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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.

32journals with no APC
1Q1 in this category
12Q2 in this category
19Q3 or Q4 in this category

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).

#JournalQuartileSJRH-indexPublisherCountryTime to publish
1Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
1845-5719 · 1848-9672
Q10.65639University of Zagreb, Faculty of ForestryCroatia24 wk
2iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry
1971-7458
Q20.51344Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)Italy40 wk
3Central European Forestry Journal
2454-034X · 2454-0358
Q20.50223SciendoPoland4 wk
4Annals of Forest Research
1844-8135 · 2065-2445
Q20.41929‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in ForestryRomania12 wk
5Folia Oecologica
1338-7014
Q20.38817SciendoPoland38 wk
6Annals of Silvicultural Research
2284-354X
Q20.38718Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - Research Centre for Forestry and WoodItaly20 wk
7Fennia: International Journal of Geography
0015-0010 · 1798-5617
Q20.36130Geographical Society of FinlandFinland16 wk
8New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science
0048-0134 · 1179-5395
Q20.34439ScionNew Zealand39 wk
9Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología
0717-3644 · 0718-221X
Q20.33542Universidad del Bío-BíoChile20 wk
10Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal
2581-6152 · 2581-6101
Q20.3229Nandan NawnIndia14 wk
11Forest Systems
2171-5068 · 2171-9845
Q20.29836Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Spain47 wk
12Cerne
0104-7760 · 2317-6342
Q20.29730FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRASBrazil30 wk
13Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics
1612-9830 · 2363-6033
Q20.28726Kassel University PressGermany30 wk
14Poljoprivreda I Šumarstvo
0554-5579 · 1800-9492
Q30.25116University of MontenegroMontenegro10 wk
15Drvna Industrija
0012-6772 · 1847-1153
Q30.24529University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry and Wood TechnologyCroatia15 wk
16Theriologia Ukrainica
2616-7379 · 2617-1120
Q30.2435National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. National Museum of Natural HistoryUkraine25 wk
17South-East European Forestry
1849-0891
Q30.22513Croatian Forest Research InstituteCroatia8 wk
18Revista Chapingo: Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente
2007-3828 · 2007-4018
Q30.22317Universidad Autónoma ChapingoMexico48 wk
19Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín
0304-2847 · 2248-7026
Q30.21717Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede MedellínColombia16 wk
20Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement
1370-6233 · 1780-4507
Q30.21550Presses Agronomiques de GemblouxBelgium15 wk
21Agronomía Colombiana
0120-9965 · 2357-3732
Q30.21222Centro Editorial of Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia25 wk
22Colombia Forestal
0120-0739 · 2256-201X
Q30.20911Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de CaldasColombia20 wk
23Forestist
2602-4039
Q30.20810İstanbul University-CerrahpasaTürkiye35 wk
24Drewno
1644-3985 · 2956-9141
Q30.19719Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznan Institute of TechnologyPoland52 wk
25Banko Janakari
1016-0582 · 2631-2301
Q40.1927Forest Research and Training CentreNepal8 wk
26Hoehnea
0073-2877 · 2236-8906
Q40.1847Instituto de Pesquisas AmbientaisBrazil52 wk
27Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira
1983-2605
Q40.1745Embrapa FlorestasBrazil25 wk
28Лесной журнал
0536-1036
Q40.174Northern Arctic Federal UniversityRussia72 wk
29Metsanduslikud Uurimused
1736-8723
Q40.15717SciendoEstonia12 wk
30Revue Forestière Française
0035-2829 · 1951-6827
Q40.13316AgroParisTechFrance16 wk
31Nova Mehanizacija Šumarstva
1845-8815 · 1848-9834
Q40.1089University of ZagrebCroatia15 wk
32Ukrainian Journal of Forest and Wood Science Scopus: discontinued
2664-4452 · 2664-4460
––8National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUkraine18 wk

Where these journals come from

Top countries of publication

  1. Croatia 4
  2. Brazil 3
  3. Colombia 3
  4. Poland 3
  5. Italy 2
  6. Ukraine 2

Top publishers

  1. Sciendo 3
  2. ‘Marin Drăcea’ National Research-Development Institute in Forestry 1
  3. AgroParisTech 1
  4. Centro Editorial of Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1
  5. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) 1
  6. Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - Research Centre for Forestry and Wood 1

Manuscript languages accepted

  1. English 30
  2. Spanish 4
  3. French 2
  4. Portuguese 2
  5. Czech 1
  6. 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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