Forestry Studies

Aims & Scope

Forestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused (founded 1939) is a peer-reviewed journal managed by the Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences.

The journal publishes research papers on all aspects of forestry (silviculture, dendrology, tree physiology and genetics, forest products, forest operations and techniques, forest economics and policy, etc.), also on close subjects (environmental protection, ecology, botany, zoology, entomology, pathology, soil science, etc.).

Forestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused publishes original research articles, reviews and notes.

Papers are published in English or Estonian with English summary.

Authors whose mother tongue is not English are strongly urged to have their manuscripts reviewed linguistically before submission.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22293

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.183

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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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.

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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.

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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.

• Recent invasion of foliage fungi of pines (<i>Pinus</i> spp.) to the Northern Baltics

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Rein, Märt

• Growth response of young Scots pines to needle loss assessed from productive foliage

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Timo, Rein, Martti, Märt

• Changes of coastal dune landscapes in Estonia

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Urve, Reimo, Kaija

• The first reported outbreak of the great web-spinning pine-sawfly, <i>Acantholyda posticalis</i> (Mats.) (Hymenoptera, Pamphiliidae), in Estonia

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Kaljo, Enn, Heino

• Tracing fire cultivation in Estonia

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Liisi, Kersti, Pille, Marge

• Factors influencing the species composition and richness of herb layer in old boreo-nemoral forests

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Toivo, Jaan

• Effect of conventional and whole-tree clear-cutting on concentrations of some micronutrients in coniferous forest soil and plants

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Lena, Eiliv, Göran

• Threatened forest lichen <i>Lobaria pulmonaria</i> - its past, present and future in Estonia

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Inga, Jaan

• Anatomical structure and localisation of lignin in needles and shoots of Scots pine (<i>Pinus sylvestris</i> L.) growing in a habitat with varying environmental characteristics

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Aljona, Malle

• Stimulating the growth of trees with ashes of various biofuels (wood, peat) on a cutaway peatland

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Karin, Katri

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