Sylwan is the oldest scientific journal covering forestry in the world that is still in print.

[1][2] It was established in 1820 as the semi-official organ of the Royal Forestry Corps in Poland.

Since 1925 it has been published by the Polish Forest Society [pl].

Sylwan is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, CAB International, and Polish Scientific Journal Contents.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 0.691.