Forest Science is a peer-reviewed journal publishing fundamental and applied research that explores all aspects of natural and social sciences as they apply to the function and management of the forested ecosystems of the world. Topics include silviculture, forest management, biometrics, economics, entomology & pathology, fire & fuels management, forest ecology, genetics & tree improvement, geospatial technologies, harvesting & utilization, landscape ecology, operations research, forest policy, physiology, recreation, social sciences, soils & hydrology, and wildlife management.
Forest Science currently holds and Impact Factor of 1.058 and a Five Year Impact Factor of 1.559 (2018 Journal Impact Factor, Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2019)).
Forest Science is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December.

Editor-in-Chief
Scott Roberts, Professor Emeritus, Mississippi State University
robertss@safnet.org
Senior Managing Editor
Morgan Fincham, morgan@safnet.org
Assistant Managing Editor
Linda Edelman, edelmanl@safnet.org
Associate Editors
Fundamental Research
Biometrics
Bronson P. Bullock, University of Georgia
Christian Salas Eljatib, Universidad Mayor
Zhaofei Fan, Auburn University
Arne Pommerening, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Science
Dehai Zhao, The University of Georgia
Economics
Francisco X. Aguilar, University of Missouri
Jungho Baek, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Craig Johnston, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Richard Bin Mei, University of Georgia
Jaana Korhonen, University of Helsinki
Entomology & Pathology
Jonathan Cale, University of Alberta
Christopher J. Fettig, USDA Forest Service
Risto Kasanen, University of Helsinki
Forest Ecology
Ryan DeSantis, University of California
Kalev Jõgiste, Estonian University of Life Sciences
Anne McIntosh, University of Alberta
Robert Pattison, USDA Forest Service
Stephen R. Shifley, USDA Forest Service
Christopher Webster, Michigan Tech
Christopher Woodall, USDA Forest Service
Forest Management
Donald L. Grebner, Mississippi State University
Ching-Hsun Huang, Northern Arizona University
Dra. Virginia Morales Olmos, University Center of Tacuarembó
Sandor Toth, University of Washington
Genetics & Tree Improvement
Fikret Isik, North Carolina State University
Keith Woeste, Purdue University
Geospatial Technologies
Matti Katila, Finnish Forest Research Institute
Harvesting & Utilization
David Auty, Northern Arizona University
Jingxin Wang, West Virginia University
Human Dimensions
Zhao Ma, Purdue University
Operations Research
Jose Borges, Institut Superior de Agronomia
Ljusk Ola Eriksson, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Science
Carlos Romero, Technical University of Madrid
Physiology
Thomas Kolb, Northern Arizona University
David Woodruff, USDA Forest Service
Recreation
John J. Daigle, University of Maine
Silviculture
Jurij Diaci, University of Ljubljana
Theresa Jain, USDA Forest Service
Kristen Waring, Northern Arizona University
Marcella Windmuller-Campione, PhD, University of Minnesota
Soils & Hydrology
Matt Busse, USDA Forest Service
Robert J. Danehy, Catchment Aquatic Ecology
David Morris, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Deborah Page-Dumroese, USDA Forest Service
Applied Research
Biometrics
John Brown, USDA Forest Service
Bronson P. Bullock, University of Georgia
Robert Froese, Michigan Technological University
Samantha Gill, California Polytechnic State University
Christina Staudhammer, University of Alabama
Economics
Kathryn Arano Gazal, West Virginia University
John E. Wagner, SUNY-ESF
Entomology & Pathology

Jose Negron, USDA Forest Service
Fire & Fuels Management
John D. Bailey, Oregon State University
Forest Ecology
Justin Hart, University of Alabama
John Kabrick, CF, USDA Forest Service
Forest Management
Pete Bettinger, CF, University of Georgia
Genetics & Tree Improvement
Brad St. Clair, USDA Forest Service
Harvesting & Utilization
Chad Bolding, Virginia Tech
Kevin Boston, Humboldt State University
Silviculture
Mike Blazier, Louisiana State University
Emile S. Gardiner, USDA Forest Service
Theresa Jain, USDA Forest Service
Patricia Raymond, Ministere des Ressources Naturelles
Michael R. Saunders, Purdue University
Social Sciences
Jessica Leahy, University of Maine
Travis Paveglio, University of Idaho
Soils & Hydrology
Jeff Hatten, Oregon State University
Matthew McBroom, Stephen F. Austin State University
Courtney Siegert, Mississippi State University