OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Forest health under climate change: impact of insect pests	41
Evaluation of operating cost management models for selection cutting in Scandinavian continuous cover forestry	26
Physiological dormancy and dormancy release of Sassafras tzumu, a colored-leaf tree species with high landscape and economic value	19
Carbon neutrality of forest biomass for bioenergy: a scoping review	15
Comparison of extractive chemical signatures among branch, knot and bark wood fractions from forestry and agroforestry walnut trees (Juglans regia × J. nigra) by NIR spectroscopy and LC-MS analyses	15
Wood production and nutritional status of Pinus taeda L. in response to fertilization and liming: a meta-analysis of the Americas	15
Response of soil bacterial communities to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in an age-sequence of subtropical forests	13
Stem profile of red oaks in a bottomland hardwood restoration plantation forest in the Arkansas Delta (USA)	12
Contribution of anthropogenic, vegetation, and topographic features to forest fire occurrence in Poland	11
Effects of low-impact logging on understory birds in the Brazilian Amazon	11
No home-field advantage in upper Andean tropical forests despite strong differences in site environmental characteristics	11
Modeling the risk of illegal forest activity and its distribution in the southeastern region of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, Philippines	10
Automated irrigation management system for tree species seedlings using weighing mini-lysimeters	10
Response to climate and influence of ocean-atmosphere phenomena on annual radial increments of Pinus oocarpa Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham in the Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas, Mexico	10
Estimating the accuracy of smartphone app-based removal estimates against actual wood-harvesting data from clear cuttings	10
Improving dimensional stability of Populus cathayana wood by suberin monomers with heat treatment	10
Influence of site conditions and land management on Quercus suber L. population dynamics in the southern Iberian Peninsula	10
Scots pine’s capacity to adapt to climate change in hemi-boreal forests in relation to dominating tree increment and site condition	9
Quantitative assessment of past and future tropical forest transition and its dynamic to streamflow of the catchment, Malaysia	9
Heat treatment of poplar plywood: modifications in physical, mechanical and durability properties	9
Use of brassinosteroids to overcome unfavourable climatic effects on seed germination in Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold	9
Analyzing regression models and multi-layer artificial neural network models for estimating taper and tree volume in Crimean pine forests	8
Comparative analysis of taper models for Pinus nigra Arn. using terrestrial laser scanner acquired data	8
Effects of mixture and management on growth dynamics and responses to climate of Quercus robur L. in a restored opencast lignite mine	8
The missing part of the past, current, and future distribution model of Quercus ilex L.: the eastern edge	8

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	8
Is it needed to integrate mixture degree in Stand Density Management Diagram (SDMD)?	8
Three prescribed fire regimes on the restoration of flooded savannah grasslands under encroachment of Vochysia divergens Pohl, Pantanal, Brazil	8
Exposure elevation and forest structure predict the abundance of saproxylic beetles’ communities in mountain managed beech forests	7
Modeling compatible taper and stem volume of pure Scots pine stands in Northeastern Turkey	7
Nursery fertilization affected field performance and nutrient resorption of Populus tomentosa Carr. ploidy levels	7
Modeling of time consumption for selective and situational precommercial thinning in mountain beech forest stands	7
A primary evaluation of Syrian forest damage since 2011: a case study of Alhamam and Alboz forest sites	6
Amazon forest biomass: intra- and interspecific variability in wood density drive divergences in Brazil’s far north	6
Secondary metabolites of six Siberian and Crimean Armillaria species and their in vitro phytotoxicity to pine, larch and poplar	6
Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy	6
Identification and characterization of gaps and roads in the Amazon rainforest with LiDAR data	6
Assessment of land sensitivity to degradation using MEDALUS model - a case study of Grdelica Gorge and Vranjska Valley (southeastern Serbia)	6
Dynamics of humus forms and soil characteristics along a forest altitudinal gradient in Hyrcanian forest	6
Forest therapy in Italy: proposal of a standard procedure for validation of suitable sites	6
Soil fauna communities and microbial activities response to litter and soil properties under degraded and restored forests of Hyrcania	6
Using nano-scale Fe0 particles and organic waste to improve the nutritional status of tree seedlings growing in heavy metal-contaminated soil	6
Study on the chemical composition of teak wood extracts in different organic solvents	5
Hardness and contact angle of thermo-treated poplar plywood for bio-building	5
Intra-annual tree growth responds to micrometeorological variability in the central Amazon	5
Increasing resistance and resilience of forests, a case study of Great Britain	5
Spatial distribution of aboveground biomass stock in tropical dry forest in Brazil	5
Impacts of stump harvesting on carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes	5
Effective woody biomass estimation in poplar short-rotation coppices - Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii	5
Modelling natural regeneration of Oak in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	4
Characterization of technological properties of matá-matá wood (Eschweilera coriacea [DC.] S.A. Mori, E. odora Poepp. [Miers] and E. truncata A.C. Sm.) by Near Infrared Spectroscopy	4
