The International Wood Products Journal (print: , on-line: ), formerly The Journal of the Institute of Wood Science , is published by Maney Publishing

Maney Publishing

Maney Publishing is an independent Academic publishing company specialising in peer-reviewed academic journals in materials science and engineering, the humanities, and health science. The company has offices in Leeds and London in the United Kingdom, and in Boston and Philadelphia in the United...

 on behalf of The Wood Technology Society of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining is a major UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and application, to product recycling and land reuse...

. It is a biannual, peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 scientific journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 covering all aspects of wood science, engineering, and technology, its processing and applications. It obtained its new name in 2010 and is edited by Gervais Sawyer.

The main subject areas include properties of wood

Wood

Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...

, testing and characterisation, drying, wood protection, processing and machining, structural applications, products and applications, recycling, wood modification, life cycle assessment, carbon sequestration, logistics, economics, environmental impacts and any other topics of interest to those involved in wood. The journal accepts papers, technical notes, reviews, and case studies.