Forest Ecosystems is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research related to the structure and dynamics of "natural" and "domesticated" forest ecosystems. Previously published by Springer Nature, as of 2022 it is published by Elsevier on behalf of KeAi Communications.
History The journal was established in 2014 by Weilun Yin (尹伟伦 (Beijing Forestry University) and Klaus von Gadow (University of Göttingen). The journal is sponsored by the Beijing Forestry University.
Academic conferences
The journal sponsors two international conferences each year in Beijing under the sponsorship of Beijing Forestry University.
Editors-in-chief The editors-in-chief are John A. Kershaw (University of New Brunswick) and Osbert Jianxin Sun (孙建新; Beijing Forestry University).
Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: BIOSIS Previews Biological Abstracts Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences Science Citation Index Expanded Scopus The Zoological Record Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2025 impact factor of 5.4.
Notable articles
Most cited articles According to its official website, the most cited articles are:
See also Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Urban Forestry and Urban Greening Forest Ecology and Management
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