OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Carbon Balance and Management is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Afforestation as a mitigation strategy: countering climate-induced risk of forest carbon sink in China	50
Predicting the spatial variation in cost-efficiency for agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation programs in the U.S.	43
Effects of forest degradation classification on the uncertainty of aboveground carbon estimates in the Amazon	30
Long-term farmland abandonments remarkably increased the phytolith carbon sequestration in soil	24
How to maximize the joint benefits of timber production and carbon sequestration for rural areas? A case study of larch plantations in northeast China	23
Model error propagation in a compatible tree volume, biomass, and carbon prediction system	22
The default methods in the 2019 Refinement drastically reduce estimates of global carbon sinks of harvested wood products	21
Response of soil respiration to changes in soil temperature and water table level in drained and restored peatlands of the southeastern United States	21
Forecasting CO2 emissions in BRICS countries using the grey breakpoint prediction models	20
Changes in the net primary production of ecosystems across Western Europe from 2015 to 2022 in response to historic drought events	19
China’s terrestrial ecosystem carbon balance during the 20th century: an analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model	18
The business case for carbon farming in the USA	17
Change and relationship between growing season metrics and net primary productivity in forestland and grassland in China	17
Spatiotemporal variations in urban CO2 flux with land-use types in Seoul	17
Carbon sequestration potential of plantation forests in New Zealand - no single tree species is universally best	17
Comparative analysis of soil organic matter fractions, lability, stability ratios, and carbon management index in various land use types within bharatpur catchment, Chitwan District, Nepal	16
Maximizing tree carbon in croplands and grazing lands while sustaining yields	16
Evaluation of climate change mitigation strategies for Irish forests using the CBM-CFS3 model	16
Changes of lake organic carbon sinks from closed basins since the Last Glacial Maximum and quantitative evaluation of human impacts	15
Carbon, climate, and natural disturbance: a review of mechanisms, challenges, and tools for understanding forest carbon stability in an uncertain future	15
Improved aboveground biomass estimation and regional assessment with aerial lidar in California’s subalpine forests	14
An integrated view of correlated emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants in China	13
Analyzing temporal and spatial forest carbon storage using Google Plus Code: a case study of Zijin Mountain National Forest Park, China	13
The influence of agricultural drought on carbon emissions across the four sub-regions of China	12
Nitrogen addition enhances soil carbon and nutrient dynamics in Chinese croplands: a machine learning and nationwide synthesis	12

Towards sustainable urban development: decoding the spatiotemporal relationship between urban spatial structure and carbon emissions	11
Spatial heterogeneity and scenario simulation of carbon budget on provincial scale in China	11
Estimating carbon stocks and woody perennials diversity in cropland agroforestry on three different land ecosystems in Bangladesh	11
Projected soil organic carbon loss in response to climate warming and soil water content in a loess watershed	11
Construction of land-use change matrix and estimation of greenhouse gas inventory focusing on settlements in South Korea	11
Land-use change, no-net-loss policies, and effects on carbon dioxide removals	10
Integrating spaceborne LiDAR and Sentinel-2 images to estimate forest aboveground biomass in Northern China	10
Changes of soil carbon along precipitation gradients in three typical vegetation types in the Alxa desert region, China	10
The Greenhouse gas Observations of Biospheric and Local Emissions from the Upper sky (GOBLEU): a mission overview, instrument description, and results from the first flight	10
Correction to: Multi‑predictor mapping of soil organic carbon in the alpine tundra: a case study for the central Ecuadorian páramo	9
Stand carbon storage and net primary production in China’s subtropical secondary forests are predicted to increase by 2060	8
Methane cycling in temperate forests	8
Characteristics of soil organic carbon fractions in four vegetation communities of an inland salt marsh	8
Black carbon in urban soils: land use and climate drive variation at the surface	8
Modeling wood product carbon flows in southern us pine plantations: implications for carbon storage	7
Correction to: The largest European forest carbon stocks are in the Dinaric Alps old-growth forests: comparison of direct measurements and standardised approaches	7
Estimating biomass and soil carbon change at the level of forest stands using repeated forest surveys assisted by airborne laser scanner data	7
Correction to: Aboveground live tree carbon stock and change in forests of conterminous United States: influence of stand age	6
Carbon co-benefits of digital economy and green finance: empirical evidence from China	6
Wood Vault: remove atmospheric CO2 with trees, store wood for carbon sequestration for now and as biomass, bioenergy and carbon reserve for the future	6
Quantification of biomass availability for wood harvesting and storage in the continental United States with a carbon cycle model	6
Carbon sequestration costs and spatial spillover effects in China's collective forests	5
Application of the wildland fire emissions inventory system to estimate fire emissions on forest lands of the United States	5
Investing in U.S. forests to mitigate climate change	5
Research on the coordinated development of provincial urbanization and carbon emission efficiency of construction industry in China	5
Two large-scale forest scenario modelling approaches for reporting CO2 removal: a comparison for the Romanian forests	5
Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest ecosystem carbon budget in Guizhou: customisation and application of the CBM-CFS3 model for China	5
Temporal dynamics of ecosystem, inherent, and underlying water use efficiencies of forests, grasslands, and croplands and their responses to climate change	5
Multi-predictor mapping of soil organic carbon in the alpine tundra: a case study for the central Ecuadorian páramo	5
Temporal-spatial evolution analysis of carbon emission efficiency in the logistics industry of coastal provinces in China based on the super-efficiency SBM model	5
Exploring the role of canopy cover and environmental factors in shaping carbon storage in Desa’a forest, Ethiopia	5
Stand structure and Brazilian pine as key determinants of carbon stock in a subtropical Atlantic forest	5
Application of integrated Korean forest growth dynamics model to meet NDC target by considering forest management scenarios and budget	4
Thinning effects on stand growth, carbon stocks, and soil properties in Brutia pine plantations	4
The impact of the Grain-for-Green Programme on carbon storage in the Upper Yangtze River Basin based on the PLUS-InVEST model	4
Potential long-term, global effects of enhancing the domestic terrestrial carbon sink in the United States through no-till and cover cropping	4
Forest carbon stock development following extreme drought-induced dieback of coniferous stands in Central Europe: a CBM-CFS3 model application	4
Crop rotation and the impact on soil carbon in the U.S. Corn Belt	4