OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Forest Ecosystems is 23. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Root overlap and allocation of above- and belowground growth of European beech in pure and mixed stands of Douglas fir and Norway spruce	61
A bibliometric analysis using machine learning to track paradigm shifts and analytical advances in forest ecology and forestry journal publications from 2010 to 2022	52
Competitive effect, but not competitive response, varies along a climatic gradient depending on tree species identity	51
Drivers of tree demographic trade-offs in a temperate forest	41
Effects of forest canopy density and epixylic vegetation on nutrient concentrations in decaying logs of a subalpine fir forest	41
Lifespan of tropical trees from seed to 1-cm diameter	37
The interaction between temperature and precipitation on the potential distribution range of Betula ermanii in the alpine treeline ecotone on the Changbai Mountain	32
Environmental and biological factors affecting the abundance of Prosopis flexuosa saplings in the central-west Monte of Argentina	32
An improved area-based approach for estimating plot-level tree DBH from airborne LiDAR data	32
Variability and determinants of vascular plant species composition in patches of old managed oak forest stands dispersed within Scots pine monocultures	31
Hybrid ecophysiological growth model for deciduous Populus tomentosa plantation in northern China	30
Quantifying unseen woody biomass and diversity in understorey trees and shrubs at the extremes of water availability in the Miombo ecoregion	30
Evaluating soil acidification risk and its effects on biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in the drylands of China	29
Quantifying foliar trait variation and covariation in sun and shade leaves using leaf spectroscopy in eastern North America	29
Automated registration of wide-baseline point clouds in forests using discrete overlap search	28
Rapid escalation and release of risks to forest ecosystems triggered by warming: Insights from tree growth synchrony in temperate forests	27
Conversion of Andean montane forest to exotic forest plantation modifies soil physicochemical properties in the buffer zone of Ecuador's Podocarpus National Park	27
Optimal integration of forest inventory data and aerial image-based canopy height models for forest stand management	26
Ecological niche modeling of the main forest-forming species in the Caucasus	26
Variable growth responses of four tree species to climate and drought in a Madrean pine-oak forest	26
Legacy effects of historical woodland changes on contemporary plant functional composition	25
Influence of climate fluctuations on Pinus palustris growth and drought resilience	23
Effects of phosphorus resorption on bioactive phosphorus of different-aged Pinus massoniana plantations	23