OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Forest Ecology and Management is 40. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Forest management affects saproxylic beetles through tree species composition and canopy cover	196
Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler can be included in polycyclic management programs for timber production, replacing species intensively harvested in the Amazon forest	177
Assessing coarse woody debris by integrating full area sampling and line intersect sampling: Combining the best of both worlds	154
A watershed-scale evapotranspiration model considering forest type, stand parameters, and climate factors	143
Exploring the multiple drivers of alpha and beta-diversity dynamics in Europe’s primary forests: Informing conservation strategies	124
Structure, environmental patterns and impact of expected climate change in natural beech-dominated forests in the Cantabrian Range (NW Spain)	81
Possible causes for the differentiation of Pinus yunnanensis and P. Kesiya var. Langbianensis in Yunnan, China: Evidence from seed germination	79
Diagnosing pristine pine forest development through pansharpened-surface-reflectance Landsat image derived aboveground biomass productivity	76
Abundance and diversity of edible wild plants in managed boreal forests	72
Early impacts of fire suppression in Jeffrey pine – Mixed conifer forests in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Mexico	71
Changes in understory plant communities following soil scarification and amendments in a Northern Hardwood Forest	66
Temperature effect on size distributions in spruce-fir-beech mixed stands across Europe	63
Microhabitats created by log landings support abundant flowers and insect pollinators within regenerating mixed-oak stands in the Central Appalachian Mountains	63
Modelling wood property variation among Tasmanian Eucalyptus nitens plantations	61
Variability in soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratios explained by environmental conditions in a boreal catchment	61
Pitfalls of forest damage detection using medium-resolution imagery: A response to the paper of Karpov et al. (2024)	61
Globally relevant lessons from a long-term trial series testing universal hypothesis of the impacts of increasing biomass removal on site productivity and nutrient pools	59
The case for stand management guidelines as dynamic as global change: Aspen forest stockings of the western Great Lakes	58
The response of seedlings and saplings to canopy structure and light in different gaps in a spruce-fir mixed stand in Changbai Mountains, China	57
Local and sub-basin effects of timber harvests on stream macroinvertebrates in Hinkle Creek watershed	57
Do plants directly absorb nitrogen derived from deposition of wildfire smoke?	57
Effects of Douglas fir cultivation in German forests on soil seepage water quantity and quality	57
Differences in canopy and understorey diversities after the eruptions of Mount Usu, northern Japan — Impacts of early forest management	55
Corrigendum to “Faster evapotranspiration recovery compared to canopy development post clearcutting in a floodplain forest” [Forest Ecol. Manag. 532 (2023), 1–13/ 120828]	55
Acorn Review: Focus on ground-based extraction systems: Is skidding really more impactful than forwarding?	54

Composite effects of forest harvests and seismic lines influence re-establishment of trees and shrubs in Alberta’s mesic upland boreal forest	53
Modeling regional forest site productivity accounting spatial structure in climatic and edaphic variables	52
Editorial Board	52
Use of national forest inventory data to develop stand density driven models for understorey shrubs and overstorey fuel variables and associated temporal dynamics in commercial plantations	50
Editorial Board	50
Long-term effects of prescribed fire on large tree growth in mixed conifer forests at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California	49
Plant species composition and diversity along successional gradients in arid and semi-arid regions of China	49
Characterizing the Spectral-Temporal Signatures of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Images and Phenology Modelling	44
Development of tools to estimate the contribution of young sweet chestnut plantations to climate-change mitigation	44
The dark side of nursery photoperiod reduction on summer plantation performance of a temperate conifer: High winter mortality mediated by reduced seedling carbohydrate and nitrogen storage	43
Moderate-resolution mapping of aboveground biomass stocks, forest structure, and composition in coastal Alaska and British Columbia	42
Biotic and abiotic effects determining the resilience of conifer mountain forests: The case study of the endangered Spanish fir	42
Succession and seasonality of a Brazilian secondary tropical dry forest: Phenology and climate moderation	41
Spared from poaching and natural predation, wild boars are likely to play the role of dominant forest species in Peninsular Malaysia	41
Editorial Board	40