Acknowledgement to Forest Ecosystems Reviewers in 2025: Strengthening the Excellence of Forest Ecosystems

Published 15 January, 2026

The editorial team of Forest Ecosystems would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the 307 reviewers who generously dedicated their time and expertise to the journal in 2025.

Peer-review is the cornerstone of academic integrity and scientific progress. The rigorous evaluations and constructive feedback provided by our reviewers have been instrumental in maintaining the high standards of our journal and fostering the growth of the forest science community.

The commitment of the reviewers to excellence ensures that Forest Ecosystems remains a leading platform for innovative research. We truly value the partnership we have with our global network of experts.

Full list of our 2025 Reviewers (in alphabetical order):

Name	Affiliation
Iveren Abiem	University of Jos, Nigeria
Stella Britwum Acquah	CSIR - Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Ghana
Matthias Albert	Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Germany
Christian Ammer	University of Goettingen, Germany
Maja Andrič	Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti, Slovenia
Alex Appiah Mensah	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Gregorio Aragon	Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Mark Ashton	Yale University, United States
Johan Asplund	Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Elena Anatolievna Babushkina	Siberian Federal University, Russian Federation
Patrick Baker	University of Melbourne, Australia
Safa Balekoglu	Istanbul University, Turkey
Surendra Singh Bargali	Kumaun University, India
Matt Betts	Oregon State University, United States
Richard A. Birdsey	Woodwell Climate Research Center, United States
Juan A. Blanco	Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
János Bölöni	Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Costanza Borghi	University of Florence, Italy
Michal Bosela	Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia
Olivier Bouriaud	Ștefan Cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
Lin Cao	Nanjing Forestry University, China
Rui Cao	Taizhou University, China
Christopher Carcaillet	Paris Sciences & Lettres University, France
Valentino Casolo	Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
Dennis Castillo-Figueroa	Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
Chenhui Chang	Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Kuo-Jung Chao	Chung Hsing University, China
Rajiv Chaturvedi	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India
Chen Chen	Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Fusheng Chen	Jiangxi Agricultural University, China
Jungang Chen	Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Liang Chen	University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Shutao Chen	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Tuo Chen	Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, China
Yajun Chen	Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ying Chen	East China Normal University, China
Dmitrii Chernikhovskii	Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Russian Federation
Oleg Chertov	Ras Center Forest Ecology Productivity, Russian Federation
Yonggang Chi	Zhejiang Normal University, China
Hyeyeong Choe	Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Ahmet Cilek	Cukurova University, Turkey
Alessio Collalti	National Research Council, Italy
Richard Condit	Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, United States
Piermara Corona	Università Degli Studi Della Tuscia, Italy
Maximiliano Costa	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
Eric Cudjoe	University of Valladolid Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering of Palencia, Spain
KC Cushman	Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States
Wenxia Dai	China University of Geosciences, China
Giovanni D'Amico	University of Florence, Italy
Haishan Dang	Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Qinglai Dang	Lakehead University, Canada
Luis Diaz-Balteiro	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Yi Ding	Chinese Academy of Forestry Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, China
Marc Djahangard	Albert - Ludwigs - Universität Freiburg, Germany
Dorota Dobrowolska	Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Lihu Dong	Northeast Forestry University, China
Huaqiang Du	Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Ling-Tong Du	Ningxia University, China
Sheng Du	Northwest A&F University, China
Honglang Duan	Guizhou University, China
Liangliang Duan	Northeast Forestry University, China
Luiz Fernando Duarte de Moraes	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brazil
Aleksey Dymov	Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Centre, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
David Ellison	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Louise Eriksson	Umea Universitet, Sweden
Chunyu Fan	Beijing Forestry University, China
Jun Fan	Northwest A&F University, China
Xiang-Min Fang	Jiangxi Agricultural University, China
Lorenzo Fattorini	Università Degli Studi Di Siena, Italy
Jiang Feng	Northeast Normal University, China
Nicole J. Fenton	Université du Québec, Canada
Teresa Patricia Feria-Arroyo	The University of Texas, United States
Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira	University of São Paulo, Brazil
Pavel Fibich	Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Matthew Forrest	Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany
Paul D. Fox-Hughes	Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Yingchun Fu	South China Normal University, China
Natalia Galibina	Forest Research Institute of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Deqiang Gao	Chinese Academy of Forestry, China
Lushuang Gao	Beijing Forestry University, China
Balázs Garamszegi	University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria
Antonio Gazol	Instituto de Recursos Forestales Y Agroambientales, Spain
Christoph Gehring	State University of Maranhão, Brazil
Ana Cristina Gonçalves	Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Martin M. Goßner	Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland
Xiaohua Gou	Lanzhou University, China
Pingting Guan	Northeast Normal University, China
Carolina I. Guerreiro	Universidad Nacional de Darwin, Argentina
Bing Guo	Shandong University of Technology, China
Li Guo	Sichuan University, China
