Holzforschung

Holzforschung is an international scholarly journal devoted to the biology, chemistry, physics and technology of wood and of the components of wood, published from Berlin by Walter de Gruyter.《木材研究》是一份国际性学术期刊，以木材及其组分的生物学，化学，物理学与工艺学为对象，由柏林的 Walter de Gruyter 出版。

It was founded in 1947 and has kept its German title, while the language of publication moved steadily towards English and was fixed as English only in 1993.该刊创办于 1947 年并沿用德文刊名，发表语言则逐步转向英文，自 1993 年起只刊英文论文。

Its 2025 impact factor is 1.9 and its CiteScore is 4.1, and Journal Citation Reports lists it in Q2 for forestry as well as for paper and wood materials.2025 年影响因子为 1.9，CiteScore 为 4.1，期刊引用报告将其列在林学以及MATERIALS SCIENCE, PAPER & WOOD两类的 Q2 区。

Since 2025 the journal converts to open access year by year under the Subscribe to Open model, placing accepted papers under a Creative Commons licence with no charge to the author.自 2025 年起该刊依 Subscribe to Open 机制逐年转为开放获取，录用论文以知识共享协议发布且作者无需付费。

Scope

• The stated objective is research of the highest quality on wood and wood components, and both basic and applied work is welcomed, including consolidated reviews of a field.办刊宗旨是就木材与木材组分发表最高质量的研究，基础与应用工作均在欢迎之列，某一领域的系统性综述同样接收。

• The masthead names the cell wall constituents that define the subject matter, cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin and the extractives of wood.刊头列出界定主题的细胞壁组分，即纤维素，半纤维素，木质素与木材抽提物。

• Wood chemistry occupies a central place in this coverage, a position the journal has held since its first volume and reaffirmed in its anniversary account.木材化学在这一范围中居于核心，自第一卷起该刊便保持这一位置，其创刊纪念文章亦重申此点。

• Wood physics is treated beside chemistry, with work on cell wall structure, on mechanics and on the moisture behaviour of the material.木材物理与化学并列，涵盖细胞壁构造，力学性质与水分行为方面的研究。

• Wood biology entered the list of subjects some years after the founding, extending the enquiry from the finished material back to the living tree.木材生物学在创刊数年后被列入主题，使研究从成品材料回溯到活立木。

• Biotechnology and tree genetics are named in the objective statement, so work on biological conversion and on the heredity of forest trees has a place.生物技术及树木遗传学被写进取材说明，因此生物转化与林木遗传方面的工作亦可发表。

• Pulping and fibre chemistry form a substantial part of the technology covered, as the issue drawn from the International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry shows.制浆与纤维化学构成其工艺学覆盖的重要部分，国际木材纤维与制浆化学研讨会选文专辑即为一例。

• Lignocellulosic chemistry and pulp are recurrent themes, gathered in special issues from the European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp held in 2016, 2018 and 2024.木质纤维素化学与纸浆是反复出现的主题，2016 年，2018 年与 2024 年欧洲木质纤维素与纸浆研讨会的选文均汇为专辑。

• Wood modification is another standing area, represented by a collection from the European Conference on Wood Modification held in Arnhem.木材改性是另一常设方向，荷兰阿纳姆举行的欧洲木材改性会议论文集即属此类。

• Biorefinery research on woody feedstock has likewise been assembled in a dedicated issue, linking the classical subject to current conversion studies.以木质原料为对象的生物精炼研究同样被汇成专刊，把传统主题与当代转化研究相连。

• The cell wall is studied at the level of biopolymer interaction and composition, a theme set out in a highlight issue drawn from a European research network.细胞壁层面的生物大分子相互作用与组成被作为专题，一期精选文章即出自一个欧洲研究网络。

• Four manuscript categories carry the content, original articles limited to some 8000 words, mini reviews, full reviews and short notes.内容以四类稿件承载，原创论文篇幅约 8000 词以内，另有微型综述，正式综述与短文。

• An interdisciplinary approach is claimed for the coverage, and one paper may be read by chemists, physicists, biologists and process technologists working on the same material.该刊自述采取跨学科取向，一篇文章会同时被化学，物理，生物与工艺背景的读者阅读。

History

• The first volume appeared in 1947, and the articles of that year carry German titles such as contributions to wood chemistry and studies of lignosulphonic acid.第一卷出版于 1947 年，该年论文题名皆为德文，内容多为木材化学贡献与木质素磺酸性质的研究。

• Hermann Wenzl served as the first Editor-in-Chief, and under him the journal was strongly oriented to wood chemistry, with wood physics and wood technology also present.首任主编为 Hermann Wenzl，刊物当时以木材化学为主，木材物理与木材工艺亦占相当比重。^[1]

• German was at the outset the sole language of publication, and French and English were admitted in 1955.创刊之初德文是唯一发表语言，1955 年起法文与英文亦可刊用。

• A switch to English only followed in 1993, a change the publisher explains by the loss of German's leading position in the natural sciences after the Second World War.1993 年该刊改为仅供英文，出版方将这一转变归因于二战后德文在自然科学界主导地位的消退。

• As more manuscripts were accepted in English, international recognition rose and the journal moved quickly into a leading position among titles devoted to wood research.英文稿件不断增多带来国际关注，该刊迅速在木材研究类期刊中占据前列位置。

