OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry is 5. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Perspectives of plantation forests in the sustainable forest development of China	35
A review of the performance of woody and herbaceous ornamental plants for phytoremediation in urban areas	34
Decline in commercial pine nut and kernel yield in Mediterranean stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) in Spain	24
Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy	22
Preliminary indications for diverging heat and drought sensitivities in Norway spruce and Scots pine in Central Europe	19
Diversity of saproxylic beetle communities in chestnut agroforestry systems	16
Harmonized dataset of surface fuels under Alpine, temperate and Mediterranean conditions in Italy. A synthesis supporting fire management	16
Oak often needs to be promoted in mixed beech-oak stands - the structural processes behind competition and silvicultural management in mixed stands of European beech and sessile oak	15
A bark beetle infestation predictive model based on satellite data in the frame of decision support system TANABBO	13
Universal reaction norms for the sustainable cultivation of hybrid poplar clones under climate change in Italy	12
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	12
Spatial modeling of the ecological niche of Pinus greggii Engelm. (Pinaceae): a species conservation proposal in Mexico under climatic change scenarios	11
Verticillium wilt of Ailanthus altissima in Italy caused by V. dahliae: new outbreaks from Tuscany	11
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)	11
Soil fungal communities across land use types	11
Influences of forest gaps on soil physico-chemical and biological properties in an oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) stand of Hyrcanian forest, north of Iran	11
Long-term effects of thinning and mixing on stand spatial structure: a case study of Chinese fir plantations	11
Remote sensing of selective logging in tropical forests: current state and future directions	10
Assessing Pinus pinea L. resilience to three consecutive droughts in central-western Italian Peninsula	10
Runoff reconstruction and climatic influence with tree rings, in the Mayo river basin, Sonora, Mexico	10
Improving sustainability in wood coating: testing lignin and cellulose nanocrystals as additives to commercial acrylic wood coatings for bio-building	9
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry controls interspecific patterns of leaf litter-derived dissolved organic matter biodegradation in subtropical plantations of China	9
Wood anatomy of boreal species in a warming world: a review	9
Factors affecting the quantity and type of tree-related microhabitats in Mediterranean mountain forests of high nature value	9
Using field and nursery treatments to establish Quercus suber seedlings in Mediterranean degraded shrubland	9

Development phases and structural characteristics of the Penteleu-Viforta virgin forest in the Curvature Carpathians	9
Large-scale spatial distribution of deer browsing damage to young tree plantations	9
Tracing the acclimation of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) populations to climatic stress by analyzing the antioxidant system	8
Analysing species abundance distribution patterns across sampling scales in three natural forests in Northeastern China	8
Dynamics of humus forms and soil characteristics along a forest altitudinal gradient in Hyrcanian forest	8
The natural recovery of disturbed soil, plant cover and trees after clear-cutting in the boreal forests, Russia	8
Are Mediterranean forest ecosystems under the threat of invasive species Solanum elaeagnifolium?	8
Contribution of anthropogenic, vegetation, and topographic features to forest fire occurrence in Poland	8
Assessing the performance of MODIS and VIIRS active fire products in the monitoring of wildfires: a case study in Turkey	8
Thermo-modified native black poplar (Populus nigra L.) wood as an insulation material	8
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	8
Local ecological niche modelling to provide suitability maps for 27 forest tree species in edge conditions	8
The conversion into high forest of Turkey oak coppice stands: methods, silviculture and perspectives	7
Determination of differences in temperature regimes on healthy and bark-beetle colonised spruce trees using a handheld thermal camera	7
Predictive capacity of nine algorithms and an ensemble model to determine the geographic distribution of tree species	7
Is microbial biomass measurement by the chloroform fumigation extraction method biased by experimental addition of N and P?	7
JRC study on harvested forest area: resolving key misunderstandings	7
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	7
Species interactions in pure and mixed-species stands of silver fir and European beech in Mediterranean mountains	7
Modelling taper and stem volume considering stand density in Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus dunnii	6
Species-specific morphological and physiological characteristics and progressive nitrogen limitation under elevated CO2 concentration	6
An assessment of the availability of cavities for secondary cavity-nesting birds in certified and conventionally-logged Neotropical rainforests	6
Can forest trees take up and transport nanoplastics?	6
Comparison of alternative harvesting systems for selective thinning in a Mediterranean pine afforestation (Pinus halepensis Mill.) for bioenergy use	6
LIFE-CLIVUT, ecosystem benefits of urban green areas: a pilot case study in Perugia (Italy)	6
Evaluation of urban forest landscape health: a case study of the Nanguo Peach Garden, China	6
Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites	6
Effects of stand age on litter quality, decomposition rate and nutrient release of Kazdagi fir (Abies nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani)	6
Allometric equations to estimate above-ground biomass of small-diameter mixed tree species in secondary tropical forests	6
Density, extractives and decay resistance variabilities within branch wood from four agroforestry hardwood species	6
Biochar amendment regulated growth, physiological, and biochemical responses of conifer in red soil	6
The impact of pruning on tree development in poplar Populus × canadensis “I-214” plantations	6
Could cattle ranching and soybean cultivation be sustainable? A systematic review and a meta-analysis for the Amazon	5
Shifts in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition of Betula alnoides along young, middle-aged plantation and adjacent natural forest	5
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	5
Efficacy of Phlebiopsis gigantea against Heterobasidion conidiospore and basidiospore infection in spruce wood	5
Towards better practices of salvage logging for reducing the ecosystem impacts in Mediterranean burned forests	5
Growth, morphology, and biomass allocation of recently planted seedlings of seven European tree species along a light gradient	5
Estimation of forest cover change using Sentinel-2 multi-spectral imagery in Georgia (the Caucasus)	5
The cork oak in the Mountains of Palermo (Italy): ecological insights from the south-eastern edge of its distribution range	5
Interaction between planting spacing and wood properties of Eucalyptus clones grown in short rotation	5
The effects of forest management on biodiversity in the Czech Republic: an overview of biologists’ opinions	5
Red wood ants shape epiphytic lichen assemblages in montane silver fir forests	5