Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Forestry

International Journal of Forestry Research

ISSN 1687-9368 · eISSN 1687-9376 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

International Journal of Forestry Research: fully open access; APC about USD 950; median 172 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 37% (journal website); 60 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ2Forestry · rank 53/181
Review time172 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 101 articles, last 24 months · Crossref
APCUSD 950Fully open access
Acceptance37%From the journal's website
Articles per year602025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

International Journal of Forestry Research is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Forest ecology and management, Forest Management and Policy and Forest Ecology and Conservation, together about 40.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nature and Landscape Conservation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

International Journal of Forestry Research is an open access journal publishing research about the management and conservation of trees or forests, including tree biodiversity, sustainability, habitat protection and the social and economic aspects of forestry.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Forestry

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science16.2%
  2. Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science12.4%
  3. Forest Ecology and ConservationAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
  4. African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.5%
  5. Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science8.5%
  6. Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science5.8%
  7. Seedling growth and survival studiesEnvironmental Science4.8%
  8. Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science4.6%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
ForestryQ253/181—
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ2278/736—
Nature and Landscape ConservationQ288/231—
Plant ScienceQ2219/541—

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

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

CiteScore 2026-06
3.1LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
3.1Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.37LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.88LetPub ·
h-index
35OpenAlex ·
i10-index
191OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
1.2OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 514 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20266262518
20256060738
20243737709
20233737714
20223939654
20212929564

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

Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to

172 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 126 days – 233 days

Acceptance to online
median 27 days (101 articles)
Submission to online
median 203 days
Sample
101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (112 in the window); the latest was accepted on

Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)
about 18 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
37%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
57 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 18 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

Fully open accessDOAJ

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 950 / GBP 640 / EUR 820YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 860 / EUR 740 / GBP 640——
LetPubUSD 800Yes—
Publisher websiteYes, amount not published——

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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted7
  1. original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  2. research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  3. research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
  4. reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  5. review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  6. reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
  7. systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Data availability statement required with submission. Model summary

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access

Authors retain copyright; open access articles under Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Single-anonymized peer review model for applicable article types. Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Plagiarism

Uses iThenticate CrossCheck for plagiarism detection. Model summary

This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint articles accepted; preprint should be cited. Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

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
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
1687-9368
Electronic ISSN
1687-9376
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Forestry Research

How long does peer review take at International Journal of Forestry Research?

Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 172 days (interquartile range 126–233 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 37%. 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 Journal of Forestry Research?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Forestry Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is International Journal of Forestry Research open access, and what is the APC?

International Journal of Forestry Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 950.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .