The Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is a leading international research journal with a focus on forests and forestry in boreal and temperate regions worldwide. The journal welcomes original papers and review articles of high scientific quality and international interest in the entire field of forest research, from basic to more applied subjects, such as: Silviculture, Forest management, Economics, Forest resource assessment, Policy, Planning and inventory, Bioenergy, Ecology, Soil science, Biodiversity, Human health, Climate change, Remote sensing, Pathology, Genetics, Entomology, Forest operations, and Wood science and technology.
  
In addition to research articles contributed by international academics, the journal presents a popular News & Views section covering topical issues and items concerning forest-related R&D in northern Europe.

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is published eight times per year on behalf of Nordic Forest Research (SNS).
 
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single blind and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
The scientific community and decision-makers with an interest in forests and forestry in the boreal and temperate regions.

Scientific Editor, Editor-in-Chief 
Johanna Witzell - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Sweden 

Editor News & Views 
Mats Hannerz - Silvinformation AB, Sweden 

Editorial Board 
Dalia Abbas - Georg Mason University, USA  
Catherine Bastien - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France 
Hatice Tugba Dogmus Lehtijarvi - Süleyman Demirel Üniversity, Turkey 
Lars Högbom - The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (Skogforsk), Sweden 
Franka Huth - Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany 
Tuula Jyske - The Natural Resources Institute Finland 
Jean-Michel Leban - ENSTIB, the School of Wood Science and Timber Engineering, University of Nancy, France  
Manfred Lexer - Institute of Silviculture, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria 
Gun Lidestav - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden Juan A. Martín - Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain 
Marek Metslaid - Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia 
Line Nybakken - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway 
Arne Pommerening - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 
Hans Peter Ravn - Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 
Bjarni Sigursson - The Agricultural University of Iceland, Iceland 
Halvor Solheim - Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Norway 
John A. Stanturf - Center for Forest Disturbance Science, GA, USA 
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway  
Heli Viiri - The Natural Resources Institute, Finland 
Clive Welham - The University of British Columbia, 3GreenTree Ecosystem Services Ltd., Canada 

Editorial Office 
Johanna Witzell 
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 
Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre 
Box 49 
SE-230 34 Alnarp, Sweden 
Tel: +46 70 40 41 5185 
E-mail: johanna.witzell@slu.se 

News and Views Section 
Please contact Mats Hannerz