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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Perspectives of plantation forests in the sustainable forest development of China	41
Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy	25
Assessing the performance of MODIS and VIIRS active fire products in the monitoring of wildfires: a case study in Turkey	19
Harmonized dataset of surface fuels under Alpine, temperate and Mediterranean conditions in Italy. A synthesis supporting fire management	19
Short-term effects in canopy gap area on the recovery of compacted soil caused by forest harvesting in old-growth Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) stands	15
Improving sustainability in wood coating: testing lignin and cellulose nanocrystals as additives to commercial acrylic wood coatings for bio-building	15
Universal reaction norms for the sustainable cultivation of hybrid poplar clones under climate change in Italy	15
Soil fungal communities across land use types	14
The natural recovery of disturbed soil, plant cover and trees after clear-cutting in the boreal forests, Russia	13
Long-term effects of thinning and mixing on stand spatial structure: a case study of Chinese fir plantations	13
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)	12
Climate change impacts on spatial distribution, tree-ring growth, and water use of stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) forests in the Mediterranean region and silvicultural practices to limit those impacts	11
Determination of differences in temperature regimes on healthy and bark-beetle colonised spruce trees using a handheld thermal camera	11
Predictive capacity of nine algorithms and an ensemble model to determine the geographic distribution of tree species	11
Large-scale spatial distribution of deer browsing damage to young tree plantations	10
Contribution of anthropogenic, vegetation, and topographic features to forest fire occurrence in Poland	10
Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites	10
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry controls interspecific patterns of leaf litter-derived dissolved organic matter biodegradation in subtropical plantations of China	10
Factors affecting the quantity and type of tree-related microhabitats in Mediterranean mountain forests of high nature value	10
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	10
Comparison of alternative harvesting systems for selective thinning in a Mediterranean pine afforestation (Pinus halepensis Mill.) for bioenergy use	9
Dynamics of humus forms and soil characteristics along a forest altitudinal gradient in Hyrcanian forest	9
Composted sewage sludge as an alternative substrate for forest seedlings production	9
Biochar amendment regulated growth, physiological, and biochemical responses of conifer in red soil	9
Thermo-modified native black poplar (Populus nigra L.) wood as an insulation material	9

Is microbial biomass measurement by the chloroform fumigation extraction method biased by experimental addition of N and P?	8
Analysing species abundance distribution patterns across sampling scales in three natural forests in Northeastern China	8
Tracing the acclimation of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) populations to climatic stress by analyzing the antioxidant system	8
Are Mediterranean forest ecosystems under the threat of invasive species Solanum elaeagnifolium?	8
Can forest trees take up and transport nanoplastics?	8
Modelling taper and stem volume considering stand density in Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus dunnii	8
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	7
JRC study on harvested forest area: resolving key misunderstandings	7
Species interactions in pure and mixed-species stands of silver fir and European beech in Mediterranean mountains	7
LIFE-CLIVUT, ecosystem benefits of urban green areas: a pilot case study in Perugia (Italy)	7
Magnolia grandiflora L. shows better responses to drought than Magnolia × soulangeana in urban environment	7
Suitability of Fagus orientalis Lipsky at marginal Fagus sylvatica L. forest sites in Southern Germany	7
Density, extractives and decay resistance variabilities within branch wood from four agroforestry hardwood species	7
Can species Cedrela fissilis Vell. be used in sites contaminated with toxic aluminum and cadmium metals?	6
The impact of pruning on tree development in poplar Populus × canadensis “I-214” plantations	6
Validation of visual and machine strength grading for Italian beech with additional sampling	6
Interaction between planting spacing and wood properties of Eucalyptus clones grown in short rotation	6
Historical fire ecology and its effect on vegetation dynamics of the Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas, México	6
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	6
Methods of soil seed bank estimation: a literature review proposing further work in Africa	6
Above ground biomass estimation from UAV high resolution RGB images and LiDAR data in a pine forest in Southern Italy	6
Towards a functional phytosociology: the functional ecology of woody diagnostic species and their vegetation classes in Northern Italy	6
Role of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance on the long-term rising of intrinsic water use efficiency in dominant trees in three old-growth forests in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro	6
The effects of forest management on biodiversity in the Czech Republic: an overview of biologists’ opinions	5
Problems and solutions to cork oak (Quercus suber L.) regeneration: a review	5
Could cattle ranching and soybean cultivation be sustainable? A systematic review and a meta-analysis for the Amazon	5
NIR-based models for estimating selected physical and chemical wood properties from fast-growing plantations	5
Scots pine’s capacity to adapt to climate change in hemi-boreal forests in relation to dominating tree increment and site condition	5
Allometric models for the estimation of foliage area and biomass from stem metrics in black locust	5
Red wood ants shape epiphytic lichen assemblages in montane silver fir forests	5
Tectona grandis Linn. f. secondary metabolites and their bioactive potential: a review	4
The willingness of inhabitants in medium-sized city and the city’s surroundings settlements to pay for recreation in urban forests in Poland	4
Mid-rotation fertilization and liming of Pinus taeda: growth, litter, fine root mass, and elemental composition	4
Modelling natural regeneration of Oak in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	4
