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South African Forestry Journal

South African Forestry Journal is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Southern African Institute of Forestry.

ISSN 0038-2167Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Southern African Institute of Forestry

Scopus · Inactive
0
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major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Not listed in ABDC.
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is South African Forestry Journal indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1962–1996).

What is the impact factor of South African Forestry Journal? South African Forestry Journal has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is South African Forestry Journal in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is South African Forestry Journal open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

33
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
233
i10-index
1,759
works indexed
8,366
total citations
Papers published per year
0501001987: 79 papers7919871988: 71 papers7119881989: 57 papers5719891990: 70 papers7019901991: 67 papers6719911992: 51 papers5119921993: 55 papers5519931994: 47 papers4719941995: 47 papers4719951996: 40 papers401996

South African Forestry Journal published 40 papers in 1996; its busiest recent year was 1987 with 79. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Forest ecology and managementForest Management and PolicyForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementHuman auditory perception and evaluation

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1996
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 0038-2167 ↗

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