OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Forest Research is 6. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Opportunities and challenges of Eucalyptus plantations in Europe: the Iberian Peninsula experience	41
Functional traits influence biomass and productivity through multiple mechanisms in a temperate secondary forest	37
Effects of stand age on tree biomass partitioning and allometric equations in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations	37
Effects of wildfire and logging on soil functionality in the short-term in Pinus halepensis M. forests	34
Forest multifunctionality is not resilient to intensive forestry	30
Using harvester data from on-board computers: a review of key findings, opportunities and challenges	29
Production potential, biodiversity and soil properties of forest reclamations: Opportunities or risk of introduced coniferous tree species under climate change?	28
Recent forest area increase in Europe: expanding and regenerating forests differ in their regional patterns, drivers and productivity trends	26
Multi-tree cut-to-length harvesting of short-rotation poplar plantations	25
European beech stem diameter grows better in mixed than in mono-specific stands at the edge of its distribution in mountain forests	23
Does the genetic diversity among pubescent white oaks in southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia islands support the current taxonomic classification?	21
Calibration of the process-based model 3-PG for major central European tree species	20
Development of individual tree growth and yield model across multiple contrasting species using nonparametric and parametric methods in the Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran	20
The contribution of deadwood to soil carbon dynamics in contrasting temperate forest ecosystems	20
Assessing the protective role of alpine forests against rockfall at regional scale	19
Tree mortality in the dynamics and management of uneven-aged Norway spruce stands in southern Finland	18
Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers	17
Retention of tree-related microhabitats is more dependent on selection of habitat trees than their spatial distribution	17
Tracing drought effects from the tree to the stand growth in temperate and Mediterranean forests: insights and consequences for forest ecology and management	16
Sunspot area as unexplored trend inside radial growth of European beech in Krkonoše Mountains: a forest science from different perspective	16
Silvicultural prescriptions for mixed-species forest stands. A European review and perspective	16
Past, present and future suitable areas for the relict tree Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae): Integrating fossil records, niche modeling, and phylogeography for conservation	16
A survey of the skidder fleet of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe	15
Fertility variation, seed collection and gene diversity in natural stands of Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani)	15
Carbohydrate dynamics in a resprouting species after severe aboveground perturbations	15

The effect of tree mortality on CO2 fluxes in an old-growth spruce forest	15
The social drift of trees. Consequence for growth trend detection, stand dynamics, and silviculture	15
Forest inventory-based assessments of the invasion risk of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco and Quercus rubra L. in Germany	14
Mitigation of bark stripping on spruce: the need for red deer population control	14
Simulating conversion of even-aged Norway spruce into uneven-aged mixed forest: effects of different scenarios on production, economy and heterogeneity	14
Impacts of wood extraction on soil: assessing rutting and soil compaction caused by skidding and forwarding by means of traditional and innovative methods	13
Long-term nitrogen addition regulates root nutrient capture and leaf nutrient resorption in Larix gmelinii in a boreal forest	13
Small-scale private forest owners and the European Natura 2000 conservation network: perceived ecosystem services, management practices, and nature conservation attitudes	13
The influence of fencing on seedling establishment during reforestation of oak stands: a comparison of artificial and natural regeneration techniques including costs	12
Forest bathing and hiking benefits for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mediterranean regions	12
Tree diversity and the temporal stability of mountain forest productivity: testing the effect of species composition, through asynchrony and overyielding	12
Ectomycorrhizal symbioses increase soil calcium availability and water use efficiency of Quercus acutissima seedlings under drought stress	12
Phenological shifts compensate warming-induced drought stress in southern Siberian Scots pines	12
Does post-fire salvage logging affect foraging activity by rodents?	12
Modelling natural regeneration of European beech in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	11
Mid-rotation fertilization and liming effects on nutrient dynamics of Pinus taeda L. in subtropical Brazil	11
Institutional quality, economic development and illegal logging: a quantitative cross-national analysis	11
Short- and long-term growth response to climate in mixed and monospecific forests of Pinus pinea and Pinus pinaster	11
Overview of the impact of forest habitats quality and landscape disturbances on the ecology and conservation of dormice species	11
Demand for forest ecosystem services: a comparison study in selected areas in the Czech Republic and China	10
Improving tree biomass models through crown ratio patterns and incomplete data sources	10
The effect of forest floor on soil microbial and enzyme indices after forest harvesting operations in Hyrcanian deciduous forests	10
Influence of light, water stress and shrub cover on sapling survival and height growth: the case of A. unedo, F. ornus and S. domestica under Mediterranean climate	10
Effects of harvesting intensity and site conditions on biomass production of northern Patagonia shrublands	10
The cost of risk management and multifunctionality in forestry: a simulation approach for a case study area in Southeast Germany	10
Fertilization of Pinus taeda L. on an acidic oxisol in southern Brazil: growth, litter accumulation, and root exploration	10
Genetic variability to assist in the delineation of provenance regions and selection of seed stands and gene conservation units of wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz) in southern Germany	10
Ninety-five years of observed disturbance-based tree mortality modeled with climate-sensitive accelerated failure time models	10
Long-term assessment of soil physicochemical properties and seedlings establishment after skidding operations in mountainous mixed hardwoods	9
Spatially explicit assessment of forest road suitability for timber extraction and hauling in Switzerland	9
Root nitrogen acquisition strategy of trees and understory species in a subtropical pine plantation in southern China	9
Dynamics and drivers of aboveground biomass accumulation during recovery from selective harvesting in an uneven-aged forest	9
Soil fungal communities in young Norway spruce-dominant stands: footprints of former land use and selective thinning	9
A new taper index based on form-factor: application to three bamboo species (Phyllostachys spp.)	9
The emergent past: past natural and human disturbances of trees can reduce their present resistance to drought stress	9
Deep BarkID: a portable tree bark identification system by knowledge distillation	9
Higher stand densities can promote soil carbon storage after conversion of temperate mixed natural forests to larch plantations	9
Variations in humus and fine root properties related to development stages in a temperate natural Beech forest	8
Separating the impact of work environment and machine operation on harvester performance	8
Survival time and mortality rate of regeneration in the deep shade of a primeval beech forest	8
The contribution of understorey vegetation to ecosystem evapotranspiration in boreal and temperate forests: a literature review and analysis	8
Leaf phenology correlates with fruit production in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and in temperate oaks (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea)	8
Long-term response of soil and stem wood properties to repeated nitrogen fertilization in a N-limited Scots pine stand	8
Drivers of oak establishment in Mediterranean old fields from 25-year-old woodland islets planted to assist natural regeneration	8
Drought in the forest breaks plant–fungi interactions	8
Modelling the responses of crown profiles to competition in terms of different tree classes and directions in two coniferous tree species in northeastern China	8
Bryophyte diversity, composition and functional traits in relation to bedrock and tree species composition in close-to-nature managed forests	8
Tree species and microhabitat affect forest bog spider fauna	8
Different drought-adaptive capacity of a native Patagonian tree species (Nothofagus pumilio) resulting from local adaptation	8
Scale elasticity and technical efficiency analysis in the European forest sector: a stochastic value-based approach	8

Classification of forest communities (co-)dominated by Taxus baccata in the Hyrcanian forests (northern Iran) and their comparison with southern Europe	8
The influence of man-induced land-use change on the upper forest limit in the Romanian Carpathians	8
Consequences of pine colonization in dry oak woodlands: effects on water stress	7
Keeping thinning-derived deadwood logs on forest floor improves soil organic carbon, microbial biomass, and enzyme activity in a temperate spruce forest	7
Comparisons of competitor selection approaches for spatially explicit competition indices of natural spruce-fir-broadleaf mixed forests	7
The Dinaric Mountains versus the Western Carpathians: Is structural heterogeneity similar in close-to-primeval Abies–Picea–Fagus forests?	7
A quantitative assessment of rockfall influence on forest structure in the Swiss Alps	7
Overyielding in mixed pine forests with belowground complementarity: impacts on understory	7
Influencing plantation stand structure through close-to-nature silviculture	7
Combined retention of large living and dead trees can improve provision of tree-related microhabitats in Central European montane forests	7
Thinning decreased soil respiration differently in two dryland Mediterranean forests with contrasted soil temperature and humidity regimes	7
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)	7
Foliar P nutrition of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) depends on the season but remains unaffected by co-cultivation with silver fir (Abies alba Mill.)	7
Vertical variations in wood basic density for two softwood species	7
Interpreting wind damage risk–how multifunctional forest management impacts standing timber at risk of wind felling	7
Effect of acorn size on survival and growth of Quercus suber L. seedlings under water stress	7
Influence of climate and thinning on Quercus pyrenaica Willd. coppices growth dynamics	7
Uncertainty of biomass stocks in Spanish forests: a comprehensive comparison of allometric equations	7
Vein and stomatal traits in leaves of three co-occurring Quercus species differing in leaf life span	6
Which factors influence the density of birch (Betula pendula Roth) seeds in soil seed banks in temperate woodlands?	6
Spatial variability of forest floor and topsoil thicknesses and their relation to topography and forest stand characteristics in managed forests of Norway spruce and European beech	6
Analyzing the effect of silvicultural management on the trade-off between stand structural heterogeneity and productivity over time	6
Role of environmental filtering and seed source availability in natural regeneration processes following large-scale disturbances in mountain forests	6
Seed dormancy and germination of a critically endangered plant, Elaeagnus mollis, on the Loess Plateau of China	6
Probabilistic sampling and estimation for large-scale assessment of poplar plantations in Northern Italy	6
European forest sinks and climate targets: past trends, main drivers, and future forecasts	6
Dead wood carbon density for the main tree species in the Lithuanian hemiboreal forest	6
Weak relationships of continuous forest management intensity and remotely sensed stand structural complexity in temperate mountain forests	6
Long-term effects of succession, climate change and insect disturbance on oak-pine forest composition in the U.S. Central Hardwood Region	6
Long-term nitrogen addition alters nutrient foraging strategies of Populus davidiana and Betula platyphylla in a temperate natural secondary forest	6
A fuzzy logic-based approach for evaluating forest ecosystem service provision and biodiversity applied to a case study landscape in Southern Germany	6
Long-term nitrogen addition further increased carbon sequestration in a boreal forest	6