Journal profile · Forestry
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW
ISSN 1465-5489 · Commonwealth Forestry Association · ENGLAND · Quarterly
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.96; hybrid open access; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW is published by Commonwealth Forestry Association 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 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest Management and Policy and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact, together about 56.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Forestry Review is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes original research and review papers on forest policy and science, with an emphasis on issues of transnational significance. It is published four times per year, in March, June, September and December. Special Issues are a regular feature and attract a wide audience. Click here for subscription details.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science28.8%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science21.5%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting6.2%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science3.2%
- Rangeland Management and Livestock EcologyEnvironmental Science2.7%
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 0.96LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 600OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,331 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 42 | 15 | 24 |
| 2024 | 33 | 5 | 74 |
| 2023 | 45 | 28 | 182 |
| 2022 | 38 | 7 | 238 |
| 2021 | 46 | 16 | 366 |
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
- Commonwealth Forestry Association
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1465-5489
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW
What CAS zone is INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW 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 INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.96; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 73.
How long does peer review take at INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW?
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 INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW open access, and what is the APC?
INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW 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; 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: .