OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Forest Research is 5. 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
Intraspecific variability in cold hardiness of Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.) in Türkiye	40
Compatible taper and volume systems for Larix olgensis and Larix kaempferi in northeast China	30
Assessing genetic diversity of European white elm (Ulmus laevis Pallas) in Bavaria as an indicator for in-situ conservation and sustainable use of the species genetic resources	26
Boreal forest multifunctionality under varying harvesting intensity and forest management priorities	26
A new afforestation method can accelerate nutrient return from litterfall- a 17-year observation on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau	25
Carbon storage potentiality in successional and secondary old growth forests	22
Effects of tree mixture on forest productivity: tree species addition versus substitution	20
Mediterranean co-living: succession of soil mycorrhizal communities associated with Halimium lasianthum shrubs	20
Rainfall interception and redistribution of varying leaf litter types and rainfall intensities on slopes	18
Effects of tree species diversity on leaf litter decomposition process in semi-arid Mediterranean oak forests	16
Early-succession secondary forests following agropastoral abandonment are key winter habitats for the conservation of a priority bird in the European Alps	16
Morphological plasticity of six tree species with different light demands growing in multi-layered deciduous forests in Central Europe	16
Resin tapping of Atlantic pine forests: towards an optimized use of stimulant pastes over the season	16
Effect of litter cover on acorn survival, seedling emergence, and early growth of introduced Quercus rubra	15
Age-independent diameter increment models for mixed mountain forests	14
Trade-offs and management strategies for ecosystem services in mixed Scots pine and Maritime pine forests	14
Impact of native tree species introduction on soil nutrient and bacterial community in Eucalyptus plantations	14
Dust captured by a canopy and individual leaves of trees in the tropical mixed deciduous forest: Magnitude and influencing factors	14
Unravelling the effects of stand structural diversity and tree competition on aboveground biomass in species-poor forests	14
VARI as an indicator of site productivity of Pinus taeda L.: soil, litter, and plant nutrition	13
Silvicultural prescriptions for mixed-species forest stands. A European review and perspective	13
Correction: Understanding beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) photosynthetic responses to microhabitat water deficit: a site-specific investigation	13
Effects of plant leaf traits, abundance and phylogeny on differentiation of herbivorous insect assemblages in Mediterranean mixed forest	13
Balancing stand productivity and wood quality in chestnut coppices using chronosequence approach and productivity model	13
Prognosis of aboveground woody biomass in a central Brazilian Cerrado monitored for 27 years after the implementation of management systems	12

Uncertainty of biomass stocks in Spanish forests: a comprehensive comparison of allometric equations	12
Analysis of genotype-by-environment interaction in a multisite progeny test with Scots pine for supporting selection decisions	12
Impacts of wood extraction on soil: assessing rutting and soil compaction caused by skidding and forwarding by means of traditional and innovative methods	12
Genetic diversity and fine-scale spatial genetic structure of unmanaged old-growth versus managed second-growth populations of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Lithuania	12
Sexual reproduction in two mixed stands of coastal and interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) in Germany	11
Effect of copper mining pollution-induced heavy metal toxicities on B. longifolia Benth wood cell characteristics	11
The role of pit-mound microrelief in the redistribution of rainwater in forest soils: a natural legacy facilitating groundwater recharge?	11
Effects of long-term nitrogen addition and seasonal variation on soil faunal community structure in a temperate natural secondary forest	11
Genetic resilience of Atlantic forest trees to impacts of biome loss and fragmentation	11
Pollution and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in forest soils with changes in the leaf traits and membrane integrity of Vaccinium myrtillus L.	11
An estimation method to reduce complete and partial nonresponse bias in forest inventory	11
Tree mortality in mature temperate forests of central Mexico: a spatial approach	11
Evaluating gap characteristics and their effects on regeneration in Sitapahar forest reserve, Bangladesh	11
Coppice reintroduction in the Czech Republic: extent, motivation and obstacles	10
