Editorial news Archive

7 Jan 2026

Annals of Forest Science is displayed on a new website on Springer Link

Since November 2025, Annals of Forest Science is accessible on the new and upgraded Springer Nature Link website. This transition was part of Springer’s commitment to ensure consistency in journal’s websites to provide a better experience for
6 Jan 2026

New editorial team and changed publication process for Annals of Forest Science

Annals of Forest Science is a long-standing journal owned by the French public research institution INRAE (Institut National de Recherches pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement). It has been published from 1964 to 1999 as “Annales des Sciences
25 Nov 2025

Carla Allais is the new Editorial Coordinator for Annals of Forest Science

Carla Allais joined the team of Editorial Coordination for Annals of Forest Science since the beginning of November 2025. After graduating from a Master degree in scientific publishing at Université de Caen Normandie, Carla joined INRAE at
25 Nov 2025

Jean-Christophe Domec is the new editor-in-chief of Annals of Forest Science

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jean-Christophe Domec as the new Editor‐in‐Chief of Annals of Forest Science from January 1, 2026 on. A smooth transition will be ensured with the former Editor-in-Chief, Erwin Dreyer, during
6 Jun 2025

Guidelines for reviewers: How to review a database paper?

Database papers aim at describing a dataset made available to a larger community. Database papers are a scientific valuable production and should provide all required information for a large use of the data. The database paper should
26 Mar 2025

Irène Gabriel is the new Editorial Coordinator for Annals of Forest Science

Irène Gabriel is the new Editorial Coordinator for Annals of Forest Science since February 2024. She is Researcher at INRAE at Nouzilly, near Tours (Val de Loire, France) and in the unit Open Science Directory since February
13 Feb 2025

Annals of Forest Science moves to SNAPP, the new manuscript management system developed by Springer

From January 28, 2025 on, all new manuscripts are submitted via the Springer Nature Article Processing Platform (SNAPP), instead of the former Editorial Manager platform. Manuscripts submitted before January 28 will still be handled via Editorial Manager.
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

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.

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