Brief History

Floresta e Ambiente (FLORAM) is a scientific journal published by the Instituto de Florestas at the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ).

The journal was established in 1994 by professors from the Instituto de Florestas/UFRRJ. Since its inception, it has published uninterrupted annual volumes—single yearly issues from 1994 to 2002, bimonthly issues from 2003 to 2010, and quarterly issues from 2011 onward. In 2012, FLORAM joined the SciELO Brazil collection; in 2015, it adopted the ScholarOne submission system. Since 2017, it has been operating a continuous publication model. Since 2018, all articles have been published exclusively in English.

Floresta e Ambiente aims to advance the frontiers of Forest Science by publishing articles that demonstrate scientific merit and innovative content.

Metrics

• CiteScore (Scopus - 2024): 1.8
• Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate - 2024): 0.4 
• SJR (Scimago - 2024): 0.257
• H5-index (Google Scholar - 2024): 15 (17th place in the world ranking in Wood Science & Technology)
• Qualis Capes: B2

Open Access

Floresta e Ambiente follows the Gold Open Access model, providing unrestricted virtual access (including financial barriers) to all scientific texts published in the journal.

Open access means the copyright holder grants usage rights to third parties under an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to full-text articles, track them for indexing, use them as data for software, or employ them for any other lawful purpose without delay or charge.

Alignment with Open Science

This journal adheres to the Gold Open Access model and aligns its editorial policy with Open Science principles:

• All submissions must include a Data Availability Statement (see Open Data section) regarding all research data supporting the text;
• Preprints deposited in recognized servers (SciELO Preprints, arXiv, bioRxiv) are accepted (see Preprints section);
• The name of the Associate Editor responsible for overseeing the peer review process of each submitted manuscript is disclosed upon publication. Although FLORAM does not currently implement advanced open peer review practices, authors are required to express their position on the matter by completing the Open Science Compliance Form, a mandatory component of the submission process.

Publication Ethics

FLORAM upholds high ethical standards, appointing independent, qualified reviewers to ensure impartial, constructive, and professional peer review.

The journal follows internationally accepted ethical guidelines, including SciELO’s Best Practices guide, supports COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) directives, and expects the same ethical commitment from editors, reviewers, and authors.

Focus and Scope

FLORAM accepts only manuscripts within one of the following four main Forest Science thematic areas:

• Silviculture (e.g., Dendrology; Forest Genetics and Breeding; Forest Seeds and Nurseries; Forest Nutrition; Forest Physiology; Forest Soils; Forest Protection)
• Forest Management (e.g., Dendrometry and Forest Inventory; Forest Economics; Forest Harvesting and Mechanization; Geoprocessing; Forest Policy and Legislation; Forest Planning and Optimization; Forest Logistics and Transportation; Certification)
• Wood Science and Technology (e.g., Anatomy and Identification of Forest Products; Wood Properties and Quality; Wood Drying; Wood Treatment; Mechanical Processing of Wood; Wood Chemistry; Pulp and Paper Technology; Panel Technology; Forest Biomass Energy; Biorefineries)
• Nature Conservation (e.g., Conservation of Natural Areas; Ecology of Forest Ecosystems; Urban Forestry; Restoration of Degraded Areas; Forest Biodiversity; Wildland Fire; Forest Hydrology; Watershed Management)

Digital Preservation

FLORAM complies with the digital preservation policy defined by the SciELO Program.

Indexing Sources

• Agrícola - National Agricultural Library
• AGRIS - International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology
• AGROBASE - Coordenação de Informação e Documentação Agrícola- MAPA
• CAB Abstracts - Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)
• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
• Google Scholar
• I2OR - International Institute of Organized Research
• Latindex - Sistema Regional de Información en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal
• SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online
• Scimago Journal & Country Rank – SJR
• Scopus - Elsevier
• Web of Science - Clarivate

Bibliographic Record

• Journal title: Floresta e Ambiente
• Abbreviated title: Floresta Ambient.
• Published by: Instituto de Florestas, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro – Seropédica/RJ.
• Publication: Quarterly
• Frequency: Continuous publication
• Year of establishment: 1994

Websites and Social Media

• https://www.floram.org/
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