Journal profile · FORESTRY
iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry
ISSN 1971-7458 · The Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) · ITALY
iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.99; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry is published by The Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) 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, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, together about 32.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
iForest 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: forest ecology, biodiversity/genetics and ecophysiology, silviculture, forest inventory and planning, forest protection and monitoring, forest harvesting, landscape ecology, forest history, wood technology. Of special interest are studies addressing the biological and ecological bases for the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. iForest is freely and universally accessible online. It has been selected for coverage in the following Clarivate Analytics products: Journal Citation Reports - Science Edition (JCR) Science Citation Index - Expanded Current Contents / Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences iForest is indexed by Elsevier Products (Scopus ), is included in the EBSCO title list, in the Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ ), and is member of the Crossref consortium . A Content Alert including the new papers recently published on the journal is regularly widespread through the web. Allowing immediate and full availability of journal contents, without any restriction, the Open Access policy aims to enhance citation opportunities of published papers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FORESTRY
Editor-in-chief Marco BorghettiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named Italy 86, Switzerland 7, Spain 6, United Kingdom 4, United States 2 (124 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science16.5%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science8.4%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science7.6%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science3.9%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 3 |
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
EBSCO, CrossrefPublisher 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
- 1.99LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 694OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 68.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 48LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,209 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 43 | 7 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 62 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | 232 |
| 2023 | 46 | 46 | 281 |
| 2022 | 60 | 60 | 566 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | 818 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 350 words
- Keywords
- 4–8
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
- The Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)
- Country or region
- ITALY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1971-7458
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry
What CAS zone is iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 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 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.99; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry?
Authors report an average review time of over 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 350 words; Keywords: 4–8. 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 iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry based?
Of the 124 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (86), Switzerland (7) and Spain (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry open access, and what is the APC?
iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .