OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Forest Ecology and Management is 42. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler can be included in polycyclic management programs for timber production, replacing species intensively harvested in the Amazon forest	173
Assessing coarse woody debris by integrating full area sampling and line intersect sampling: Combining the best of both worlds	110
Composite effects of forest harvests and seismic lines influence re-establishment of trees and shrubs in Alberta’s mesic upland boreal forest	106
Small canopy gaps influence vegetation dynamics and functionality in topographically complex landscapes	99
Natural regeneration and development of Scots pine seedlings in continuous cover forestry in northern Finland	89
The role of stump treatment as a preventive control method against Heterobasidion root rot in forestry	88
Corrigendum to “Faster evapotranspiration recovery compared to canopy development post clearcutting in a floodplain forest” [Forest Ecol. Manag. 532 (2023), 1–13/ 120828]	87
Pitfalls of forest damage detection using medium-resolution imagery: A response to the paper of Karpov et al. (2024)	85
Editorial Board	83
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	80
Editorial Board	80
Tree species identity modifies the efficiency of habitat tree retention for conserving epiphytes in temperate mountain forests	68
Modeling regional forest site productivity accounting spatial structure in climatic and edaphic variables	68
Consistent growth responses of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) to drought in mixed and monospecific forests: Insights from Central European forests	66
Thinning and tending could enhance the understory regeneration potential of seed bank during the subtropical pine forest restoration	66
Bidirectional gene flow between Fagus sylvatica L. and F. orientalis Lipsky despite strong genetic divergence	65
Moderate-resolution mapping of aboveground biomass stocks, forest structure, and composition in coastal Alaska and British Columbia	65
Evaluating the impact of an invasive pathogen on tree population decline: An evidence based modelling approach	64
The effects of light, conspecific density and soil fungi on seedling growth of temperate tree species	60
Drought timing, intensity, and consecutiveness have more influence on Douglas fir growth response than site conditions and stand density in European temperate climate	60
Larger hardwood trees benefit from removing Rhododendron maximum following Tsuga canadensis mortality	60
Variability in soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratios explained by environmental conditions in a boreal catchment	60
Forest resilience and post-fire conifer regeneration in the southern Cascades, Lassen Volcanic National Park California, USA	56
Windthrow and salvage logging alter β-diversity of multiple species groups in a mountain spruce forest	54
Changes in understory plant communities following soil scarification and amendments in a Northern Hardwood Forest	53

Elevated tree mortality as a regeneration niche for oak? Testing different management approaches in a meliorated floodplain forest	53
A decade of diversity and forest structure: Post-logging patterns across life stages in an Afrotropical forest	52
Plant species composition and diversity along successional gradients in arid and semi-arid regions of China	49
Long-term successive rotation affects soil microbial resource limitation and carbon use efficiency in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) monoculture plantations	47
The response of seedlings and saplings to canopy structure and light in different gaps in a spruce-fir mixed stand in Changbai Mountains, China	46
Exploring the multiple drivers of alpha and beta-diversity dynamics in Europe’s primary forests: Informing conservation strategies	46
Estimating timber volume loss due to storm damage in Carinthia, Austria, using ALS/TLS and spatial regression models	45
Atlantic Forest recovery after long-term eucalyptus plantations: The role of zoochoric and shade-tolerant tree species on carbon stock	44
A short-interval reburn catalyzes departures from historical structure and composition in a mesic mixed-conifer forest	44
Nationwide climate-sensitive models for stand dynamics and forest scenario simulation	44
Increased drought mortality in fast-growing silver fir trees in the Black Forest	44
Acorn Review: Focus on ground-based extraction systems: Is skidding really more impactful than forwarding?	44
Comparative transcriptomes of four Elm species provide insights into the genetic features and adaptive evolution of Ulmus spp.	43
Determining the effects of reduced water availability on seed germination of five bottomland hardwood tree species	43
Early impacts of fire suppression in Jeffrey pine – Mixed conifer forests in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Mexico	42
Wildfire interactions with recruitment of giant sequoia in experimental canopy gaps	42
Effect of bark beetle outbreak and salvage logging on tree-related microhabitats in Białowieża Forest	42
Partial cutting in mixed boreonemoral forests as a restoration approach to increase insect diversity	42