OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Forest Ecology and Management is 40. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Forest management affects saproxylic beetles through tree species composition and canopy cover	200
Laetia procera (Poepp.) Eichler can be included in polycyclic management programs for timber production, replacing species intensively harvested in the Amazon forest	184
Assessing coarse woody debris by integrating full area sampling and line intersect sampling: Combining the best of both worlds	148
Exploring the multiple drivers of alpha and beta-diversity dynamics in Europe’s primary forests: Informing conservation strategies	131
Structure, environmental patterns and impact of expected climate change in natural beech-dominated forests in the Cantabrian Range (NW Spain)	84
Abundance and diversity of edible wild plants in managed boreal forests	81
Early impacts of fire suppression in Jeffrey pine – Mixed conifer forests in the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Mexico	80
Variability in soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratios explained by environmental conditions in a boreal catchment	73
Microhabitats created by log landings support abundant flowers and insect pollinators within regenerating mixed-oak stands in the Central Appalachian Mountains	73
Pitfalls of forest damage detection using medium-resolution imagery: A response to the paper of Karpov et al. (2024)	69
Globally relevant lessons from a long-term trial series testing universal hypothesis of the impacts of increasing biomass removal on site productivity and nutrient pools	66
The case for stand management guidelines as dynamic as global change: Aspen forest stockings of the western Great Lakes	65
Do plants directly absorb nitrogen derived from deposition of wildfire smoke?	64
Effects of Douglas fir cultivation in German forests on soil seepage water quantity and quality	64
Local and sub-basin effects of timber harvests on stream macroinvertebrates in Hinkle Creek watershed	63
Differences in canopy and understorey diversities after the eruptions of Mount Usu, northern Japan — Impacts of early forest management	62
Corrigendum to “Faster evapotranspiration recovery compared to canopy development post clearcutting in a floodplain forest” [Forest Ecol. Manag. 532 (2023), 1–13/ 120828]	61
Composite effects of forest harvests and seismic lines influence re-establishment of trees and shrubs in Alberta’s mesic upland boreal forest	59
Editorial Board	59
Editorial Board	58
Development of tools to estimate the contribution of young sweet chestnut plantations to climate-change mitigation	58
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	58
Plant species composition and diversity along successional gradients in arid and semi-arid regions of China	58
Characterizing the Spectral-Temporal Signatures of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Images and Phenology Modelling	56
Editorial Board	54

Spared from poaching and natural predation, wild boars are likely to play the role of dominant forest species in Peninsular Malaysia	54
The dark side of nursery photoperiod reduction on summer plantation performance of a temperate conifer: High winter mortality mediated by reduced seedling carbohydrate and nitrogen storage	54
Larger hardwood trees benefit from removing Rhododendron maximum following Tsuga canadensis mortality	52
Preferences of avian seed-hoarders in advance of potential American chestnut reintroduction	51
Editorial Board	51
Effect of thinning on growth and shape of Castanea sativa adult tree plantations for timber production in Chile	46
Mapping alien and native forest dynamics in Chile using Earth observation time series analysis	45
Moving towards multi-layered, mixed-species forests in riparian buffers will enhance their long-term function in boreal landscapes	45
Long-term successive rotation affects soil microbial resource limitation and carbon use efficiency in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) monoculture plantations	44
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
A decade of diversity and forest structure: Post-logging patterns across life stages in an Afrotropical forest	43
Increased drought mortality in fast-growing silver fir trees in the Black Forest	43
Comparative transcriptomes of four Elm species provide insights into the genetic features and adaptive evolution of Ulmus spp.	41
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	40
Perspective: Flawed assumptions behind analysis of litter decomposition, steady state and fire risks in Australia	40