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Best Forestry journals

179 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Forestry. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 45 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts 26.1 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
2 Information Processing in Agriculture 21.1 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 17.3 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Current Forestry Reports 16.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Land Use Policy 14 97th Q1 SSCI A No
6 Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 11.3 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
7 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 11.1 96th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Applied Geography 10 95th Q1 SSCI – No
9 GCB Bioenergy 9 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Biomass and Bioenergy 8.9 94th Q1 SCIE – No
11 ES Food and Agroforestry 8.8 94th Q1 – – Yes
12 Food and Energy Security 8.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Forestry 8.5 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal of Forestry Research 8.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
15 Forest Ecosystems 8.3 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Fire Ecology 8.1 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Forest Policy and Economics 7.6 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
18 Forest Ecology and Management 7.5 90th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Forestry Research 7.3 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 7.2 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Plants People Planet 6.9 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Biomass (Switzerland) 6.7 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 Science of Remote Sensing 6.5 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
25 International Journal of Wildland Fire 5.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Annals of Forest Science 5.4 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Forests 5.4 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
28 Trees, Forests and People 5.4 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 5.3 84th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Wood Science and Technology 5.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
31 European Journal of Forest Research 5.1 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
32 Fire 5.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Forest and Society 4.6 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
34 Advances in Bamboo Science 4.6 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering 4.5 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 Trees - Structure and Function 4.5 80th Q1 SCIE – No
37 European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 4.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Journal of Wood Science 4.4 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 New Forests 4.2 78th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Small-scale Forestry 4.2 78th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Journal of Sustainable Forestry 4.2 77th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Agroforestry Systems 4 77th Q1 SCIE – No
43 IAWA Journal 4 76th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Agricultural and Forest Entomology 3.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
45 International Journal of Forest Engineering 3.8 75th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Journal of Forestry 3.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
47 IForest 3.6 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
48 Forest Science and Technology 3.5 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
49 Journal of Forestry Engineering 3.5 73rd Q2 – – No
50 Silva Fennica 3.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
51 Tree Genetics and Genomes 3.4 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
52 Canadian Journal of Forest Research 3.3 71st Q2 SCIE – No
53 Dendrobiology 3.1 70th Q2 SCIE – No
54 International Journal of Forestry Research 3.1 70th Q2 – – Yes
55 Forest Science 3.1 69th Q2 SCIE – No
56 Central European Forestry Journal 3 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
57 Forests Trees and Livelihoods 3 68th Q2 ESCI – No
58 Annals of Forest Research 2.9 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
59 Journal of Forest Research 2.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 2.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
61 Fennia 2.9 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
62 International Forestry Review 2.8 66th Q2 SCIE – No
63 Jurnal Sylva Lestari 2.8 65th Q2 – – Yes
64 Journal of the ASABE 2.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Ecology, Economy and Society 2.7 63rd Q2 – – Yes
66 Vegetation Ecology and Diversity 2.7 63rd Q2 – – Yes
67 Folia Oecologica 2.6 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
68 Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnologia 2.6 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
69 Agriculture and Forestry 2.5 61st Q2 – – Yes
70 Journal of Agrometeorology 2.5 61st Q2 – – Yes
71 International Wood Products Journal 2.4 60th Q2 ESCI – No
72 Journal of Forest Science 2.4 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
73 New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 2.4 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
74 California Agriculture 2.3 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
75 Paper and Biomaterials 2.3 58th Q2 – – No
76 Forest Products Journal 2.3 57th Q2 SCIE – No
77 Wood Research 2.3 57th Q2 SCIE – No
78 Forest Pathology 2.2 56th Q2 SCIE – No
79 Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal 2.2 56th Q2 SCIE – No
80 Australian Forestry 2.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
81 Forestist 2.2 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
82 Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 2.2 54th Q2 – – Yes
83 Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology 2.2 53rd Q2 – – No
84 Arboriculture and Urban Forestry 2.1 53rd Q2 – – No
85 Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science 1.9 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
