32 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Forestry
32 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Forestry charge no APC and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. The quartile shown is the journal’s quartile in this category (not its best one elsewhere): 1 are Q1 and 12 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 41% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 20 weeks. Most are published in Croatia (4), Brazil (3) and Colombia (3). 94% accept manuscripts in English and 41% accept at least one other language.
All 32 free-to-publish journals in Forestry
Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering 1845-5719 · 1848-9672 | Q1 | 0.656 | 39 | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry | Croatia | 24 wk |
| 2 | iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 1971-7458 | Q2 | 0.513 | 44 | Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) | Italy | 40 wk |
| 3 | Central European Forestry Journal 2454-034X · 2454-0358 | Q2 | 0.502 | 23 | Sciendo | Poland | 4 wk |
| 4 | Annals of Forest Research 1844-8135 · 2065-2445 | Q2 | 0.419 | 29 | ‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in Forestry | Romania | 12 wk |
| 5 | Folia Oecologica 1338-7014 | Q2 | 0.388 | 17 | Sciendo | Poland | 38 wk |
| 6 | Annals of Silvicultural Research 2284-354X | Q2 | 0.387 | 18 | Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - Research Centre for Forestry and Wood | Italy | 20 wk |
| 7 | Fennia: International Journal of Geography 0015-0010 · 1798-5617 | Q2 | 0.361 | 30 | Geographical Society of Finland | Finland | 16 wk |
| 8 | New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 0048-0134 · 1179-5395 | Q2 | 0.344 | 39 | Scion | New Zealand | 39 wk |
| 9 | Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología 0717-3644 · 0718-221X | Q2 | 0.335 | 42 | Universidad del Bío-Bío | Chile | 20 wk |
| 10 | Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal 2581-6152 · 2581-6101 | Q2 | 0.322 | 9 | Nandan Nawn | India | 14 wk |
| 11 | Forest Systems 2171-5068 · 2171-9845 | Q2 | 0.298 | 36 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) | Spain | 47 wk |
| 12 | Cerne 0104-7760 · 2317-6342 | Q2 | 0.297 | 30 | FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS | Brazil | 30 wk |
| 13 | Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 1612-9830 · 2363-6033 | Q2 | 0.287 | 26 | Kassel University Press | Germany | 30 wk |
| 14 | Poljoprivreda I Šumarstvo 0554-5579 · 1800-9492 | Q3 | 0.251 | 16 | University of Montenegro | Montenegro | 10 wk |
| 15 | Drvna Industrija 0012-6772 · 1847-1153 | Q3 | 0.245 | 29 | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology | Croatia | 15 wk |
| 16 | Theriologia Ukrainica 2616-7379 · 2617-1120 | Q3 | 0.243 | 5 | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. National Museum of Natural History | Ukraine | 25 wk |
| 17 | South-East European Forestry 1849-0891 | Q3 | 0.225 | 13 | Croatian Forest Research Institute | Croatia | 8 wk |
| 18 | Revista Chapingo: Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente 2007-3828 · 2007-4018 | Q3 | 0.223 | 17 | Universidad Autónoma Chapingo | Mexico | 48 wk |
| 19 | Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín 0304-2847 · 2248-7026 | Q3 | 0.217 | 17 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín | Colombia | 16 wk |
| 20 | Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement 1370-6233 · 1780-4507 | Q3 | 0.215 | 50 | Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux | Belgium | 15 wk |
| 21 | Agronomía Colombiana 0120-9965 · 2357-3732 | Q3 | 0.212 | 22 | Centro Editorial of Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia | 25 wk |
| 22 | Colombia Forestal 0120-0739 · 2256-201X | Q3 | 0.209 | 11 | Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas | Colombia | 20 wk |
| 23 | Forestist 2602-4039 | Q3 | 0.208 | 10 | İstanbul University-Cerrahpasa | Türkiye | 35 wk |
| 24 | Drewno 1644-3985 · 2956-9141 | Q3 | 0.197 | 19 | Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznan Institute of Technology | Poland | 52 wk |
| 25 | Banko Janakari 1016-0582 · 2631-2301 | Q4 | 0.192 | 7 | Forest Research and Training Centre | Nepal | 8 wk |
| 26 | Hoehnea 0073-2877 · 2236-8906 | Q4 | 0.184 | 7 | Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais | Brazil | 52 wk |
| 27 | Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira 1983-2605 | Q4 | 0.174 | 5 | Embrapa Florestas | Brazil | 25 wk |
| 28 | Лесной журнал 0536-1036 | Q4 | 0.17 | 4 | Northern Arctic Federal University | Russia | 72 wk |
| 29 | Metsanduslikud Uurimused 1736-8723 | Q4 | 0.157 | 17 | Sciendo | Estonia | 12 wk |
| 30 | Revue Forestière Française 0035-2829 · 1951-6827 | Q4 | 0.133 | 16 | AgroParisTech | France | 16 wk |
| 31 | Nova Mehanizacija Šumarstva 1845-8815 · 1848-9834 | Q4 | 0.108 | 9 | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 15 wk |
| 32 | Ukrainian Journal of Forest and Wood Science Scopus: discontinued 2664-4452 · 2664-4460 | – | – | 8 | National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine | Ukraine | 18 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top publishers
- Sciendo 3
- ‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in Forestry 1
- AgroParisTech 1
- Centro Editorial of Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) 1
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - Research Centre for Forestry and Wood 1
Manuscript languages accepted
- English 30
- Spanish 4
- French 2
- Portuguese 2
- Czech 1
- Estonian 1
About this list
Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in: the DOAJ records it with “APC: no” and “other fees: no”. Quartiles come from the latest SCImago edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a subject category, Q4 the bottom 25%; the lists show a journal’s best quartile. Read more in our open access guide.
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