OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Forest Research is 6. 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
Opportunities and challenges of Eucalyptus plantations in Europe: the Iberian Peninsula experience	44
Effects of stand age on tree biomass partitioning and allometric equations in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations	40
Recent forest area increase in Europe: expanding and regenerating forests differ in their regional patterns, drivers and productivity trends	32
Forest multifunctionality is not resilient to intensive forestry	32
Production potential, biodiversity and soil properties of forest reclamations: Opportunities or risk of introduced coniferous tree species under climate change?	32
Multi-tree cut-to-length harvesting of short-rotation poplar plantations	29
The contribution of deadwood to soil carbon dynamics in contrasting temperate forest ecosystems	24
Calibration of the process-based model 3-PG for major central European tree species	23
Does the genetic diversity among pubescent white oaks in southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia islands support the current taxonomic classification?	23
Tracing drought effects from the tree to the stand growth in temperate and Mediterranean forests: insights and consequences for forest ecology and management	22
Silvicultural prescriptions for mixed-species forest stands. A European review and perspective	21
The effect of tree mortality on CO2 fluxes in an old-growth spruce forest	20
Simulating conversion of even-aged Norway spruce into uneven-aged mixed forest: effects of different scenarios on production, economy and heterogeneity	19
Forest bathing and hiking benefits for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mediterranean regions	18
Development of individual tree growth and yield model across multiple contrasting species using nonparametric and parametric methods in the Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran	17
Past, present and future suitable areas for the relict tree Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae): Integrating fossil records, niche modeling, and phylogeography for conservation	17
Modelling natural regeneration of European beech in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	16
The social drift of trees. Consequence for growth trend detection, stand dynamics, and silviculture	16
Impacts of wood extraction on soil: assessing rutting and soil compaction caused by skidding and forwarding by means of traditional and innovative methods	16
Long-term nitrogen addition regulates root nutrient capture and leaf nutrient resorption in Larix gmelinii in a boreal forest	15
Long-term assessment of soil physicochemical properties and seedlings establishment after skidding operations in mountainous mixed hardwoods	14
Overview of the impact of forest habitats quality and landscape disturbances on the ecology and conservation of dormice species	14
Small-scale private forest owners and the European Natura 2000 conservation network: perceived ecosystem services, management practices, and nature conservation attitudes	14
A survey of the skidder fleet of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe	14
The influence of fencing on seedling establishment during reforestation of oak stands: a comparison of artificial and natural regeneration techniques including costs	14

Scale elasticity and technical efficiency analysis in the European forest sector: a stochastic value-based approach	14
Forest inventory-based assessments of the invasion risk of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco and Quercus rubra L. in Germany	14
Short- and long-term growth response to climate in mixed and monospecific forests of Pinus pinea and Pinus pinaster	13
Institutional quality, economic development and illegal logging: a quantitative cross-national analysis	13
Ninety-five years of observed disturbance-based tree mortality modeled with climate-sensitive accelerated failure time models	13
Demand for forest ecosystem services: a comparison study in selected areas in the Czech Republic and China	12
Fertilization of Pinus taeda L. on an acidic oxisol in southern Brazil: growth, litter accumulation, and root exploration	12
Ectomycorrhizal symbioses increase soil calcium availability and water use efficiency of Quercus acutissima seedlings under drought stress	12
Phenological shifts compensate warming-induced drought stress in southern Siberian Scots pines	12
Improving tree biomass models through crown ratio patterns and incomplete data sources	11
Soil fungal communities in young Norway spruce-dominant stands: footprints of former land use and selective thinning	11
The cost of risk management and multifunctionality in forestry: a simulation approach for a case study area in Southeast Germany	11
Influence of light, water stress and shrub cover on sapling survival and height growth: the case of A. unedo, F. ornus and S. domestica under Mediterranean climate	11
Higher stand densities can promote soil carbon storage after conversion of temperate mixed natural forests to larch plantations	11
Drivers of oak establishment in Mediterranean old fields from 25-year-old woodland islets planted to assist natural regeneration	11
The contribution of understorey vegetation to ecosystem evapotranspiration in boreal and temperate forests: a literature review and analysis	11
Long-term response of soil and stem wood properties to repeated nitrogen fertilization in a N-limited Scots pine stand	11
Genetic variability to assist in the delineation of provenance regions and selection of seed stands and gene conservation units of wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz) in southern Germany	10
Vertical variations in wood basic density for two softwood species	10
Deep BarkID: a portable tree bark identification system by knowledge distillation	10
The effect of forest floor on soil microbial and enzyme indices after forest harvesting operations in Hyrcanian deciduous forests	10
Keeping thinning-derived deadwood logs on forest floor improves soil organic carbon, microbial biomass, and enzyme activity in a temperate spruce forest	10
