IJFE’s scope includes forest engineering operations topics related to the management, harvesting, processing and transport of timber and/or biomass products to industry or other users. Our scope applies to all kinds of forest management and restoration (e.g. short and long rotation; uneven-aged and even-aged; agroforestry) associated with sustainable management, production and transport of timber and biomass products. Our scope normally excludes industrial manufacturing processes (e.g. sawmilling, pulp and paper manufacturing, conversion of biomass into biofuels), materials strength testing, etc. which occur following transport to industry.
Examples of topics typically covered by the IJFE are:
technology and work methods for stand establishment, tending and protection
wood procurement and wood supply system analysis
forest access and operations planning, management and control
application of information and other technologies to forest engineering operations
timber and biomass harvesting, processing and transportation
impacts of forest operations and mitigation practices
machine design, management and evaluation
human factors engineering
education, training and management of forest engineering personnel
If there are uncertainties about whether a manuscript might fall within the IJFE’s scope, please contact the Editor. For manuscripts related to the industrial manufacturing processes, bioenergy production, materials strength testing, etc. we recommend authors consider publishing in the Forest Products Journal.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via Editorial Manager.
Journal metrics
Usage
41K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
3.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.947 (2023) SNIP
0.570 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
33 days avg. from submission to first
decision
43 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
15 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
54% acceptance rate
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief Charlie Blinn, University of Minnesota, St Paul, United States
Associate Editors Natascia Magagnotti, CNR IVALSA, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy Pierre P Ackerman, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Chad Bolding, University of Georgia, Athens, United States
Editorial Board Mauricio Acuna, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Joensuu, Finland Kazuhiro Aruga, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan Mark W Brown, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Australia Cornelis F de Hoop, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, United States Lars Eliasson, Skogforsk, the Forest Research Institute of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden Saulo Guerra, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, Brazil Nopparat Kaakkurivaara, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand Christian Kanzian, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Yaoxiang Li, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China Juha Laitila, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Joensuu, Finland Luc Lebel, Université Laval, Québec, Canada Ola Lindroos, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Umeå, Sweden Kevin Lyons, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States Ernest William Mauya, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania Piotr S Mederski, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland Francesco Neri, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Elisha Ngulube, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi Anna Pernestål, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Mikael Rönnqvist, Université Laval, Québec, Canada Janine Schweier, Swiss Federal Research Institute, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Raffaele Spinelli, CNR IVALSA, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy Bruce Talbot, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Petros A Tsioras, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece Lihai Wang, Northeast Forest University, Harbin, China Efi Yuliati Yovi, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
Abstracting and indexing
CABI Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases (Online) Agricultural Economics Database Agricultural Engineering Abstracts (Online) Agroforestry Abstracts (Online) Animal Science Database Biofuels Abstracts CAB Abstracts (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux) Crop Science Database Environmental Impact Forest Products Abstracts (Online) Forest Science Database Forestry Abstracts (Online) Global Health Irrigation and Drainage Abstract (Online) Rural Development Abstracts (Online) Scopus Soil Science Database Soils and Fertilizers (Online) World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts (Online) ProQuest AGRICOLA (AGRIcultural OnLine Access), Jan.2001, v.13 , 1- Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, Priority
Open access
International Journal of Forest Engineering is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
The Forest Products Society is an international not-for-profit technical association founded in 1947 to provide an information network for all segments of the forest products industry. Membership is open to all interested individuals and organizations. Visit the society website for further information: http://www.forestprod.org/
The International Journal of Forest Engineering is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Forest Products Society. The journal is offered to a reduced rate for all members. Learn more about how to become a member here.
Print ISSN:
1494-2119
Online ISSN:
1913-2220
3 issues per year
Currently known as:
International Journal of Forest Engineering
(2001 - current)
Formerly known as
Journal of Forest Engineering
(1989 - 2001)
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