86 Southern Forests 1.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
87 Bois et Forets des Tropiques 1.9 51st Q2 SCIE – No
88 Hacquetia 1.9 51st Q2 ESCI – No
89 Annals of Silvicultural Research 1.9 50th Q2 – – Yes
90 Italian Journal of Agrometeorology 1.9 50th Q2 SCIE – No
91 Forestry Chronicle 1.8 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
92 Acta Facultatis Xylologiae Zvolen 1.8 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
93 Cerne 1.8 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
94 BioProducts Business 1.8 47th Q3 – – Yes
95 Drvna Industrija 1.8 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
96 Beijing Linye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing Forestry University 1.8 46th Q3 – – No
97 Silvae Genetica 1.7 46th Q3 SCIE – No
98 Asian Journal of Mycology 1.7 45th Q3 – – No
99 Forest Systems 1.6 45th Q3 SCIE – Yes
100 Ciencia Florestal 1.6 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
101 Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Supplement 1.6 43rd Q3 – – Yes
102 Revista Arvore 1.6 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
103 Chinese Journal of Wood Science and Technology 1.6 42nd Q3 – – No
104 Agronomia Colombiana 1.5 42nd Q3 – – Yes
105 Journal of Tropical Forest Science 1.5 41st Q3 SCIE – No
106 Tree-Ring Research 1.5 41st Q3 SCIE – No
107 Journal of Forest Economics 1.5 40th Q3 SCIE, SSCI B No
108 Notulae Scientia Biologicae 1.5 40th Q3 – – Yes
109 Crop Research 1.5 39th Q3 – – No
110 Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Series II: Forestry, Wood Industry, Agricultural Food Engineering 1.5 38th Q3 – – No
111 South-East European Forestry 1.5 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
112 Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural 1.5 37th Q3 – C Yes
113 Austrian Journal of Forest Science 1.5 37th Q3 – – No
114 Linye Kexue/Scientia Silvae Sinicae 1.5 37th Q3 – – No
115 Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 1.4 36th Q3 – – No
116 Baltic Forestry 1.4 35th Q3 SCIE – No
117 Journal of Tropical Plant Pests and Diseases 1.4 35th Q3 – – Yes
118 Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment 1.4 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
119 Asian Journal of Forestry 1.4 33rd Q3 – – No
120 Forest Engineering 1.4 33rd Q3 – – No
121 Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin 1.4 32nd Q3 – – Yes
122 European Journal of Forest Engineering 1.3 32nd Q3 – – No
123 Drewno 1.3 31st Q3 SCIE – Yes
124 Floresta e Ambiente 1.3 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
125 Banko Janakari 1.3 30th Q3 – – Yes
126 Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika 1.3 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
127 Revista Chapingo, Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente 1.3 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
128 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales 1.3 29th Q3 – – Yes
129 Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
130 Forest Research 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
131 Madera y Bosques 1.2 27th Q3 SCIE – No
132 Range Management and Agroforestry 1.2 26th Q3 SCIE – No
133 Indonesian Journal of Forestry Research 1.1 26th Q3 ESCI – No
134 Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
135 Bulletin of Botanical Research 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
136 Scientia Forestalis/Forest Sciences 1.1 24th Q4 SCIE – No
137 Sylwan 1.1 24th Q4 SCIE – No
138 Colombia Forestal 1 23rd Q4 – – Yes
139 Theriologia Ukrainica 1 22nd Q4 – – Yes
140 USDA Forest Service - Research Note RMRS-RN 1 22nd Q4 – – No
141 Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira 1 21st Q4 – – Yes
142 Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A 0.9 21st Q4 – – No
143 Nativa 0.9 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
144 Sumarski List 0.9 20th Q4 SCIE – No
145 Forestry Studies 0.9 19th Q4 – – Yes
146 Bosque 0.8 19th Q4 SCIE – No
147 Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products 0.8 18th Q4 – – No
148 Iranian Journal of Forest 0.8 17th Q4 – – Yes
149 Zpravy Lesnickeho Vyzkumu 0.8 17th Q4 ESCI – No
150 Hoehnea 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
151 Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
152 Floresta 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
153 USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
154 Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia 0.7 14th Q4 – – Yes
155 Propagation of Ornamental Plants 0.7 14th Q4 SCIE – No
156 Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
157 Folia Amazonica 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
158 Silva Gabreta 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
159 Media Konservasi 0.5 11th Q4 – – Yes
160 Russian Journal of Forest Science 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
161 Malaysian Forester 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
162 Revue Forestiere Francaise 0.5 10th Q4 – – Yes
163 Mathematical and Computational Forestry and Natural-Resource Sciences 0.5 9th Q4 ESCI – No
164 Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
165 Forestry Ideas 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
166 Lesnoy Zhurnal 0.4 8th Q4 ESCI – Yes
167 USDA Forest Service - Resource Bulletin RMRS-RB 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
168 Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
169 Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
170 Waldokologie Online 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
171 Austrian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
172 USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
173 Nova Mehanizacija Sumarstva 0.2 3rd Q4 – – Yes
174 Unasylva 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
175 Rinsan Shikenj Oha/Journal of the Hokkaido Forest Products Research Institute 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
176 American Forests 0 1st Q4 – – No
177 Northern Logger and Timber Processor 0 1st Q4 – – No
178 Paper360 0 1st Q4 – – No
179 Sustainable Humanosphere 0 1st Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Forestry Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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