OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of IAWA Journal 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Hydraulic function and conduit structure in the xylem of five oak species	15
Vessel diameter and vulnerability to drought-induced embolism: within-tissue and across-species patterns and the issue of survivorship bias	14
Pterocarpus wood identification by independent and complementary analysis of DART-TOFMS, microscopic anatomy, and fluorescence spectrometry	12
Tracing the world’s timber: the status of scientific verification technologies for species and origin identification	10
Variations in bacterial decay between cell types and between cell wall regions in waterlogged archaeological wood excavated in the intertidal zone	10
Vessel diameter polymorphism determines vulnerability-to-embolism curve shape	10
Development of cambial variant and parenchyma proliferation in Hewittia malabarica (Convolvulaceae) from India and South Africa	10
The vulnerability to drought-induced embolism-conduit diameter link: breaching the anatomy-physiology divide	10
Identification of mahogany sliced veneer using handheld near-infrared spectroscopy device and multivariate data analysis	9
A review of the Hirmeriellaceae (Cheirolepidiaceae) wood	9
Heritability and characteristics of resin ducts in Pinus oocarpa stems in Michoacán, Mexico	8
Breathing life into trees: the physiological and biomechanical functions of lenticels	8
Ontogeny of divided vascular cylinders in Serjania: the rise of a novel vascular architecture in Sapindaceae	7
Ray properties in the stems of Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii) and Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi)	7
Physiological changes during heartwood formation induced by plant growth regulators in Dalbergia odorifera (Leguminosae)	7
Structure of the secondary xylem and development of a cambial variant in Serjania mexicana (Sapindaceae)	7
Effect of drought stress on the formation and lignification of eucalyptus wood cells	6
Carlquist’s indices for vulnerability and mesomorphy of wood: are they relevant today?	6
Forestry control in the Brazilian Amazon II: charcoal anatomy of 21 species	6
The functional significance of tracheids co-occurring with vessels in xylem of Eudicots suggests a role in embolism tolerance	6
Parenchyma is not the sole site of storage: storage in living fibres	6
PEG infiltration: an alternative method to obtain thin sections of cacti tissues	5
Advancing Wood Identification – Anatomical and Molecular Techniques	5
Cell-wall fluorescence highlights the phases of xylogenesis	5
Simple differential staining method of paraffin-embedded plant sections with safranin-alcian blue	5

Changes in the intensity of heartwood formation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) ontogenesis	5
Characterization and comparison of the wood anatomical traits of plantation grown Quercus acutissima and Quercus variabilis	4
Phloem development, growth markers, and sieve-tube longevity in two Neotropical trees	4
Imperforate tracheary element classification for studies of xylem structure-function relations	4
Lignification and cell wall thickening of ray parenchyma cells in Scots pine sapwood	4
The microstructure of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla) with tung oil thermal treatment	4
Wood anatomy of 13 species from a successional tropical dry forest: description and ecological implications	4
Mitigation of cellular collapse during drying of Eucalyptus nitens wood using supercritical CO2 dewatering	4
Wood mechanical properties and their correlation with microstructure in Chinese fir clones	4
Light microscopy of wood using sanded surface instead of slides	4
Comparative anatomy vs mechanistic understanding: how to interpret the diameter-vulnerability link	4
Carlquist’s growth ring classification: a functional approach that reinforces porous and annual rings	3
A skeptic’s guide to Sherwin Carlquist’s inferences of xylem function	3
Volumetric imaging by micro computed tomography: a suitable tool for wood identification of charcoal	3
Seasonal changes in the width and structure of non-collapsed phloem affect the assessment of its potential conducting efficiency	3
Not all lipids in xylem conduits are artefacts. A reply to Yamagishi et al.	3
Anatomical properties of Hibiscus macrophyllus and its mature wood development	3
Artifactual lipid coatings on intervessel pit membranes in dried xylem tissues of some angiosperms	3
Exploring monsoon precipitation signal in the Peruvian tropical montane cloud forest: Andean Walnut wood anatomy plasticity	3
Wood anatomy, fire wounds and dendrochronological potential of Prosopis pugionata Burkart (Fabaceae) in arid Argentine Chaco	3
Testing Carlquistian hypotheses on the functional significance of vessel element length	3
Anatomical and isotopic traits in grapevine wood rings record environmental variability	2
Comparative wood anatomy of 15 Malagasy Diospyros species (Ebenaceae)	2
Seasonal temperature and precipitation regimes drive variation in the wood of oak species (Quercus) along a climatic gradient in western Mexico	2
Comparative wood anatomy of 16 Malagasy Dalbergia species (Fabaceae) using multivariate techniques	2
Characterization of ground parenchyma cells in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis–Poaceae)	2
Wood identification of an ancient Greek coffin from the Bosporan Kingdom	2
Quantitative anatomy or macroscopic parameters of compression wood of Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.? Defining the optimal parameters for dendrogeomorphic purposes	2
Induction of compression wood inhibits development of spiral grain in radiata pine	2
Surviving in semi-arid environments: functional coordination and trade-offs in shrubs from Argentina	2
Use of wood by indigenous peoples of the Eastern Amazon, Brazil	2
The vascular cambium revisited	1
A diverse assemblage of Miocene Lauraceae in Chalatenango, El Salvador	1
Effect of different stand densities on xylem and phloem formation in Norway spruce plantations	1
Bark anatomy of Pteroceltis tatarinowii, Cannabaceae	1
On the possible functions of helical thickenings in conductive cells in wood	1
Raylessness and paedomorphosis: losses and gains of xylem rays en route from procambium to vascular cambium	1
Cross-sectioning to the core of conifers: pith anatomy of living Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae, with comparisons to fossil pith	1
Cambium phenology and dendrochronology of the endangered tropical tree Ocotea catharinensis Mez	1
Mosaic, block-face microscopy for measuring cell dimensions, cell collapse, and spatial relationships in wood	1
Wood anatomy of the tribe Diosmeae, a large Cape lineage of Rutaceae	1
Study on chemical pattern recognition of Phoebe bournei wood based on gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy	1
Study of antioxidant enzymes’ activity in reaction wood of poplar tree (Populus alba L.)	1
Radial growth rate does not affect radial variation of latewood tracheid length in aged trees of Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae	1
Practical guidelines for quantitative wood anatomy on Ginkgo biloba L.	1
Differences of the stem vascular system across populations of two tropical species under contrasting water conditions	1
Wood and bark anatomy of the charismatic Wisteria vines (Leguminosae)	1
Ontogenesis and variation of wood ‘parenchymatization’ in Cochlospermum vitifolium (Bixaceae)	1
New dicotyledonous woods from the San Carlos Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in Northern Mexico	1
Anatomical and topochemical features of the genera Acacia, Acaciella, Senegalia and Vachellia	1

Fossil wood of Syzygium from the Miocene of Guangxi, South China: the earliest fossil evidence of the genus in eastern Asia	1
A technique for high-density wood softening in the micro-sectioning process for wood anatomy studies	1
Properties of Catalpa bungei (Bignoniaceae) earlywood and latewood in the same growth ring during moisture adsorption/desorption: swelling and shrinkage at the cell level	1
Axial and radial wood maturation in three mistletoe ‘giants’ (Loranthaceae)	1
Advanced imaging and quantification of the cambium and developing xylem in eucalypts using X-ray micro- and nano-computed tomography	1
Stem anatomy of Apioideae (Apiaceae): effects of habit and reproductive strategy	1
Walter Liese (1926–2023)	1
Longitudinal transmittance of visible and near-infrared light in the wood of 21 conifer species	1