Novelties in Wood Engineering and Forestry—2nd Edition
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Wood Science and Forest Products".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 654
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wood composite material; lighter wood particles; the physics of wood; the quality of composites
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: wood science; non-human forest products; dendrocronology; classification and exploitation of forest resources
Interests: furniture; lignocellulosic composites; wood; design; wood civilization
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will deal with various aspects of forestry and wood processing. In particular, in the field of forestry, the Special Issue invites research on woody biomass applications, the main products and byproducts of forests, log exploitation, the primary processing of round wood, and the quality of exploited wood. Regarding the wood processing part, this Special Issue will receive works on cutting round wood from timber and veneers; wood processing to create furniture, parquet, doors and windows; wood biomass including briquettes and pellets; the thermochemical treatment of wood; antique wood; finishing processes; the restoration of cultural heritage objects; and wood-based composites.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Forest byproducts;
- Primary log processing;
- Timber and veneer technologies;
- Furniture, parquet, and door technologies;
- Briquettes and pellets;
- Wood finishing and coatings;
- Wood restoration, preservation, and conservation;
- The thermochemical treatment of wood;
- Wood composites;
- Wooden cultural heritage objects;
- Antique wood.
Prof. Dr. Aurel Lunguleasa
Prof. Dr. Florin Dinulica
Prof. Dr. Camelia Cosereanu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forests is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- woody biomass
- forest byproducts
- timber
- veneer
- furniture
- briquettes
- pellets
- wooden cultural heritage object
- wood restoration
