Journal of Forest Science

29/05/2026

🌲📘 NEW ISSUE ALERT | Journal of Forest Science 🌍🌿
We are pleased to announce that the issue 5/2026 of the Journal of Forest Science has been online!

🔗 https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/magno/jfs/2026/mn5.php
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🔹 “Ozone phytotoxicity in the Czech Republic: Insights from exposure- and flux-based metrics and visible foliar injury in European beech and Norway spruce”
Authors: Leona Vlasáková, Radek Novotný, Nina Benešová, Vít Šrámek, Václav Buriánek
DOI: 10.17221/24/2026-JFS

🔹 “Drivers of silver fir regeneration success: Interactions between site conditions, game browsing and close-to-nature forest management”
Authors: Michal Bledý, Jan Budínský, Zdeněk Vacek, Stanislav Vacek, Václav Šimůnek, Jakub Černý, Jan Cukor, Václav Trojan, Josef Gallo, Pavel Rus
DOI: 10.17221/36/2026-JFS

🔹 “Analysing economic factors and forest cover impacts on water resource management: A comparative study of seven Slovak reservoirs”
Authors: Klára Báliková, Marek Trenčiansky, Ján Bahýľ, Martina Štěrbová, Jaroslav Šálka
DOI: 10.17221/33/2026-JFS

🔹 “Public communication in forestry: A focus on church property owners and entities in the Czech Republic”
Authors: Kateřina Holušová, Jana Stachová, Eva Abramuszkinová Pavlíková, Pavel Fic, Otakar Holuša
DOI: 10.17221/34/2026-JFS



EEFRI-Jimma Environment and Forest Research Center University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry UNB Forestry and Environmental Management European Forest Institute (EFI) UNB Forestry and Environmental Management Daniels Faculty’s Forestry at U of T Forestry Environment & Wildlife Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

We would like to inform you that the journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) will change their licence policy. All articles submitted to CAAS journals from 2026 will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

04/05/2026

🌲 New Issue Announcement – Journal of Forest Science (2026, Issue 4)

🌐Link: https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/magno/jfs/2026/mn4.php

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🔍 Featured Articles in This Issue:

📄 Hydrological risks of clear-cuts after the bark beetle outbreaks and related forest management decisions in Central Europe
✍️ Vít Šrámek, Kateřina Neudertová Hellebrandová, Věra Fadrhonsová
🔗 DOI: 10.17221/19/2026-JFS

📄 Tree-ring based climate reconstruction and growth–climate analysis of Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon in Doi Khuntan National Park, northern Thailand
✍️ Kritsadapan Palakit, Khwanchai Duangsathaporn, Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Supasit Sriarkarin, Thanyaporn Bungbai, Pichit Lumyai
🔗 DOI: 10.17221/78/2025-JFS

📄 Hydrology and carbon pool characteristics regulate dissolved carbon export in a subtropical forest headwater stream
✍️ Zemin Zhao, Fuzhong Wu, Yan Peng, Qiqian Wu, Qiao Yang, Chaoxiang Yuan, Xiangyin Ni, Kai Yue
🔗 DOI: 10.17221/68/2025-JFS

📄 Soil temperature and weather factors as key drivers of flowering phenology and nectar production in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in Hungary
✍️ Alexandra Porcsin, Tamás Ábri, Helga Déri, Edit Zajácz, Bence Bolla, Katalin Szakálosné Mátyás, Károly Rédei, Zsolt Keserű
🔗 DOI: 10.17221/6/2026-JFS



UNB Forestry and Environmental Management Forestry Department University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry EEFRI-Jimma Environment and Forest Research Center European Forest Institute (EFI)

27/04/2026

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17/04/2026

🔬📢 Read this interesting article, published in the Journal of Forest Science:
"Soil temperature and weather factors as key drivers of flowering phenology and nectar production in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in Hungary"

Authors: Alexandra Porcsin, Tamás Ábri, Helga Déri, Edit Zajácz, Bence Bolla, Katalin Szakálosné Mátyás, Károly Rédei, Zsolt Keserű

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17221/6/2026-JFS

Alexandra Porcsin, Tamás Ábri, Helga Déri, Edit Zajácz, Bence Bolla, Katalin Szakálosné Mátyás, Károly Rédei, Zsolt Keserű

17/04/2026

📢 New Article Published
Read this interesting article, published in the Journal of Forest Science, issued by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences:

"Tree-ring based climate reconstruction and growth–climate analysis of Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon in Doi Khuntan National Park, northern Thailand"

Authors: Kritsadapan Palakit, Khwanchai Duangsathaporn, Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Supasit Sriarkarin, Thanyaporn Bungbai, Pichit Lumyai
🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17221/78/2025-JFS

Kritsadapan Palakit, Khwanchai Duangsathaporn, Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Supasit Sriarkarin, Thanyaporn Bungbai, Pichit Lumyai

16/04/2026

🌲 The Journal of Forest Science invites researchers, scholars, and practitioners to submit original manuscripts contributing to advances in forest science, silviculture, forest ecology, and sustainable forest management.

