Foresrtry Research operates in a continuous publication mode where articles are posted online as soon as they have completed the production process in a fully citable form with a universal digital object identifier (DOI). There are no issues to compile, the time to publication is very quick. 
Occasionally, Foresrtry Research can publish special issues about specific research themes. These special issues can have specific guest editors. For these special issues, specific calls for papers will be announced 6-12 months prior.