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Forestry Chronicle
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Forestry Chronicle

0015-7546

Published by: Canadian Institute of Forestry

https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/journal/tfc

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Plant Science and Agronomy 448 7 7 3
Ecology and Evolution 521 32 31 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 47
Documents by Best Scientists*: 44
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 58
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.275
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Forestry Chronicle?

Forestry Chronicle mainly deals with areas of study such as Forestry, Agroforestry, Environmental resource management, Forest management and Botany. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Forestry as it also encompasses Ecology. Sustainability and Sustainable forest management are some topics wherein Environmental resource management research discussed in Forestry Chronicle have an impact.

Forest management and Forest ecology are closely related fields of research discussed in it. Some problems in Botany that were presented in Forestry Chronicle overlapped with concepts under Agronomy and Horticulture.

  • Forestry (30.20%)
  • Agroforestry (13.18%)
  • Environmental resource management (12.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Quality appraisal of White Spruce and White Pine seedling stock in nurseries. (582 citations)
  • Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System: An Overview (286 citations)
  • Forest management guidelines based on natural disturbance dynamics: Stand- and forest-level considerations (268 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Forestry Chronicle:

The journal publications aim to foster the development of research in Forestry, Forest management, Environmental resource management, Ecology and Agroforestry. Most of the Forestry studies addressed in the most cited publications also intersect with Boreal. Biodiversity, Ecosystem management, Ecosystem and Sustainability, Sustainable forest management are some topics wherein Environmental resource management research discussed in the most cited publications has an impact.

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

  • Ecology
  • World War II
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Forestry, Agroforestry, Government, Natural (archaeology) and Ontario canada are the subjects of interest in the journal. In particular, the Forestry works presented emphasize discussions on Mountain pine beetle. While Agroforestry is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Tree (data structure), Economic potential and Productivity.

The study of Information needs and how it intertwines with concepts under Environmental resource management and Forest inventory were explored in the presented Government research. The study of Environmental resource management encompasses disciplines such as Business case, as well as fields such as Climate change, all of which overlap with one another. Forestry Chronicle facilitates discussions on Natural (archaeology) that incorporate concepts from other fields like Natural forest, Ecology, Hardwood and Disturbance (geology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Assessing single photon LiDAR for operational implementation of an enhanced forest inventory in diverse mixedwood forests (3 citations)
  • Climate, radial growth, and mortality associated with conifer regeneration infected by root disease (Armillaria ostoyae) (2 citations)
  • Economic potential of adopting genomic technology in Alberta’s tree improvement sector (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 Forestry Chronicle (based on the number of publications) are:

  • J. Harry G. Smith (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • F. Wayne Bell (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jean-Claude Ruel (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David A. MacLean (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Louis Bélanger (18 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 Forestry Chronicle (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Natural Resources Canada (20 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of British Columbia (17 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Laval University (17 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (11 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Alberta (10 papers) published 2 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, 17.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 92.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • A review of climate change effects on the regeneration dynamics of balsam fir

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • Growing our future: Assessing the outcome of afforestation programs in Ontario, Canada

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Warning: Natural and Managed Forests are Losing their Capacity to Mitigate Climate Change

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: From Concepts to Reality Report on a symposium held at Carrefour Forêts 2019

    Nelson Thiffault;Nelson Thiffault;Patricia Raymond;Jean-Martin Lussier;Isabelle Aubin;Isabelle Aubin

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Enhancing forest resilience: Advances in Ontario’s wild tree seed transfer policy

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Wood supply challenges in Alberta – Growing more timber is the only sustainable solution

    Bradley D. Pinno;Barb R. Thomas;Victor J. Lieffers

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Using spot treatments to regenerate an intimate mixture of trembling aspen and white spruce in Alberta: Results at age 15

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Climate sensitive growth and yield models in Canadian forestry: Challenges and opportunities

    (2024)
    6 Citations

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