Journal profile · Forestry
Journal of Forest Economics
ISSN 1104-6899 · eISSN 1618-1530 · Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena · SWEDEN · Quarterly · Founded 1995
Journal of Forest Economics: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.04; subscription journal; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy (Elsevier website: 28%); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Forest Economics is published by Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena 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, Economic and Environmental Valuation and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, together about 52.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science28.9%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance15.8%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science8.1%
- Forest Biomass Utilization and ManagementEngineering4.8%
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.9%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science3.6%
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 | Economics | 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 | Economics | 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 | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.04LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 345OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 769 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4 | 49 |
| 2021 | 17 | 3 | 86 |
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)
- 28%LetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena
- Country or region
- SWEDEN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1104-6899
- Electronic ISSN
- 1618-1530
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Forest Economics
What CAS zone is Journal of Forest Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Forest Economics is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics / 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 Journal of Forest Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.04; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Forest Economics?
Authors report an average review time of over 36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy (Elsevier website: 28%)”. 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 Journal of Forest Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Forest Economics is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Forest Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Forest Economics is a subscription 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .