OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of microwave drying on drying kinetics, physico-mechanical properties, and microstructure of plantation-grown Hevea brasiliensis wood	28
Growth, spring phenology and stem quality of four broadleaved species assessed in provenance trials in the Netherlands - Implications for seed sourcing	25
Radial growing, cambial activity, and phenology of tree species in a subtropical forest in Southern Brazil	21
Modelling natural regeneration of Oak in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration	19
Exploring the reliability of CAN-bus data in assessing forwarder rolling resistance under real working conditions	19
Relationship between microbiological, physical, and chemical attributes of different soil types under Pinus taeda plantations in southern Brazil	18
Into the wild? Preferences of frequent mountain and forest recreationists for accessibility and mobility	16
SISEF and Italian forest science: thirty years of shared progress	16
Performance assessment of two plotless sampling methods for density estimation applied to some Alpine forests of northeastern Italy	15
FIRE-RES Geo-Catch: a mobile application to support reliable fuel mapping at a pan-European scale	15
Validation of models using near-infrared spectroscopy to estimate basic density and chemical composition of Eucalyptus wood	12
Hearing nature’s heartbeat: towards large-scale real-time forest monitoring network in Italy	12
How environmental factors condition natural regeneration in the altitudinal gradient of a montane rainforest	12
Pinus halepensis Mill. in the Mediterranean region: a review of ecological significance, growth patterns, and soil interactions	11
Trends and driving forces of spring phenology of oak and beech stands in the Western Carpathians from MODIS times series 2000-2021	11
Improving the harvester functionality by optimizing the manipulator kinematic scheme	10
Conservation values in set-aside black alder forests adjacent to managed stands: short-term changes	10
Biomass, radial growth and regeneration capacity of Aleppo pine, and its possible use as rootstock in arid and degraded areas	10
Fire influence on forest cover in the Caparaó microregion, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil	9
Use of fallen dead trees by Japanese squirrels within cedar plantations in northeastern Japan	9
Revealing the physiological basis of forester’s choice of poplar clones (Populus spp.)	8
Effect of dust accumulation on Quercus cerris L. leaves in the Ezer forest, Lebanon	8
Scale dependency of the effects of landscape structure and stand age on species richness and aboveground biomass of tropical dry forests	8
SilvaCuore: a web-application to monitor the health status of Italian forests	8
Identification of the ambrosia beetle Anisandrus dispar (Fabricius) (Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae) using TaqMan™ probe assay on biological samples	8

Prospects for evolution in European tree breeding	8
Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites	7
Two Populus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall clones cope differentially with sodium salinity stress	7
Can we expect more from Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. in a changing climate?	7
Effect of restoration methods on natural regeneration in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	7
Exploring machine learning modeling approaches for biomass and carbon dioxide weight estimation in Lebanon cedar trees	7
Light availability influences the invasion of Teline monspessulana (L.) K. Koch in a temperate fragmented forest in Central Chile	7
Multiscale characteristics of the early spring temperature and response to climate indices over the past 179 years in the Qinling Mountains	7
Kinetic, morphophysiological, and biochemical parameters as a strategy to select clones of Eucalyptus spp. more efficient in phosphorus uptake	6
Stomatal morphometry of Andean species and their relationship with spatial variation	6
Exposure elevation and forest structure predict the abundance of saproxylic beetles’ communities in mountain managed beech forests	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
Multiple ways for enhancing flammability in Mediterranean woody species: a trait-based approach	6
The potential of the marula tree, Sclerocarya birrea, (A. Rich.) Horchst subspecies litterfall in enhancing soil fertility and carbon storage in drylands	6
Effects of mixture and management on growth dynamics and responses to climate of Quercus robur L. in a restored opencast lignite mine	6
Natural spread of Verticillium wilt as effective constraint on Ailanthus altissima invasion	6
Extreme climatic events, biotic interactions and species-specific responses drive tree crown defoliation and mortality in Italian forests	5
Effect of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) soil contamination on the development of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on Fraxinus excelsior and F. angustifolia seedlings	5
Assessing forest resilience after windthrow: linking deadwood, regeneration, and landscape-scale susceptibility - A case study in a Pre-Alpine forest in Italy	5
Effective woody biomass estimation in poplar short-rotation coppices - Populus nigra × P. maximowiczii	5
Increasing resistance and resilience of forests, a case study of Great Britain	5
Effects on soil physicochemical properties and seedling growth in mixed high forests caused by cable skidder traffic	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
Factors of soil CO2 emission in boreal forests: evidence from Central Siberia	5
Assessment of land sensitivity to degradation using MEDALUS model - a case study of Grdelica Gorge and Vranjska Valley (southeastern Serbia)	5
Problems and solutions to cork oak (Quercus suber L.) regeneration: a review	5