Annals of Forest Science promotes multidisciplinary research devoted to forests and wood in a changing world

Key message
The year 2022 was a time of great changes in Annals of Forest Science. We moved from a hybrid to a full Open Access publication model with BMC-Springer. This means that our authors are full owners of the articles, at the price of a quite moderate article processing charges (APC) which is sometimes covered by general agreements between institutions and Springer–BMC. Although it resulted in a temporary decline of publications during this first year (48 instead of about 90–100 during previous years), we are optimistic that this change will increase the impact of the journal, as each published paper reaches a wider audience than before.
It is worth mentioning that our objective is not to publish as many papers as possible to increase total revenue of the journal. Rather, we aim to publish high-quality papers conveying new and solid results, new syntheses and new ideas, in an Open Science framework.
This editorial presents a few features of Annals of Forest Science as a constantly evolving journal keeping pace with ongoing changes in science publishing and in the frame of its long-lasting history. We hope 2023 will be a successful year for the journal and its community (associate editors, reviewers, authors, readers) who is contributing greatly to these developments to elevate the quality of the journal.

Publication
Dreyer, E., Bolte, A., Ferretti, M. et al. Annals of Forest Science promotes multidisciplinary research devoted to forests and wood in a changing world. Annals of Forest Science 80, 8 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-023-01177-9