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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Forests (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Forests published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q1Forestryrank 12 of 96 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Open access; article processing charge listed at about US$3,137.
02Indexing
Indexing of Forests
- eISSN
- 1999-4907
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Forestry
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Forests publishes: real papers
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04Published papers
Papers published in Forests
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Tree Segmentation from Low-Resolution Digital Orthophotos using a Hybrid Deep Learning Model20250 citations
- Urban Green Infrastructure and Urban Landscape Ecology: Advances in Structure, Function, and Adaptive Management20250 citations
- Impact of Ecological Water Transfer Project on Vegetation Recovery in Dried-Up Kongque River, Northwest China. Forests 2024, 15, 48720240 citations
- A New Strategy for Planning Urban Park Green Spaces by Considering Their Spatial Accessibility and Distributional Equity. Forests 2024, 15, 57020240 citations
- Dynamic Change and Attribution Regarding Fractional Vegetation Coverage in Mengdong River Basin. Forests 2024, 15, 74620240 citations
- The Pivotal Role of Microscopy in Unravelling the Nature of Microbial Deterioration of Waterlogged Wood: A Review. Forests 2024, 15, 88920240 citations
- Complementarity with Real Forests: A Conceptual Framework and Narrative Review of Multidimensional Effects in Virtual Forests. Forests 2024, 15, 8320240 citations
- Utilizing Grid Data and Deep Learning for Forest Fire Occurrences and Decision Support: A Case Study in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Forests 2023 …20230 citations
- A Study to Assess the Conservation Effectiveness of Nature Reserves in Hainan, China, from 2000 to 2021. Forests 2023, 14, 129320230 citations
- FlameTransNet: Advancing Forest Flame Segmentation with Fusion and Augmentation Techniques. Forests 2023, 14, 188720230 citations
- Environmental Drivers of Landscape Fragmentation Influence Intraspecific Leaf Traits in Forest Ecosystem. Forests 2023, 14, 1875. htps20230 citations
- Use of Measurement Tools to Validate the Health Effects of Forest Healing Programs: A Qualitative Analysis. Forests 2023, 14, 2405. h ps20230 citations
- About tree height measurement: Theoretical and practical issues for uncertainty quantification and mapping. Forests 2022; 13: 96920220 citations
- Chemical Composition and Deposition Characteristics of Precipitation into a Typical Temperate Forest in Northeast China. Forests 2022, 13, 202420220 citations
- Change Analysis of Urban Tree Canopy in Miami-Dade County. Forests 2022, 13, 94920220 citations
- Joint Analysis of Lightning-Induced Forest Fire and Surface Influence Factors in the Great Xing'an Range. Forests 2022, 13, 186720220 citations
- Forest therapy trails: A conceptual framework and scoping review of research. Forests 2022, 13, 161320220 citations
- Intelligent Predictive Maintenance (IPdM) in Forestry: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities. Forests 2021; 12: 149520210 citations
- Transcriptome Analysis of Ginkgo biloba L. Leaves across Late Developmental Stages Based on RNA-Seq and Co-Expression Network. Forests 2021, 12, 31520210 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Forests
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06Similar journals
Journals similar to Forests
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
- Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeSCIEScopusJCR 20248 similar papers
- PLoS ONESCIEScopusJCR 202443 similar papers
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07Journal Finder
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How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Forests?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Forests is 3.77: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 3.77 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Forests?
The h-index of Forests is 117 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 117 of its papers have each been cited at least 117 times. Its i10-index is 7,167.
What is the APC of Forests?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$3,137 for Forests, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
Is Forests a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Forests ranks 12 of 96 journals in Forestry, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Forests indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Forests appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Forests an SCIE journal?
Yes. Forests is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Forests in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Forests is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Forests publish?
The papers published in Forests that we track most often mention forest, tree, urban, china, segmentation, deep. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Forests does ScholarsColab track?
We track 19 papers published in Forests between 2021 and 2025, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
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