Estimation of canopy attributes of wild cacao trees using digital cover photography and machine learning algorithms	4
Estimation of total extractive content of wood from planted and native forests by near infrared spectroscopy	4
Optimizing line-plot size for personal laser scanning: modeling distance-dependent tree detection probability along transects	4
JRC study on harvested forest area: resolving key misunderstandings	4
Impact of deforestation on the soil physical and chemical attributes, and humic fraction of organic matter in dry environments in Brazil	4
Temporal patterns control carbon balance in forest and agricultural tropical peatlands in North Selangor, Malaysia	4
Logging residue chipping options for short rotation poplar plantations	4
Exploring the reliability of CAN-bus data in assessing forwarder rolling resistance under real working conditions	4
Is there an effect of storage depth on the persistence of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) and rowan (Sorbus aucuparia L.) seeds? A seed burial experiment	4
Soil of the parent plant and AMF mix improve Cerrado’s seedlings growth in forest nurseries	4
Density, extractives and decay resistance variabilities within branch wood from four agroforestry hardwood species	4
Extreme climatic events, biotic interactions and species-specific responses drive tree crown defoliation and mortality in Italian forests	4
Potential relationships of selected abiotic variables, chemical elements and stand characteristics with soil organic carbon in spruce and beech stands	4
Problems and solutions to cork oak (Quercus suber L.) regeneration: a review	3
FIRE-RES Geo-Catch: a mobile application to support reliable fuel mapping at a pan-European scale	3
How environmental factors condition natural regeneration in the altitudinal gradient of a montane rainforest	3
Validation of visual and machine strength grading for Italian beech with additional sampling	3
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	3
The economic value of fire damages in Tuscan agroforestry areas	3
Edge tree functional traits and their association with edaphic factors in seasonally dry forests in northern Thailand	3
Effects of silvicultural thinning on stand structure and coarse woody debris in the deciduous Arasbaran forest, Iran	3
Natural regeneration and species diversification after seed-tree method cutting in a maritime pine reforestation	3
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry controls interspecific patterns of leaf litter-derived dissolved organic matter biodegradation in subtropical plantations of China	3
Factors of soil CO2 emission in boreal forests: evidence from Central Siberia	3

Obituary: Ervedo Giordano, silviculturalist and forest ecologist from the Mediterranean, open to the world and to international forestry	3
Effect of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) soil contamination on the development of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on Fraxinus excelsior and F. angustifolia seedlings	3
Recent insights in soil nutrient cycling: perspectives from Pinus and Eucalyptus forest studies around the world	3
Mid-rotation fertilization and liming of Pinus taeda: growth, litter, fine root mass, and elemental composition	3
Long-term dynamics of stand structure and regeneration in high-stocked selection fir-beech forest stand: Croatian Dinarides case study	3
Relationship between microbiological, physical, and chemical attributes of different soil types under Pinus taeda plantations in southern Brazil	3
Bioaccumulation of long-term atmospheric heavy metal pollution within the Carpathian arch: monumental trees and their leaves memoir	3
Are Mediterranean forest ecosystems under the threat of invasive species Solanum elaeagnifolium?	3
Abundance and impact of egg parasitoids on the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) in Bulgaria	3
Do different indices of forest structural heterogeneity yield consistent results?	2
Perspectives of plantation forests in the sustainable forest development of China	2
A new zoning index for detecting areas of biological importance applied to a temperate forest in Central Mexico	2
LIFE-CLIVUT, ecosystem benefits of urban green areas: a pilot case study in Perugia (Italy)	2
NIR-based models for estimating selected physical and chemical wood properties from fast-growing plantations	2
Thermo-modified native black poplar (Populus nigra L.) wood as an insulation material	2
Fine root morphological traits and production in coniferous- and deciduous-tree forests with drained and naturally wet nutrient-rich organic soils in hemiboreal Latvia	2
Developing stand transpiration model relating canopy conductance to stand sapwood area in a Korean pine plantation	2
Validation of models using near-infrared spectroscopy to estimate basic density and chemical composition of Eucalyptus wood	2
Quantifying the vertical microclimate profile within a tropical seasonal rainforest, based on both ground- and canopy-referenced approaches	2
Large-scale spatial distribution of deer browsing damage to young tree plantations	2
Effects on soil physicochemical properties and seedling growth in mixed high forests caused by cable skidder traffic	2
Estimating the potential threat of increasing temperature to the forests of Turkey: a focus on two invasive alien insect pests	2
Reversible and irreversible effects of mild thermal treatment on the properties of wood used for making musical instruments: comparing mulberry to spruce	2
Growth and physiological acclimation to shade in young plants of Adesmia bijuga Phil., a critically endangered species in central Chile	2
Changes in tree layer and altitudinal distribution of herbaceous species in temperate old-growth forests over 30 years	2
Effects of different nut pretreatments and substrates on germination and seedlings growth of Neocarya macrophylla Sabine in Basse Casamance, Senegal	2
Total tree height predictions via parametric and artificial neural network modeling approaches	2
The impact of land use on future water balance - A simple approach for analysing climate change effects	2
