Forest Science
Last updated ISSN 0015-749X
Forest Science is published by Oxford University Press in environmental science. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,690.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Forest Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Forest ecology and management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0015-749X, 1938-3738 |
| Subject area | Environmental Science |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,690 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,453 |
| Publishing since | 1955 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/forestscience |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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