Journal profile · Forestry
IAWA Journal
ISSN 0928-1541 · eISSN 2294-1932 · Brill Academic Publishers · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly · Founded 1993
IAWA Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.7; hybrid open access; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 34 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IAWA Journal is published by Brill Academic Publishers and is in Zone 3 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, Plant Diversity and Evolution and Wood Treatment and Properties, together about 32.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The IAWA Journal is an international quarterly periodical publishing original papers and review articles on any subject related with the microscope structure of wood and bark of stems and roots of woody plants (including palms and bamboo). Apart from anatomy per se, subjects at the interface of microstructure and developmental genetics, systematics, paleobotany, archaeology, tree biology, ecology, forestry, structure property relations of timber, biomechanics, wood identification, etc. are welcomed.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Editor-in-chief Lloyd DonaldsonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science16.9%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Wood Treatment and PropertiesEngineering8%
- Tree-ring climate responsesEarth and Planetary Sciences6.6%
- Tree Root and Stability StudiesEngineering6.6%
- Wood and Agarwood ResearchChemistry5.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.7%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Academic Search Alumni Edition, Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Ultimate, AgBiotechNet, Agricultural Economics Database, Agricultural Engineering Abstracts, Agroforestry Abstracts, ArticleFirst, BIOBase, Biofuels Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Crop Physiology Abstracts, Crop Science Database, Environmental Impact, Field Crop Abstracts, Forest Products Abstracts, Forest Science Database, Forestry Abstracts, Global Health, Horticultural Science Database, Irrigation & Drainage Abstracts, Nematological Abstracts, Ornamental Horticulture
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
- 2.7LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 29Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 23Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.91%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 127 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Publishers
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1993
- ISSN
- 0928-1541
- Electronic ISSN
- 2294-1932
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IAWA Journal
What CAS zone is IAWA Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IAWA Journal is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Forestry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IAWA Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.7; CiteScore 4, h-index 23.
How long does peer review take at IAWA Journal?
Authors report an average review time of over 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 IAWA Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IAWA Journal is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is IAWA Journal open access, and what is the APC?
IAWA Journal is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .