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Forest Policy and Economics
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Forest Policy and Economics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 117 78 82 26
Economics and Finance 174 18 23 12
Environmental Sciences 373 27 36 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 175
Documents by Best Scientists*: 195
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 92
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.205
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Forest Policy and Economics?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Forest management, Environmental resource management, Natural resource economics, Forestry and Corporate governance. The Forest management research discussed is included in the broader subject of Agroforestry. Environmental resource management research presented in Forest Policy and Economics encompasses a variety of subjects, including Natural resource, Environmental planning, Ecosystem services, Stakeholder and Sustainability.

The journal facilitates discussions on Natural resource economics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Production (economics) and Deforestation. In it, Politics and Public administration are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Corporate governance research.

  • Forest management (26.22%)
  • Environmental resource management (22.83%)
  • Natural resource economics (13.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Utilizing the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in SWOT analysis — a hybrid method and its application to a forest-certification case ☆ (616 citations)
  • The importance of dry woodlands and forests in rural livelihoods and poverty alleviation in South Africa (358 citations)
  • Forest environmental incomes and the rural poor (345 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Forest Policy and Economics:

The published articles mostly deal with topics like Environmental resource management, Forest management, Forestry, Corporate governance and Sustainability. The Environmental resource management research presented in the journal papers focuses mostly on Natural resource economics and, on occasion, topics in Land use and Deforestation. The most cited publications encompass Forest management studies in the context of Agroforestry as a whole.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Forest Policy and Economics is to expand the discussion of research in Forest management, Natural resource economics, Sustainability, Corporate governance and Agroforestry. Forest management research is concerned with Sustainable forest management in particular. The research on Natural resource economics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Agriculture, Deforestation, Logging, Incentive and Valuation (finance).

Forest Policy and Economics explores topics in Sustainability which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Poverty and Land use. Concepts in Politics, as well as related topics in Political economy, are covered in the Corporate governance research presented in it. The studies on Agroforestry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Forest transition and Amazon rainforest.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Company-level cross-sector collaborations in transition to the bioeconomy: A multi-case study (8 citations)
  • A forest experience does not always evoke positive emotion: A pilot study on unconscious facial expressions using the face reading technology (6 citations)
  • Tenure reform for better forestry: An unfinished policy agenda (6 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Forest Policy and Economics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Krott (34 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shashi Kant (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ahmad Maryudi (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lukas Giessen (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Anne Toppinen (23 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Forest Policy and Economics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (93 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (79 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Helsinki (78 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Center for International Forestry Research (76 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • United States Forest Service (74 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 6.78% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.24% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.97% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.24% of all publications and 34.55% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Climate-Smart Forestry: the missing link

    P. J. Verkerk;Robert Costanza;L. Hetemaki;Ida Kubiszewski

    (2020)
    187 Citations
  • Governing Europe's forests for multiple ecosystem services: Opportunities, challenges, and policy options

    Unknown

    (2022)
    183 Citations
  • Reconciling oil palm economic development and environmental conservation in Indonesia: A value chain dynamic approach

    Herry Purnomo;Herry Purnomo;Beni Okarda;Ahmad Dermawan;Ahmad Dermawan;Qori Pebrial Ilham;Qori Pebrial Ilham

    (2020)
    171 Citations
  • Non-wood forest products in Europe – A quantitative overview

    Marko Lovrić;Riccardo Da Re;Enrico Vidale;Irina Prokofieva

    (2020)
    133 Citations
  • Resilient landscapes to prevent catastrophic forest fires: Socioeconomic insights towards a new paradigm

    Sven Wunder;Dave E. Calkin;Val Charlton;Sarah Feder

    (2021)
    108 Citations
  • Sectoral policies cause incoherence in forest management and ecosystem service provisioning

    (2022)
    82 Citations
  • How many people globally actually use non-timber forest products?

    Charlie M. Shackleton;Alta de Vos

    (2022)
    64 Citations
  • Wildfire, smoke, and outdoor recreation in the western United States

    (2022)
    61 Citations
  • Restoring the forest revives our culture: Ecosystem services and values for ecological restoration across the rural-urban nexus in South Africa

    Natasha Louise Constant;Natasha Louise Constant;Peter John Taylor

    (2020)
    56 Citations

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