Academic Journal
Q1Forest Ecology and Management
About Forest Ecology and Management
Forest Ecology and Management is a scholarly journal published by Elsevier B.V.. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 1.333 and an H-index of 227.
Its listed coverage is 1976, 1979-1980, 1982-2026 and its research categories include Forestry (Q1); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q1); Nature and Landscape Conservation (Q1). The 2025 dataset reports 683 documents and 9166 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management, Fire effects on ecosystems, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest Management and Policy.
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