Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Journal of Sustainable Forestry publishes peer-reviewed, original research on forest science. While the emphasis is on sustainable use of forest products and services, the journal covers a wide range of topics from the underlying biology and ecology of forests to the social, economic and policy aspects of forestry. Short communications and review papers that provide a clear theoretical, conceptual or methodological contribution to the existing literature are also included in the journal. Common topics covered in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry include: • Ecology, management, recreation, restoration and silvicultural systems of all forest types, including urban forests • All aspects of forest biology, including ecophysiology, entomology, pathology, genetics, tree breeding, and biotechnology • Wood properties, forest biomass, bioenergy, and carbon sequestration • Simulation modeling, inventory, quantitative methods, and remote sensing • Environmental pollution, fire and climate change impacts, and adaptation and mitigation in forests • Forest engineering, economics, human dimensions, natural resource policy, and planning Journal of Sustainable Forestry provides an international forum for dialogue between research scientists, forest managers, economists and policy and decision makers who share the common vision of the sustainable use of natural resources.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Food Science	1999	Q3
Food Science	2000	Q3
Food Science	2001	Q3
Food Science	2002	Q2
Food Science	2003	Q3
Food Science	2004	Q3
Food Science	2005	Q4
Food Science	2006	Q4
Food Science	2007	Q4
Food Science	2008	Q3
Food Science	2009	Q3
Food Science	2010	Q3
Food Science	2011	Q2
Food Science	2012	Q2
Food Science	2013	Q3
Food Science	2014	Q2
Food Science	2015	Q2
Food Science	2016	Q3
Food Science	2017	Q3
Food Science	2018	Q2
Food Science	2019	Q3
Food Science	2020	Q2
Food Science	2021	Q3
Food Science	2022	Q2
Food Science	2023	Q2
Forestry	1999	Q3
Forestry	2000	Q2
Forestry	2001	Q2
Forestry	2002	Q2
Forestry	2003	Q3
Forestry	2004	Q2
Forestry	2005	Q3
Forestry	2006	Q3
Forestry	2007	Q3
Forestry	2008	Q2
Forestry	2009	Q3
Forestry	2010	Q2
Forestry	2011	Q2
Forestry	2012	Q2
Forestry	2013	Q3
Forestry	2014	Q2
Forestry	2015	Q2
Forestry	2016	Q2
Forestry	2017	Q2
Forestry	2018	Q2
Forestry	2019	Q2
Forestry	2020	Q2
Forestry	2021	Q2
Forestry	2022	Q2
Forestry	2023	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	1999	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2000	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2001	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2002	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2003	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2004	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2005	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2006	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2007	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2008	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2009	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2021	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2022	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2023	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	1999	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2000	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2001	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2002	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2003	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2004	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2005	Q4
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2006	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2007	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2008	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2009	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2010	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2011	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2012	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2013	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2014	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2015	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2016	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2017	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2018	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2019	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2020	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2021	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2022	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2023	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	1999	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2000	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2001	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2002	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2003	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2004	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2005	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2006	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2007	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2008	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2009	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2010	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2011	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2012	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2013	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2014	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2015	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2016	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2017	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2018	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2019	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2020	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2021	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2022	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.248
2000	0.249
2001	0.323
2002	0.419
2003	0.189
2004	0.315
2005	0.142
2006	0.172
2007	0.171
2008	0.221
2009	0.193
2010	0.230
2011	0.373
2012	0.458
2013	0.275
2014	0.387
2015	0.390
2016	0.331
2017	0.356
2018	0.383
2019	0.385
2020	0.426
2021	0.382
2022	0.442
2023	0.439

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	47
2000	45
2001	64
2002	22
2003	45
2004	46
2005	41
2006	50
2007	38
2008	32
2009	45
2010	32
2011	45
2012	46
2013	44
2014	49
2015	41
2016	39
2017	52
2018	52
2019	51
2020	58
2021	45
2022	56
2023	58

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.252
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.265
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.346
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.326
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.267
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.232
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.227
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.291
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.291
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.280
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.467
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.551
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.682
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.762
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.838
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.853
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.867
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.162
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.387
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.511
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.722
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.958
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.961
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.871
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.252
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.214
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.339
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.301
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.290
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.252
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.142
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.242
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.212
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.302
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.242
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.487
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.688
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.664
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.618
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.859
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.935
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.985
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.039
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.371
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.510
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.665
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.851
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.916
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.937
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.204
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.171
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.391
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.128
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.209
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.239
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.165
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.172
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.231
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.205
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.243
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.506
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.532
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.364
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.582
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.118
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.844
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.838
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.330
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.529
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.320
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.661
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.922
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.743

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	4
Self Cites	2000	1
Self Cites	2001	6
Self Cites	2002	5
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	9
Self Cites	2005	2
Self Cites	2006	6
Self Cites	2007	2
Self Cites	2008	5
Self Cites	2009	1
Self Cites	2010	0
Self Cites	2011	5
Self Cites	2012	8
Self Cites	2013	11
Self Cites	2014	13
Self Cites	2015	3
Self Cites	2016	3
Self Cites	2017	6
Self Cites	2018	10
Self Cites	2019	22
Self Cites	2020	15
Self Cites	2021	18
Self Cites	2022	12
Self Cites	2023	13
Total Cites	1999	29
Total Cites	2000	30
Total Cites	2001	41
Total Cites	2002	47
Total Cites	2003	38
Total Cites	2004	33
Total Cites	2005	16
Total Cites	2006	32
Total Cites	2007	29
Total Cites	2008	39
Total Cites	2009	29
Total Cites	2010	56
Total Cites	2011	75
Total Cites	2012	81
Total Cites	2013	76
Total Cites	2014	116
Total Cites	2015	130
Total Cites	2016	132
Total Cites	2017	134
Total Cites	2018	181
Total Cites	2019	216
Total Cites	2020	258
Total Cites	2021	298
Total Cites	2022	295
Total Cites	2023	308

