OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
CO₂ and CH₄ fluxes from forest soil in the northern Da Xing’anling Mountains in Northeast China during the freezing and thawing periods of near-surface soil in 2018–2019	24
How susceptible is Sudetan larch to larch canker Lachnellula willkommii (R. Hartig) Dennis? Consequences for breeding and deployment	19
Conditioning of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) sowing material	18
Plasticity in nitrogen form uptake and preference in response to long-term nitrogen addition of the main tree species in a temperate old growth forest	17
Seedling damage caused by wood harvesting and soil scarification in rotation and continuous cover forestry in Scots-pine-dominated boreal forests	15
Flowering variation and its effect on the gene diversity of seed crops in a clonal seed orchard of Pinus koraiensis Siebold et Zucc.	14
Gas exchange and ¹³ C-based estimates of intrinsic water-use efficiency show different responses to CO ₂ enrichment: a global meta	13
Initial and long-term fungal diversity and occurrence of Heterobasidion spp. in Norway spruce root fragments remaining in soil after stump extraction	12
Key drivers and obstacles for performance among forest harvesting service contractors – a qualitative case study from Sweden	11
An empirical model for forest landscape planning and its financial consequences for landowners	11
Eight-year results of precommercial thinning on growth parameters in Picea orientalis (L.) link stands	10
Cost-effectiveness and optimization of the forest types investment structure of the Grain for Green Project: a case study of Shaanxi Province, China	9
Effects of thinning intensities on litterfall characteristics and decomposition in the natural secondary lowland forests of Southeastern Taiwan	8
Equations for estimating the above- and belowground biomass of grey alder (Alnus incana(L.) Moench.) and common alder (Alnus glutinosaL.) in Latvia	8
Forest regeneration management and policy in the Nordic–Baltic region since 1900	7
The potential to develop environmental values on privately owned forest land in southern Sweden	7
Heritability and type B genetic correlation estimates for coastal douglas-fir in the US Pacific Northwest: trends and insights from 906 first-generation and second-cycle tests	6
Household risk preferences and forestland use right transactions in China: tenure security or price illusion?	6
Strip cutting management in Scots pine stands on peatlands – a financial comparison to rotation forestry	6
Understorey-overstorey biotic and nutrient interactions are key factors for Pinus pinaster growth and development under oligotrophic conditions	6
Updating of forest stand data by using recent digital photogrammetry in combination with older airborne laser scanning data	6
Drought could promote the heartwood formation in Dalbergia odorifera by enhancing the transformation of starch to soluble sugars	6
Balancing wood production and biodiversity in intensively managed boreal forest	5
The development of foliar fungal communities of nursery-grown Pinus sylvestris seedlings	5
Determination of forest canopy cover of different sized stands with diverse structure using ALS data: case study of the Białowieża Forest (Poland)	5

Potential consequences of a rapid transition from rotation forestry to continous cover forestry in Sweden	5
Maximum entropy-based forest fire likelihood mapping: analysing the trends, distribution, and drivers of forest fires in Sikkim Himalaya	5
Bayesian inference for Johnson's SB and Weibull distributions	5
Effects of plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria microbial on the growth, rhizosphere soil properties, and bacterial community of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica seedlings	5
Light availability during spring and autumn determines growth and survival of regenerated Korean pine seedlings	5
Neutral effect of nitrogen addition and negative effect of precipitation reduction on the soil faunal community in a temperate forest	5
Carbon concentration of living tree biomass of Pinus sylvestris , Picea abies , Betula pendula and	5
Current state of mixed forests available for wood supply in Finland and Sweden	5
Benchmarking collaborative timber supply chains	4
Weak performance of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle in the non-native lodgepole pine	4
Developing an individual tree diameter increment model of oaks using indicator variables and mixed effects in central China	4
Mapping Finland’s regional forest bioeconomy plans	4
Utility of the Forest Data Bank for forest management – polish case study and legal analysis	4
Will stumps from forest thinning and other standing deadwood provide habitat for saproxylic beetles if felling stumps on clearcuts are harvested?	4
Identifying old Norway spruce and Scots pine trees by morphological traits and site characteristics	4
Tree-level differences in Norway spruce and Scots pine growth after extreme thinning treatments	4
Thermal sum drives abundance and distribution range shift of Panolis flammea in Finland	4
Effects of long-term nitrogen addition on fine root dynamics in a temperate natural secondary forest	4
Economic losses caused by butt rot in Norway spruce trees in Norway	4
Temporal changes in forest floor carbon stocks following scarification in boreal lichen woodlands	4
Specified resilience value of alternative forest management adaptations to storms	4
Epigenetic memory effects in Norway spruce: are they present after the age of two years?	4
Modelling effects of regeneration method on the growth and profitability of Scots pine stands	4
Growth rate and economic evaluation of mixed stands established with Cedrus libani and Pinus nigra	4
Forest roads damage detection based on deep learning algorithms	4
Birch distribution and changes in stand structure in Sweden’s young forests	4
Accuracy assessment of the nationwide forest attribute map of Norway constructed by using airborne laser scanning data and field data from the national forest inventory	4
Using hybrid modelling to predict basal area and evaluate effects of climate change on growth of Norway spruce and Scots pine stands	3
Altitudinal effect on Crimean pine (Pinus nigraJ.F. Arnold subsp.pallasiana(Lamb.) Holmboe) sapling morphology in north-western Türkiye	3
