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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Ontogenesis and variation of wood ‘parenchymatization’ in Cochlospermum vitifolium (Bixaceae)	26
Mid-Cretaceous wood of Waihere Bay, Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand	23
Testing Carlquistian hypotheses on the functional significance of vessel element length	21
The three-dimensional distribution of bordered pits across growth rings of stem segment in Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae) seedlings	16
Variations in bacterial decay between cell types and between cell wall regions in waterlogged archaeological wood excavated in the intertidal zone	15
Influence of previous drought exposure on the 3D microstructure of the cambium and developing xylem in Eucalyptus clones: An X-ray CT investigation	12
Anatomical properties of Hibiscus macrophyllus and its mature wood development	12
Wood and bark anatomy of the charismatic Wisteria vines (Leguminosae)	11
Development of an automated radial scanning microscopy-based imaging system and its use for measuring resin canal size and frequency in Pinus taeda	11
Tree form and anatomical determinants of maximum potential height, with focus on North American conifers	10
Effect of drought stress on the formation and lignification of eucalyptus wood cells	9
Latewood intra-annual density fluctuations indicate wet summer conditions and enhanced canopy activity in a Mediterranean ring-porous oak	9
Spatial and temporal patterns of wound periderm development in Cryptomeria japonica bark	7
Pyotr Kostromitinov’s wood collection from Fort Ross: evidence of the early botanical exploration of northern California	7
Paleocene fossil wood from Patagonia with storied rays and comments on the fossil record of this character	7
Practical guidelines for quantitative wood anatomy on Ginkgo biloba L.	6
Evaluating Carlquist’s Law from a physiological perspective	6
Vessel diameter polymorphism determines vulnerability-to-embolism curve shape	6
Zooming into refractory timber: enhancing anatomical identification with confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence	6
Forestry control in the Brazilian Amazon III: anatomy of wood and charcoal of tree species from sustainable forest management	6
Radial growth rate does not affect radial variation of latewood tracheid length in aged trees of Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae	5
Bark anatomy of Pteroceltis tatarinowii, Cannabaceae	5
Corrigendum to: Properties of Catalpa bungei (Bignoniaceae) earlywood and latewood in the same growth ring during moisture adsorption/desorption: swelling and shrinkage at the cell level (IAWA Journal	4
Machine learning-based wood anatomy identification: towards anatomical feature recognition	4
A technique for high-density wood softening in the micro-sectioning process for wood anatomy studies	4

Longitudinal transmittance of visible and near-infrared light in the wood of 21 conifer species	4
William Louis Stern (1926–2021)	4
What do we know about the needle xylem structure of the genus Pinus?	4
A splinter of charred oleaceous wood from late early Eocene volcanoclastic deposits of Germany	4
Evaluation of non-anatomical characteristics for wood identification of six Korean oak species	4
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)	3
Cross-sectioning to the core of conifers: pith anatomy of living Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae, with comparisons to fossil pith	3
How Sherwin Carlquist turned long-distance dispersal research into a field of empirical and experimental enquiry	3
Emma E. van Nieuwkoop (1933–2022)	3
Differences in xylem and phloem structure in living stumps of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)	3
Wood structural diversity in fynbos, chaparral, and maquis: a preliminary estimation	3
Anatomical and topochemical features of the genera Acacia, Acaciella, Senegalia and Vachellia	2
Characterization of ground parenchyma cells in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis–Poaceae)	2
Use of wood by indigenous peoples of the Eastern Amazon, Brazil	2
Induction of compression wood inhibits development of spiral grain in radiata pine	2
SACHA: an interactive identification key of Southern African CHArcoals for anthracological research	2
Wood anatomy of the tribe Diosmeae, a large Cape lineage of Rutaceae	2
Relationship between soil porosity and the apparent density of Astronium fraxinifolium (Anacardiaceae) wood	2
Fossil woods from Corcovado (Eocene?), Argentinean Patagonia: angiosperm diversity and biodeterioration	2
Anatomical variation of wood between trunks and branches of tropical deciduous and evergreen species	2
‘Paedomorphosis’ and ‘juvenility’ in secondary xylem: (not such) useful constructs?	2
Hydraulic architecture of crown in three Brazilian species	2
Anatomical and blue intensity methods to determine wood density converge in contributing to explain different distributions of three palaeotropical pine species	2
Stem and root anatomy of Zanonia indica L. (Cucurbitaceae) and significant adaptations of the aerial roots	2
Bridging fields: A call for greater dialogue between wood anatomists and plant hydraulic researchers	2
Structure of the secondary xylem and development of a cambial variant in Serjania mexicana (Sapindaceae)	2
Wood utilized for wooden components in ancient buildings of Tingbao Yang’s former residence	2
Study of antioxidant enzymes’ activity in reaction wood of poplar tree (Populus alba L.)	2
Book review	2
Stem and wood anatomy of some members of the Menispermaceae	1
Unveiling the wood anatomy of the overlooked agarwood Aetoxylon sympetalum (Steenis & Domke) Airy Shaw (Thymelaeaceae Juss.)	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
Variations in tension wood characteristics of Populus alba under alternate bending, nitrogen fertilization, and gibberellin treatments	1
The microstructure of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys heterocycla) with tung oil thermal treatment	1
The application of chromatography and complementary techniques for wood identification — State of the art and future directions	1
Acknowledgement of reviewers	1
Axial and radial wood maturation in three mistletoe ‘giants’ (Loranthaceae)	1
Walter Liese (1926–2023)	1
The functional significance of tracheids co-occurring with vessels in xylem of Eudicots suggests a role in embolism tolerance	1
Structure of axial and radial sieve tubes and its functional significance for the phloem network in Aquilaria sinensis (Thymelaeaceae)	1
Evaluation of xylem maturation and among-site variation in the anatomical characteristics of Betula platyphylla growing naturally in Mongolia	1
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)	1
Carlquist’s growth ring classification: a functional approach that reinforces porous and annual rings	1
Changes in the intensity of heartwood formation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) ontogenesis	1
Neogene Myrtaceae fossil woods from the Ituzaingó Formation, Paraná Basin, northeastern Argentina: Anatomical, systematic and palaeoenvironmental insights	1
Regeneration of vascular tissue through redifferentiation of interxylary phloem after complete girdling in Aquilaria sinensis	1
Cell-wall fluorescence highlights the phases of xylogenesis	1
A diverse assemblage of Miocene Lauraceae in Chalatenango, El Salvador	1
An anatomical approach to investigating Lyctus brunneus feeding behaviour in oak sapwood	1
Age of heartwood initiation in trunks of young Pinus sylvestris L. trees in the taiga zone	1

Utility of epi-illumination light microscopy for wood identification	1
The vulnerability to drought-induced embolism-conduit diameter link: breaching the anatomy-physiology divide	1
Book review	1
The first record of Mammeoxylon lanneoides Lemoigne (Clusiaceae) from Egypt, with a summary of the Egyptian Oligocene wood flora	1
Comparative anatomy vs mechanistic understanding: how to interpret the diameter-vulnerability link	1
A review of the Hirmeriellaceae (Cheirolepidiaceae) wood	1