Journal profile
Pro Ligno
ISSN 1841-4737 · eISSN 2069-7430 · Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov · Romania
Pro Ligno: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pro Ligno is published by Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Wood Treatment and Properties, Lignin and Wood Chemistry and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites, together about 55% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
PRO LIGNO is the only Romanian journal in the field of wood engineering. It acts as a dissemination vector of the results of latest research in the field, among specialists involved in industry, research and education both from Romania and abroad. The main purpose of this publication is the transfer of information between the research and production segments in the forestry and wood processing departments.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Mihaela CAMPEANPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wood Treatment and PropertiesEngineering33.7%
- Lignin and Wood ChemistryEngineering10.8%
- Natural Fiber Reinforced CompositesMaterials Science10.4%
- Hygrothermal properties of building materialsEngineering6.8%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Bamboo properties and applicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science4%
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesEngineering3.2%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, EBSCO Publishing Ltd. Academic Search Complete (since 2007), CABI (since 2011)Publisher website
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
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 108 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
No submission or processing charges Model summary
The journal does not have article submission charges and also it does not have article processing charges.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Originality and exclusivity required; open-access publication approved by all authors. Model summary
Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published elsewhere, is not under review elsewhere and open-access publication of the full-text article has been approved by all authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access to full-text papers since March 2011 Model summary
Starting with March 2011, the journal contents is published online, with open access to full-text papers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All papers are peer-reviewed. Model summary
All papers are peer-reviewed, considering that this is the most successful type of scientific publishing.
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
- Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1841-4737
- Electronic ISSN
- 2069-7430
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pro Ligno
How long does peer review take at Pro Ligno?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Which databases index Pro Ligno?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pro Ligno is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Pro Ligno open access, and what is the APC?
Pro Ligno 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, DOAJ, 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: .