Regeneration in European beech forests after drought: the effects of microclimate, deadwood and browsing	10
Spatially explicit assessment of forest road suitability for timber extraction and hauling in Switzerland	9
Variations in humus and fine root properties related to development stages in a temperate natural Beech forest	9
Combined retention of large living and dead trees can improve provision of tree-related microhabitats in Central European montane forests	9
The emergent past: past natural and human disturbances of trees can reduce their present resistance to drought stress	9
Classification of forest communities (co-)dominated by Taxus baccata in the Hyrcanian forests (northern Iran) and their comparison with southern Europe	9
Different drought-adaptive capacity of a native Patagonian tree species (Nothofagus pumilio) resulting from local adaptation	9
A new taper index based on form-factor: application to three bamboo species (Phyllostachys spp.)	9
Interpreting wind damage risk–how multifunctional forest management impacts standing timber at risk of wind felling	9
Dynamics and drivers of aboveground biomass accumulation during recovery from selective harvesting in an uneven-aged forest	9
Bryophyte diversity, composition and functional traits in relation to bedrock and tree species composition in close-to-nature managed forests	9
A fuzzy logic-based approach for evaluating forest ecosystem service provision and biodiversity applied to a case study landscape in Southern Germany	9
Uncertainty of biomass stocks in Spanish forests: a comprehensive comparison of allometric equations	9
Drought in the forest breaks plant–fungi interactions	9
Seed dormancy and germination of a critically endangered plant, Elaeagnus mollis, on the Loess Plateau of China	8
Long-term nitrogen addition alters nutrient foraging strategies of Populus davidiana and Betula platyphylla in a temperate natural secondary forest	8
Role of environmental filtering and seed source availability in natural regeneration processes following large-scale disturbances in mountain forests	8
Overyielding in mixed pine forests with belowground complementarity: impacts on understory	8
Survival time and mortality rate of regeneration in the deep shade of a primeval beech forest	8
Tree species and microhabitat affect forest bog spider fauna	8
Long-term nitrogen addition further increased carbon sequestration in a boreal forest	8
Leaf phenology correlates with fruit production in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and in temperate oaks (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea)	8
Effect of soil nutrient spatial heterogeneity by cutting disturbance on understory plant diversity in broadleaved-Korean pine forest in Changbai Mountain, China	8
European forest sinks and climate targets: past trends, main drivers, and future forecasts	8
Comparisons of competitor selection approaches for spatially explicit competition indices of natural spruce-fir-broadleaf mixed forests	7
Long-term effects of succession, climate change and insect disturbance on oak-pine forest composition in the U.S. Central Hardwood Region	7
Assessing soil C stock and C to N ratio of soil organic matter under mixed pine-beech forests at different scales	7
The distribution of carbon stocks between tree woody biomass and soil differs between Scots pine and broadleaved species (beech, oak) in European forests	7

Estimation of Eucalyptus productivity using efficient artificial neural network	7
Fossil-fuel consumption and CO2eq emissions of cut-to-length industrial roundwood logging operations in Finland	7
Influencing plantation stand structure through close-to-nature silviculture	7
Genetic differentiation of indigenous (Quercus robur L.) and late flushing oak stands (Q. robur L. subsp. slavonica (Gáyer) Mátyás) in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	7
Thinning decreased soil respiration differently in two dryland Mediterranean forests with contrasted soil temperature and humidity regimes	7
Litter removal increases the plant carbon input to soil in a Pinus massoniana plantation	7
Which factors influence the density of birch (Betula pendula Roth) seeds in soil seed banks in temperate woodlands?	7
Analyzing the effect of silvicultural management on the trade-off between stand structural heterogeneity and productivity over time	7
Effects of tree mixture on forest productivity: tree species addition versus substitution	7
Growth and wood density of Pinus taeda L. as affected by shelterwood harvest in a two-aged stand in Southern Brazil	6
Effect of forest roadside on vegetation characteristics in the Hyrcanian temperate forest	6
Temporal changes in soil chemical compositions in acidified mountain forest soils of Czech Republic	6
Tree species admixture increases ecosystem service provision in simulated spruce- and beech-dominated stands	6
Dynamics and drivers of post-windthrow recovery in managed mixed mountain forests of Slovenia	6
Limitations of estimating branch volume from terrestrial laser scanning	6
Stand delineation based on laser scanning data and simulated annealing	6
DNA-based tracking of historical introductions of forest trees: the case of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Lithuania	6
Stand density, climate and biodiversity jointly regulate the multifunctionality of natural forest ecosystems in northeast China	6
Weak relationships of continuous forest management intensity and remotely sensed stand structural complexity in temperate mountain forests	6
Nordic forest management towards climate change mitigation: time dynamic temperature change impacts of wood product systems including substitution effects	6
Canopy species composition drives seasonal soil characteristics in a Mediterranean riparian forest	6
Functional traits and stand factors as strong drivers of radial growth response to hotter drought in a temperate forest of North China	6
Scots pine responses to drought investigated with eddy covariance and sap flow methods	6
Managerial ability and productivity growth in the European forest sector	6
Winter storm risk assessment in forests with high resolution gust speed data	6
Isotopic responses to dry and wet episodes as captured in tree rings of southern Altai relict forests	6