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International Journal of Forestry Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.1), DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
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ISSN 1687-9368Verify ISSN ↗1687-9376Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forestry | 53 / 181 | 70th | Q2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 278 / 736 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 88 / 231 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Plant Science | 219 / 541 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.1.
International Journal of Forestry Research is Q2 in Forestry (rank 53 of 181), Q2 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 278 of 736) and Q2 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 88 of 231), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Forestry Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q2, 70th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.371, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 21.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$860 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Forestry Research is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1687-9368 and its online ISSN is 1687-9376.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Forestry Research has an h-index of 36 and a 2-year mean of 1.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #79 of 162 Scopus journals in Forestry.
International Journal of Forestry Research published 60 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 92 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Ethiopia (45.4%), Ghana (7.6%) and Indonesia (4.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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