, Forest Management and Policy and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, together about 35.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Forest Systems is an international and peer-reviewed journal with free fees for authors. Forest Systems aims to integrate multidisciplinary and multi-scale research with forest management in complex systems subjected to diverse social and ecological background, in particular those that provide a variety of wood and non-wood products and ecosystem services in regions of Mediterranean climate. Papers that bring together two or more disciplines, forest products and services, interactions between ecological factors and species are given preference in Forest Systems. Manuscripts related to climate change effects on forest dynamics, resilience and vulnerability are welcome. Papers that highlight implications of forests products and services on bioeconomy are also within the scope of this journal. Articles on local research will only be publishable if they show methodological innovation or results that can be relevant to other areas. Descriptive bibliometric studies are not accepted. Forest Systems covers a broad range of subjects dealing with forest ecosystems and forestry including (in alphabetic order): Agroforestry Biodiversity and conservation (including plants and animals) Biometry, silviculture and forest management Dendroecology and paleoecology Ecology and forest dynamics Ecophysiology Genetics (including breeding) and biotechnology Pathology, biotic interactions and pests Policy and economics Remote sensing and landscape Science and technology of forest products: wood, cellulose and non-wood products (including new applications or capabilities of lignocellulosic material and biorefineries) Soils, hydrology and restoration Wildfires, fire ecology and management Authors are asked to carefully follow the guidelines concerning manuscript preparation and to use the article templates available for SUBMISSIONS (Author Guidelines) to format articles. If in doubt, authors are urged to contact the Editorial Office (forestsystems@inia.csic.es) prior to manuscript submission in order to facilitate the editing process.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FORESTRY
Editor-in-chief Marta Pardos MínguezPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 24, Argentina 3, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, Italy 1 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science20.7%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science8.7%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science5.4%
- Tree Root and Stability StudiesEngineering5%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science4.3%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.3LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 448OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,276 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 11 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 103 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 116 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 94 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 47 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 accepted2, with length limits
- research articletemplates to prepare their manuscript. Research articles should not be longer than 8,500 words, including front page, references, tables and figures, andmain text ≤ 8,500 words
- reviewate and Resource communication template Review or minireview articles (typically invited by the Editor) should be no longer than 10,000 words, including front p…main text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
© CSIC. Manuscripts published in both the print and online versions of this journal are the property of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and quoting this source is a requirement for any partial or full reproduction. All contents of this electronic edition, except where otherwise noted, are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Y…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 3. PLAGIARISM POLICY, PEER REVIEW AND EDITING
Upon submission, the Editor-in-Chief assesses the manuscript for suitability. Manuscripts may be rejected without peer review if they do not relate to the scope of the journal or if they do not conform to the submission rules. The submitted manuscript must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere and the work described has not been published previously in any language (except in a book…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 3. PLAGIARISM POLICY, PEER REVIEW AND EDITING
Upon submission, the Editor-in-Chief assesses the manuscript for suitability. Manuscripts may be rejected without peer review if they do not relate to the scope of the journal or if they do not conform to the submission rules. The submitted manuscript must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere and the work described has not been published previously in any language (except in a book…
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
- Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria
- Country or region
- SPAIN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- ISSN
- 2171-5068
- Electronic ISSN
- 2171-9845
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Forest Systems
What CAS zone is Forest Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Forest Systems 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 Forest Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.3; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Forest Systems?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Forest Systems based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (24), Argentina (3) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Forest Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Forest Systems is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Forest Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Forest Systems 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .