OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 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 2021-11-01 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
Exploring the reliability of CAN-bus data in assessing forwarder rolling resistance under real working conditions	20
Soil fauna communities and microbial activities response to litter and soil properties under degraded and restored forests of Hyrcania	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
Into the wild? Preferences of frequent mountain and forest recreationists for accessibility and mobility	14
Relationship between microbiological, physical, and chemical attributes of different soil types under Pinus taeda plantations in southern Brazil	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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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