Xiao Guo	Qingdao Agricultural University, China
Xiaowei Guo	Zhejiang University, China
Ziwu Guo	Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry Chinese Academy of Forestry, China
Henrique Haas	Columbia University, United States
Mengguang Han	Northeast Forestry University, China
Guangyou Hao	Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Félix Hartmann	French National Institute for Agricultural Research INRAE, France
Asahi Hashimoto	University of Tsukuba, Japan
Muhammad Hayat	Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, China
Honglin He	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jn-Sheng He	Peking University, China
Yi He	Zhejiang University, China
Steffi Heinrichs	University of Göttingen, Germany
Dietrich Hertel	University of Göttingen, Germany
Fanny Hidayati	Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Ari Mikko Hietala	The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway
R. Hill	Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Jeňýk Hofmeister	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Hongchang Hu	China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China
Ronghai Hu	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jiapeng Huang	Liaoning Technical University, China
Jinhui Jeanne Huang	Nankai University, China
Kazuo Isobe	Peking University, China
Ganesh K. Jaganathan	University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
Jernej Jevšenak	Slovenian Forestry Institute, Slovenia
Guodong Jia	Beijing Forestry University, China
Lizhi Jia	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jingyi Jiang	Beijing Forestry University, China
Meichen Jiang	East China Normal University, China
Liang Jiao	Northwest Normal University, China
Chuan Jin	Hainan University, China
Guangze Jin	Northeast Forestry University, China
Gregory P Johnson	Greg Johnson Biometrics LLC, United States
Ekaterina Kapitsa	Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Russian Federation
Heather Keith	Griffith University, Australia
Bohdan Konopka	National Forest Centre, Slovakia
Henn Korjus	Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
Kirill Korznikov	Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences Trebon Department, Czech Republic
Liang Kou	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Lydie-Stella Koutika	Soil Care & Environment Studies (SCES), Republic of the Congo
Erico Kutchartt	University of Padua, Italy
Anastasia Kuznetsova	Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Finagnon Gabin Laly	University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Tzeng Yih Lam	The University of British Columbia, Canada
Lindsey Langs	University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Elena Lapteva	Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Russian Federation
Daesung Lee	Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland
Xiangdong Lei	Research Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China
Guiying Li	Fujian Normal University, China
Mingshi Li	Nanjing Forestry University, China
Qiang Li	Northwest A&F University, China
Shun Li	Jiangxi Normal University, China
Weibin Li	Lanzhou University, China
Xu Li	South China Botanical Garden, China
Xuejian Li	Zhejiang A&F University, China
Yanqiong Li	South China Botanical Garden, China
Siliang Lin	Plant Protection Research Institute Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Lei Liu	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Wei Liu	Jiangxi Agricultural University, China
Weiguo Liu	Northwest A&F University, China
Xianzhao Liu	Chinese Academy of Forestry, China
Xiaodong Liu	Shaanxi Normal University, China
Yinzhan Liu	Henan University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, China
Zebin Liu	Chinese Academy of Forestry, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, China
Wenxing Long	Hainan University, China
Xiaotao Lü	Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Qifu Luan	Chinese Academy of Forestry, China
Weixue Luo	Southwest University, China
Shixuan Lyu	University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada
Suhui Ma	Peking University, China
Ying Ma	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Rolf Mabicka Obame	University of Science and Technology of Masuku, Gabon
Andreia Malpica	University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Rongzhou Man	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Canada
Peter Marcis	National Forest Centre, Slovakia
Katherine McCool	Oregon State University, United States
Ronald E. McRoberts	University of Minnesota, United States
Partel Meelis	University of Tartu, Estonia
María Menéndez-Miguélez	The National Museum of Natural Sciences, Spain
Yani Meng	East China Normal University, China
Christian Messier	Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada
Pavel Alexandrovich Moiseev	Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology Ub Ras, Russian Federation
Leonardo Montagnani	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Taiki Mori	Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Department of Forest Site Environment, Japan
Neil-Yohan Musadji	Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon
Takuo Nagaike	Yamanashi Forest Research Institute, Japan
Vikram Singh Negi	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, India
Sheng Nie	Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Friday Ogana	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
Andrey Fedorovich Osipov	Institute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Guanglong Ou	Southwest Forestry University, China
Halil Baris Ozel	Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Yoan Paillet	Inrae Site de Grenoble, France
Aseesh K. Pandey	National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, India
Adrian Pascual	University of Maryland College Park, United States
Pranab Kumar Pati	Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), India
Matthias Peichl	Sveriges Lantbruks Universitet, Sweden
Drew M.P. Peltier	Northern Arizona University, United States
Timo P. Pitkänen	Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland
Andrei Popa	National Institute for Research and Development in Silviculture, Romania
Ilga Mercedes Porth	Université Laval, Canada
Radosław Puchałka	Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
Timo Pukkala	University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Hanwen Qi	Wuhan University, China
Xuning Qiao	Henan Polytechnic University, China
