For over 70 years, the Forest Products Journal (FPJ) has been the global go-to for forest products research, as the world’s most complete and prestigious source of high-quality peer-reviewed technical research reflecting the current state of wood science and technology, at the applied and practical levels.

FPJ is published four times per year and is open access. Note: FPJ went open access in 2009. All FPJ issues before 2009 can be found in the Knowledge Base, a service for members of the Forest Products Society. Brian Via serves as Editor-in-Chief of FPJ.

Typical topics:

• Durability & Physical Properties
  • Wood Preservation, Deterioration and Protection
  • Drying & Treatments to Improve Performance
  • Non-destructive Testing & Evaluation
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Environmental Impacts & Life Cycle Analysis
• Wood in Use
  • Solid Wood and Wood-Based Structural Products
  • Wood Construction
• Wood & Biomass Utilization
  • Primary & Secondary Processing
  • Forest Management Impacts on Wood Quality, Yield and Value
  • Wood Processing
  • Wood Markets
  • Wood Composites
  • Energy Production Issues
• Wood Chemistry and Chemical Processing of Wood
  • Traditional and Renewable Adhesives for Wood Composites
  • Nanotechnology for Wood Materials
  • New Products from Lignin, Cellulose, Hemicellulose, Extractives
• Forest Products Marketing, Economics and Business
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • International Trade
  • Industrial Organization
  • Business Management
• • Non-timber Forest Products (Non-Food, Non-Feed) for Fiber, Chemicals and Products
  • Industrial Crops and Products Used as Substitutes for Wood Products
  • Industrial/Forest Crop Management Practices to Increase Specific Chemical Components for Forest Products
  • Biotechnology/Genetics for Chemistry/Forest Products
  • Biobased Resins/Adhesives/Polymers from Plants/ForestsAlternative Forestry Products

Author Information

Interested in publishing your research in FPJ? All manuscripts are peer-reviewed by the FPJ Editorial Board, and once published are available as open access.

Submit Your Manuscript

FPJ Author Style Sheet

FPJ Figure Guidelines

Manuscripts published are subject to an article charge of $1,999 US for FPS members and $2,300 US charge for nonmembers. Technical Notes are charged at $800/$1000 US for members and nonmembers respectively.

For questions about FPJ, please contact FPS Member Connect at memberconnect@forestprod.org.