Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening is a refereed international journal published by Elsevier since 2002 under the ISSN 1618-8667, devoted to urban and peri-urban woody and non-woody vegetation and its use, planning, design, establishment and management, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.2 and first quartile ranks in forestry, urban studies and environmental studies《城市林业与城市绿化》（Urban Forestry & Urban Greening）是（Elsevier）自 2002 年起出版的同行评审国际期刊，刊号 1618-8667，专注城市与城郊木本及非木本植被的利用、规划、设计、营建与管理，2025 年影响因子为 8.2，在林学、城市研究与环境研究三类均居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal concentrates on tree-dominated vegetation regarded jointly as the urban forest, as well as on other green resources in and around urban areas, such as woodlands, public and private parks and gardens, urban nature areas, street tree and square plantations, botanical gardens, cemeteries and building envelope greening该刊关注被视为城市森林整体的树木主导型植被，也关注城市及其周边其他绿色资源，如林地、公共与私人公园和花园、城市自然区域、行道树与广场绿地、植物园、墓园以及建筑立面绿化。
• Contributions focus on the form, functions and ecosystem services of urban forests and other vegetation, including aspects of urban environmental science and urban ecology稿件侧重城市森林与其他植被的形态、功能与生态系统服务，涵盖城市环境科学与城市生态学相关内容。
• Topics also include policy-making, planning and design related to urban forests and other vegetation, and the selection and establishment of tree resources for urban environments选题还包括城市森林与其他植被相关的政策制定、规划与设计，以及适应城市环境的树木资源选育与营建。
• The management of urban forests and other vegetation, and the ecosystem services that urban vegetation provides, are further core themes城市森林与其他植被的管理，以及城市植被所提供的生态系统服务，同为该刊核心主题。
• Contributions of a high academic standard are invited from a wide range of disciplines and fields, including forestry, biology, horticulture, arboriculture, landscape ecology, pathology, soil science, hydrology and landscape planning该刊面向广泛学科征稿，包括林学、生物学、园艺学、树木栽培学、景观生态学、病理学、土壤学、水文学与景观规划等。
• The journal welcomes basic and applied research papers as well as review papers and short communications该刊欢迎基础与应用研究论文，也接受综述文章与短通讯。
• Authors may publish their work open access on payment of an article publishing charge of USD 3,560, while subscription articles incur no publication fee and are immediately available to subscribers作者可支付 3,560 美元的文章处理费以开放获取方式发表；订阅模式的文章不收取发表费，订阅者即可即时阅读。

History

• The journal was founded in 2002 by the German publisher Urban & Fischer, at a time when urban forestry was emerging as a research field of its own该刊于 2002 年由德国出版机构（Urban & Fischer）创办，当时城市林业正作为独立研究领域兴起。
• Its founding editor Cecil Konijnendijk led the journal from the launch year onwards and has stayed closely associated with the title, which became a leading venue for urban forestry research创刊主编 Cecil Konijnendijk 自创刊年起长期主持该刊，并一直与该刊保持密切关系，使其成为城市林业研究的领先发表平台。
• The title has been published continuously since 2002, and it is now carried by Elsevier GmbH, which the Journal Citation Reports records as its publisher with Germany as the country of publication该刊自 2002 年起持续出版，现由（Elsevier GmbH）承印发行；（Journal Citation Reports）将其出版方记为（Elsevier GmbH），出版国记为德国。
• The journal has expanded its output substantially and now publishes twelve issues a year该刊出版规模显著扩大，现每年出版 12 期。
• Recent impact factors have risen steadily, from 4.537 in 2021 and 5.766 in 2022 to 6.7 in 2024 and 8.2 in 2025近年影响因子持续上升，2021 年为 4.537、2022 年为 5.766、2024 年为 6.7、2025 年为 8.2。
• The journal is indexed in both the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Science Citation Index, which reflects its position at the interface of forestry, urban studies and environmental studies该刊同时被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Social Science Citation Index）收录，反映其处于林学、城市研究与环境研究的交叉地带。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Wendy Y. Chen, professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong, whose research concerns urban ecology, green space and the ecosystem services of cities in Asia主编为 Wendy Y. Chen（香港大学地理系教授），研究方向为城市生态、绿地以及亚洲城市的生态系统服务。
• The founding editor-in-chief was Cecil Konijnendijk, who launched the journal in 2002 and has remained associated with the field as a researcher and editor of major reference works创刊主编为 Cecil Konijnendijk，其于 2002 年创办该刊，并一直以研究者与重要参考著作主编的身份活跃于该领域。
• The journal operates a double anonymized peer review process, in which the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from each other该刊实行双盲评审，作者与审稿人身份互不公开。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's online system, and the journal regularly publishes calls for papers and special issues organised by guest editors稿件经出版方在线系统提交；该刊定期发布由客座编辑组织的专题征稿与专刊。
• Editorial triage is fast, with a first decision on average within one day, a decision after review in about 61 days and acceptance in about 155 days, while accepted articles appear online within about two days编辑初筛迅速，平均 1 天内给出首次决定、约 61 天完成评审后决定、约 155 天录用；录用后约 2 天即可上线。
• The board and guest editors come from universities and research institutes in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, and their names are listed on the journal's editorial board page编委与客座编辑来自欧洲、亚洲、北美与澳大利亚的大学及研究机构，名单在期刊编委页公布。