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.217
External Cites per document	2000	0.207
External Cites per document	2001	0.289
External Cites per document	2002	0.269
External Cites per document	2003	0.290
External Cites per document	2004	0.183
External Cites per document	2005	0.124
External Cites per document	2006	0.197
External Cites per document	2007	0.197
External Cites per document	2008	0.264
External Cites per document	2009	0.233
External Cites per document	2010	0.487
External Cites per document	2011	0.642
External Cites per document	2012	0.598
External Cites per document	2013	0.528
External Cites per document	2014	0.763
External Cites per document	2015	0.914
External Cites per document	2016	0.963
External Cites per document	2017	0.992
External Cites per document	2018	1.295
External Cites per document	2019	1.357
External Cites per document	2020	1.568
External Cites per document	2021	1.739
External Cites per document	2022	1.838
External Cites per document	2023	1.855
Cites per document	1999	0.252
Cites per document	2000	0.214
Cites per document	2001	0.339
Cites per document	2002	0.301
Cites per document	2003	0.290
Cites per document	2004	0.252
Cites per document	2005	0.142
Cites per document	2006	0.242
Cites per document	2007	0.212
Cites per document	2008	0.302
Cites per document	2009	0.242
Cites per document	2010	0.487
Cites per document	2011	0.688
Cites per document	2012	0.664
Cites per document	2013	0.618
Cites per document	2014	0.859
Cites per document	2015	0.935
Cites per document	2016	0.985
Cites per document	2017	1.039
Cites per document	2018	1.371
Cites per document	2019	1.510
Cites per document	2020	1.665
Cites per document	2021	1.851
Cites per document	2022	1.916
Cites per document	2023	1.937

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	10.64
2000	13.33
2001	6.25
2002	4.55
2003	6.67
2004	23.91
2005	24.39
2006	8.00
2007	18.42
2008	28.13
2009	17.78
2010	40.63
2011	28.89
2012	21.74
2013	18.18
2014	12.24
2015	21.95
2016	12.82
2017	28.85
2018	30.77
2019	45.10
2020	37.93
2021	28.89
2022	41.07
2023	37.93

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	3
Non-citable documents	2000	2
Non-citable documents	2001	1
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	1
Non-citable documents	2006	3
Non-citable documents	2007	6
Non-citable documents	2008	7
Non-citable documents	2009	6
Non-citable documents	2010	5
Non-citable documents	2011	5
Non-citable documents	2012	4
Non-citable documents	2013	4
Non-citable documents	2014	2
Non-citable documents	2015	3
Non-citable documents	2016	7
Non-citable documents	2017	7
Non-citable documents	2018	6
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	1
Non-citable documents	2021	1
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	112
Citable documents	2000	138
Citable documents	2001	120
Citable documents	2002	156
Citable documents	2003	131
Citable documents	2004	131
Citable documents	2005	112
Citable documents	2006	129
Citable documents	2007	131
Citable documents	2008	122
Citable documents	2009	114
Citable documents	2010	110
Citable documents	2011	104
Citable documents	2012	118
Citable documents	2013	119
Citable documents	2014	133
Citable documents	2015	136
Citable documents	2016	127
Citable documents	2017	122
Citable documents	2018	126
Citable documents	2019	142
Citable documents	2020	154
Citable documents	2021	160
Citable documents	2022	154
Citable documents	2023	159

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	92
Uncited documents	2000	120
Uncited documents	2001	98
Uncited documents	2002	129
Uncited documents	2003	106
Uncited documents	2004	101
Uncited documents	2005	100
Uncited documents	2006	110
Uncited documents	2007	111
Uncited documents	2008	102
Uncited documents	2009	96
Uncited documents	2010	78
Uncited documents	2011	64
Uncited documents	2012	73
Uncited documents	2013	72
Uncited documents	2014	70
Uncited documents	2015	82
Uncited documents	2016	78
Uncited documents	2017	71
Uncited documents	2018	63
Uncited documents	2019	59
Uncited documents	2020	53
Uncited documents	2021	48
Uncited documents	2022	42
Uncited documents	2023	50
Cited documents	1999	23
Cited documents	2000	20
Cited documents	2001	23
Cited documents	2002	27
Cited documents	2003	25
Cited documents	2004	30
Cited documents	2005	13
Cited documents	2006	22
Cited documents	2007	26
Cited documents	2008	27
Cited documents	2009	24
Cited documents	2010	37
Cited documents	2011	45
Cited documents	2012	49
Cited documents	2013	51
Cited documents	2014	65
Cited documents	2015	57
Cited documents	2016	56
Cited documents	2017	58
Cited documents	2018	69
Cited documents	2019	84
Cited documents	2020	102
Cited documents	2021	113
Cited documents	2022	112
Cited documents	2023	109