Editorial news Archive
19 Mar 2024
Open peer review in Annals of Forest Science as a new option
We are pleased to offer an optional open peer review to the community in forest and wood sciences to whom Annals of Forest Science is dedicated. Based on new digital technologies and public infrastructure registration, we set
11 Feb 2022
Call for a new AFS Topical Collection: Advances in the understanding of the pine wilt disease and in its management strategy
By Véronique Lesage On 11 February 2022 In All published articles, Editorial news, Special issue/Topical collection
Editors : Christelle ROBINET (INRAE), Géraldine ROUX (Univ. Orléans) Hervé JACTEL, Philippe CASTAGNONE (INRAE) ; Xavier TASSUS (ANSES) ; Luis BONIFACIO (INIAV) ; Hyerim HAN (NIFoS) ; Katsunori NAKAMURA (FFPRI). Scope : The pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus
16 Dec 2021
Call for a new AFS topical issue: Trees, forests and water – recent advances on resistance and resilience to water deficits.
By Véronique Lesage On 16 December 2021 In All published articles, Editorial news, For authors, Special issue/Topical collection
Editors: Erwin Dreyer, Hervé Cochard, Jean Marc Guehl, André Granier (INRAE) ; Maurizio Mencuccini (CREAF). Scope : Ecophysiology and functional ecology of trees and forests have made tremendous progress over the last decades and attracted much attention in
30 Jun 2021
Annals of Forest Science moves to full open access from January 1st, 2022
As of January 2022, Annals of Forest Science will become a fully open access (OA) journal. All accepted papers will be published under a CC-BY 4 license, which means that all content published in the journal will
7 Dec 2020
Annals of Forest Science becomes “PCI-friendly”. An important move towards the recognition of the role of preprints.
Annals of Forest Science already accepts the submission of manuscripts that were first made available as a preprint (i.e., manuscripts deposited on an open server before submission to a journal) on a public repository for dissemination, scientific
24 Mar 2020
Véronique Lesage is the new Managing Editor for Annals of Forest Science
Véronique Lesage is the new Managing Editor for Annals of Forest Science since February 1, 2020. She is Research Engineer at INRAE at Clermont Ferrand (France) and will join the INRAE-Université de Clermont-Auvergne joint unit “PIAF”. She
16 Feb 2020
Highlighted paper of 2019 : C. Ziegler et al., “Large hydraulic safety margins protect Neotropical canopy rainforest tree species against hydraulic failure during drought”
By Erwin Dreyer On 16 February 2020 In All published articles, Editor's choice, Editorial board informations, Editorial news
C. Ziegler et al., “Large hydraulic safety margins protect Neotropical canopy rainforest tree species against hydraulic failure during drought” Tropical rainforests are under the thread of more frequent drought episodes, that may in places induce tree dieback.
15 Feb 2020
Why does Annals of Forest Science no longer accept e-only material?
By Erwin Dreyer On 15 February 2020 In All published articles, Data in repository, Editor's choice, Editorial news, For authors, For referees
The editorial procedures of Annals of Forest Science change continuously for the better (we hope!). After having put an emphasis on access to data associated to publications, we made another albeit smaller chage: we no longer accept
16 Oct 2019
New special issue: Impacts of natural disturbances on forest ecosystems under climate change: large-scale analysis and modelling
By Isabelle Fabrissin On 16 October 2019 In Editorial board informations, Editorial news, For authors, Special issue/Topical collection
We are launching the special issue “Impacts of natural disturbances on forest ecosystems under climate change: large-scale analysis and modelling” Forest ecosystems play a key role in ensuring Earth’s climate stability by storing large amounts of carbon
23 Aug 2019
Guidelines for reviewers: How to review a data paper?
By Isabelle Fabrissin On 23 August 2019 In Editorial board informations, Editorial news, For referees
Data papers aim at describing a dataset made available to a larger community. Data papers are a scientific valuable production and should provide all required information for a large use of the data. The data paper should