Structure and dynamics of old-growth Pinus nigra stands in Southeast Europe	10
Harmonization and variation of deadwood density and carbon concentration in different stages of decay of the most important Central European tree species	10
Riparian buffer zones in production forests create unequal costs among forest owners	10
Optimal forest management in the presence of endogenous fire risk and fuel control	10
Vertical variation in swelling properties of Norway spruce bark depending on tree age and bark moisture content	9
Could timber winching operations be cleaner? An evaluation of two options in terms of residual stand damage, soil disturbance and operational efficiency	9
Limited seed dispersal, allelopathy and unfavorable microclimatic conditions prevent the recovery of oak forests within Eucalyptus plantations	9
The effects of wildfire frequency on post-fire soil surface water dynamics	9
The feasibility of adding wood quality traits as selection criteria in the Galician Pinus pinaster Aiton breeding program: case study	9
Importance of abiotic factors in shaping canopy arthropod assemblages: the case of Quercus castanea Née (Fagales:Fagaceae) a Mexican endemic oak	9
Correction: Genetic diversity and fine-scale spatial genetic structure of unmanaged old-growth versus managed second-growth populations of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Lithuania	9
Genetic diversity and the origin of Taiwania cryptomerioides plantations in South China: implications for conservation and restoration	9
Mechanisms shaping the functional diversity of birds’ composition in the primeval forest ecosystem of the Białowieża National Park	9
Genetic differentiation of indigenous (Quercus robur L.) and late flushing oak stands (Q. robur L. subsp. slavonica (Gáyer) Mátyás) in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	9
Temporal changes in soil chemical compositions in acidified mountain forest soils of Czech Republic	9
Genetic diversity, genetic differentiation and demographic history of Cryptomeria (Cupressaceae), a tertiary relict plant in East Asia based on RAD sequencing	8
Effects of climate and competition on crown width: a case of Korean pine plantations	8
Short-term effects of pre-commercial thinning on carbon cycling in fertile birch (Betula sp.) stands in hemiboreal Estonia	8
Analysis of structure from motion and airborne laser scanning features for the evaluation of forest structure	8
Improving dynamic treatment unit forest planning with cellular automata heuristics	8
Quantifying the influence of tree species richness on community drought resistance using drone-derived NDVI and ground-based measures of Plant Area Index and leaf chlorophyll in a young tree diversity	7
Speciation and historical migration pattern interaction: examples from P. nigra and P. sylvestris phylogeography	7
Changes in soil phosphorus fractions following the conversion of Chinese fir plantations to evergreen broad-leaved forests in subtropical China	7
Clear-cutting without additional regeneration treatments can trigger successional setbacks prolonging the expected time to compositional recovery in boreal forests	7
Which trees form the best soil? Reclaimed mine soil properties under 22 tree species: 50 years later—assessment of physical and chemical properties	7
Dynamic treatment units in forest planning improves economic performance over stand-based planning	7
Tree characteristics, drought and microtopography modulate the response of subtropical Cunninghamia lanceolata to drought	7
Regeneration in European beech forests after drought: the effects of microclimate, deadwood and browsing	7
Managerial ability and productivity growth in the European forest sector	7
Tree growth rate under urban limiting conditions	7
Litter decomposition is influenced by precipitation regime but not by single-tree selection harvesting in Nothofagus pumilio forests of western Patagonia	7
Influence of crown and canopy structure on light absorption, light use efficiency, and growth in mixed and pure Pseudotsuga menziesii and Fagus sylvatica forests	7
Predicting aboveground biomass yield for moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) plantations based on the diameter distribution model	7
Diversification of coniferous monocultures in the last 30 years and implications for forest restoration: a case study from temperate lower montane forests in Central Europe	7
Predicting the distribution of European Hop Hornbeam: application of MaxEnt algorithm and climatic suitability models	7
Combined retention of large living and dead trees can improve provision of tree-related microhabitats in Central European montane forests	6

Owner attitudes and landscape parameters drive stand structure and valuable habitats in small-scale private forests of Lower Saxony (Germany)	6
A new taper index based on form-factor: application to three bamboo species (Phyllostachys spp.)	6
