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 - Q1 (Forestry) / CiteScore - Q1 (Forestry)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 16.9 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.5 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2024).
  • 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: 2.4 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.7 (2023)
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Topic in Conservation, Diversity, Forests, Land, Remote Sensing
Environmental Monitoring and Environmental Restoration for the Arid Lands and Wetlands Topic Editors: Xinxin Wang, Yongchao Liu, Jie Wang, Xiaocui Wu
Deadline: 31 December 2024
Topic in Agronomy, Crops, Forests, Horticulturae, Plants
Plants Nutrients, 2nd Volume Topic Editors: Georgia Ntatsi, Maurizio Badiani
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Topic in Forests, Geosciences, Land, Remote Sensing, Sustainability
Environmental Geology and Engineering Topic Editors: Chen Cao, Wen Zhang, Jie Dou, Peihua Xu
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Topic in Atmosphere, Forests, Hydrology, Land, Remote Sensing, Geosciences, Sustainability
Karst Environment and Global Change Topic Editors: Xiaoyong Bai, Yongjun Jiang, Jian Ni, Xubo Gao, Yuemin Yue, Jiangbo Gao, Junbing Pu, Hu Ding, Qiong Xiao, Zhicai Zhang
Deadline: 28 March 2025
Special Issue in Forests
Wood Identification: Formation, Structure and Function of Wood Guest Editors: Mirela Tulik, Urszula Zajączkowska
Deadline: 10 December 2024
Special Issue in Forests
Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis for the Genetic Improvement of Forest Plants Guest Editors: Mingcheng Wang, Shaofei Tong, Shanshan Zhu
Deadline: 13 December 2024
Special Issue in Forests
Wood as Cultural Heritage Material: 2nd Edition Guest Editors: Nicola Macchioni, Elisa Pecoraro, Paola Mazzanti, Lorenzo Riparbelli, Dawa Shen
Deadline: 14 December 2024
Special Issue in Forests
Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Storage and Cycling in Forest Soil Guest Editors: Jiwei Li, Kaibo Wang
Deadline: 15 December 2024
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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