About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Annals of Silvicultural Research (ASR) features original scientific articles, reviews, international project reports and notes on all aspects of silviculture. Related subject-matters include forest dynamics, forest ecology, dendro-ecology, forest stand assessment, agro-forestry and silvopastoralism, conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources, protection of forest ecosystems, maintenance of their multifunctional role and of the provision of goods and services.  For more details see  below

 

Peer Review Process

The correspondence of each submitted manuscript to the Topics of ASR has to be verified by the editorial board. If the manuscript meets the editorial requirements it is forwarded to a double blind peer review process. The peer review process ensures the scientific effectiveness of the paper and it is done by experts of the specific subject of the manuscript. Up to three referees are asked to review the submitted manuscript. They are invited to complete the whole process in 4/8 weeks and fill a review form with comments to the author(s). The reviewers are asked to give their opinion also on the suitability to the publication. The chief editor then makes a decision based on the reviewers' advice, from among several possibilities:

  1. accept, with or without minor editorial revisions;

  2. invite the authors to revise their manuscript to address specific concerns before a final decision is reached;

  3. reject, but indicate to the authors that further work might justify a resubmission

  4. reject outright, typically on grounds of specialist interest, lack of novelty, insufficient conceptual advance or major technical and/or substantial problems.

The author(s) is (are) informed by the editorial boards on the decision and is (are) invited to address reviewers' comments or discuss their comments with proper justifications. In the case of decision 1 the manuscripts is managed only by editors before publication. In the case of decision 2 the amended manuscript version has to be returned to the same reviewers. In the case of the decision 3 the new manuscript has to be resubmitted for a new entire process with potentially different reviewers. After the author(s) submit(s) the last amended version of the manuscript the editorial board checks if it meets the criteria of the peer review process and forward it to the chief editor for the final decision.

 

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides an immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Furthermore ASR does not charge Authors for any submission or processing fee.  

 
 
 

Journal history

Annals of Silvicultural Research is the following up, translation and on-line transformation of the printed scientific journal featured under different names since 1932 by the Forestry Research Centre.

 

Volumes          Years               Name of journal

1-14                1932-1967      Pubblicazioni della Regia Stazione Sperimentale di Selvicoltura

15-18              1968-1969      Pubblicazioni dell’Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura

19-30              1970-1999      Annali dell’Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura

31-36              2004-2010      Annali CRA-Centro di Ricerca per la Selvicoltura

 

 

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