Carbon neutrality of forest biomass for bioenergy: a scoping review	4
Controlling soil total nitrogen factors across shrublands in the Three Rivers Source Region of the Tibetan Plateau	4
Forest management with carbon scenarios in the central region of Mexico	4
Ecological factors affecting the recent Picea abies decline in Slovenia: the importance of bedrock type and forest naturalness	4
Temporal patterns control carbon balance in forest and agricultural tropical peatlands in North Selangor, Malaysia	4
Assessment of land sensitivity to degradation using MEDALUS model - a case study of Grdelica Gorge and Vranjska Valley (southeastern Serbia)	4
Fuel characterization and crown fuel load prediction in non-treated Calabrian pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) plantation areas	4
Variability of tolerance of Wild cherry clones to PEG-induced osmotic stress in vitro	4
Aboveground tree biomass of Araucaria araucana in southern Chile: measurements and multi-objective optimization of biomass models	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
Response of soil bacterial communities to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in an age-sequence of subtropical forests	4
Intra-annual tree growth responds to micrometeorological variability in the central Amazon	3
Using nano-scale Fe0 particles and organic waste to improve the nutritional status of tree seedlings growing in heavy metal-contaminated soil	3
Effect of environmental gradients on leaf morphological traits in the Fandoghlo forest region (NW Iran)	3
Effect of dust accumulation on Quercus cerris L. leaves in the Ezer forest, Lebanon	3
The effects of fire on Pinus sylvestris L. as determined by dendroecological analysis (Sierra de Gredos, Spain)	3

Strong relationships between soil and vegetation in reference ecosystems of a riparian Atlantic rainforest in the upper Doce River watershed, southeastern Brazil	3
Growth and physiological acclimation to shade in young plants of Adesmia bijuga Phil., a critically endangered species in central Chile	3
Factors of soil CO2 emission in boreal forests: evidence from Central Siberia	3
Potential relationships of selected abiotic variables, chemical elements and stand characteristics with soil organic carbon in spruce and beech stands	3
Hardness and contact angle of thermo-treated poplar plywood for bio-building	3
Amazon forest biomass: intra- and interspecific variability in wood density drive divergences in Brazil’s far north	3
Not all long-distance-exploration types of ectomycorrhizae are the same: differential accumulation of nitrogen and carbon in Scleroderma and Xerocomus in response to variations in soil fertility	3
Comparison of wood stack volume determination between manual, photo-optical, iPad-LiDAR and handheld-LiDAR based measurement methods	3
Do different indices of forest structural heterogeneity yield consistent results?	3
Logging residue chipping options for short rotation poplar plantations	3
The analytic hierarchy process for selection of suitable trees for Mexico City	3
Soil fauna communities and microbial activities response to litter and soil properties under degraded and restored forests of Hyrcania	3
Nursery fertilization affected field performance and nutrient resorption of Populus tomentosa Carr. ploidy levels	3
Estimation of forest leaf area index using satellite multispectral and synthetic aperture radar data in Iran	3
Local adaptation at a small geographic scale observed in Juniperus excelsa populations in southern Turkey	3
Total tree height predictions via parametric and artificial neural network modeling approaches	3
Estimation of total extractive content of wood from planted and native forests by near infrared spectroscopy	3
Impact of deforestation on the soil physical and chemical attributes, and humic fraction of organic matter in dry environments in Brazil	2
Improving dimensional stability of Populus cathayana wood by suberin monomers with heat treatment	2
Modeling of time consumption for selective and situational precommercial thinning in mountain beech forest stands	2
Kretzschmaria deusta, a limiting factor for survival and safety of veteran beech trees in Trentino (Alps, Northern Italy)	2
Age and thinning effects on elemental composition of Pinus pinaster and Pinus radiata needles	2
Deriving tree growth models from stand models based on the self-thinning rule of Chinese fir plantations	2
Method for classifying sites to Atlantic Rainforest restoration aiming to increase basin’s streamflows	2
Natural regeneration and species diversification after seed-tree method cutting in a maritime pine reforestation	2
Study on the chemical composition of teak wood extracts in different organic solvents	2
Physiological dormancy and dormancy release of Sassafras tzumu, a colored-leaf tree species with high landscape and economic value	2
Stem profile of red oaks in a bottomland hardwood restoration plantation forest in the Arkansas Delta (USA)	2
Breeding and improvement of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) with a special focus on Hungary: a review	2
Growing at the forest edges: how natural regeneration develops under fragmentation	2
Soil water deficit as a tool to measure water stress and inform silvicultural management in the Cape Forest Regions, South Africa	2
Fluctuation of the ecological niche of Moringa peregrina (Forssk.) Fiori with topoclimatic heterogeneity in southern Iran	2
Phytopathogenic fungi in forest nurseries of Middle Siberia	2
Estimation of canopy attributes of wild cacao trees using digital cover photography and machine learning algorithms	2
Influence of inorganic salts on biomass production, biochemical composition, and bioethanol production of Populus alba	2
Modeling the risk of illegal forest activity and its distribution in the southeastern region of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, Philippines	2
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	2
Competition effects and economic scenarios in an agroforestry system with cereal crops and wood plantations: a case study in the Po Valley (Italy)	2
Contribution of legume and non-legume trees to litter dynamics and C-N-P inputs in a secondary seasonally dry tropical forest	2
Seeing, believing, acting: climate change attitudes and adaptation of Hungarian forest managers	2
Biomass, radial growth and regeneration capacity of Aleppo pine, and its possible use as rootstock in arid and degraded areas	2
Effects on soil physicochemical properties and seedling growth in mixed high forests caused by cable skidder traffic	2