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Australian Forestry
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Australian Forestry

0004-9158

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tfor20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 718 12 12 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 28
Documents by Best Scientists*: 27
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 39
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.324
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Australian Forestry?

The journal facilitates discussions on Forestry, Agroforestry, Botany, Agronomy and Ecology. The work on Forestry tackled in Australian Forestry brings together disciplines like Eucalyptus, Sowing and Pinus radiata. The Agroforestry research dealing mostly with Silviculture is the focus of it.

Botany and Horticulture are closely related fields of research discussed in Australian Forestry. Agronomy research discussed connects with the study of Soil water. The research on Forest management discussed in Australian Forestry draws on the closely related field of Environmental resource management.

  • Forestry (28.35%)
  • Agroforestry (15.35%)
  • Botany (13.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fire and The Australian Flora: A Review (468 citations)
  • INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FOREST HYDROLOGY (125 citations)
  • SOME EVIDENCE OF LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY WITH SUCCESSIVE ROTATIONS OF PINUS RADIATA IN THE SOUTH-EAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (103 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Australian Forestry:

The journal articles focus on Forestry, Ecology, Agroforestry, Botany and Eucalyptus. The published papers dive deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Forestry and Litter. The journal publications hold forums on Botany that merge themes from other disciplines such as Provenance and Horticulture.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Law
  • Botany

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in Australian Forestry are Agronomy, Forestry, Subtropics, Eucalyptus and Bioenergy. In Australian Forestry, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Scale (ratio) and Cutting are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Agronomy research. It explores topics in Forestry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Social attitudes, Hardwood and Habitat.

The research on Eucalyptus tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Tropical australia and Pulp and paper industry. It deals with Bioenergy in conjunction with Eucalyptus spp and similar fields in Agroforestry. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Agroforestry, it also covered topics in Traditional knowledge, Logging, Psychological resilience and Scale (social sciences).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Reshaping forest management in Australia to provide nature-based solutions to global challenges (2 citations)
  • Estimated herbicide use in the commercial forest sector in South Africa (1 citations)
  • A decision-support system to assist forest industry planning and investment when data are scarce: the case of hardwood veneering in subtropical eastern Australia (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Australian Forestry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bree Hadley (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrew Dodd (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ian T. Ferguson (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christine Stone (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Angus J. Carnegie (17 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Australian Forestry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (124 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Melbourne (99 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Australian National University (98 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Forestry Commission (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hobart Corporation (40 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 22.73% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.94% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.41% of all publications and 11.76% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • The effectiveness of fuel reduction burning for wildfire mitigation in sclerophyll forests

    S. Hislop;C. Stone;A. Haywood;A. Skidmore

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Application of resistance drilling to genetic studies of growth, wood basic density and bark thickness in Eucalyptus globulus

    H Nickolas;D Williams;G Downes;PA Harrison

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Current and future risks of drought-induced mortality in <i>Pinus radiata</i> plantations in New South Wales, Australia

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Insect pests of timber-in-service: an Australian review

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • The rise and rise of natural capital: what role for forestry?

    A. P. O’Grady;G. S. Smith;F. Ascui;E. A. Pinkard

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Forest health and biosecurity in a changing world

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • No evidence that timber harvesting increased the scale or severity of the 2019/20 bushfires in south-eastern Australia

    R. J. Keenan;P. Kanowski;P. J. Baker;C. Brack

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Acacia and eucalypt plantation biosecurity in Southeast Asia – a history, and directions for future research and engagement

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • The effects of species-composition-oriented silviculture on timber value and carbon – a stand-level case study in subtropical China

    (2022)
    3 Citations

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