Von: Lukas Giessen <lukas.giessen@tu-dresden.de>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Juli 2021 20:35

Betreff: FP&E: recent journal developments

Dear colleagues of  Div9 and Div6 mailing lists,

with great pleasure (and some pride) we want to inform you of some continuously positive developments regarding FP&E:

• With  223 articles published in 2020 the journal achieved an all-time high in mere article numbers
• We achieved this at a still increasing rejection rate, well above 60%
• Our average review speed continues to increase, shortening times in which authors wait for decisions (https://journalinsights.elsevier.com/journals/1389-9341/review_speed )
• Our editorial team increased to 10 Editors , handling papers swiftly (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/editorial-board )
• The just released 2020 Journal Impact Factor increased to now 3.673 (https://journalinsights.elsevier.com/journals/1389-9341/impact_factor ),
• ranking Q1 in many categories
• ranking e.g. 47/125 in Environmental Studies; 75/376 in Economics; 5/67 in Forestry,
• The Cite Score increased to 6.5
• Ranking Q1 in many categories
• Ranking e.g. 39/1269 in Sociology & Political Science; 47/661 in Economics & Econometrics; 10/142 in Forestry
• The recently established article category of Commentaries hosts science-based, peer-reviewed, short communications formulated as one of the following types (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics ):
• Science Critiques: critically discuss previous research
• Research Trends: identify emerging empirical phenomena that should be addressed by future research
• Policy Forum: short pieces on contemporary, internationally relevant forest-related policy issues that enable researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to make timely contributions to policy debates.

We would appreciate if you forwarded this information to your faculty and other peer colleagues and mailing lists, who might be interested in publishing with FP&E in the future. And finally we are looking forward to receiving your best manuscripts for reaching out to our global audience.

With best regards on behalf of the Editorial Team,

Lukas Giessen

Prof. Dr. Lukas Giessen

Chair of Tropical and International Forestry; Technical University Dresden, Germany
Editor in Chief of:

- Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier)

- Knowledge to Action K2A (EFI) 

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