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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #3,215CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Forest Policy and Economics

Abbreviation (ISO):FOR. POLICY ECON
Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 1.285•SCImago Rank: #3,215•Identifier (ISSN):1389-9341(Print)•Articles / Year: 199•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,441 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
4.6
↑ +0.8

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
60

60 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate17.5%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
199articles/year
46.43% Gold OA•96.08% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.6)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20262.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.6)
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20252.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.8)
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20242.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4)
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20232.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4)
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20222.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.259)
🔵 Computed
20212.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.673)
🔵 Computed
20202.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.139)
🔵 Computed
20192.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.099)
🔵 Computed
20182.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.496)
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Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Forest Policy and Economics is a leading scientific journal that publishes peer-reviewed policy and economics research relating to forests, forested landscapes, forest-related industries, and other forest-relevant land uses. It also welcomes contributions from other social sciences and humanities perspectives that make clear theoretical, conceptual and methodological contributions to the existing state-of-the-art literature on forests and related land use systems. These disciplines include, but are not limited to, sociology, anthropology, human geography, history, jurisprudence, planning, development studies, and psychology research on forests. Forest Policy and Economics is global in scope and publishes multiple article types of high scientific standard. Acceptance for publication is subject to a double-blind peer-review process.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Economics82.7%Business73.2%Geography70.2%Biology67.6%Ecology62%Environmental science57.8%Political science52.7%Forestry45.8%Law45.6%Computer science43%Agroforestry38.1%Environmental resource management32.8%History30.7%Natural resource economics29.9%Archaeology29.8%Forest management28.1%Mathematics26.4%Finance24.6%Sociology23.4%Engineering22.8%Philosophy21%Microeconomics20.3%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #3,215Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2000-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Agricultural and Biological SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceEnvironmental ScienceSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.285

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
97

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
5.27

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,441 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations2,390
3-Year Documents446
Citable Documents407

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)7

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate39.4%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Economics and EconometricsQ1
ForestryQ1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1
Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Agricultural Sciences
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区ECONOMICS
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Quarterly
Editorial Address
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 1000 AE
Indexing & Databases
SCIESSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
ECONOMICS
JCRSSCI
65/626Q1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
JCRSSCI
59/202Q2
FORESTRY
JCRSCIE
7/92Q1
ECONOMICS
JCISSCI
90/627Q1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
JCISSCI
43/202Q1
FORESTRY
JCISCIE
8/92Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—15483
20253.8205828
202441891,650
202341622,398
20224.2591322,715
20213.6732034,792
20203.1392166,295
20193.0991986,027
20182.4961695,957
2017—1936,828
2016—1885,821
2015—1314,712
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Forest Policy and Economics

WoS Q1
1245201820192020202120222023202420253.80
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:3.8

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 17.5%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01