The potential of small-scale owners’ associations for sustainable forest management: the case of the Czech Republic	3
Influence of ruts on the physical properties of Gleyic Retisols after logging machinery passage	3
Carbon and oxygen dual-isotopes in tree rings indicate alternative physiological responses opted by European beech trees to survive drought stress	3
Optimal bucking of stems from terrestrial laser scanning data to maximize forest value	3
Water level impact on pine seedlings in greenhouse conditions: assessing growth and survival potential in ditched and managed peatlands	3
“Profitability is sustainability:” framing of forest management practices by the Swedish forest industry	3
Effects of climate and topography on height-diameter allometry of Pinus ponderosa	3
Intersexual segregation in winter foraging of great spotted woodpeckerDendrocopos majorin riparian forests infested with invasive tree species	3
3D reconstruction of uneven-aged forest in single tree scale using digital camera and SfM-MVS technique	3
Host range, genetic variability, and mating types of Lecanosticta acicola in Slovakia	3
Legacy effects of past thinnings modulate drought stress reactions at present	3
Will intensity of forest regeneration measures improve volume production and economy?	3
Growth of northern red oak in southern Sweden	2
Analysis of forest tree dieback using UltraCam and UAV imagery	2
Effects of site preparation and reindeer grazing on the early-stage success of Scots pine regeneration from seeds in northern Finland and Sweden	2
Genetic test and early selection in full-sib families of Pinus koraiensis	2
Private forest owners’ climate adaptation measures and the motivations behind them in a south Swedish county	2
Beliefs on environmental impact of wood construction	2
Mycelial growth of Inonotus obliquus on malt extract media and on wood of different host species	2
Harvesting of wood for energy generation: a quantitative stand-level analysis in an Italian mountainous district	2
Predicting stem taper using artificial neural network and regression models for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestrisL.) in northwestern Türkiye	2

Occupancy rates of excavated cavities and nest boxes in managed boreal forest in relation to forest structure	2
Long-term nitrogen addition and drought altered root trait and plant biomass allocation of five herbs in early spring in a temperate forest	2
Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen stocks and microbial community after forest conversion in a subtropical region	2
Forest owners’ perspectives on forest protection in Norway	2
Long-term nitrogen addition and reduced precipitation restructure soil fungal community in a temperate forest	2
100 years of change in an old-growth Scots pine forest in Hamra National Park: insights from permanent plots established in central Sweden in 1922	2
A review of biology, epidemiology and management of Cronartium pini with emphasis on Northern Europe	1
Examining low-intensity surface fires in boreal forests using sentinel-2 time series and bitemporal terrestrial laser scanning	1
Phytosanitary assessment of black and grey alder stands in Latvia	1
Effects of changed interpretation of the Finnish Forest Act on the Riparian Woodland Key habitats	1
Phenotypic plasticity in Populus trichocarpa clones across environments in the Nordic–Baltic region	1
Exploring the diversity of non-industrial private forest properties in Southern Sweden	1
Survival and growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings in north Sweden: effects of planting position and arginine phosphate addition	1
Forest owner or shareholder? Ownership feelings in a jointly-owned forest	1
Strigolactone regulates plant architecture by inhibiting lateral branch growth in Quercus mongolica seedlings	1
Short-term effects of hardened wood ash and nitrogen fertilisation on understory vegetation in a Norway spruce forest in south-east Norway	1
Recovery dynamics of ecosystem carbon budgets in a young silver birch stand chronosequence after clear-cut – Estonian case study	1
Seasonal variation of morphological traits, wood formation, and soil properties differs betweenQuercus roburL. andRobinia pseudoacaciaL. saplings	1
Characterization of forestry contractors’ business models and profitability in Northern Sweden	1
Correction	1
Bark beetle damage in Norwegian forests: a study of model suitability and projected impact under climate change	1
Forest ownership objectives and their connection with forestry activities: a confirmatory approach to studying gender differences	1
EU wood production vs. biodiversity goals – possible reconciliation in Finland?	1
Non-industrial private forest owners’ willingness to manage for climate change and biodiversity	1
Effects of wood ash, green residues and N-free fertiliser on naturally regenerated birch and field vegetation in a young Norway spruce stand in SW Sweden	1
Ex-ante impact assessment of land-use zoning decisions on potential wood supply at a regional level – a case study from two provinces in Finland	1
Seed production in a dioecious subcanopy conifer tree Taxus baccata : the positive effect of neighboring males and female heterozygosity	1
The digitalisation of the Nordic bioeconomy and its effect on gender equality	1
Operational prediction of forest attributes using standardised harvester data and airborne laser scanning data in Sweden	1
Citizens’ knowledge of and perceptions of multi-storey wood buildings in seven European countries	1
Modelling branch surface area of Fagus sylvatica L.	1
Development of young mixed Norway spruce and Scots pine stands with juvenile stand management in Finland	1
Using a drone to monitoring arboreal nests of birds of prey	1
Public right of access to private land: examples and considerations	1
Forest fragmentation assessment using field-based sampling data from forest inventories	1
Walnut in Sweden: effects of nurse trees, weed control and fertilization on five-year survival and growth of planted Juglans × intermedia NG23 and NG38	1
The influence of forest site types on the distribution of moose Alces alces in north-eastern Poland	1
Taper, volume, and bark thickness models for spruce, pine, and birch in Norway	1