| Discipline | Forestry, forest ecology, forest management, environmental science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Timothy A. Martin |
| Publication details | |
| History | Since 2010 |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| 2.5 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Forests |
| Indexing CODEN (alt) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 1999-4907 |
| Links | |
Forests is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research on all aspects of forestry and related fields such as forest ecology and forest management. It is published by MDPI and was established in 2010.12
The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, communications, and short notes.3
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in, for example:4
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.5.5
References
References
- "Homepage". Forests. MDPI. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- Martin, Timothy A. (2010). "Forests—An Open Access Journal of Forestry and Forest Ecology". Forests. 1 (1): 1–2. doi:10.3390/f1010001.
- "About Forests". Homepage. MDPI. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- "Forests". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- "Forests". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.