Journal of Forestry

Infobox Journal


editors = Don Floyd, Shibu Jose, W. Keith Moser
discipline = Forestry
language = English
abbreviated_title = noeffect
abbreviation = J Forest
publisher = Society of American Foresters
country = United States
publication_history = noeffect
history = 1902 - present
frequency = 8 issues per year
impact = 1.188
impact-year = 2006
website = http://www.safnet.org/periodicals/jof/
ISSN = 0022-1201
eISSN =
OCLC =

The "Journal of Forestry" is the primary scholarly journal of the Society of American Foresters that aims to advance the forestry profession, keeping professional foresters informed about developments and ideas related to the practice of forestry. The journal publishes editorial and technical content related to topics of general interest to natural resource and forest management. Articles are generally written for an audience of non-specialists, with topics spanning the many facets or disciplines of forestry. [ [http://www.safnet.org/periodicals/jof/ Journal of Forestry website (accessed 20 Jan 2008)] ]

History

The journal was first published as the "Forestry Quarterly" in October, 1902, under the editorial advisement of a board of faculty and alumni of the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The affiliation lasted only through the first volume, as the College was closed suddenly following a veto of the school's appropriation by governor Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. in 1903. [Forestry Quarterly, Vol. 1 No. 4. July 1903. pp. 156-157.] The Quarterly was published independently with a board of editors composed of many prominent figures in American forestry in the early part of the 20^th century, including Editor-in-Chief Bernard E. Fernow. With the publication of the 15^th volume in 1917, the publication became the Journal of Forestry, an amalgamation of the Quarterly and the Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters. Editorial responsibilities were assumed by the editorial board of the Society of American Foresters, for which the journal became the official publication.

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