International Forestry Review

Aims & Scope

The International Forestry Review is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes original research and review papers on forest policy and science, with an emphasis on issues of transnational significance.

It is published four times per year, in March, June, September and December.

Special Issues are a regular feature and attract a wide audience.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14344

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	152

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.378

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	59

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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
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• Empty forests, empty stomachs? Bushmeat and livelihoods in the Congo and Amazon Basins

  Citation: 223

  Authors: R., A., N.

• Recent Asian forest transitions in relation to foresttransition theory

  Citation: 121

  Authors: A. S

• China's Sloping Land Conversion Program Four Years on: Current Situation and Pending Issues

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Zhigang, M. T., Ran, Jintao

• Is adaptation to climate change gender neutral? Lessons from communities dependent on livestock and forests in northern Mali

  Citation: 103

  Authors: H., M.

• Food security: why is biodiversity important?

  Citation: 98

  Authors: T.C.H.

• Illegal logging, collusive corruption and fragmented governments in Kalimantan, Indonesia

  Citation: 85

  Authors: J., K., Subarudi, I.

• Twenty-four years of community forestry in Nepal

  Citation: 81

  Authors: K.P.

• The contribution of NTFPs to the livelihoods of the 'forest poor': evidence from the tropical forest zone of south-west Cameroon

  Citation: 70

  Authors: B.

• Improving livelihoods and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa through the promotion of indigenous and exotic fruit production in smallholders' agroforestry systems: a review

  Citation: 70

  Authors: R.H., I.K., S., R.R.B., D., F.K., Z.

• EDITORIAL: Forests, biodiversity and food security

  Citation: 67

  Authors: M., B., P., T.C.H.

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