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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Influence of previous drought exposure on the 3D microstructure of the cambium and developing xylem in Eucalyptus clones: An X-ray CT investigation	28
Ontogenesis and variation of wood ‘parenchymatization’ in Cochlospermum vitifolium (Bixaceae)	27
Mid-Cretaceous wood of Waihere Bay, Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand	25
Testing Carlquistian hypotheses on the functional significance of vessel element length	19
The three-dimensional distribution of bordered pits across growth rings of stem segment in Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae) seedlings	16
A new fossil wood of Calophyllaceae from the Tepetate Formation (Eocene, Bartonian), Baja California Sur, Mexico	13
Wood and bark anatomy of the charismatic Wisteria vines (Leguminosae)	11
Pyotr Kostromitinov’s wood collection from Fort Ross: evidence of the early botanical exploration of northern California	11
Paleocene fossil wood from Patagonia with storied rays and comments on the fossil record of this character	11
Latewood intra-annual density fluctuations indicate wet summer conditions and enhanced canopy activity in a Mediterranean ring-porous oak	11
Tree form and anatomical determinants of maximum potential height, with focus on North American conifers	9
Impact of ground truth quality and confidence score on the evaluation of the detection model for microscopic features of wood	9
Effect of drought stress on the formation and lignification of eucalyptus wood cells	8
Development of an automated radial scanning microscopy-based imaging system and its use for measuring resin canal size and frequency in Pinus taeda	8
Practical guidelines for quantitative wood anatomy on Ginkgo biloba L.	7
Zooming into refractory timber: enhancing anatomical identification with confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence	7
Forestry control in the Brazilian Amazon III: anatomy of wood and charcoal of tree species from sustainable forest management	6
Evaluating Carlquist’s Law from a physiological perspective	6
A technique for high-density wood softening in the micro-sectioning process for wood anatomy studies	5
What do we know about the needle xylem structure of the genus Pinus?	5
Radial growth rate does not affect radial variation of latewood tracheid length in aged trees of Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae	5
Evaluation of non-anatomical characteristics for wood identification of six Korean oak species	5
Vessel diameter polymorphism determines vulnerability-to-embolism curve shape	5
Machine learning-based wood anatomy identification: towards anatomical feature recognition	4
Cross-sectioning to the core of conifers: pith anatomy of living Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae, with comparisons to fossil pith	4

Differences in xylem and phloem structure in living stumps of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)	4
A splinter of charred oleaceous wood from late early Eocene volcanoclastic deposits of Germany	4
Bark anatomy of Pteroceltis tatarinowii, Cannabaceae	4
Longitudinal transmittance of visible and near-infrared light in the wood of 21 conifer species	4
William Louis Stern (1926–2021)	4
Corrigendum to: Properties of Catalpa bungei (Bignoniaceae) earlywood and latewood in the same growth ring during moisture adsorption/desorption: swelling and shrinkage at the cell level (IAWA Journal	4
How Sherwin Carlquist turned long-distance dispersal research into a field of empirical and experimental enquiry	4
Study of antioxidant enzymes’ activity in reaction wood of poplar tree (Populus alba L.)	3
‘Paedomorphosis’ and ‘juvenility’ in secondary xylem: (not such) useful constructs?	3
Wood structural diversity in fynbos, chaparral, and maquis: a preliminary estimation	3
Bridging fields: A call for greater dialogue between wood anatomists and plant hydraulic researchers	3
Fossil woods from Corcovado (Eocene?), Argentinean Patagonia: angiosperm diversity and biodeterioration	3
Induction of compression wood inhibits development of spiral grain in radiata pine	3
Emma E. van Nieuwkoop (1933–2022)	3
Stem and wood anatomy of some members of the Menispermaceae	2
Walter Liese (1926–2023)	2
Use of wood by indigenous peoples of the Eastern Amazon, Brazil	2
Hydraulic architecture of crown in three Brazilian species	2
Relationship between soil porosity and the apparent density of Astronium fraxinifolium (Anacardiaceae) wood	2
A diverse assemblage of Miocene Lauraceae in Chalatenango, El Salvador	2
A review of the Hirmeriellaceae (Cheirolepidiaceae) wood	2
Wood utilized for wooden components in ancient buildings of Tingbao Yang’s former residence	2
Book review	2
SACHA: an interactive identification key of Southern African CHArcoals for anthracological research	2
Determining the transition from juvenile to mature wood based on fibre characteristics in Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr. and Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb.	2
Wood anatomy of the tribe Diosmeae, a large Cape lineage of Rutaceae	2
Anatomical variation of wood between trunks and branches of tropical deciduous and evergreen species	2
Stem and root anatomy of Zanonia indica L. (Cucurbitaceae) and significant adaptations of the aerial roots	2
Anatomical and topochemical features of the genera Acacia, Acaciella, Senegalia and Vachellia	2
Acknowledgement of reviewers	1
Estimating ancient forest structure and wood use preferences through archaeological wood identification at the Wolseong Moat (4th–5th century), Gyeongju, South Korea	1
The first record of fossil Magnoliaceae wood from Africa: Magnoliaceoxylon africanum sp. nov. from the Campanian of Egypt	1
No leaf is an island: The potential of integrating quantitative wood and leaf anatomy	1
Age of heartwood initiation in trunks of young Pinus sylvestris L. trees in the taiga zone	1
Neogene Myrtaceae fossil woods from the Ituzaingó Formation, Paraná Basin, northeastern Argentina: Anatomical, systematic and palaeoenvironmental insights	1
The vulnerability to drought-induced embolism-conduit diameter link: breaching the anatomy-physiology divide	1
The first record of Mammeoxylon lanneoides Lemoigne (Clusiaceae) from Egypt, with a summary of the Egyptian Oligocene wood flora	1
An anatomical approach to investigating Lyctus brunneus feeding behaviour in oak sapwood	1
Unveiling the wood anatomy of the overlooked agarwood Aetoxylon sympetalum (Steenis & Domke) Airy Shaw (Thymelaeaceae Juss.)	1
Carlquist’s growth ring classification: a functional approach that reinforces porous and annual rings	1
Cell wall ultrastructure of the lightest wood on earth	1
Structure of axial and radial sieve tubes and its functional significance for the phloem network in Aquilaria sinensis (Thymelaeaceae)	1
Quantitative Wood Anatomy: research applications, opportunities and challenges	1
The functional significance of tracheids co-occurring with vessels in xylem of Eudicots suggests a role in embolism tolerance	1
Comparative anatomy vs mechanistic understanding: how to interpret the diameter-vulnerability link	1
Wood anatomy helps solve challenging taxonomic relationships in the tropical Sapotaceae	1
Axial and radial wood maturation in three mistletoe ‘giants’ (Loranthaceae)	1
The microstructure of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla) with tung oil thermal treatment	1
The application of chromatography and complementary techniques for wood identification — State of the art and future directions	1
Radial variation of wood anatomical characteristics and demarcation of juvenile and mature wood in two slash pine (Pinus elliottii) half-sib families	1