OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry is 2. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of microwave drying on drying kinetics, physico-mechanical properties, and microstructure of plantation-grown Hevea brasiliensis wood	27
Growth, spring phenology and stem quality of four broadleaved species assessed in provenance trials in the Netherlands - Implications for seed sourcing	25
Exploring the reliability of CAN-bus data in assessing forwarder rolling resistance under real working conditions	19
Radial growing, cambial activity, and phenology of tree species in a subtropical forest in Southern Brazil	19
Relationship between microbiological, physical, and chemical attributes of different soil types under Pinus taeda plantations in southern Brazil	18
Modelling natural regeneration of Oak in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	18
SISEF and Italian forest science: thirty years of shared progress	16
How environmental factors condition natural regeneration in the altitudinal gradient of a montane rainforest	15
Into the wild? Preferences of frequent mountain and forest recreationists for accessibility and mobility	14
FIRE-RES Geo-Catch: a mobile application to support reliable fuel mapping at a pan-European scale	14
Performance assessment of two plotless sampling methods for density estimation applied to some Alpine forests of northeastern Italy	12
Validation of models using near-infrared spectroscopy to estimate basic density and chemical composition of Eucalyptus wood	12
Biomass, radial growth and regeneration capacity of Aleppo pine, and its possible use as rootstock in arid and degraded areas	12
Pinus halepensis Mill. in the Mediterranean region: a review of ecological significance, growth patterns, and soil interactions	11
Hearing nature’s heartbeat: towards large-scale real-time forest monitoring network in Italy	11
Fire influence on forest cover in the Caparaó microregion, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil	10
Scale dependency of the effects of landscape structure and stand age on species richness and aboveground biomass of tropical dry forests	10
Trends and driving forces of spring phenology of oak and beech stands in the Western Carpathians from MODIS times series 2000-2021	10
Conservation values in set-aside black alder forests adjacent to managed stands: short-term changes	9
Revealing the physiological basis of forester’s choice of poplar clones (Populus spp.)	8
Improving the harvester functionality by optimizing the manipulator kinematic scheme	8
Identification of the ambrosia beetle Anisandrus dispar (Fabricius) (Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae) using TaqMan™ probe assay on biological samples	8
Use of fallen dead trees by Japanese squirrels within cedar plantations in northeastern Japan	8
Multiscale characteristics of the early spring temperature and response to climate indices over the past 179 years in the Qinling Mountains	7
Effect of restoration methods on natural regeneration in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	7

Effect of dust accumulation on Quercus cerris L. leaves in the Ezer forest, Lebanon	7
Light availability influences the invasion of Teline monspessulana (L.) K. Koch in a temperate fragmented forest in Central Chile	7
Prospects for evolution in European tree breeding	7
Two Populus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall clones cope differentially with sodium salinity stress	7
Exploring machine learning modeling approaches for biomass and carbon dioxide weight estimation in Lebanon cedar trees	7
Can we expect more from Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. in a changing climate?	7
SilvaCuore: a web-application to monitor the health status of Italian forests	7
Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites	6
Effects of mixture and management on growth dynamics and responses to climate of Quercus robur L. in a restored opencast lignite mine	6
Natural spread of Verticillium wilt as effective constraint on Ailanthus altissima invasion	6
Multiple ways for enhancing flammability in Mediterranean woody species: a trait-based approach	6
Stomatal morphometry of Andean species and their relationship with spatial variation	6
A primary evaluation of Syrian forest damage since 2011: a case study of Alhamam and Alboz forest sites	6
Exposure elevation and forest structure predict the abundance of saproxylic beetles’ communities in mountain managed beech forests	6
Stem profile of red oaks in a bottomland hardwood restoration plantation forest in the Arkansas Delta (USA)	6
Kinetic, morphophysiological, and biochemical parameters as a strategy to select clones of Eucalyptus spp. more efficient in phosphorus uptake	6
The potential of the marula tree, Sclerocarya birrea, (A. Rich.) Horchst subspecies litterfall in enhancing soil fertility and carbon storage in drylands	6
Effects on soil physicochemical properties and seedling growth in mixed high forests caused by cable skidder traffic	5
Increasing resistance and resilience of forests, a case study of Great Britain	5
Extreme climatic events, biotic interactions and species-specific responses drive tree crown defoliation and mortality in Italian forests	5
Effect of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) soil contamination on the development of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on Fraxinus excelsior and F. angustifolia seedlings	5
Factors of soil CO2 emission in boreal forests: evidence from Central Siberia	5
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on microbial activity and nutrient release are sensitive to acid deposition during litter decomposition in a subtropical Cinnamomum camphora forest	5
Effective woody biomass estimation in poplar short-rotation coppices - Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii	5
Assessment of land sensitivity to degradation using MEDALUS model - a case study of Grdelica Gorge and Vranjska Valley (southeastern Serbia)	5
Deploying an early-stage Cyber-Physical System for the implementation of Forestry 4.0 in a New Zealand timber harvesting context	4
Impact of rotation length of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. on wood production, kraft pulping, and forest value	4
The maternal environment of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) affects intrapopulation variability in seed traits and germination	4
Breeding and improvement of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) with a special focus on Hungary: a review	4
Problems and solutions to cork oak (Quercus suber L.) regeneration: a review	4
Estimating the potential threat of increasing temperature to the forests of Turkey: a focus on two invasive alien insect pests	4
