Journal of Forestry

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Journal of Forestry
Abbreviated title	J Forest
Discipline	Forestry
Language	English
Publication details
Publisher	Society of American Foresters (United States)
Publication history	1902 - present
Frequency	8 issues per year
Impact factor	1.188 (2006)
Indexing
ISSN	0022-1201
Links
Journal homepage

The Journal of Forestry is the primary scholarly journal of the Society of American Foresters that aims to advance the forestry profession, keeping professional foresters informed about developments and ideas related to the practice of forestry. The journal publishes editorial and technical content related to topics of general interest to natural resource and forest management. Articles are generally written for an audience of non-specialists, with topics spanning the many facets or disciplines of forestry.^[1]

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The journal was first published as the Forestry Quarterly in October, 1902, under the editorial advisement of a board of faculty and alumni of the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The affiliation lasted only through the first volume, as the College was closed suddenly following a veto of the school's appropriation by governor Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. in 1903.^[2] The Quarterly was published independently with a board of editors composed of many prominent figures in American forestry in the early part of the 20^th century, including Editor-in-Chief Bernard E. Fernow. With the publication of the 15^th volume in 1917, the publication became the Journal of Forestry, an amalgamation of the Quarterly and the Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters. Editorial responsibilities were assumed by the editorial board of the Society of American Foresters, for which the journal became the official publication.

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