Table 3. Rank order of the most influential journals by number of publications.

Rank Academic Journal Name The 1st period (2001∼2005) The 2nd period (2006∼2010) The 3rd period (2011∼2015) The 4th period (2016∼2020) No. papers (Ratio*)
1 Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology 40 7 81 29 157(28.5)
2 Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science 1 9 42 7 59(10.7)
3 Journal of The Korea Society of Environmental Restoration Technology 0 6 6 4 16(2.9)
4 Society for Forests and Culture 2 1 1 11 15(2.7)
5 The Journal of Korean Institute of Forest Recreation 1 2 7 4 14(2.5)
6 Korean Society of Applied Entomology 0 1 8 5 14(2.5)
7 The Monthly Technology and Standards 13 0 0 0 13(2.4)
8 Journal of the Korean Geographical Society 2 2 2 3 9(1.6)
9 Journal of Agriculture and Life Sciences 0 1 4 4 9(1.6)
10 Journal of The Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies 2 1 2 1 6(1.1)
11 Journal of the Honam archaeological society Honam Koko-Hakbo 2 1 1 2 6(1.1)
12 Korea Environment Institute 1 2 3 0 6(1.1)
13 Journal of Korean Sundo Culture 0 0 3 3 6(1.1)
14 Journal of Forest Science 1 0 4 0 5(0.9)
15 Journal of National Park Research 0 0 0 4 4(0.7)
Total 65 33 164 77 339(61.5)
The value indicates the ratio of articles published in each journal to the total of 551 articles used for analysis.