🔬 We welcome high-quality research articles, reviews, and methodological studies that support scientific understanding and innovation in forest ecosystems.

📝 Submit your work and contribute to the global forestry research community: https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/

We would like to inform you that the journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) will change their licence policy. All articles submitted to CAAS journals from 2026 will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

31/03/2026

🌲📢 New Issue Announcement – Journal of Forest Science (2026, Issue 3) 📢🌲

🔗 Link: https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/magno/jfs/2026/mn3.php

📘 Articles in This Issue:

🔬 Hormetic growth of Pinus pseudostrobus seedlings exposed to low-dose gamma and X-ray irradiation
Laura Yasmin Flores López; César Valenzuela Encinas; Eulogio De la Cruz Torres; María de Lourdes Palafox Chávez; Ivar Diego Aceves Sánchez; Lourdes Georgina Iglesias Andreu
DOI: 10.17221/83/2025-JFS

🌳 Balancing conservation and intervention: Managing forest diebacks in Slovakia's Tatra National Park
Paula Puškárová; Mikuláš Černota; Ján Slivinský
DOI: 10.17221/87/2025-JF

👩‍🌾 Are Czechs interested in employment in forestry?
Eva Abramuszkinová Pavlíková; Jana Stachová; Kristina Somerlíková; Eliška Svobodová; Zdeněk Šilhan; Kateřina Holušová
DOI: /10.17221/10/2026-JFSS

🌿 Degradation of Betula spp. under the influence of biotic factors in the forests of Ukrainian Polissia
Ivanna Kulbanska; Maryna Shvets; Svitlana Matkovska; Tetiana Melnyk; Vasyl Zayachuk; Nataliya Horbenko; Oleh Zymaroiev; Anastasiia Zymaroieva
DOI: 10.17221/96/2025-JFS

We would like to inform you that the journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) will change their licence policy. All articles submitted to CAAS journals from 2026 will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

15/03/2026

🌲📚 Call for Papers – Journal of Forest Science 📚🌲
🔗 Learn more and submit your manuscript:
https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz

Researchers and forestry professionals are invited to submit their original research to the Journal of Forest Science. Published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the journal provides an international platform for high-quality research in forestry and related disciplines.

🌍 Why publish with us?
🔬 Rigorous peer-review process
📖 Fully open-access publication – ensuring global visibility
📊 Indexed in major international databases
🌱 Dedicated to advancing knowledge in forest science, management, ecology, and sustainable forestry

Submit your manuscript and contribute to the advancement of forest research worldwide.



UBC Forestry Undergraduate Society (FUS) UNB Forestry and Environmental Management Forestry Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria Forestry Department Forestry Australia

We would like to inform you that the journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) will change their licence policy. All articles submitted to CAAS journals from 2026 will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

28/02/2026

We are pleased to announce that Issue 2/2026 of the Journal of Forest Science has been published online!

Link: httpas://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/magno/jfs/2026/mn2.php

Articles:
Coppice forests: Between management, conversion and restoration
Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Gavriil Spyroglou, Sanja Perić, Martina Đodan, Cornelia Buzatu-Goanță, Milun Krstic, Joao Carvalho, Iryna Matsiakh, Halil Bariş Özel, Pande Trajkov, Miriam Piqué, Ćemal Višnjić, Debbie Bartlett

Altitudinal patterns of woody vegetation diversity in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, a Mediterranean mountain
Moussa Masoud, Hazandy Abdul-Hamid, Johar Mohamed, Attia Alsanousi

Boulders as functional microrefugia: Quantifying a continental-like microclimate supporting Pinus cembra at its oceanic range margin
Yann Fragnière, Stéphanie Morelon, Alain Müller, Gregor Kozlowski

Height growth of Quercus petraea coppices: Effects of tree type, stand management, and site conditions – A case study from the Czech lowlands
Jan Kadavý, Michal Kneifl, Barbora Uherková

Corrigendum: Changes in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) content in resistant and non-resistant forest trees in response to bark beetle attack
Petr Soudek, Jan Rezek, Kateřina Moťková, Šárka Petrová, Pavlína Máchová, Adam Véle, Martin Fulín, Petr Hošek

We would like to inform you that the journals published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) will change their licence policy. All articles submitted to CAAS journals from 2026 will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

26/02/2026

Read this interesting article: "Altitudinal patterns of woody vegetation diversity in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, a Mediterranean mountain"
Moussa Masoud, Hazandy Abdul-Hamid, Johar Mohamed, Attia Alsanousi

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Moussa Masoud, Hazandy Abdul-Hamid, Johar Mohamed, Attia Alsanousi