Journal profile · FORESTRY
Madera y Bosques
ISSN 1405-0471 · eISSN 2448-7597 · Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. · México · Tri-annual
Madera y Bosques: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.62; fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 20 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Madera y Bosques is published by Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. 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, Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems and Wood Treatment and Properties, together about 33.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Madera y Bosques (Wood and Forests) is a scientific periodical journal which has the objective of serving as media for scientific and technological research related to forest products, forest management and conservation as well as forest ecology topics and related subjects. It publishes original scientific papers, topical articles, scientific notes or bibliographic reviews. It is a quarterly publication that appears in Spring, Summer and Fall. Ocassionally, special Winter Issues are published. Manuscripts are accepted in Spanish, English and sporadically in other languages. It has no Page Processing Charges and it is published by the Environment and Sustainability Department of the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (Xalapa, Ver., México).
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): FORESTRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science19.3%
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Wood Treatment and PropertiesEngineering6.6%
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyEarth and Planetary Sciences6.1%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Tree Root and Stability StudiesEngineering4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Scimago (SJR), Dialnet, Redalyc, Periódica, Directorio Latindex
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
- 0.62LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.28Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 222OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 936 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 37 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 44 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 126 |
| 2021 | 71 | 71 | 297 |
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 ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Publication ethics follow COPE guidelines. Model summary
Los aspectos éticos relacionados con la publicación de manuscritos en Madera y Bosques se apegan a los establecidos en el COPE.
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
- Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.
- Country or region
- México
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- ISSN
- 1405-0471
- Electronic ISSN
- 2448-7597
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Madera y Bosques
What CAS zone is Madera y Bosques in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Madera y Bosques 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 Madera y Bosques?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.62; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Madera y Bosques?
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.
Which databases index Madera y Bosques?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Madera y Bosques is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Madera y Bosques open access, and what is the APC?
Madera y Bosques is a fully open-access 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: .