Performance assessment of two plotless sampling methods for density estimation applied to some Alpine forests of northeastern Italy	2
Red wood ants shape epiphytic lichen assemblages in montane silver fir forests	2
Identification of wood from the Amazon by characteristics of Haralick and Neural Network: image segmentation and polishing of the surface	2
Towards a functional phytosociology: the functional ecology of woody diagnostic species and their vegetation classes in Northern Italy	2
Evaluation of estimation methods for fitting the three-parameter Weibull distribution to European beech forests	2
Variations in the performance of hybrid poplars subjected to the inoculation of a microbial consortium and water restriction	1
Linking patterns of forest dieback to triggering climatic and weather events: an overview on Mediterranean forests	1
A geographically weighted deep neural network model for research on the spatial distribution of the down dead wood volume in Liangshui National Nature Reserve (China)	1
How biomass and other tree architectural characteristics relate to the structural complexity of a beech-pine forest	1
Aboveground tree biomass of Araucaria araucana in southern Chile: measurements and multi-objective optimization of biomass models	1
Seed germination traits of Pinus heldreichii in two Greek populations and implications for conservation	1
Method for the analysis of the relationship between forest cover and streamflow in watersheds	1
Scale dependency of the effects of landscape structure and stand age on species richness and aboveground biomass of tropical dry forests	1
Response of Chinese sea buckthorn clonal growth and photosynthetic physiological mechanisms toward a soil moisture gradient	1
Contrasted growth response of hybrid larch (Larix × marschlinsii), jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and white spruce (Picea glauca) to wood ash application in northwestern Quebec, Canada	1
Effect of forwarder multipassing on forest soil parameters changes	1
Biomass, radial growth and regeneration capacity of Aleppo pine, and its possible use as rootstock in arid and degraded areas	1
Factors affecting the quantity and type of tree-related microhabitats in Mediterranean mountain forests of high nature value	1
Estimation of above-ground biomass using machine learning approaches with InSAR and LiDAR data in tropical peat swamp forest of Brunei Darussalam	1
Long-term effects of thinning and mixing on stand spatial structure: a case study of Chinese fir plantations	1
Adaptability and interspecific variability in growth and leaf traits of eucalypt	1
Key information for forest policy decision-making - Does current reporting on forests and forestry reflect forest discourses?	1
Use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the diagnosis of parasitic plant infestation at the crown level in Pinus hartwegii	1
Determination of differences in temperature regimes on healthy and bark-beetle colonised spruce trees using a handheld thermal camera	1
Method for classifying sites to Atlantic Rainforest restoration aiming to increase basin’s streamflows	1
The willingness of inhabitants in medium-sized city and the city’s surroundings settlements to pay for recreation in urban forests in Poland	1
Forest management with carbon scenarios in the central region of Mexico	1
Variability of tolerance of Wild cherry clones to PEG-induced osmotic stress in vitro	1
Modelling taper and stem volume considering stand density in Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus dunnii	1
The effects of forest management on biodiversity in the Czech Republic: an overview of biologists’ opinions	1
Deploying an early-stage Cyber-Physical System for the implementation of Forestry 4.0 in a New Zealand timber harvesting context	1
Corrigendum: The soil-conscious forestry and the forbidden apple	1
Comparison of wood stack volume determination between manual, photo-optical, iPad-LiDAR and handheld-LiDAR based measurement methods	1
Strong relationships between soil and vegetation in reference ecosystems of a riparian Atlantic rainforest in the upper Doce River watershed, southeastern Brazil	1
The growth dynamics of East European Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) populations - a Lithuanian field trial	1
Modeling aboveground carbon in flooded forests using synthetic aperture radar data: a case study from a natural reserve in Turkish Thrace	1
Ectomycorrhizal diversity in a mature pedunculate oak stand near Morović, Serbia	1
Trends and driving forces of spring phenology of oak and beech stands in the Western Carpathians from MODIS times series 2000-2021	1
Impact of rotation length of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. on wood production, kraft pulping, and forest value	1
Chitosan exhibits variable effects on pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and alder (Alnus glutinosa L.) growth and secondary metabolism	1
Ecological factors affecting the recent Picea abies decline in Slovenia: the importance of bedrock type and forest naturalness	1
Fluctuation of the ecological niche of Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori with topoclimatic heterogeneity in southern Iran	1
Composted sewage sludge as an alternative substrate for forest seedlings production	1
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	1
Effects of functional traits on the spatial distribution and hyperdominance of tree species in the Cerrado biome	1
Use of fallen dead trees by Japanese squirrels within cedar plantations in northeastern Japan	1
Universal reaction norms for the sustainable cultivation of hybrid poplar clones under climate change in Italy	1
Accumulation of 137Cs and 90Sr radionuclides by dominants and co-dominants of birch-pine forest communities in Northern Ukraine	1
Local adaptation at a small geographic scale observed in Juniperus excelsa populations in southern Turkey	1
Suitability of Fagus orientalis Lipsky at marginal Fagus sylvatica L. forest sites in Southern Germany	1