《Forests》(ISSN 1999-4907，IF 2.5，https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests） is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on forestry and forest ecology published monthly online by MDPI.
*Open Access* (http://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess): free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
*High Visibility*: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, GEOBASE, PubAg, AGRIS, PaperChem, and other databases.
*Journal Rank*: JCR - Q2 (Forestry) / CiteScore - Q1 (Forestry).
*Rapid Publication*: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 17.1 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.4 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
*Recognition of Reviewers*: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
*Publication Charge*: The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs).A reduction in the publication fee may be available, based on the quality of the journal.
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Guest Editors
