Annals of Forest Science

Annals of Forest Science moves to SNAPP, the new manuscript management system developed by Springer.

From January 28, 2025 on, all new manuscripts will be submitted via the Springer Nature Article Processing Platform (SNAPP), instead of the former Editorial Manager platform. You will experience a completely new user-interface that is much more user-friendly than the earlier one. 

« Debates » : A new Section on the Annals of Forest Science Website

This new section is devoted to commentaries and debates inspired by results published in the journal. It concentrates on scientific debates and should be seen as a space for discussion about the research results displayed in the journal. Science indeed builds on contradictory debates and complementary viewpoints that may help reach a consensus, or raises new questions that require further research.

The new debate we wish to highlight is raised by claims that the pine wood nematode present in saw-dust could infect wounded pine seedlings independently of the presence of the usual bark beetle vector. However, French colleagues from “Département Santé des Forêts-DSF”, the department in charge of forest health monitoring at national level of France, insist that this risk has been assessed earlier, and that it remains minor with respect to all other risks.

"Rapid Publication" vs. "Scientific Quality" of papers published in Annals of Forest Science: How do we handle this apparent contradiction?

Speed of publication has become a major expectation for authors and therefore a challenge for many journals. Indeed, authors expect timely processing of the manuscripts they submit, to ensure a rapid dissemination of their results. The speed of publication became in the recent years a major criterion for selecting a journal, and some publishers promote (very) fast publication as an argument to select their journal (at the same level than the Impact Factor).

In order to best serve our authors and readers and to meet research funder requirements, Annals of Forest Science has moved to full Open Access (OA) publication from 2022 on. 

Selected articles published prior to 2022 remain paywalled, and rights and permissions remain under original copyright: © INRAE and Springer-Verlag France SAS, part of Springer Nature.

Forest planting is one of the levers to mitigate climate change. The origin of seeds is crucial to optimise the success of tree planting and their adaptation to future climates. INRAE and the ONF (French Forestry Office) conducted a vast study over 30 years using a collection of around 100 tree species. The results were published in the journal in 2 interesting papers. 

Please click here for an overview of the journals and new features.

Click here to view the full list of journal collections and submit your manuscript to one of our latest special collections.

ARBRE: Documenting rapid changes occurring in forest socio-ecosystems

Forecasting and managing multi-risks in the Mediterranean, temperate and boreal forests

Impacts of disturbances on carbon cycling in forest ecosystems


Socio-ecological conflicts in forest management: risks of (not) adapting?


Trees, forests and water: recent advances on resistance and resilience to water deficits


Advances in the understanding of the pine wilt disease and in its management strategy


Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change


Assisted Migration and Forest Seed Transfer

 

Impacts of natural disturbances on forest ecosystems under climate change: large-scale analysis and modelling

Annals of Forest Science welcomes proposals for topical collections in forest and wood sciences. Click here if you have an idea for a new collection.

The editorial board selected two papers published during 2021 as highlighted papers. Both address important issues for the resilience and adaptation of forest ecosystems to climate change.

Annals of Forest Science publishing policy develops around INRAE’s  principles of Open Science including: (i) Open Access to papers; (ii) whenever possible Open Access to the data used in the paper; (iii) consideration of preprints for publication. Annals of Forest Science currently has a double blind peer review model (authors and reviewers remain anonymous). During the next years, the journal commits to develop further initiatives in this direction with the full support of BMC.

Annals of Forest Science believes that preprints made available to the scientific community in public archives with a DOI, are an important step in the dissemination and discussion of research results. We are pleased to consider preprints for publication with the same interest than previously unpublished material.

Annals of Forest Science is a PCI Forestry and &Wood Sciences friendly journal, this status has been granted by the “Peer Community in” project.

Preprints recommended by a recognized PCI are welcome for submission to the journal, and the editorial board uses the recommendation for a rapid assessment of the preprint before final decision.

Annals of Forest Science publishes multidisciplinary research devoted to forests and wood in a changing world. The scope covers all relevant disciplines (biology, ecology, economy and social sciences, forestry) at all relevant scales (from organism to landscape). The science published in Annals of Forest Science contributes to the adaptation and resilience of forests to ongoing climate change, helps identify the mitigating role of forests for such changes, and supports the development of a sustainable, circular and inclusive bioeconomy, and in general addresses the challenges forests are facing in the mid to long term.

Would you like to join Annals of Forest Science community and contribute to the journal as reviewer or associate editor? You are welcome to send us a brief message stating how you would like to contribute. 
If you are interested in joining the editorial board, please send us a brief CV and a motivation letter.