Forests

Forests is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on forestry and forest ecology published monthly online by MDPI.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, GEOBASE, PubAg, AGRIS, PaperChem, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Forestry) / CiteScore - Q1 (Forestry)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 17.1 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.4 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
  • Testimonials: See what our editors and authors say about Forests.
Impact Factor: 2.5 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.7 (2024)
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Topic in Buildings, Forests, Land, Remote Sensing, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Atmosphere
Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, 4th Edition Topic Editors: Baojie He, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Shady Attia, Zhengxuan Liu
Deadline: 1 July 2025
Topic in Agriculture, Agronomy, Forests, Plants, Stresses
The Effect of Climate Change on Crops and Natural Ecosystems, 2nd Volume Topic Editors: Arnd Jürgen Kuhn, Giuseppe Fenu
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Topic in Climate, Diversity, Forests, Plants, Sustainability, Earth
Responses of Trees and Forests to Climate Change Topic Editors: Qinglai Dang, Ilona Mészáros, Lei Wang
Deadline: 30 August 2025
Topic in Diversity, Forests, Genes, IJPB, Plants
Plant Chloroplast Genome and Evolution Topic Editors: Chao Shi, Lassaâd Belbahri, Shuo Wang
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Special Issue in Forests
Forest Disturbance and Management Guest Editors: Jie Zhao, Chao Yue, Zhiwei Wu, Ziqiang Du
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Special Issue in Forests
Forest Ecosystem Services: Modelling, Mapping and Valuing Guest Editor: Bahman Jabbarian Amiri
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Special Issue in Forests
Medicinal and Edible Uses of Non-Timber Forest Resources Guest Editors: Maria Elena Estrada-Zuñiga, Angélica Román-Guerrero, Carmen Zepeda-Gómez
Deadline: 15 July 2025
Special Issue in Forests
Root Adaptation to Environmental Changes Guest Editors: Lei Jiang, Quan Li
Deadline: 18 July 2025
Topical Collection in Forests
Forests Carbon Fluxes and Sequestration Collection Editor: Mark Harmon
Topical Collection in Forests
Forest Sustainable Management in Europe Collection Editor: Ignacio Diaz-Maroto
Topical Collection in Forests
Historical Wood: Structure, Properties and Conservation Collection Editor: Magdalena Broda
Topical Collection in Forests
Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Forest Meteorology and Climate Change Collection Editors: Giacomo Alessandro Gerosa, Riccardo Marzuoli
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