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Forest Science
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Forest Science

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Published by: Oxford Academic Journals

https://academic.oup.com/forestscience

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 353 10 14 5
Ecology and Evolution 405 37 35 9
Environmental Sciences 680 8 11 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 62
Documents by Best Scientists*: 61
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 91
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.386
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Forest Science?

The journal investigates areas of study like Botany, Forestry, Ecology, Agronomy and Statistics. Forest Science links adjacent topics like Botany with Horticulture. The Forestry works featured in it incorporate elements from Agroforestry and Canopy.

The work on Agronomy addressed in Forest Science expands to the thematically related Loblolly pine. It investigates Statistics research which frequently intersects with Econometrics.

  • Botany (18.52%)
  • Forestry (18.30%)
  • Ecology (14.65%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • National scale biomass estimators for United States tree species (994 citations)
  • Biomass Estimation Methods for Tropical Forests with Applications to Forest Inventory Data (912 citations)
  • The Measurement of Place Attachment: Validity and Generalizability of a Psychometric Approach (826 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Forest Science:

The journal articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Forestry, Ecology, Botany, Agronomy and Forest management. The most cited publications explore topics in Forestry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Biomass (ecology) and Canopy. Many of the studies tackled in the most cited articles connect Botany with a similar field of study like Horticulture.

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 primarily focuses on research topics in Forestry, Agroforestry, Agronomy, Hardwood and Horticulture. Forest Science tackles research in Silviculture as part of the general discipline of Forestry, however, it also discusses concepts in Term (time). Topics in Agroforestry were tackled in line with various other fields like Carbon sequestration, Ornamental plant, Pterocarpus dalbergioides and Stochastic frontier analysis.

The research on Agronomy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Quality (business), Seasonal breeder, Loblolly pine, White (horse) and Slash Pine. Hardwood research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Intraspecific competition and Interspecific competition. While Horticulture is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Douglas fir, Mill and Pinus .

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Genetic Parameters and Genotype-by-Environment Interactions in Regional Progeny Tests of Pinus taeda L. in the Southern USA (2 citations)
  • Model Predictions of Postwildfire Woody Fuel Succession and Fire Behavior Are Sensitive to Fuel Dynamics Parameters (2 citations)
  • Six Decades of Growth and Yield and Financial Return in a Silviculture Experiment in Northern Hardwoods (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 Forest Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harold E. Burkhart (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Steven E. McKeand (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Quang V. Cao (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joseph Buongiorno (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fikret Isik (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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 Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Forest Service (490 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Oregon State University (113 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Virginia Tech (101 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Georgia (92 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (87 papers) published 3 papers 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, 6.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 48.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.67% of all publications and 31.67% 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

  • Towards spatially explicit quantification of pre- and postfire fuels and fuel consumption from traditional and point cloud measurements

    Andrew T. Hudak;Akira Kato;Benjamin C. Bright;E. Louise Loudermilk

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Postharvest Bee Diversity is High but Declines Rapidly with Stand Age in Regenerating Douglas-Fir Forest

    James W Rivers;Matthew G Betts

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Quality and Intensity of Light in the In Vitro Development of Microstumps of Eucalyptus urophylla in a Photoautotrophic System

    Natane A Miranda;Aloisio Xavier;Wagner C Otoni;Ricardo Gallo

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Spatial Patterns in Baseflow Mean Response Time across a Watershed in the Loess Plateau: Linkage with Land-Use Types

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Implementation of Forestry Best Management Practices and Sediment Delivery in Three Regions of North Carolina and Virginia

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Long-Duration Soil Heating Resulting from Forest Floor Duff Smoldering in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems

    Jesse K Kreye;Jesse K Kreye;J Morgan Varner;Leda N Kobziar

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Effects of Chinese privet on bees and their vertical distribution in riparian forests

    Michael D Ulyshen;Scott Horn;James L Hanula

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Evaluating Restoration Treatment Effectiveness through a Comparison of Residual Composition, Structure, and Spatial Pattern with Historical Reference Sites

    Miles E LeFevre;Derek J Churchill;Andrew J Larson;Sean M A Jeronimo

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Forest Road Status Assessment Using Airborne Laser Scanning

    Katalin Waga;Piotr Tompalski;Nicholas C Coops;Joanne C White

    (2020)
    16 Citations

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