OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Neutral effect of nitrogen addition and negative effect of precipitation reduction on the soil faunal community in a temperate forest	18
Carbon concentration of living tree biomass of Pinus sylvestris , Picea abies , Betula pendula and	15
CO₂ and CH₄ fluxes from forest soil in the northern Da Xing’anling Mountains in Northeast China during the freezing and thawing periods of near-surface soil in 2018–2019	14
Comparison of the economic return of conventional and novel silver birch management strategies	14
The development of foliar fungal communities of nursery-grown Pinus sylvestris seedlings	13
Managing production stem density and proximity near retention trees in even-aged stands: a conservation knowledge gap with insights from Sweden	12
Correction	11
Production losses during the transition from even-aged management to gap cutting in Norway spruce and Scots Pine stands in Southern Sweden	10
Drought stress and artificial mycorrhization: divergent growth responses in Pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur L.) and Scots pine ( P	10
Carbon and oxygen dual-isotopes in tree rings indicate alternative physiological responses opted by European beech trees to survive drought stress	9
Comparative analysis of natural and anthropogenic wildfire regimes in Mainland Southeast Asia	9
Enabling stochastic programming for improved forest planning under uncertainty: moving from theory to practice	9
Analysis of forest tree dieback using UltraCam and UAV imagery	8
Predicting stem taper using artificial neural network and regression models for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestrisL.) in northwestern Türkiye	8
Foliar and coarse root biomass in three forestry-drained boreal peatlands dominated by Downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.)	8
Financial comparison between rotation forestry (RF) and continuous cover forestry (CCF) on spruce-dominated peatlands	7
Exploring the diversity of non-industrial private forest properties in Southern Sweden	7
Unveiling multiple pathways into tertiary forestry education: a mixed-method study	7
Social networks of forest owners producing non-timber forest products – network structures and dynamics of exchanges	7
Taper, volume, and bark thickness models for spruce, pine, and birch in Norway	7
Increasing global wood demand will risk forest sustainability	7
Public right of access to private land: examples and considerations	7
Effects of simulated browsing on survival, growth, and stem quality of silver birch	7
Effects of long-term nitrogen addition on the fine root morphology and anatomy of four main shrub species in an old-growth forest	6
Variable-density thinning designs for harvester-based operations in Northern Europe	6

Productivity and cost assessment of two harvesting methods for medium-rotation poplar plantations	6
State of forest research in 2010s – a bibliographic study with special reference to Finland, Sweden and Austria	6
A procedure to rank pre-defined biodiversity hotspots in Finland	6
Estimating fine-root production in three forestry-drained boreal peatlands dominated by Downy birch ( Betula pubescens Ehrh.)	6
Correction	6
Measures against pine weevil Hylobius abietis also reduce damage by Hylastes cunicularius and Hylastes brunneus	5
Spatial variation of surface soil carbon in a boreal forest – the role of historical fires, contemporary vegetation, and hydro-topography	5
Correction	5
Collaboration between leaf resorption and belowground nutrient acquisition in broadleaf species of temperate forest	5
Height growth of pedunculate oak Quercus robur L. in hemiboreal stands in Latvia	5
Bark composition changes along the trunk of three softwood species: Picea abies, Abies alba Mill. and Pseudotsuga menziesii	5
Root frost tolerance, seasonal variation in root growth, and field performance of one-year-old Russian larch seedlings with simulated root freezing damages	5
Impacts of felling and forest road construction on surface water quality in a managed forested catchment in Latvia	5
Weak performance of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle in the non-native lodgepole pine	4
Plasticity in nitrogen form uptake and preference in response to long-term nitrogen addition of the main tree species in a temperate old growth forest	4
Growth rate and economic evaluation of mixed stands established with Cedrus libani and Pinus nigra	4
Early development of planted Norway spruce in recently established stands, growing pure and in admixture	4
Assessing the profitability of thinning Norway’s spruce and pine forests: an analysis accounting for machine trail effects	4
Stump removal impacts nutrient status and young stand development in mesotrophic Latvian hemiboreal forests	4