• An English companion title, Wood Research and Technology, was added to the German name, and the instructions for authors place the two forms side by side.德文刊名之外另增英文题名 Wood Research and Technology，作者须知将两种题名并列使用。

• During the last quarter of the twentieth century a strong competition from polymer science reduced the general interest in wood research, and many new polymer journals appeared.20 世纪最后 25 年，聚合物科学带来激烈竞争，木材研究的整体关注度回落，同类新刊大量涌现。

• Through that period the former Editor-in-Chief Oskar Faix kept the journal's standing and enlarged its reputation within the wood science community.前任主编 Oskar Faix 在那段时期维系了该刊的地位，并提升其在木材科学界的声誉。

• A wider public concern for nature and for a green economy later returned wood science to the forefront of the sustainability debate.社会对自然与绿色经济的重视使木材科学重回可持续议题的前沿。

• The journal has also commemorated the pioneers of its field, with tribute pieces for Walter Liese in 2001 and for Takayoshi Higuchi in 2003.该刊亦常纪念本领域的奠基学者，2001 年刊载对 Walter Liese 的致敬文章，2003 年刊载对 Takayoshi Higuchi 的纪念文章。^[2][3]

• Volume 76 of 2022 carried a special issue marking 75 years of the journal, edited by Lennart Salmén.第 76 卷（2022 年）刊出纪念创刊 75 年的专辑，由 Lennart Salmén 担任专辑主编。

• Recent volumes run at twelve issues a year, nominally one each month, with some numbers paired into a single fascicle.近年的卷期保持一年 12 期，名义上按月出刊，部分期次两期合为一册。

• Recorded impact has moved with the field, a factor of 2.493 for 2022, of 2.2 for 2023, of 1.6 for 2024 and of 1.9 for 2025.影响因子随领域波动，2022 年为 2.493，2023 年为 2.2，2024 年为 1.6，2025 年为 1.9。

• Walter de Gruyter GmbH issues the journal from its Berlin office, which also houses the editorial office, and the title now appears under the De Gruyter Brill brand used by the group.该刊由 Walter de Gruyter GmbH 在柏林办公处出版，编辑部同设于该处，刊名页现采用集团统一的 De Gruyter Brill 品牌。

Editors

• Lennart Salmén of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden holds the editorship, a wood scientist concerned with the mechanics of the cell wall and with fibre properties.现任主编为瑞典 KTH 皇家理工学院的 Lennart Salmén，其研究关注细胞壁力学与纤维性质。

• Before taking the editorship he guest-edited a highlight issue on thermo-hydro-mechanical wood behaviour and processing with Parviz Navi, drawn from a European research network.接任主编之前，他与 Parviz Navi 共同主编过一期精选文章，主题是木材在热与湿作用下的力学行为及加工，稿件来源为一个欧洲研究网络。

• A standing Editorial Board of five members works with him, seated in Sweden, Germany, Austria and Finland.常设编辑部由五位成员构成，分别位于瑞典，德国，奥地利与芬兰。

• Geoffrey Daniel of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Holger Militz of the University of Göttingen are among those five.其中含瑞典农业科学大学的 Geoffrey Daniel 与哥廷根大学的 Holger Militz。

• Thomas Rosenau of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna completes the panel with Herbert Sixta and Tapani Vuorinen of Aalto University.维也纳资源与生命科学大学的 Thomas Rosenau 与阿尔托大学的 Herbert Sixta，Tapani Vuorinen 补足其余席位。

• An Advisory Board of twenty-one members extends the panel further, spanning institutions in eleven countries.顾问委员会另设 21 席，委员所属机构横跨 11 个国家。

• Among the advisers are wood chemists, anatomists and process scientists at ETH Zurich, the University of Tokyo, Oregon State University and the Thünen Institute in Germany.顾问中可见木材化学，木材构造与制浆工艺方向的学者，供职于苏黎世联邦理工学院，东京大学，俄勒冈州立大学与德国 Thünen 研究所。

• Review is single-blind, with at least two independent referees selected by the editors and unknown to the author.评审采取单盲制，至少由编辑选定两位独立审稿人评判稿件，其身份对作者保密。

• A submission must propose up to three potential referees drawn from at least two different countries, and authors may also name scholars they wish to have excluded.投稿须提出至多三位建议审稿人且分属至少两个国家，作者亦可列出希望回避的学者。

• The editors reserve the right to reject a manuscript without external review when the study is judged insufficiently novel or of limited interest to the intended readership.若研究被认为新意不足或对所设读者群意义有限，编辑可在外审前直接退稿。

• The stated timetable aims at a first decision within three to four weeks, revised manuscripts returned in four to eight weeks and online publication within two to four weeks of acceptance.编辑部设定的时间表为首次决定三至四周，修改稿四至八周返回，录用后两至四周在线发布。

• A revised submission requires a point-to-point reply to every criticism, a version with the changes marked and a clean copy, and rejected papers are reconsidered only at the discretion of the editors after a written rebuttal.修改稿须逐点回应全部意见，同时提交标出改动的修订本与一份清稿，被拒稿件是否重审取决于编辑判断，作者需先提交书面申辩。

• Special and thematic issues are held to the same peer review standard as regular papers, while research integrity follows the COPE code of conduct and manuscripts are asked to observe an inclusive language policy in clear English.专题与会议专辑与常规稿件适用同一评审标准，学术诚信事务依 COPE 行为准则处理，稿件须以清晰简练的英文写成并遵循包容性语言规范。