Journal profile · Forestry
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
ISSN 0282-7581 · eISSN 1651-1891 · Taylor and Francis AS · NORWAY · Bimonthly · Founded 1986
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.76; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 161 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 50%; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is published by Taylor and Francis AS and is in Zone 3 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, Forest Management and Policy and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nature and Landscape Conservation. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is a leading international research journal publishing on the entire field of forest research in boreal and temperate regions worldwide. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is published in cooperation with Nordic Forest Research (SNS). Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research aims to publish high quality scientific research from basic to applied subjects in forest researching including: Silviculture Bioenergy Ecology and soil science Biodiversity Climate change Remote sensing Pathology Entomology Forest management, operations and resource assessment Wood science and technology The journal accepts original research articles, short communications and review articles. The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Forestry
Editor-in-chief Igor DrobyshevPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science18%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science11%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
- Seedling growth and survival studiesEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Tree Root and Stability StudiesEngineering4.9%
- Forest Biomass Utilization and ManagementEngineering4.6%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Forestry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: AGRICOLA
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
- 1.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.49Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.73Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,644OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 47.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 128,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,729 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 24 | 6 |
| 2025 | 54 | 43 | 68 |
| 2024 | 34 | 26 | 100 |
| 2023 | 56 | 24 | 326 |
| 2022 | 29 | 16 | 280 |
| 2021 | 52 | 18 | 651 |
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
161 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 107 days – 250 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 179 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (96 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 55 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted3
- original researchOriginal ResearchLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
- short communicationShort CommunicationLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option available Model summary
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the dis…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-anonymized peer review Model summary
The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Taylor and Francis AS
- Country or region
- NORWAY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0282-7581
- Electronic ISSN
- 1651-1891
- Society / sponsor
- Nordic Forest Research
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
What CAS zone is Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Forestry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.76; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 94.
How long does peer review take at Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 161 days (interquartile range 107–250 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 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.
What JCR quartile is Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
Which databases index Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PMC, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research open access, and what is the APC?
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .