Forestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused (founded 1939) iis an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences. Founded in 1939, the journal provides a platform for the dissemination of high-quality original research and scholarly discussion in forestry and related environmental sciences.
The journal welcomes submissions from researchers worldwide and aims to advance knowledge of forest ecosystems, sustainable forest management, forest resources, and the interactions between forests, society, and environmental change. While maintaining an international scope, the journal has a particular regional focus on boreal, hemiboreal, and temperate forest ecosystems.
The journal publishes research across a wide range of forestry and related disciplines, including forest ecology, silviculture, dendrology, dendrochronology, tree growth and yield modelling, remote sensing and geospatial analysis, tree physiology, forest genetics, forest entomology, biodiversity conservation, forest health and pathology, forest operations and engineering, forest economics and policy, ecosystem services, wood anatomy, wood science, forest responses to climate change, and other closely related fields.
Forestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused publishes original research articles, review papers, short communications, and technical reports. The journal primarily publishes manuscripts in English and encourages interdisciplinary research that contributes to the sustainable management, conservation, and understanding of forest ecosystems at regional and international scales. Contributions in Estonian may be accepted when relevant to the journal’s scope and readership.
eISSN: 1736-8723
ISSN: 1406-9954
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
First year of publication: 1939
Indexed in Scopus since: 2011
Online availability on the current platform: from vol 48
Owner and journal publisher: Estonian University of Life Sciences
Publishing platform: Paradigm Publishing Serviceslink opens in new page, De Gruyter Brill Sp. z o.o.
Language of publication: English
Forestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused was founded in 1939 and is one of the longest-established scientific journals in the field of forestry in the Baltic region. Since its establishment, the journal has provided a platform for peer-reviewed research in forestry and related environmental sciences.
Over the decades, the journal has evolved from a primarily regional publication into an international scholarly journal, attracting contributions, reviewers, and editorial board members from different countries.
The journal was published in both print and electronic formats until 2023. Since 2024, Forestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused has been published exclusively in electronic format, with two issues released annually.
The journal operates under a full Open Access publishing model. All articles are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication without subscription barriers, access restrictions or embargoes.
The journal has expanded its international visibility through inclusion in major abstracting and indexing databases. Since 2011, it has been abstracted and/or indexed in Elsevier BV / SCOPUS, Zoological Record, BIOSIS Previews, AGRIS, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO Publishing, ВИНИТИ, The Summon, AGRICOLA, Sustainable Development, Smithers Rapra: Polymer Library, Pirabase, Paperbase, ProQuest, CAB Abstracts, Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases, AgBiotech News and Information, AgBiotechNet, Agricultural Economics Database, Agricultural Engineering Abstracts, Agroforestry Abstracts, Biofuels Abstracts, CABI full text, Crop Physiology Abstracts, Crop Science Database, Environmental Impact, Forestry Abstracts, Forest Products Abstracts, Forest Science Database, Global Health, Grasslands and Forage Abstracts, Horticultural Science Abstracts, Horticultural Science Database, Irrigation and Drainage Abstracts, Leisure Tourism Database, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts, Ornamental Horticulture, Parasitology Database, Plant Breeding Abstracts, Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts, Plant Genetics and Breeding Database, Plant Protection Database, Review of Agricultural Entomology, Review of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Review of Plant Pathology, Rural Development Abstracts, Seed Abstracts, Soil Science Database,Soils and Fertilizers Abstracts, TROPAG & RURAL, World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts. The journal is also registered with Crossref, providing persistent digital object identifiers (DOIs) for its published articles.
Forestry Studies | Metsanduslikud Uurimused is owned and published by the Estonian University of Life Sciences. Publishing platform services are provided by Paradigm Publishing Services, De Gruyter Brill Sp. z o.o. Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editors and are not influenced by the owner, publisher, or publishing services provider.
Journal platform: https://reference-global.com/journal/FSMUlink opens in new page
The journal is supported by the Estonian University of Life Scienceslink opens in new page and Environmental Investment Centrelink opens in new page (KIK). The journal does not charge authors or readers. Any additional funding sources will be disclosed transparently.
