Journal profile
Parks Stewardship Forum
ISSN 2688-187X · eScholarship Publishing, University of California · United States
Parks Stewardship Forum: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 35 weeks (community reports); 65 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Parks Stewardship Forum is published by eScholarship Publishing, University of California. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Environmental and Regional History, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management and Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management, together about 40.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Parks Stewardship Forum delivers interdisciplinary information and problem-solving techniques across all topics relevant to the world’s parks, protected areas, cultural sites, and other forms of place-based conservation. The journal represents all areas of inquiry relevant to understanding and management of parks, protected areas, cultural sites, and other forms of place-based conservation, including but not limited to the natural sciences, cultural resources-related disciplines, social sciences, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science19.4%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science12.3%
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology8.6%
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife EducationEnvironmental Science7.1%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities6.2%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities3.5%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities3.5%
- Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and BeyondEnvironmental Science3.4%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.24OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 457 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 74 | 74 | 128 |
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | 182 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 164 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 172 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | 147 |
| 2021 | 64 | 64 | 71 |
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)
- about 35 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 35 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
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 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 100 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 100 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 100 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 100
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Templates
- Word
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- advances in research and management“Advances in Research and Management” (which undergo double-blind external peer review)Length not stated
- new perspectivesfull-length articles for “New Perspectives” (which undergo an internal PSF editorial review)Length not stated
- the photographer’s framevisual essays for “The Photographer’s Frame” (reviewed by the journal’s Photo Editors)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Standard Author’s Agreement required. Model summary
The author (or corresponding author in instances where submissions have co-authors) must sign a standard Author’s Agreement before the submission can be published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright matters
CC BY-NC 4.0; authors retain copyright. Model summary
All original material published in Parks Stewardship Forum is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Authors retain their copyright. More information about this license is …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Publishing
Parks Stewardship Forum is an open-access journal published digitally on the University of California’s eScholarship platform at https://escholarship.org/uc/psf. An interactive version of the journal is also available at https://parks.berkeley.edu/psf.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism screening
Plagiarism screening prior to acceptance. Model summary
As a standard best practice in publishing, all material submitted to Parks Stewardship Forum is screened for plagiarism prior to acceptance.
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
- eScholarship Publishing, University of California
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2688-187X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Parks Stewardship Forum
How long does peer review take at Parks Stewardship Forum?
Authors report an average review time of about 35 weeks. 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 Parks Stewardship Forum?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Templates: Word; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index Parks Stewardship Forum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Parks Stewardship Forum is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Parks Stewardship Forum open access, and what is the APC?
Parks Stewardship Forum 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .