OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Growth, spring phenology and stem quality of four broadleaved species assessed in provenance trials in the Netherlands - Implications for seed sourcing	30
Radial growing, cambial activity, and phenology of tree species in a subtropical forest in Southern Brazil	21
Soil fauna communities and microbial activities response to litter and soil properties under degraded and restored forests of Hyrcania	20
Exploring the reliability of CAN-bus data in assessing forwarder rolling resistance under real working conditions	20
Modelling natural regeneration of Oak in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	18
FIRE-RES Geo-Catch: a mobile application to support reliable fuel mapping at a pan-European scale	16
How environmental factors condition natural regeneration in the altitudinal gradient of a montane rainforest	15
Relationship between microbiological, physical, and chemical attributes of different soil types under Pinus taeda plantations in southern Brazil	14
Into the wild? Preferences of frequent mountain and forest recreationists for accessibility and mobility	14
SISEF and Italian forest science: thirty years of shared progress	13
Performance assessment of two plotless sampling methods for density estimation applied to some Alpine forests of northeastern Italy	13
Trends and driving forces of spring phenology of oak and beech stands in the Western Carpathians from MODIS times series 2000-2021	13
Validation of models using near-infrared spectroscopy to estimate basic density and chemical composition of Eucalyptus wood	13
Biomass, radial growth and regeneration capacity of Aleppo pine, and its possible use as rootstock in arid and degraded areas	12
Hearing nature’s heartbeat: towards large-scale real-time forest monitoring network in Italy	12
Pinus halepensis Mill. in the Mediterranean region: a review of ecological significance, growth patterns, and soil interactions	12
Composted sewage sludge as an alternative substrate for forest seedlings production	11
Towards a functional phytosociology: the functional ecology of woody diagnostic species and their vegetation classes in Northern Italy	11
Universal reaction norms for the sustainable cultivation of hybrid poplar clones under climate change in Italy	10
Use of fallen dead trees by Japanese squirrels within cedar plantations in northeastern Japan	10
Improving the harvester functionality by optimizing the manipulator kinematic scheme	10
Identification of the ambrosia beetle Anisandrus dispar (Fabricius) (Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae) using TaqMan™ probe assay on biological samples	10
Scale dependency of the effects of landscape structure and stand age on species richness and aboveground biomass of tropical dry forests	10
Kretzschmaria deusta, a limiting factor for survival and safety of veteran beech trees in Trentino (Alps, Northern Italy)	8
Revealing the physiological basis of forester’s choice of poplar clones (Populus spp.)	8

Exploring machine learning modeling approaches for biomass and carbon dioxide weight estimation in Lebanon cedar trees	7
Effect of dust accumulation on Quercus cerris L. leaves in the Ezer forest, Lebanon	7
SilvaCuore: a web-application to monitor the health status of Italian forests	7
Light availability influences the invasion of Teline monspessulana (L.) K. Koch in a temperate fragmented forest in Central Chile	7
Fire influence on forest cover in the Caparaó microregion, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil	7
Two Populus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall clones cope differentially with sodium salinity stress	7
Multiscale characteristics of the early spring temperature and response to climate indices over the past 179 years in the Qinling Mountains	7
Assessing the performance of MODIS and VIIRS active fire products in the monitoring of wildfires: a case study in Turkey	6
Kinetic, morphophysiological, and biochemical parameters as a strategy to select clones of Eucalyptus spp. more efficient in phosphorus uptake	6
Effects of mixture and management on growth dynamics and responses to climate of Quercus robur L. in a restored opencast lignite mine	6
Multiple ways for enhancing flammability in Mediterranean woody species: a trait-based approach	6
Prospects for evolution in European tree breeding	6
Stem profile of red oaks in a bottomland hardwood restoration plantation forest in the Arkansas Delta (USA)	6
A primary evaluation of Syrian forest damage since 2011: a case study of Alhamam and Alboz forest sites	6
Influence of site conditions and land management on Quercus suber L. population dynamics in the southern Iberian Peninsula	6
Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites	6
Effect of restoration methods on natural regeneration in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	6
Exposure elevation and forest structure predict the abundance of saproxylic beetles’ communities in mountain managed beech forests	6
Assessment of land sensitivity to degradation using MEDALUS model - a case study of Grdelica Gorge and Vranjska Valley (southeastern Serbia)	5
Factors of soil CO2 emission in boreal forests: evidence from Central Siberia	5
Extreme climatic events, biotic interactions and species-specific responses drive tree crown defoliation and mortality in Italian forests	5
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on microbial activity and nutrient release are sensitive to acid deposition during litter decomposition in a subtropical Cinnamomum camphora forest	5
Increasing resistance and resilience of forests, a case study of Great Britain	5
Effective woody biomass estimation in poplar short-rotation coppices - Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii	5
Effects on soil physicochemical properties and seedling growth in mixed high forests caused by cable skidder traffic	4
Estimating the potential threat of increasing temperature to the forests of Turkey: a focus on two invasive alien insect pests	4
Impact of rotation length of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. on wood production, kraft pulping, and forest value	4
Evaluation of urban forest spatial distribution characteristics in Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area	4
Effect of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) soil contamination on the development of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on Fraxinus excelsior and F. angustifolia seedlings	4
Strong relationships between soil and vegetation in reference ecosystems of a riparian Atlantic rainforest in the upper Doce River watershed, southeastern Brazil	4
