We are happy to share that the Journal of Forest Science gained the Impact Factor ! IF 2022 (WoS) value is 1.1

Impact factor (WoS):

2023: 1.1
Q3 – Forestry

SCImago Journal Rank (SCOPUS)

Journal of Forest Science

ISSN 1212-4834 (Print)
ISSN 1805-935X (On-line)

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1955 (by 1999 under the title Lesnictví-Forestry)

Editor-in-Chief: prof. Ing. Vilém Podrázský, CSc.
Co-editors: doc. Ing. Radek Pokorný, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Vladimír Gryc, Ph.D.
Executive Editor: Mgr. Ilona Procházková
Technical Editor: Ing. arch. Katarína Hanuliaková
The journal is published monthly
The article processing fee is charged (for manuscripts submitted from July 1, 2023)

Aims & Scope

Original results of basic and applied research from all fields of forestry related to European forest ecosystems and their functions including those in the landscape and wood production chain are published in original scientific papers, short communications and review articles. Articles are published in English.

Current issue

Geographical forest zonation: Perspectives, history and useReview

Petr Dujka, Antonín Kusbach

J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(7):335-352 | DOI: 10.17221/5/2024-JFS

The rate of climate change advancement and its predicted impact are valid reasons for intense discourse on the topic of choosing the most suitable silvicultural and adaptation measures for the longevity and sustainability of forest communities. Changes in growth conditions of plants can be expected in both vertical (altitudinal) and horizontal (geographical) directions. The anticipated occurrence rate of these changes should, according to climate models, be higher than the natural adaptability rate of longevous tree species. This study focuses on the possibility of utilising regional geographical units of the Czech Republic (Central Europe) –...

Research on an effective artificial regeneration method for selected commercially important coniferous tree species on a large sanitation cut site situated in the Javorníky Mts., Western CarpathiansOriginal Paper

Martin Belko, Anna Tučeková, Roman Longauer, Valéria Longauerová, Vladimír Mačejovský, Ivan Horvát

J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(7):353-367 | DOI: 10.17221/1/2024-JFS

In response to the decline of Central European spruce monocultures driven by various factors, the Demonstration Object of Reconstruction of Spruce Forests (DORS) was established in Husárik locality, Javorníky Mts., northwestern Slovakia. The area includes the Husárik trial site, where the applicability and efficiency of different artificial regeneration methods are studied. The trial was established on a 24-ha area cleared following the outbreak of spruce bark beetles in 2011. Its altitude is 800 m a.s.l., aspect NW, slope 30%, the soil is Ranker on the soft flysch sandstone bedrock. Our study covered 4 conifers – Norway spruce (spruce),...

Change in forest species composition and its projections into the economy of forest ownersOriginal Paper

Václav Šebek, Václav Kupčák, Andrea Janáková Sujová

J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(7):368-380 | DOI: 10.17221/21/2024-JFS

Increasing the proportion of broadleaved trees in stands during regeneration raises questions about how these trees will be reflected in the economics of forest owners and whether these owners can influence certain economic aspects during stand management. In this respect, the paper focuses mainly on the revenue side of forestry and, crucially, analyses the selling prices of assortments of tree species groups as offered in public tenders of state forests under the outsourcing business model. The price level of spruce is used as a benchmark for comparisons in the analyses. It is clear that the cultivation of species-diverse forests entails an increase...

Over- and under-bark volume estimation of European larch timber produced by mechanised harvesting in CzechiaOriginal Paper

Monika Löwe, Radim Löwe, Martin Jankovský, Pavel Natov, Jiří Dvořák

J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(7):381-390 | DOI: 10.17221/28/2024-JFS

In Czechia, harvesters contributed 43% of the total annual timber production in 2022. It is assumed that harvester technology will continue to be used intensively in the future, even though there is a change in the tree species composition of forests after the recent bark beetle outbreak and an increase in the use of close-to-nature forest management. The aim of this study was to analyse the over- and under-bark volume estimates of European larch timber produced by a harvester in Czechia. This study used the M3s price category for volume estimation. This volume was compared with the M3toDE price category. The M3toDE price category underestimated the...