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IForest
H-index 13

IForest

1971-7458

Published by: Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology

https://iforest.sisef.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 278 47 50 13
Environmental Sciences 639 19 14 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 89
Documents by Best Scientists*: 80
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.528
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Iforest - Biogeosciences and Forestry?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Ecology, Botany, Forest management, Forest ecology and Horticulture. Discussions in Iforest - Biogeosciences and Forestry are anchored in the subject of Ecology and the similar topic of Forestry. The journal features Botany research that overlaps with concepts in Agronomy.

Specifically, studies on Biomass (ecology) are prevalent in the Agronomy works discussed. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Forest management, it also covered topics in Silviculture and Environmental resource management. The research on Horticulture tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Photosynthesis and Ecophysiology.

The Agroforestry study featured in Iforest - Biogeosciences and Forestry draws parallels with the field of Vegetation. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Climate change and Physical geography.

  • Ecology (24.82%)
  • Botany (16.37%)
  • Forest management (14.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Green Infrastructure as a tool to support spatial planning in European urban regions (181 citations)
  • Wood modification technologies - a review (110 citations)
  • GlobAllomeTree: international platform for tree allometric equations to support volume, biomass and carbon assessment (95 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Iforest - Biogeosciences and Forestry:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Ecology, Environmental resource management, Climate change, Forest management and Forest ecology. The most cited papers link adjacent topics like Ecology with Physical geography. The Forest management study featured in the most cited articles falls within the wider field of Agroforestry.

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Iforest - Biogeosciences and Forestry focuses on Horticulture, Agroforestry, Beech, Forest management and Soil water. It facilitates discussions on Horticulture that incorporate concepts from other fields like Acclimatization, Lignin, Water content and Ecophysiology. Agroforestry research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Mediterranean climate, Forest ecology and Ecosystem services.

In the journal, Carbon sequestration and Cartography, Benchmark (surveying) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Forest management research. It holds forums on Forestry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Climate change and Selection (genetic algorithm). Wildlife studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Ecology.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Perspectives of plantation forests in the sustainable forest development of China (6 citations)
  • Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy (4 citations)
  • Tracing the acclimation of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) populations to climatic stress by analyzing the antioxidant system (2 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 Iforest - Biogeosciences and Forestry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Marco Marchetti (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Piermaria Corona (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Gherardo Chirici (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Roberto Tognetti (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Giorgio Matteucci (9 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 Iforest - Biogeosciences and Forestry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Sapienza University of Rome (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Forest Research Institute (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Santiago de Compostela (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Warsaw University of Life Sciences (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tehran (3 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Perspectives of plantation forests in the sustainable forest development of China

    Taimoor Hassan Farooq;Awais Shakoor;Xiaohong Wu;Yong Li

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy

    G. D’Amico;E. Vangi;S. Francini;F. Giannetti

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Decline in commercial pine nut and kernel yield in Mediterranean stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) in Spain

    R. Calama;J. Gordo;S. Mutke;M. Conde

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Wood anatomy of boreal species in a warming world: a review

    S. Zhang;E. Belien;H. Ren;S. Rossi

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • Harmonized dataset of surface fuels under alpine, temperate and mediterranean conditions in Italy. A synthesis supporting fire management

    D. Ascoli;G. Vacchiano;C. Scarpa;B. Arca

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Diversity of saproxylic beetle communities in chestnut agroforestry systems.

    F. Parisi;F. Lombardi;P.A. Marziliano;D. Russo

    (2020)
    21 Citations

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