Genetic variability of indigenous (Quercus robur L.) and late flushing oak (Quercus robur L. subsp. slavonica (Gáyer) Mátyás) in adult stands compared with their natural regeneration	6
First trial of a prototype chainflail delimber for the European short rotation poplar plantations	6
Vertical variations in wood basic density for two softwood species	6
A comparison of radial increment and wood density from beech provenance trials in Slovenia and Hungary	6
A remote sensing assessment of oak forest recovery after postfire restoration	6
The distribution of carbon stocks between tree woody biomass and soil differs between Scots pine and broadleaved species (beech, oak) in European forests	6
Distribution, hybridisation and morphological variation in Alnus rohlenae (Betulaceae) an endemic species of the Balkan Peninsula	6
Tree neighbourhood-scale variation in topsoil chemistry depends on species identity effects related to litter quality	6
Allometric scaling of leaf mass based on the pipe model theory for woody plant species	6
European forest sinks and climate targets: past trends, main drivers, and future forecasts	6
A fuzzy logic-based approach for evaluating forest ecosystem service provision and biodiversity applied to a case study landscape in Southern Germany	6
Environmental controls on seedling establishment in a boreal forest: implications for Scots pine regeneration in continuous cover forestry	6
Anthropogenic deforestation and climate dryness as drivers of demographic decline and genetic erosion in the southernmost European fir forests	6
Nutrients (N, P, K, Na) and warming affect heterotrophic respiration in temperate forest litter	6
Correction to: Nordic forest management towards climate change mitigation: time dynamic temperature change impacts of wood product systems including substitution effects	5
Patterns of deadwood amount and deadwood diversity along a natural forest recovery gradient from agriculture to old-growth lowland tropical forests	5
Comparing the intra-annual radial growth of three temperate species as related to leaf phenology	5
Genetic diversity, genetic structure, and germplasm source of Chinese pine in North China	5
Stand characteristics modulate secondary growth responses to drought and gross primary production in Pinus halepensis afforestation	5
Diameter growth of European beech on carbonate: a regional versus forest type perspective	5
Possible links between soil variables, bacterial abundance and kinetic constants in isoprene degradation by dry deciduous tropical forest soils	5
Effects of environmental variables on taxonomic diversity and grouping of plant communities in the Mediterranean region (Antalya)	5
Xylem adjustment and growth response of early- and late-successional tree species to rapid warming	5
Perception of climate change-related forest dieback in mountain forests among the local population	5
Marginal water use efficiencies of different plant functional types along an elevation gradient in subalpine regions	5
Genetic variation of Picea abies in response to the artificial inoculation of Heterobasidion parviporum	5
Size-dependent growth strategy and allometry, but not complementarity, as major drivers of fine-root biomass and productivity across warm-temperate forests	5
Effects of light transmittance on growth and biomass of understory seedlings in mixed pine-beech forests	5
A review of the effect of fertilization on the wood properties of Pinus trees	5
Availability and mobilization of forest resources in Sweden	5
Variations of monthly radial growth of Chinese fir [Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.] considering its responses to climatic factors	5
Carbon and nitrogen, humic and labile fractions in soil under clonal eucalyptus stands from cerrado	5
Livelihood impacts of community-based forest landscape restoration in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, Pakistan	5
Quantile regression: prediction of growth and yield for a eucalyptus plantation in northeast Brazil	5
Organic soil greenhouse gas flux rates in hemiboreal old-growth Scots pine forests at different groundwater levels	5
Functional traits explain growth–mortality trade-offs in a mixed broadleaf-conifer forest in northeastern China	5
Effects of fertilisation and understory removal on aboveground and belowground carbon stocks in wet and dry moorlands in south-western France	5
Exploring the effects of different fertilizer application durations on the functional microbial profiles of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling by using metagenomics in Paulownia plantations in a subtrop	5
Restoring mixed forests through conversion of Norway spruce stands: effects of fencing and mechanical site preparation on performance of planted beech and natural tree regeneration	5
Drivers of intraspecific variation in fecundity in rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)	5