Annals of Forest Science is an official publication of the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)

  • Up-to-date coverage of current developments and trends in forest research and forestry
    Topics include ecology and ecophysiology, genetics and improvement, tree physiology, wood quality, and silviculture
  • Formerly known as Annales des Sciences Forestières
  • Biology of trees and associated organisms (symbionts, pathogens, pests)
  • Forest dynamics and ecosystem processes under environmental or management drivers (ecology, genetics)
  • Risks and disturbances affecting forest ecosystems (biology, ecology, economics)
  • Forestry wood chain (tree breeding, forest management and productivity, ecosystem services, silviculture and plantation management)
  • Wood sciences (relationships between wood structure and tree functions, and between forest management or environment and wood properties)

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  • Erwin Dreyer,
  • Jean-Michel Leban
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Hybrid. Open Access options available

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2.033 (2019)
Impact factor
2.758 (2019)
Five year impact factor
80 days
Submission to first decision
221 days
Submission to acceptance
198,499 (2019)
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Volume 77

Issue 3, September 2020

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    Click here for the journal's highlighted paper of 2019: C. Ziegler et al., "Large hydraulic safety margins protect Neotropical canopy rainforest tree species against hydraulic failure during drought"

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