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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Perspectives of plantation forests in the sustainable forest development of China	36
Decline in commercial pine nut and kernel yield in Mediterranean stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) in Spain	25
Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy	23
Diversity of saproxylic beetle communities in chestnut agroforestry systems	16
Harmonized dataset of surface fuels under Alpine, temperate and Mediterranean conditions in Italy. A synthesis supporting fire management	16
A bark beetle infestation predictive model based on satellite data in the frame of decision support system TANABBO	15
Universal reaction norms for the sustainable cultivation of hybrid poplar clones under climate change in Italy	13
Short-term effects in canopy gap area on the recovery of compacted soil caused by forest harvesting in old-growth Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) stands	12
Soil fungal communities across land use types	12
Verticillium wilt of Ailanthus altissima in Italy caused by V. dahliae: new outbreaks from Tuscany	12
Spatial modeling of the ecological niche of Pinus greggii Engelm. (Pinaceae): a species conservation proposal in Mexico under climatic change scenarios	12
A geographically weighted deep neural network model for research on the spatial distribution of the down dead wood volume in Liangshui National Nature Reserve (China)	12
Long-term effects of thinning and mixing on stand spatial structure: a case study of Chinese fir plantations	11
Assessing Pinus pinea L. resilience to three consecutive droughts in central-western Italian Peninsula	11
Improving sustainability in wood coating: testing lignin and cellulose nanocrystals as additives to commercial acrylic wood coatings for bio-building	11
Remote sensing of selective logging in tropical forests: current state and future directions	10
Characterization of technological properties of matá-matá wood (Eschweilera coriacea [DC.] S.A. Mori, E. odora Poepp. [Miers] and E. truncata A.C. Sm.) by Near Infrared Spectroscopy	9
Predictive capacity of nine algorithms and an ensemble model to determine the geographic distribution of tree species	9
Factors affecting the quantity and type of tree-related microhabitats in Mediterranean mountain forests of high nature value	9
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry controls interspecific patterns of leaf litter-derived dissolved organic matter biodegradation in subtropical plantations of China	9
Assessing the performance of MODIS and VIIRS active fire products in the monitoring of wildfires: a case study in Turkey	9
Thermo-modified native black poplar (Populus nigra L.) wood as an insulation material	9
Large-scale spatial distribution of deer browsing damage to young tree plantations	9
The natural recovery of disturbed soil, plant cover and trees after clear-cutting in the boreal forests, Russia	9
Development phases and structural characteristics of the Penteleu-Viforta virgin forest in the Curvature Carpathians	9

Tracing the acclimation of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) populations to climatic stress by analyzing the antioxidant system	8
Dynamics of humus forms and soil characteristics along a forest altitudinal gradient in Hyrcanian forest	8
Climate change impacts on spatial distribution, tree-ring growth, and water use of stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) forests in the Mediterranean region and silvicultural practices to limit those impacts	8
Analysing species abundance distribution patterns across sampling scales in three natural forests in Northeastern China	8
Contribution of anthropogenic, vegetation, and topographic features to forest fire occurrence in Poland	8
Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites	8
Are Mediterranean forest ecosystems under the threat of invasive species Solanum elaeagnifolium?	8
Local ecological niche modelling to provide suitability maps for 27 forest tree species in edge conditions	8
Biochar amendment regulated growth, physiological, and biochemical responses of conifer in red soil	7
Species interactions in pure and mixed-species stands of silver fir and European beech in Mediterranean mountains	7
JRC study on harvested forest area: resolving key misunderstandings	7
Is microbial biomass measurement by the chloroform fumigation extraction method biased by experimental addition of N and P?	7
Determination of differences in temperature regimes on healthy and bark-beetle colonised spruce trees using a handheld thermal camera	7
The conversion into high forest of Turkey oak coppice stands: methods, silviculture and perspectives	7
LIFE-CLIVUT, ecosystem benefits of urban green areas: a pilot case study in Perugia (Italy)	7
Comparison of alternative harvesting systems for selective thinning in a Mediterranean pine afforestation (Pinus halepensis Mill.) for bioenergy use	6
Evaluation of urban forest landscape health: a case study of the Nanguo Peach Garden, China	6
Allometric equations to estimate above-ground biomass of small-diameter mixed tree species in secondary tropical forests	6
The impact of pruning on tree development in poplar Populus × canadensis “I-214” plantations	6
Effects of stand age on litter quality, decomposition rate and nutrient release of Kazdagi fir (Abies nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani)	6
Public perceptions of forests across Italy: an exploratory national survey	6
Density, extractives and decay resistance variabilities within branch wood from four agroforestry hardwood species	6
Shifts in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition of Betula alnoides along young, middle-aged plantation and adjacent natural forest	6
Measured and modelled source water δ18O based on tree-ring cellulose of larch and pine trees from the permafrost zone	6
Modelling taper and stem volume considering stand density in Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus dunnii	6
Species-specific morphological and physiological characteristics and progressive nitrogen limitation under elevated CO2 concentration	6
An assessment of the availability of cavities for secondary cavity-nesting birds in certified and conventionally-logged Neotropical rainforests	6
Can forest trees take up and transport nanoplastics?	6
Could cattle ranching and soybean cultivation be sustainable? A systematic review and a meta-analysis for the Amazon	5
Growth, morphology, and biomass allocation of recently planted seedlings of seven European tree species along a light gradient	5
Estimation of forest cover change using Sentinel-2 multi-spectral imagery in Georgia (the Caucasus)	5
Red wood ants shape epiphytic lichen assemblages in montane silver fir forests	5
Magnolia grandiflora L. shows better responses to drought than Magnolia × soulangeana in urban environment	5
Towards better practices of salvage logging for reducing the ecosystem impacts in Mediterranean burned forests	5
The effects of forest management on biodiversity in the Czech Republic: an overview of biologists’ opinions	5
Towards a functional phytosociology: the functional ecology of woody diagnostic species and their vegetation classes in Northern Italy	5
Efficacy of Phlebiopsis gigantea against Heterobasidion conidiospore and basidiospore infection in spruce wood	5
Historical fire ecology and its effect on vegetation dynamics of the Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas, México	5
Interaction between planting spacing and wood properties of Eucalyptus clones grown in short rotation	5
Composted sewage sludge as an alternative substrate for forest seedlings production	5
Contrasted growth response of hybrid larch (Larix × marschlinsii), jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and white spruce (Picea glauca) to wood ash application in northwestern Quebec, Canada	5
The cork oak in the Mountains of Palermo (Italy): ecological insights from the south-eastern edge of its distribution range	5