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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge on forest ecosystems and their complex interactions with global environmental change.

To provide a highimpact, openaccess platform for forest scientists, ecologists, and conservationists to address key global challenges regarding forest preservation, carbon balance, and ecosystem resilience.

About the journal

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  • Peer review

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  • Publishing fees

    Article processing charges apply to articles accepted for publication by our external editors after rigorous peer review.

Editors

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Douglas Godbold

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Austria

Specialty Chief Editor

Planted Forests

Erin O Sills

North Carolina State University

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

People and Forests

Frank Hagedorn

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)

Switzerland

Specialty Chief Editor

Forest Soils

Ge Sun

Southern Research Station, Forest Service (USDA)

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Forest Hydrology

Heather R. McCarthy

University of Oklahoma

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Forest Ecophysiology

Jörg-Peter Schnitzler

Helmholtz Center München, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HZ)

Germany

Specialty Chief Editor

Forests and the Atmosphere

356 editors · 0 reviewers

Articles

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Research topics

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About the journal

Scope

The scope encompasses tropical, temperate, and boreal forest dynamics; forest carbon accounting and biomass estimation; remote sensing and forest inventory; forest soil processes; ecohydrology; restoration ecology; and community-based sustainable forestry policies.

Aims

To provide a high-impact, open-access platform for forest scientists, ecologists, and conservationists to address key global challenges regarding forest preservation, carbon balance, and ecosystem resilience.

Editor-in-Chief
E. G. (Ed) Jobbágy
Established
2018
Subject area
Forest Science, Forestry & Global Change

Sections

  • Fire and Forests

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/fire-and-forests

  • Forest Disturbance

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/forest-disturbance

  • Forest Ecophysiology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/forest-ecophysiology

  • Forest Growth

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/forest-growth

  • Forest Hydrology

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/forest-hydrology

  • Forest Management

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/forest-management

  • Forest Soils

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/forest-soils

  • Forests and the Atmosphere

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/forests-and-the-atmosphere

  • People and Forests

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/people-and-forests

  • Pests, Pathogens and Invasions

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/pests-pathogens-and-invasions

  • Planted Forests

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/planted-forests

  • Temperate and Boreal Forests

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/temperate-and-boreal-forests

  • Tropical Forests

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/tropical-forests

Article types accepted

  • Original Research
  • Review
  • Mini Review
  • Brief Research Report
  • Perspective
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Data Report
  • Policy and Practice Reviews
  • Opinion
  • Editorial

Fees and currencies

  • Article Processing Charges (APCs) apply to support open-access publishing. Frontiers provides waivers and institutional support for eligible authors.

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

Fees and waivers policy

Editorial policies

Journal Policies

  • Open Access: Published under the Creative Commons CC-BY license, enabling free access and unrestricted distribution with proper attribution.
  • Peer Review: Collaborative, transparent, and rigorous peer review conducted by specialists in forest ecology and climate science.
  • Publication Ethics: Adheres strictly to international ethical standards set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Instructions for authors

Author Guidelines

  • Manuscripts must be written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English.
  • References and citations must conform to Frontiers standard format (author-date or numerical depending on the section).
  • Field sampling protocols, spatial coordinates, remote sensing datasets, and statistical/ecosystem modeling methods must be fully documented to enable scientific reproducibility.
  • Mandatory disclosure of data availability and conflict of interest statements.

Journal metrics

Citation score
7.2
Impact indicator
1.12
Articles
50
Total views
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Citations
23,211

Internal metrics, calculated on this platform and maintained by the editorial office.

Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
4.3
CiteScore
7.2
Citations
23211
Acceptance rate
33
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-21.