OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Forestry Reports is 8. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigation of the Relationship Between Treeline Migration and Changes in Temperature and Precipitation for the Northern Hemisphere and Sub-regions	252
Responses of Tropical Tree Seedlings to Nutrient Addition: A Meta-analysis to understand future changes in Tropical Forest Dynamics	189
Canopy Exchange and Modification of Nitrogen Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems	68
Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe: State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management	48
Criteria for Assessing the Sustainability of Logging Operations—A Systematic Review	41
Forest Tree Virome as a Source of Tree Diseases and Biological Control Agents	34
Correction to: Forest Genetics Research in the Mediterranean Basin: Bibliometric Analysis, Knowledge Gaps, and Perspectives	34
A Global Review on Innovative, Sustainable, and Effective Materials Composing Growing Media for Forest Seedling Production	32
Invasion Frameworks: a Forest Pathogen Perspective	30
Materiality Assessment of Natural Capital Risks in Australian Forestry	29
Wood Protection for Carbon Sequestration — a Review of Existing Approaches and Future Directions	29
Global Synthesis of Quantification of Fire Behaviour Characteristics in Forests and Shrublands: Recent Progress	25
Fire and Insect Interactions in North American Forests	24
Conifer Defences against Pathogens and Pests — Mechanisms, Breeding, and Management	23
From Industry 5.0 to Forestry 5.0: Bridging the gap with Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence	22
The Effects of Tree Size, Stand Density, and Tree-Species Mixing on Stand Level and Tree Level Light Absorption and Light-Use Efficiency: A Review	22
Seeing the Trees Without the Forest: What and How can Agroforestry and Urban Forestry Learn from Each Other?	22
Alternative Powertrains and Fuels in Heavy Non-Road Mobile Machinery and Their Future Expectations - A Review	21
A Review of Ungulate Impacts on the Success of Climate-Adapted Forest Management Strategies	20
Trees and Insects Have Microbiomes: Consequences for Forest Health and Management	19
The Challenges of Sustainable Forest Operations in Amazonia	19
Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Forest and Wood Products	19
Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: a Comprehensive Overview of the National Forest City Action in China	19
Advances in Cable Yarding: A Review of Recent Developments in Skyline Carriage Technology	18
Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing of Stress Responses in Forest Environments: a Review of Developments, Challenges, and Opportunities	16

A Systematic Review of Individual Tree Crown Detection and Delineation with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)	16
Effects of Forest Harvesting on Water and Sediment Yields: a Review Toward Better Mitigation and Rehabilitation Strategies	16
Advances in Brazil Nut Tree Ecophysiology: Linking Abiotic Factors to Tree Growth and Fruit Production	16
A Review of Software Solutions to Process Ground-based Point Clouds in Forest Applications	16
Citizen Science and Monitoring Forest Pests: a Beneficial Alliance?	16
Effects of Urban Heat Islands on Temperate Forest Trees and Arthropods	16
Enhancing Plantation Forest Sustainability: A Review of Eucalyptus Defence Mechanisms to Foliar Fungal Pathogens	15
A Review of Potential Innovation Pathways to Enhance Resilience in Wood-Based Value Chains	14
The emerging development of transparent wood: materials, characteristics, and applications	14
The Ecology, Economics, and Management of Agrilus Beetles	13
Artificial Intelligence and Terrestrial Point Clouds for Forest Monitoring	13
From Roots to Leaves: Tree Growth Phenology in Forest Ecosystems	12
Trafficability Prediction Using Depth-to-Water Maps: the Status of Application in Northern and Central European Forestry	11
The Management Response to Wind Disturbances in European Forests	11
Exploring Forest Sector Research Subjects and Trends from 2000 to 2019 Using Topic Modeling	11
Forest Genetics Research in the Mediterranean Basin: Bibliometric Analysis, Knowledge Gaps, and Perspectives	11
Salvage Logging Strongly Affects Woodpecker Abundance and Reproduction: a Meta-analysis	10
Linking the Water and Carbon Economies of Plants in a Drying and Warming Climate	10
Established Invasive Tree Species Offer Opportunities for Forest Resilience to Climate Change	10
Mechanised Harvesting of Broadleaved Tree Species in Europe	10
Technical, Safety and Environmental Challenges in the Electrification of Cable Yarding Equipment	10
Latest Trends in Modelling Forest Ecosystems: New Approaches or Just New Methods?	10
Complex Forest Tree Diseases – Diagnostics Beyond Koch’s Postulates	10
Advances in Modified Wood-Based Adsorbents for Contaminant Removal: Valorization Methods, Modification Mechanisms, and Environmental Applications	9
Continuous Cover Forestry and Remote Sensing: A Review of Knowledge Gaps, Challenges, and Potential Directions	9
Factors Affecting Operational Cost and Productivity of Ground-Based Timber Harvesting Machines: a Meta-analysis	9
Pathogens of the Araucariaceae: How Much Do We Know?	9
The Pine Pathogen Diplodia sapinea: Expanding Frontiers	9
Advances in Laser Scanning to Assess Carbon in Forests: From Ground-Based to Space-Based Sensors	8
Enhancing Tree Performance Through Species Mixing: Review of a Quarter-Century of TreeDivNet Experiments Reveals Research Gaps and Practical Insights	8
Ecological Functions and Management of Large Wood in Fluvial Systems	8