OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of IAWA Journal is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Differences in xylem and phloem structure in living stumps of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)	20
Breathing life into trees: the physiological and biomechanical functions of lenticels	18
Influence of previous drought exposure on the 3D microstructure of the cambium and developing xylem in Eucalyptus clones: An X-ray CT investigation	17
Stem anatomy of Apioideae (Apiaceae): effects of habit and reproductive strategy	14
Ontogenesis and variation of wood ‘parenchymatization’ in Cochlospermum vitifolium (Bixaceae)	14
New dicotyledonous woods from the San Carlos Formation (Upper Cretaceous) in Northern Mexico	13
Mid-Cretaceous wood of Waihere Bay, Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand	12
Anatomical properties of Hibiscus macrophyllus and its mature wood development	12
Historical woods of traditional Brazilian boats	10
Longitudinal transmittance of visible and near-infrared light in the wood of 21 conifer species	10
Differences in bark anatomy between stem and branches of Olea europaea L.	9
The three-dimensional distribution of bordered pits across growth rings of stem segment in Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae) seedlings	9
A response to the commentary by Jansen and Schenk	7
Testing Carlquistian hypotheses on the functional significance of vessel element length	7
Acknowledgment of Reviewers	7
A semi-thin section technique-based approach to quantify the xylem secondary cell wall deposition process	7
Hydraulic function and conduit structure in the xylem of five oak species	6
Variations in bacterial decay between cell types and between cell wall regions in waterlogged archaeological wood excavated in the intertidal zone	5
Mosaic, block-face microscopy for measuring cell dimensions, cell collapse, and spatial relationships in wood	5
Cambium phenology and dendrochronology of the endangered tropical tree Ocotea catharinensis Mez	5
Cell-wall fluorescence highlights the phases of xylogenesis	5
Lignification and cell wall thickening of ray parenchyma cells in Scots pine sapwood	5
Walter Liese (1926–2023)	4
Variations in concentrations of inorganic elements in the sapwood of Quercus serrata and their simple quantification using a handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometer	4
Changes in the intensity of heartwood formation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) ontogenesis	4

Parenchyma is not the sole site of storage: storage in living fibres	4
A review of the Hirmeriellaceae (Cheirolepidiaceae) wood	4
Comparative wood anatomy of 15 Malagasy Diospyros species (Ebenaceae)	4
Early response of phloem in naturally regenerated Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) after complete overstorey removal	4
The vulnerability to drought-induced embolism-conduit diameter link: breaching the anatomy-physiology divide	4
How Sherwin Carlquist turned long-distance dispersal research into a field of empirical and experimental enquiry	3
Wood of Qualea from the Piedra Chamana in-situ fossil forest (late Middle Eocene, Peru) and the comparative wood anatomy of Vochysiaceae and Myrtaceae	3
Forestry control in the Brazilian Amazon II: charcoal anatomy of 21 species	3
Effect of drought stress on the formation and lignification of eucalyptus wood cells	3
Cordiaceae wood from the Miocene sediments of northeast India and its phytogeographical significance	3
Wood structural diversity in fynbos, chaparral, and maquis: a preliminary estimation	3
Variations in tension wood characteristics of Populus alba under alternate bending, nitrogen fertilization, and gibberellin treatments	3
Wood and bark anatomy of the charismatic Wisteria vines (Leguminosae)	3
Acknowledgment of Reviewers	2
Advanced imaging and quantification of the cambium and developing xylem in eucalypts using X-ray micro- and nano-computed tomography	2
Simple differential staining method of paraffin-embedded plant sections with safranin-alcian blue	2
Paleocene fossil wood from Patagonia with storied rays and comments on the fossil record of this character	2
A database and interactive identification key for the anatomy of woods of the Ethiopian Afromontane Forest	2
Tree form and anatomical determinants of maximum potential height, with focus on North American conifers	2
Cross-sectioning to the core of conifers: pith anatomy of living Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae, with comparisons to fossil pith	2
Corrigendum to: Longitudinal transmittance of visible and near-infrared light in the wood of 21 conifer species (IAWA Journal 43(4) (2022): 403–412, DOI: 10.1163/22941932-bja10103)	2
Cedroxylon shakhtnaense (Blokhina 2010) Dolezych, Mantzouka et L.Kunzmann comb. nov.; A fossil Abies wood from the late early Miocene Mastixioideae flora of Wiesa (east Germany)	2
Volumetric imaging by micro computed tomography: a suitable tool for wood identification of charcoal	1
Pyotr Kostromitinov’s wood collection from Fort Ross: evidence of the early botanical exploration of northern California	1
Vessel diameter polymorphism determines vulnerability-to-embolism curve shape	1
Structure of the secondary xylem and development of a cambial variant in Serjania mexicana (Sapindaceae)	1
Using wood rings to determine age and climate constraints of grapevine (Vitis vinifera) radial growth	1
Characterization of ground parenchyma cells in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis–Poaceae)	1
Forestry control in the Brazilian Amazon III: anatomy of wood and charcoal of tree species from sustainable forest management	1
Practical guidelines for quantitative wood anatomy on Ginkgo biloba L.	1
Diversity of wood colour in tropical timber species and its relationship with wood density and anatomical features	1
Spatial and temporal patterns of wound periderm development in Cryptomeria japonica bark	1
On the possible functions of helical thickenings in conductive cells in wood	1
Fossil woods from the Eocene of Corcovado, Argentinean Patagonia: geological setting and conifer diversity	1
Utility of epi-illumination light microscopy for wood identification	1
Fossil woods from Corcovado (Eocene?), Argentinean Patagonia: angiosperm diversity and biodeterioration	1
Raylessness and paedomorphosis: losses and gains of xylem rays en route from procambium to vascular cambium	1
Comparative anatomy vs mechanistic understanding: how to interpret the diameter-vulnerability link	1
Not all lipids in xylem conduits are artefacts. A reply to Yamagishi et al.	1
Evaluation of xylem maturation and among-site variation in the anatomical characteristics of Betula platyphylla growing naturally in Mongolia	1
Latewood intra-annual density fluctuations indicate wet summer conditions and enhanced canopy activity in a Mediterranean ring-porous oak	1
Development of an automated radial scanning microscopy-based imaging system and its use for measuring resin canal size and frequency in Pinus taeda	1
Evaluating Carlquist’s Law from a physiological perspective	1
Emma E. van Nieuwkoop (1933–2022)	1
Axial and radial wood maturation in three mistletoe ‘giants’ (Loranthaceae)	1
Zooming into refractory timber: enhancing anatomical identification with confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence	1
Properties of Catalpa bungei (Bignoniaceae) earlywood and latewood in the same growth ring during moisture adsorption/desorption: swelling and shrinkage at the cell level	1
Differences of the stem vascular system across populations of two tropical species under contrasting water conditions	1
Mitigation of cellular collapse during drying of Eucalyptus nitens wood using supercritical CO2 dewatering	1