Effects of thinning intensities on litterfall characteristics and decomposition in the natural secondary lowland forests of Southeastern Taiwan	4
Altitudinal effect on Crimean pine (Pinus nigraJ.F. Arnold subsp.pallasiana(Lamb.) Holmboe) sapling morphology in north-western Türkiye	4
Current state of mixed forests available for wood supply in Finland and Sweden	4
Correction	3
Comparing stand growth models in optimizing mixed-species forest management	3
Organic topsoil thickness as a proxy to assess spatial variability of carbon stocks in boreal pine and spruce forest floors	3
Root growth under different silvicultural scenarios	3
Long-term nitrogen addition and drought altered root trait and plant biomass allocation of five herbs in early spring in a temperate forest	3
Examining low-intensity surface fires in boreal forests using sentinel-2 time series and bitemporal terrestrial laser scanning	3
Checking the balance between pathogenic and mutualistic pine needle fungi of the genus Lophodermium in forested and urban areas of Slovakia	3
Costs and benefits of implementing continuous cover forestry in boreal peatlands	3
Growth and quality of Pinus sylvestris seedlings in sawdust-based, peat-free growing media	3
Economic losses caused by butt rot in Norway spruce trees in Norway	3
Symptoms of anxiety and worry about climate impacts among Finnish forest owners	3
Differences in structure, diversity and ecological functions of riparian forests in production stands and nature reserves in Sweden	3
Open geospatial data can predict the early field performance of Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch seedlings in Nordic boreal forests	3
Age, chemotype and overwintering practices control volatile emissions in Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ) seedlings	3
Assessing forest structural complexity: insights from alternative laser scanning approaches	3
Correction	3
Temporal changes in forest floor carbon stocks following scarification in boreal lichen woodlands	3
The potential of advanced hybridization seed orchards for mass-producing hybrid seed of Larix × eurolepis	3
Mycelial growth of Inonotus obliquus on malt extract media and on wood of different host species	2
Effects of changed interpretation of the Finnish Forest Act on the Riparian Woodland Key habitats	2
Effects of ground vegetation on terrestrial laser scanning-derived digital terrain models in boreal forests	2
100 years of change in an old-growth Scots pine forest in Hamra National Park: insights from permanent plots established in central Sweden in 1922	2
Harmonized decay classification for dead wood in Nordic national forest inventories	2
A forwarding risk index for Norway: first results	2
The influence of forest site types on the distribution of moose Alces alces in north-eastern Poland	2
Citizens’ knowledge of and perceptions of multi-storey wood buildings in seven European countries	2
The potential of small-scale owners’ associations for sustainable forest management: the case of the Czech Republic	2
Modelling of forest fuel and weather effects on fire behavior in the oak forests of Southern Sweden	2

The potential to develop environmental values on privately owned forest land in southern Sweden	2
Flowering variation and its effect on the gene diversity of seed crops in a clonal seed orchard of Pinus koraiensis Siebold et Zucc.	2
Measuring the forest-based bioeconomy in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland	2
Growth performance and quality traits of Norway spruce Baltic provenances in Estonia	2
Modelling branch surface area of Picea abies [L.] Karst	2
Seed production in a dioecious subcanopy conifer tree Taxus baccata : the positive effect of neighboring males and female heterozygosity	2
Recruitment dynamics of naturally regenerated Scots pine under different overstorey densities in southern Sweden	2
Forest roads damage detection based on deep learning algorithms	2
Using a drone to monitoring arboreal nests of birds of prey	2
Exploring the spatial heterogeneity of bark beetle infestation risk factors with geographically weighted regression and random forest	2
Effects of long-term nitrogen addition on fine root dynamics in a temperate natural secondary forest	2
Comparing the carbon benefits of forest harvest and regrowth alternatives in Norway by integrating carbon dynamics in the forest and harvested wood products	2
Nepal's community forestry: critical reflection from the governance perspective	2
Change in Carpinus betulus flowering in the Czech Republic	2
Can extended rotations promote the reconciliation of multiple management goals set for production forests in Nordic countries?	2
Frequency of Armillaria species in woody substrates in Latvian Norway spruce stands	2