OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Forest Ecology and Management is 41. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler can be included in polycyclic management programs for timber production, replacing species intensively harvested in the Amazon forest	205
Assessing coarse woody debris by integrating full area sampling and line intersect sampling: Combining the best of both worlds	157
Exploring the multiple drivers of alpha and beta-diversity dynamics in Europe’s primary forests: Informing conservation strategies	138
Structure, environmental patterns and impact of expected climate change in natural beech-dominated forests in the Cantabrian Range (NW Spain)	91
Variability in soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratios explained by environmental conditions in a boreal catchment	90
Pitfalls of forest damage detection using medium-resolution imagery: A response to the paper of Karpov et al. (2024)	87
Local and sub-basin effects of timber harvests on stream macroinvertebrates in Hinkle Creek watershed	79
Differences in canopy and understorey diversities after the eruptions of Mount Usu, northern Japan — Impacts of early forest management	79
Corrigendum to “Faster evapotranspiration recovery compared to canopy development post clearcutting in a floodplain forest” [Forest Ecol. Manag. 532 (2023), 1–13/ 120828]	74
Composite effects of forest harvests and seismic lines influence re-establishment of trees and shrubs in Alberta’s mesic upland boreal forest	73
Use of national forest inventory data to develop stand density driven models for understorey shrubs and overstorey fuel variables and associated temporal dynamics in commercial plantations	70
Editorial Board	70
Development of tools to estimate the contribution of young sweet chestnut plantations to climate-change mitigation	67
Editorial Board	67
Characterizing the Spectral-Temporal Signatures of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Images and Phenology Modelling	67
Modeling regional forest site productivity accounting spatial structure in climatic and edaphic variables	66
Drought timing, intensity, and consecutiveness have more influence on Douglas fir growth response than site conditions and stand density in European temperate climate	63
Editorial Board	61
Larger hardwood trees benefit from removing Rhododendron maximum following Tsuga canadensis mortality	60
Preferences of avian seed-hoarders in advance of potential American chestnut reintroduction	59
Editorial Board	59
Effect of thinning on growth and shape of Castanea sativa adult tree plantations for timber production in Chile	59
The response of seedlings and saplings to canopy structure and light in different gaps in a spruce-fir mixed stand in Changbai Mountains, China	58
Windthrow and salvage logging alter β-diversity of multiple species groups in a mountain spruce forest	56
Climate-mediated lodgepole pine tree growth response to thinning and fertilization in interior British Columbia	55

Succession and seasonality of a Brazilian secondary tropical dry forest: Phenology and climate moderation	55
Age-dependence of stand biomass in managed boreal forests based on the Finnish National Forest Inventory data	55
Classifying mature federal forests in the United States: The forest inventory growth stage system	51
The effect of stand age on biodiversity in a 130-year chronosequence of Populus tremula stands	51
Tree species identity modifies the efficiency of habitat tree retention for conserving epiphytes in temperate mountain forests	48
Post-fire ecological restoration in Latin American forest ecosystems: Insights and lessons from the last two decades	48
Elevated tree mortality as a regeneration niche for oak? Testing different management approaches in a meliorated floodplain forest	48
Perspective: Flawed assumptions behind analysis of litter decomposition, steady state and fire risks in Australia	46
Early impacts of fire suppression in Jeffrey pine – Mixed conifer forests in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Mexico	46
Modelling of live fuel moisture content in different vegetation scenarios during dry periods using meteorological data and spectral indices	45
Mapping alien and native forest dynamics in Chile using Earth observation time series analysis	43
Fertilisation and irrigation have no effects on growth of oak (Quercus robur, Q. petraea) stands on abandoned farmland in southwest Sweden	43
Combining in-situ monitoring and remote sensing to detect spatial patterns of volcanic sulphur impact on pine needles	43
The greening effect characterized by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index was not coupled with phenological trends and tree growth rates in eight protected mountains of central Mexico	42
Effect of limited compaction on soil solution chemistry in two acidic forest ecosystems: Changes, recovery and impact of liming	41
Drought and fire affect soil CO2 efflux and use of non-structural carbon by roots in forests of southern Amazonia	41
Determining the effects of reduced water availability on seed germination of five bottomland hardwood tree species	41
An integrated approach combining bi-temporal airborne laser scanning and X-ray microdensitometry in assessing wood properties	41