Journal profile · Forestry
FORESTRY CHRONICLE
ISSN 0015-7546 · eISSN 1499-9315 · Canadian Institute of Forestry · CANADA · Bimonthly
FORESTRY CHRONICLE: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.29; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review 18–36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
FORESTRY CHRONICLE is published by Canadian Institute of Forestry 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 Management and Policy, Forest ecology and management and Forest Biomass Utilization and Management, together about 37% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Canadian Institute of Forestry has published The Forestry Chronicle, a professional and scientific forestry journal, since 1925. The Forestry Chronicle is published to provide information to forest practitioners about professional and scientific management of forests and their resources. The Forestry Chronicle provides forest practitioners in Canada and around the world with a means to communicate with their peers in the professional community.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science19.6%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science10.4%
- Forest Biomass Utilization and ManagementEngineering7.1%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.7%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science4%
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
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
- 1.29LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,306OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 52.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,284 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 3 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 16 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 115 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 45 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 82 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 242 |
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)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CAD 1,500 | No | CC BY |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Canadian Institute of Forestry
- Country or region
- CANADA
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0015-7546
- Electronic ISSN
- 1499-9315
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 102 (February 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about FORESTRY CHRONICLE
What CAS zone is FORESTRY CHRONICLE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, FORESTRY CHRONICLE 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 FORESTRY CHRONICLE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.29; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 82.
How long does peer review take at FORESTRY CHRONICLE?
Authors report an average review time of 18–36 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 FORESTRY CHRONICLE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, FORESTRY CHRONICLE is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is FORESTRY CHRONICLE open access, and what is the APC?
FORESTRY CHRONICLE is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .