Forestry Journal

Aims & Scope

Central European Forestry Journal (published as Lesnícky Èasopis - Forestry Journal until 2016) publishes novel science originating from research in forestry and related braches.

Central European Forestry Journal is a professional peer-reviewed scientific journal published 4-time a year.

The journal contains original papers and review papers of basic and applied research from all fields of forestry and related disciplines.

The editorial office accepts the manuscripts within the focus of the journal exclusively in English language.

The journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor article submission charges.

Central European Forestry Journal, abbreviation: Cent.

Eur.

For.

J., publishes original papers and review papers of basic and applied research from all fields of forestry and related scientific areas.

The journal focuses on forestry issues relevant for Europe, primarily Central European regions.

Original works and review papers can be submitted only in English language.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Climate change increases the drought risk in Central European forests: What are the options for adaptation?

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Tomáš, Csaba, Rupert, Ladislav, Katarína, Jiří, Laura, Zoltán, Bohdan

• Adaption of Norway spruce and European beech forests under climate change: from resistance to close-to-nature silviculture

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Zdeněk, Stanislav, Jiří, Lukáš, Daniel, Igor, Ivo, Karel

• Tree-ring widths as an indicator of air pollution stress and climate conditions in different Norway spruce forest stands in the KrkonoÅ¡e Mts.

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Tereza, Zdeněk, Stanislav, Igor, Daniel, Jan

• Silviculture as a tool to support stability and diversity of forests under climate change: study from KrkonoÅ¡e Mountains

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Zdeněk, Anna, Stanislav, Jan, Lukáš, Josef, Daniel

• Structure, development and health status of spruce forests affected by air pollution in the western KrkonoÅ¡e Mts. in 1979–2014

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Jan, Stanislav, Zdeněk, Tereza, Daniel, Igor

• Assisted migration vs. close-to-nature forestry: what are the prospects for tree populations under climate change?

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Dušan, Diana, Matúš, Roman

• Salvage felling in the Slovak Republic’s forests during the last twenty years (1998–2017)

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Andrej, Milan, Juraj, Jozef, Roman, Bohdan, Christo, Andrej, Valéria, Miriam, Slavomír, Michal

• Wind – an important ecological factor and destructive agent in forests

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Bohdan, Peter, Ján

• Salvage felling in the Czech Republic‘s forests during the last twenty years

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Petr, Marie

• Suitability of MODIS-based NDVI index for forest monitoring and its seasonal applications in Central Europe

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Ivan, Tomáš, Tamás, Norbert, Zoltán, Milan