OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry is 4. 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
Universal reaction norms for the sustainable cultivation of hybrid poplar clones under climate change in Italy	15
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
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
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
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
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
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

Can forest trees take up and transport nanoplastics?	8
Modelling taper and stem volume considering stand density in Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus dunnii	8
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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