Strong relationships between soil and vegetation in reference ecosystems of a riparian Atlantic rainforest in the upper Doce River watershed, southeastern Brazil	4
Changes in Populus sp. wood subjected to heat treatment: anatomy and silica content	4
Stability analysis and selection of optimal Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis families	4
Assessing forest resilience after windthrow: linking deadwood, regeneration, and landscape-scale susceptibility - A case study in a Pre-Alpine forest in Italy	4
Accumulation of 137Cs and 90Sr radionuclides by dominants and co-dominants of birch-pine forest communities in Northern Ukraine	4
Evaluation of urban forest spatial distribution characteristics in Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area	4
Mapping the vegetation and spatial dynamics of Sinharaja tropical rain forest incorporating NASA’s GEDI spaceborne LiDAR data and multispectral satellite images	4
Seeing, believing, acting: climate change attitudes and adaptation of Hungarian forest managers	4
Modelling the moisture status of habitats by using NDVI on the example of the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes borderland (Brazil)	3
No home-field advantage in upper Andean tropical forests despite strong differences in site environmental characteristics	3
Amazon forest biomass: intra- and interspecific variability in wood density drive divergences in Brazil’s far north	3
Rewilding beech-dominated temperate forest ecosystems: effects on carbon stocks and biodiversity indicators	3
Impacts of stump harvesting on carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes	3
Heat treatment of poplar plywood: modifications in physical, mechanical and durability properties	3
Comparative analysis of taper models for Pinus nigra Arn. using terrestrial laser scanner acquired data	3
Wood production and nutritional status of Pinus taeda L. in response to fertilization and liming: a meta-analysis of the Americas	3
Tree biomass models for the entire production cycle of Quercus suber	3
Corrigendum: The soil-conscious forestry and the forbidden apple	3
Quantitative assessment of past and future tropical forest transition and its dynamic to streamflow of the catchment, Malaysia	3

Colorimetry vs. spectrophotometry: which is better for discrimination of 13 native tree species in Southern Brazil?	3
Forest therapy in Italy: proposal of a standard procedure for validation of suitable sites	3
Consistency among forest structure and biodiversity potential index (IBP): an assessment of stand structural complexity for floodplain poplar woodlands	3
Taxonomic distinctness of climbing plants and epiphytes in central-Chilean forests: an alternative diversity measure from unequal species lists	3
Estimating the accuracy of smartphone app-based removal estimates against actual wood-harvesting data from clear cuttings	3
Climate-wise models of biomass productivity for hybrid poplar clones in Europe	2
The complexity of mycobiota associated with chestnut galls induced by Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)	2
Key information for forest policy decision-making - Does current reporting on forests and forestry reflect forest discourses?	2
Ecological factors affecting the recent Picea abies decline in Slovenia: the importance of bedrock type and forest naturalness	2
Chitosan exhibits variable effects on pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and alder (Alnus glutinosa L.) growth and secondary metabolism	2
Yield of forests in Ankara Regional Directory of Forestry in Turkey: comparison of regression and artificial neural network models based on statistical and biological behaviors	2
Measured and simulated tree and stand water use of Douglas-fir along a climatic gradient across Germany	2
Improving tree diameter measurements above irregularities in Central African forests: a Close-Range Photogrammetric approach	2
Effects of water surplus over a secondary forest remain after 16 years in the Amazonia	2
Forest plantations with public subsidies: to harvest or not to harvest, this is the question	2
The soil-conscious forestry and the forbidden apple	2
Pilot-scale drying of southern pine (Pinus spp.) lumber in a heated tube dryer	2
Seed germination traits of Pinus heldreichii in two Greek populations and implications for conservation	2
Modeling aboveground carbon in flooded forests using synthetic aperture radar data: a case study from a natural reserve in Turkish Thrace	2
Suitability of Fagus orientalis Lipsky at marginal Fagus sylvatica L. forest sites in Southern Germany	2
Development and evaluation of generalized fuel models for predicting fire behaviour in northern European heathlands	2
Above ground biomass estimation from UAV high resolution RGB images and LiDAR data in a pine forest in Southern Italy	2
Recent insights in soil nutrient cycling: perspectives from Pinus and Eucalyptus forest studies around the world	2
Soil of the parent plant and AMF mix improve Cerrado’s seedlings growth in forest nurseries	2
The missing part of the past, current, and future distribution model of Quercus ilex L.: the eastern edge	2
Tropical seedling performance under drought: a functional trait approach for species selection in restoration	2
Three prescribed fire regimes on the restoration of flooded savannah grasslands under encroachment of Vochysia divergens Pohl, Pantanal, Brazil	2
Evaluation of estimation methods for fitting the three-parameter Weibull distribution to European beech forests	2
Seasonal change in soil nitrogen mineralization in young Chamaecyparis obtusa stands at the upper and lower positions on a slope in central Japan	2
Effects of functional traits on the spatial distribution and hyperdominance of tree species in the Cerrado biome	2
Use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the diagnosis of parasitic plant infestation at the crown level in Pinus hartwegii	2
Changes in tree layer and altitudinal distribution of herbaceous species in temperate old-growth forests over 30 years	2
Estimation of above-ground biomass using machine learning approaches with InSAR and LiDAR data in tropical peat swamp forest of Brunei Darussalam	2
Applying complex network metrics to individual-tree diameter growth modeling	2
Evaluation of methods to improve the direct estimation of standing trees volume	2
Use of brassinosteroids to overcome unfavourable climatic effects on seed germination in Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold	2
Assessing the influence of different Synthetic Aperture Radar parameters and Digital Elevation Model layers combined with optical data on the identification of argan forest in Essaouira region, Morocc	2
The patterns of nearest neighbor trees in a temperate forest	2