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International Forestry Review
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International Forestry Review

1465-5489

Published by: Commonwealth Forestry Association

http://www.cfa-international.org/international_forestry_review.php

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 561 13 13 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 22
Documents by Best Scientists*: 24
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 59
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.378
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Forestry Review?

The topics of Forest management, Environmental resource management, Agroforestry, Forestry and Livelihood are the focal point of discussions in International Forestry Review. The research on Forest management tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Sustainability and Environmental planning. The journal holds forums on Environmental resource management that merges themes from other disciplines such as Ecosystem services, Deforestation, Corporate governance, Certification and Natural resource economics.

The study on Corporate governance presented in it intersects with the topics under Government. The studies in Agroforestry featured incorporate elements of Agriculture, Logging and Land use. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Livelihood and the similar topic of Poverty.

Most of the works presented in International Forestry Review deals with Community forestry but it intersects with the subject of Economic growth.

  • Forest management (23.38%)
  • Environmental resource management (22.76%)
  • Agroforestry (20.09%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recent Asian Forest Transitions in Relation to Forest-Transition Theory (252 citations)
  • Empty forests, empty stomachs? Bushmeat and livelihoods in the Congo and Amazon Basins (246 citations)
  • China's Sloping Land Conversion Programme Four Years on: Current Situation, Pending Issues (200 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Forestry Review:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Forest management, Environmental resource management, Agroforestry, Livelihood and Natural resource economics. The Forest management study featured in the published articles falls within the wider field of Forestry. While the journal publications focused on Environmental resource management, they were also able to explore topics like Environmental planning, Corporate governance, Government and Sustainability, Sustainable forest management.

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

  • Law
  • Ecology
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of International Forestry Review is to combine knowledge in the areas of Forest management, Environmental planning, Sustainability, Government and Corporate governance. The journal explores issues in Forest management which can be linked to other research areas like Land use, Illegal logging, Sustainable management, Environmental resource management and Control (management). International Forestry Review served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Environmental resource management and User group.

The work on Environmental planning tackled in it brings together disciplines like Community forestry, Resource (biology), Zoning and Psychological resilience. The studies in Sustainable forest management under the umbrella field of Sustainability overlap with concepts in Comparative research. Sustainable forest management studies covered in International Forestry Review falls within the purview of Agroforestry.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Can multi-stakeholder forums mediate indigenous rights and development priorities? Insights from the Peruvian Amazon (2 citations)
  • Adapting Forest Management to Climate Change: Experiences of the Nisga'a People (1 citations)
  • Sustainability certification and legality verification in Indonesian natural forest-based wood products value chains (0 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 International Forestry Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Louis Putzel (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alain Karsenty (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John L. Innes (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • N. La Porta (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paxie W. Chirwa (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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 International Forestry Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Center for International Forestry Research (99 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • CGIAR (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yahoo! (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of British Columbia (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (25 papers) absent at the last 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, 52.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 38.89% 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

  • Forest Landscape Restoration : Integrated Approaches to Support Effective Implementation

    Stephanie Mansourian;John Parrotta

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Agroforests, Swiddening and Livelihoods between Restored Peat Domes and River: Effects of the 2015 Fire Ban in Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)

    Y.A. Silvianingsih;Y.A. Silvianingsih;K. Hairiah;D. Suprayogo;M. van Noordwijk;M. van Noordwijk;M. van Noordwijk

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Learning from Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Ghana and Zambia: Lessons for Integrated Landscape Approaches

    S. Adeyanju;A. O’Connor;T. Addoah;E. Bayala

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Participatory Forestry Improves Mangrove Forest Management in Kenya

    Anne Kairu;Kiplagat Kotut;Robert Mbeche;James Gitundu Kairo

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Estimating Wildfire Suppression Costs: A Systematic Review

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • Factors Influencing Farmers' Forestland-Use Changes Over 15 Years (2005–2020) in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • A typology of community forestry approaches in Indonesia: implications for external support to forest communities

    H. Kurniasih;R.M. Ford;R.J. Keenan;B.J King

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Adapting Forest Management to Climate Change: Experiences of the Nisga'a People

    J.R. Arias-Bustamante;J.L. Innes

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Making the priceless valuable: forests and ecosystem services

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • India's environmental policy standoff: reimagining stakeholder engagement spaces

    S. Tambe;L. French;C. Wyborn;L. Scarlett

    (2021)
    2 Citations

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