Ectomycorrhizal fungal community in mature white poplar plantation	4
Accumulation of 137Cs and 90Sr radionuclides by dominants and co-dominants of birch-pine forest communities in Northern Ukraine	4
Problems and solutions to cork oak (Quercus suber L.) regeneration: a review	4
Deploying an early-stage Cyber-Physical System for the implementation of Forestry 4.0 in a New Zealand timber harvesting context	4
Deriving tree growth models from stand models based on the self-thinning rule of Chinese fir plantations	4
Seeing, believing, acting: climate change attitudes and adaptation of Hungarian forest managers	4
Contribution of legume and non-legume trees to litter dynamics and C-N-P inputs in a secondary seasonally dry tropical forest	3
Breeding and improvement of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) with a special focus on Hungary: a review	3
Modeling the risk of illegal forest activity and its distribution in the southeastern region of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, Philippines	3
Quantitative assessment of past and future tropical forest transition and its dynamic to streamflow of the catchment, Malaysia	3
Wood production and nutritional status of Pinus taeda L. in response to fertilization and liming: a meta-analysis of the Americas	3
Tree biomass models for the entire production cycle of Quercus suber	3
Suitability of Fagus orientalis Lipsky at marginal Fagus sylvatica L. forest sites in Southern Germany	3
Changes in Populus sp. wood subjected to heat treatment: anatomy and silica content	3
Can species Cedrela fissilis Vell. be used in sites contaminated with toxic aluminum and cadmium metals?	3
Estimating the accuracy of smartphone app-based removal estimates against actual wood-harvesting data from clear cuttings	3
Stability analysis and selection of optimal Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis families	3
Amazon forest biomass: intra- and interspecific variability in wood density drive divergences in Brazil’s far north	3
Rewilding beech-dominated temperate forest ecosystems: effects on carbon stocks and biodiversity indicators	3
Effects of functional traits on the spatial distribution and hyperdominance of tree species in the Cerrado biome	3

Comparative analysis of taper models for Pinus nigra Arn. using terrestrial laser scanner acquired data	3
Mapping the vegetation and spatial dynamics of Sinharaja tropical rain forest incorporating NASA’s GEDI spaceborne LiDAR data and multispectral satellite images	3
No home-field advantage in upper Andean tropical forests despite strong differences in site environmental characteristics	3
Forest therapy in Italy: proposal of a standard procedure for validation of suitable sites	3
Heat treatment of poplar plywood: modifications in physical, mechanical and durability properties	3
Impacts of stump harvesting on carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes	3
Corrigendum: The soil-conscious forestry and the forbidden apple	3
Chitosan exhibits variable effects on pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and alder (Alnus glutinosa L.) growth and secondary metabolism	2
Yield of forests in Ankara Regional Directory of Forestry in Turkey: comparison of regression and artificial neural network models based on statistical and biological behaviors	2
Nursery fertilization affected field performance and nutrient resorption of Populus tomentosa Carr. ploidy levels	2
Applying complex network metrics to individual-tree diameter growth modeling	2
Red wood ants shape epiphytic lichen assemblages in montane silver fir forests	2
Taxonomic distinctness of climbing plants and epiphytes in central-Chilean forests: an alternative diversity measure from unequal species lists	2
Key information for forest policy decision-making - Does current reporting on forests and forestry reflect forest discourses?	2
Forest plantations with public subsidies: to harvest or not to harvest, this is the question	2
Seed germination traits of Pinus heldreichii in two Greek populations and implications for conservation	2
Historical fire ecology and its effect on vegetation dynamics of the Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas, México	2
Pilot-scale drying of southern pine (Pinus spp.) lumber in a heated tube dryer	2
Use of brassinosteroids to overcome unfavourable climatic effects on seed germination in Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold	2
Assessing the influence of different Synthetic Aperture Radar parameters and Digital Elevation Model layers combined with optical data on the identification of argan forest in Essaouira region, Morocc	2
Comparison of extractive chemical signatures among branch, knot and bark wood fractions from forestry and agroforestry walnut trees (Juglans regia × J. nigra) by NIR spectroscopy and LC-MS analyses	2
Modeling aboveground carbon in flooded forests using synthetic aperture radar data: a case study from a natural reserve in Turkish Thrace	2
Ecological factors affecting the recent Picea abies decline in Slovenia: the importance of bedrock type and forest naturalness	2
Changes in tree layer and altitudinal distribution of herbaceous species in temperate old-growth forests over 30 years	2
The patterns of nearest neighbor trees in a temperate forest	2
Use of unmanned aerial vehicles for the diagnosis of parasitic plant infestation at the crown level in Pinus hartwegii	2
Climate-wise models of biomass productivity for hybrid poplar clones in Europe	2
Adaptability and interspecific variability in growth and leaf traits of eucalypt	2
Improving sustainability in wood coating: testing lignin and cellulose nanocrystals as additives to commercial acrylic wood coatings for bio-building	2
Three prescribed fire regimes on the restoration of flooded savannah grasslands under encroachment of Vochysia divergens Pohl, Pantanal, Brazil	2
Above ground biomass estimation from UAV high resolution RGB images and LiDAR data in a pine forest in Southern Italy	2
Development and evaluation of generalized fuel models for predicting fire behaviour in northern European heathlands	2
Estimation of above-ground biomass using machine learning approaches with InSAR and LiDAR data in tropical peat swamp forest of Brunei Darussalam	2
The complexity of mycobiota associated with chestnut galls induced by Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)	2
The soil-conscious forestry and the forbidden apple	2
Evaluation of estimation methods for fitting the three-parameter Weibull distribution to European beech forests	2
Seasonal change in soil nitrogen mineralization in young Chamaecyparis obtusa stands at the upper and lower positions on a slope in central Japan	2