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Forest Ecology and Management
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Forest Ecology and Management

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 24 996 1617 48
Plant Science and Agronomy 27 244 457 40
Environmental Sciences 88 256 393 41

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1531
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2046
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 37
SCIMAGO H-index: 217
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.319
Impact Factor: 3.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Forest Ecology and Management?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Ecology, Agronomy, Botany, Forest management and Agroforestry. The journal features Ecology research that overlaps with concepts in Forestry. The main emphasis of the journal is the subject of Forestry, focusing on Basal area.

In the journal, Soil water, Nutrient and Canopy are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Agronomy research. The in-depth study on Botany also explores topics in the intersecting field of Horticulture. It explores issues in Forest management which can be linked to other research areas like Silviculture, Logging and Environmental resource management.

It explores research in Old-growth forest and overlapping concepts in Secondary forest to expand the discourse in Forest ecology. The studies on Species richness discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Abundance (ecology), Species diversity and Understory. The featured Understory research is covered under the field of Vegetation.

  • Ecology (48.88%)
  • Agronomy (20.91%)
  • Botany (16.88%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests (4325 citations)
  • Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability of European forest ecosystems (1354 citations)
  • Disturbances and structural development of natural forest ecosystems with silvicultural implications, using Douglas-fir forests as an example (1341 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Forest Ecology and Management:

The published papers mainly tackle studies in Ecology, Agronomy, Forest management, Agroforestry and Botany. The journal articles link adjacent topics like Ecology with Forestry. The featured Forest management studies in the published papers mainly concentrate on Old-growth forest but also cover areas of interest in Secondary forest.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Forestry, Ecology, Agronomy, Forest management and Biomass (ecology). Forest Ecology and Management facilitates discussions on Forestry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Leucaena leucocephala, Community response and Dialium guineense. The featured Ecology research zeroes in on concepts in Habitat but also tackles themes under Phase dynamics.

It tackles research in Seedling as part of the general discipline of Agronomy, however, it also discusses concepts in Humid subtropical climate. In addition to Forest management research, Forest Ecology and Management aims to explore topics under Forest restoration, Thinning, Semi-deciduous, Understory and Soil seed bank. In the journal, Cycling, Glomus, Ecosystem, Physical geography and Revegetation are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Biomass (ecology) research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Beech and hornbeam dominate oak 20 years after the creation of storm-induced gaps (0 citations)
  • Now or later? Optimal timing of mangrove rehabilitation under climate change uncertainty (0 citations)
  • Forest canopy height variation in relation to topography and forest types in central Japan with LiDAR (0 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 Forest Ecology and Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Dan Binkley (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • José Luiz Stape (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brian J. Palik (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yves Bergeron (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anthony W. D'Amato (49 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 Forest Ecology and Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Forest Service (1511 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (531 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Oregon State University (395 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (375 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 64 less than at the previous edition,
  • Forest Research Institute (293 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 2022 edition, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 70.00% 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

  • Tamm Review: Influence of forest management activities on soil organic carbon stocks: A knowledge synthesis

    Mathias Mayer;Cindy E. Prescott;Wafa E.A. Abaker;Laurent Augusto

    (2020)
    681 Citations
  • Decomposition and transformations along the continuum from litter to soil organic matter in forest soils

    Cindy E. Prescott;Lars Vesterdal

    (2021)
    285 Citations
  • Mechanisms of forest resilience

    Unknown

    (2022)
    264 Citations
  • The greater resilience of mixed forests to drought mainly depends on their composition: Analysis along a climate gradient across Europe

    M. Pardos;M. Pardos;M. del Río;M. del Río;H. Pretzsch;H. Jactel

    (2021)
    239 Citations
  • The impact of fire on soil-dwelling biota: A review

    Giacomo Certini;Daniel Moya;Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja;Giovanni Mastrolonardo

    (2021)
    212 Citations

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