Shuqi Qin	Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Alek Rachwald	Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Iván Raigosa-García	North Carolina State University, United States
Sagarika Rath	Texas A&M University, United States
Josephine Reek	Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
Marek Renčo	Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Ruffy Rodrigo	Biliran Province State University, Philippines
Vicente Rozas Ortiz	University of Valladolid, Spain
Roberto Salguero-Gómez	The University of Queensland, Australia
Aurélien Sallé	Université d'Orléans, France
Pujarini Samal	Csir-National Botanical Research Institute, India
Ernst-Detlef Schulze	Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany
Jose Ignacio Seco Gordillo	Pablo de Olavide University Department of Physical Chemical and Natural Systems, Spain
Ivan Semenkov	Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
H. Sevik	Kastamonu University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Turkey
Bhupendra Singh	University of Zurich, Switzerland
Margaret Skutsch	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Alvaro Soares	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil
Jarosław Socha	University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland
Hormoz Sohrabi	Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Conghe Song	University of North Carolina, United States
Hanna Sorokina	Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, China
Catriane Sousa Santos	Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil
Frode Stordal	University of Oslo, Norway
Lian Sun	Anhui Normal University, China
Osbert Jianxin Sun	Beijing Forestry University, China
Shanlei Sun	Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China
Akshay Surendra	Yale University, United States
Tonantzin Tarin	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Anthony Taylor	University of New Brunswick, Canada
Yanmin Teng	Hainan University, China
Jan Tumajer	Charles University, Czech Republic
Sakari Tuominen	Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland
Benjamin L Turner	Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea
Saif Ullah	Guangxi University, China
Eugene Vaganov	Siberian Federal University, Russian Federation
Jerome K Vanclay	Southern Cross University, Australia
Mark C. Vanderwel	University of Regina, Department of Biology, Canada
Jizhong Wan	Qinghai University, China
Hesong Wang	Beijing Forestry University, China
Lang Wang	The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Tao Wang	Northeast Forestry University School of Forestry, China
Xiaochun Wang	Northeast Forestry University, China
Xu Wang	Wuhan University, China
Xugao Wang	Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Yi Wang	University of Waterloo, Canada
Yinrui Wang	Wuhan University, China
Zhaoguo Wang	Northeast Forestry University, China
Xinyuan Wei	University of Maine, United States
Yulian Wei	Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, China
Aaron Weiskittel	University of Maine, United States
Phil West	Southern Cross University, Australia
Robin Wilgan	Institute of Dendrology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Dong Kook Woo	Keimyung University, Republic of Korea
Bin Wu	East China Normal University, China
Chao Wu	Tsinghua University, China
Shengbiao Wu	The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Xiuchen Wu	Beijing Normal University, China
Yang Wu	Northwest A&F University, State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, China
Jiangzhou Xia	Tianjin Normal University, China
Hanwen Xiao	Nanjing Forestry University, China
Yao Xiao	Lanzhou University, China
Dingliang Xing	East China Normal University, China
Zisheng Xing	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada
Feng Xiong	China Academy Chinese Medical Sciences, China
Hang Xu	Beijing Forestry University, China
Yaozhan Xu	Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Botanical Garden, China
Yue Xu	Chinese Academy of Forestry, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, China
Yusheng Xu	Tongji University, China
Zhipeng Xu	Northeast Forestry University, China
Ruhong Xue	Key Laboratory of Resource Environment and Sustainable Development of Oasis, China
Wenhui Yan	Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, China
Haijiao Yang	Northwest A&F University, China
Jingyi Yang	Guizhou University, China
Jian-Sheng Ye	Lanzhou University, China
Ning Ye	University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Huajun Yin	Chengdu Institute of Biology, China
Tiangang Yin	Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Weibin You	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Yeming You	Guangxi University, China
Fei-Hai Yu	Shaoxing University, China
Pengtao Yu	Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China
Zhen Yu	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Wei Yuan	Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zuoqiang Yuan	Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Quanxin Zeng	Peking University, China
Tianshan Zha	Beijing Forestry University, China
Qian Zhai	Southeast University, China
Beibei Zhang	Chinese Academy of Forestry, China
Deqiang Zhang	Beijing Forestry University, China
Haonan Zhang	Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, China
Jiahui Zhang	Northeast Forestry University, China
Junzhou Zhang	Lanzhou University, China
Rong Zhang	Fujian Normal University, China
Shengmin Zhang	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, China
Shudong Zhang	Peking University, China
Tian Zhang	Oklahoma State University Stillwater, United States
Yu Zhang	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Yue Zhang	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zhidong Zhang	Hebei Agricultural University, China
Ziliang Zhang	Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Chunzhang Zhao	Chengdu University of Technology, China
Fubo Zhao	Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Ping Zhao	South China Botanical Garden, China
Ji Zheng	Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Mianhai Zheng	South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zhoutao Zheng	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Decheng Zhou	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Huakun Zhou	Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Xiaolu Zhou	Hunan Normal University, China
Yihong Zhu	University of California Berkeley, United States
Milan Zúbrik	Forest Research Institute, National Forest Centre, Slovakia

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