OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Forest Engineering is 2. 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
Productivity and cost of energy chipping with non-integrated harvesting systems in the Coastal Plain of the US south	20
Productivity and costs of sieving logging residue chips	9
Study of a chassis path planning algorithm for a forest harvester	9
A cost-benefit analysis of pre-sorting using a feller-buncher in underdeveloped short rotation poplar plantations	8
Opportunities and challenges of woody biomass harvesting practices in the Southeastern region of the United States	7
An optimization model for detailed scheduling of heterogeneous fleet of log trucks considering synchronization	7
The economic potential of semi-automated tele-extraction of roundwood in Sweden	6
Chipping operations and chip quality from mixed hardwood forests for bioenergy	6
Constraints and opportunities in harvesting woody biomass: perspectives of foresters and loggers in the Northeastern United States	5
Evaluation of occupational accidents in forestry in terms of incidence, frequency, and severity rates in Turkey	5
Teleoperated forwarder with VR: impact of latency on operator log handling performance	5
Forest road density in flat and sloping site conditions in Brazil	5
Automatic detection of root rot and resin in felled Scots pine stems using convolutional neural networks	5
Rationalization of coppice management in Mediterranean Europe: the sustainability effects of changing product strategy and technology level	4
A comparative approach of methods to estimate machine productivity in wood cutting	4
Tree marking versus tree selection by harvester operator: are there any differences in the development of thinned Norway spruce forests?	4
Evaluation of changes in soil physical properties 20 years after skidding operations	4
Estimating the economic value of timber products potentially saved from wildfires by improving forest road standards	4
Economic analysis of the feller buncher in Brazilian Eucalyptus plantations: modeling with time series	4
Log truck transportation challenges and innovative solutions: evaluating the perspectives of truck drivers, logging business owners, and foresters	4
IJFE editor’s note 35(1)	4
Assessment of timber faller working conditions in mixed hand and tethered-machine cut harvest units on steep slopes- A case study in western Oregon	4
Forest damage and forest supply chains: a literature review and reflections	4
Solution approaches to reduce problems with unbalanced supply and demand in transportation and harvest planning	4
A multi-objective optimization strategy for timber forwarding in cut-to-length harvesting operations	4

Performance of tracked excavators equipped with grapple-saw stacking treetops in poplar plantations	3
Forest harvest operations productivity forecasting: a decisions tree approach	3
Our employees in traditional and environmentally friendly logging: characteristics of forestry workhorses in Hungary	3
Global coverage path planner in 2.5 dimensions for nonholonomic vehicles	3
Forest roads: regional perspectives from around the world	3
Pre-commercial thinning in small-scale forestry: Operational cost and carbon footprint	3
Knowledge and technologies for effective wood procurement	3
Perceptions of and adaptation to changing winter weather by logging business owners in northern Minnesota, USA	3
Harvesting wind damaged trees: a study of prediction of windthrow damage in mixed-broadleaf stands via a machine learning model	2
Determining occupational exposure to inhalable wood dust in motor manual felling and processing	2
Effect of soil moisture on soil compaction during skidding operations in poplar plantation	2
Optimization of forest harvest scheduling at the operational level, considering precedence relationship among harvesting activities	2
Detailed scheduling of forest harvesting at the operational level incorporating decisions on multiple machine assignment	2
The effect of bogie track and forwarder design on rut formation in a peatland	2
A neutrosophic decision-making framework to identify and prioritize limiting factors in wood harvesting	2
Factor analysis of the parameters of the ergatic natural-production system of the carting out of timber assortments	2
Analysis of variables influencing the cost of wood freight: the case of southeastern Brazil	2
Applications of DEA and SFA in benchmarking studies in forestry: state-of-the-art and future directions	2
Stem recovery and harvesting productivity of two different harvesting systems in final felling of Pinus patula	2
Pothole detection in the woods: a deep learning approach for forest road surface monitoring with dashcams	2
Timber harvesting on fragile ground and impacts of uncertainties in the operational costs	2
Use of Bluetooth low energy and ultra-wideband sensor systems to detect people in forest operations danger zones	2
Capacities characterization of wood harvest machine operators’ by cognitive and motor processes	2
Access feature areas within clearcut harvests by region across the southeastern US	2
An assessment of the safety and efficiency of log trucks with increased weight limits on interstate highways in Wisconsin and Minnesota, USA	2
Comparison of two gamma-ray datasets measured with different methods and assessment of their performance to predict soil properties	2
Use of vision and sound to classify feller-buncher operational state	2
How stem size variations in forest stands influence harvester productivity and the use of productivity models	2
Comparing single-wheel attachable tracks to chains and bare tires on skidders for mitigating soil disturbance during harvesting operations	2