Journal profile · FORESTRY
Scientia Forestalis
ISSN 1413-9324 · eISSN 2318-1222 · University of Sao Paolo · BRAZIL
Scientia Forestalis: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.32; fully open access; community-reported acceptance: easy; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scientia Forestalis is published by University of Sao Paolo 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, Agricultural and Food Sciences and Growth and nutrition in plants, together about 40.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scientia Forestalis is a scientific publication of the IPEF – Institute of Forest Research and Studies, founded in 1968, as a nonprofit institution, in agreement with the LCF – Department of Forest Sciences of the ESALQ – Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture of the USP – São Paulo University. Scientia Forestalis, affiliated to the ABEC – Brazilian Association of Scientific Publishers, publishes four issues per year of original papers related to the several fields of the Forest Sciences. The Editorial Board is composed by the Editor, the Scientific Editors (evaluating the manuscript), and the Associated Editors (helping on the decision of acceptation or not of the manuscript, analyzed by the Peer-Reviewers.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): FORESTRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Forest ecology and managementEnvironmental Science17.2%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15%
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- History and Developments in AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy5.9%
- Wood Treatment and PropertiesEngineering4.9%
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial LifePhysics and Astronomy3.5%
- Environmental and biological studiesEnvironmental Science3.5%
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
Crossref, GLOBALHEALTH, ROAD, TITLE DOI, FATCAT, WIKIDATA, SUDOC, OPENALEX, EZB, CABABSTRACTSPublisher 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
- Impact factor
- 0.32LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,133 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 67 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 75 |
| 2021 | 91 | 91 | 247 |
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 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Sao Paolo
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1413-9324
- Electronic ISSN
- 2318-1222
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Scientia Forestalis
What CAS zone is Scientia Forestalis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Scientia Forestalis 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 Scientia Forestalis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.32; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 22.
Which databases index Scientia Forestalis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Scientia Forestalis is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Scientia Forestalis open access, and what is the APC?
Scientia Forestalis 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; 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: .