Journal History

2010 The inaugural issue was released. Forests was published as a quarterly journal.
2013 Forests was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)/Web of Science.
Forests received its first Impact Factor (1.094), ranked 25/60 (Q2) in "Forestry".
2014 Forests adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Forests received its 2013 Impact Factor (1.139).
2015 Forests received its 2014 Impact Factor (1.449).
2016 Forests received its 2015 Impact Factor (1.583).
2017 Forests received its 2016 Impact Factor (1.951).
Forests established the following sections:
  • Forest Ecology and Management;
  • Forest Ecophysiology and Biology;
  • Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science;
  • Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing.
2018 Forests received its 2017 Impact Factor (1.956).
2019 Forests received its 2018 Impact Factor (2.116).
Forests established the following section:
  • Wood Science.
2020 Forests received its 2019 Impact Factor (2.221), ranked 17/68 (Q1) in "Forestry".
Forests established the following section:
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology.
2021 Forests received its 2020 Impact Factor (2.634), ranked 13/67 (Q1) in "Forestry".
Forests established the following sections:
  • Forest Health;
  • Forest Operations and Engineering.
2022 Forests received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.282), ranked 14/69 (Q1) in "Forestry".
Forests established the following sections:
  • Natural Hazards and Risk Management;
  • Urban Forestry;
  • Forest Biodiversity;
  • Forest Hydrology;
  • Forest Soil;
  • Forest Meteorology and Climate Change.
2023 Forests received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.9), ranked 17/69 (Q1) in "Forestry".

Editor-in-Chief

2010–2016 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eric J. Jokela
2017–2023 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Timothy A. Martin
2022–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
2024–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giacomo Alessandro Gerosa

Section Editor-in-Chief

2017–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Timothy A. Martin for the section on Forest Ecology and Management
2018–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Damian C. Adams for the section on Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science
2019–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng for the section on Forest Ecophysiology and Biology
Section Editor-in-Chief: 
Prof. Dr. Stefan Arndt for the section on Forest Ecophysiology and Biology
Section Editor-in-Chief: 
Prof. Dr. Luis Diaz-Balteiro for the section on Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science
Section Editor-in-Chief: 
Prof. Dr. Angela Lo Monaco for the section on Wood Science and Forest Products
2020–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Olga Viedma for the section on Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing
2020–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Carol A. Loopstra for the section on Genetics and Molecular Biology
2021–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Picchio for the section on Forest Operations and Engineering
2022–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Víctor Resco de Dios for the section on Natural Hazards and Risk Management
2022–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Young-Seuk Park for the section on Forest Health
Section Editor-in-Chief: 
Prof. Dr. Giacomo Alessandro Gerosaa for the section on Forest Meteorology and Climate Change
2024–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Giovanna Battipaglia for the section on Forest Ecology and Management
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lei Deng for the section on Forest Soil
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Nikolay S. Strigul for the section on Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala for the section on Forest Biodiversity
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giorgos Mallinis for the section on Natural Hazards and Risk Management
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