Journal of Wood Science
Journal of Wood Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Japan on behalf of the Japan Wood Research Society. It provides an international forum for basic and applied research in wood and wood-based materials, including chemistry, physics, biology, forest products, pulp and paper, biomass, and construction. The journal was established in 1955.
The current editor-in-chief is Professor Kenji Umemura of Kyoto University.
The journal has an impact factor of 2.2 for 2023, with a 5‑year impact factor of 2.5, ranking in the first quartile of the “Materials Science, Paper & Wood” category. It is indexed in the major bibliographic databases including Scopus, Web of Science, CAB Abstracts, and Google Scholar.