OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Forestry Reports is 11. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Criteria for Assessing the Sustainability of Logging Operations—A Systematic Review	86
Investigation of the Relationship Between Treeline Migration and Changes in Temperature and Precipitation for the Northern Hemisphere and Sub-regions	85
Responses of Tropical Tree Seedlings to Nutrient Addition: A Meta-analysis to understand future changes in Tropical Forest Dynamics	71
The Evolution and Expansion of Cut-to-Length Harvesting Systems Beyond Scandinavia: Challenges and Opportunities in Central and Southern Europe and North America	63
Correction to: Forest Genetics Research in the Mediterranean Basin: Bibliometric Analysis, Knowledge Gaps, and Perspectives	46
Forest Tree Virome as a Source of Tree Diseases and Biological Control Agents	43
Wood Protection for Carbon Sequestration — a Review of Existing Approaches and Future Directions	39
Invasion Frameworks: a Forest Pathogen Perspective	39
Global Synthesis of Quantification of Fire Behaviour Characteristics in Forests and Shrublands: Recent Progress	36
A Global Review on Innovative, Sustainable, and Effective Materials Composing Growing Media for Forest Seedling Production	36
Fire and Insect Interactions in North American Forests	35
Conifer Defences against Pathogens and Pests — Mechanisms, Breeding, and Management	34
Seeing the Trees Without the Forest: What and How can Agroforestry and Urban Forestry Learn from Each Other?	32
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	32
From Industry 5.0 to Forestry 5.0: Bridging the gap with Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence	31
Alternative Powertrains and Fuels in Heavy Non-Road Mobile Machinery and Their Future Expectations - A Review	30
Urban Forests as Nature-Based Solutions: a Comprehensive Overview of the National Forest City Action in China	30
Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Forest and Wood Products	27
The Challenges of Sustainable Forest Operations in Amazonia	27
Accelerating the Transition to Wood-Based Circular Bioeconomy: A Literature Review of Current State, Trends, Opportunities, and Priorities for Future Research	26
Advances in Brazil Nut Tree Ecophysiology: Linking Abiotic Factors to Tree Growth and Fruit Production	26
Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing of Stress Responses in Forest Environments: a Review of Developments, Challenges, and Opportunities	25
A Review of Dendrochronology and Remote Sensing Integration for Forest Growth and Disturbance Monitoring	25
A Systematic Review of Individual Tree Crown Detection and Delineation with Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)	24
Citizen Science and Monitoring Forest Pests: a Beneficial Alliance?	24

Enhancing Plantation Forest Sustainability: A Review of Eucalyptus Defence Mechanisms to Foliar Fungal Pathogens	23
A Review of Software Solutions to Process Ground-based Point Clouds in Forest Applications	23
Carbon Emissions from Forest Disturbances Under Global Change	22
The emerging development of transparent wood: materials, characteristics, and applications	22
Effects of Urban Heat Islands on Temperate Forest Trees and Arthropods	22
Modeling Forest Growth Under Current and Future Climate	21
Forest Genetics Research in the Mediterranean Basin: Bibliometric Analysis, Knowledge Gaps, and Perspectives	21
A Review of Potential Innovation Pathways to Enhance Resilience in Wood-Based Value Chains	20
Mechanised Harvesting of Broadleaved Tree Species in Europe	20
The Ecology, Economics, and Management of Agrilus Beetles	19
Forest Accessibility and Road Network Density: A Global Overview with a Special Focus on Europe	19
Trafficability Prediction Using Depth-to-Water Maps: the Status of Application in Northern and Central European Forestry	19
Artificial Intelligence and Terrestrial Point Clouds for Forest Monitoring	18
From Roots to Leaves: Tree Growth Phenology in Forest Ecosystems	18
Established Invasive Tree Species Offer Opportunities for Forest Resilience to Climate Change	16
Latest Trends in Modelling Forest Ecosystems: New Approaches or Just New Methods?	16
Technical, Safety and Environmental Challenges in the Electrification of Cable Yarding Equipment	16
Complex Forest Tree Diseases – Diagnostics Beyond Koch’s Postulates	16
Salvage Logging Strongly Affects Woodpecker Abundance and Reproduction: a Meta-analysis	16
Linking the Water and Carbon Economies of Plants in a Drying and Warming Climate	15
National-scale Assessment of Community Forestry and NTFPs in India: A Synthesis of Spatial Patterns, Livelihood Dependence, and Governance Pathways	15
Close-Range Remote Sensing of Forest Structure for Biodiversity Assessments: A Systematic Literature Review	13
Pathogens of the Araucariaceae: How Much Do We Know?	13
Advances in Modified Wood-Based Adsorbents for Contaminant Removal: Valorization Methods, Modification Mechanisms, and Environmental Applications	13
Continuous Cover Forestry and Remote Sensing: A Review of Knowledge Gaps, Challenges, and Potential Directions	12
The Pine Pathogen Diplodia sapinea: Expanding Frontiers	12
Enhancing Tree Performance Through Species Mixing: Review of a Quarter-Century of TreeDivNet Experiments Reveals Research Gaps and Practical Insights	12
Ecological Functions and Management of Large Wood in Fluvial Systems	11
Tree Communication: the Effects of “Wired” and “Wireless” Channels on Interactions with Herbivores	11
Factors Affecting Operational Cost and Productivity of Ground-Based Timber Harvesting Machines: a Meta-analysis	11
Advances in Laser Scanning to Assess Carbon in Forests: From Ground-Based to Space-Based Sensors	11