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Journal of Forestry
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Journal of Forestry

0022-1201

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/jof

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 406 36 37 9
Environmental Sciences 621 8 15 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 58
Documents by Best Scientists*: 68
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 88
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.575
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Forestry?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Agroforestry, Forestry, Environmental resource management, Forest management and Agronomy. It focused on Agroforestry research but expanded to cover Woody plant. The Woody plant study featured falls within the larger field of Botany.

  • Agroforestry (16.35%)
  • Forestry (15.03%)
  • Environmental resource management (10.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Application of the Line Interception Method in Sampling Range Vegetation (1151 citations)
  • Southwestern ponderosa forest structure: changes since Euro-American settlement. (704 citations)
  • Emerald ash borer: invasion of the urban forest and the threat to North America's ash resource. (628 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Forestry:

The most cited papers primarily tackle Agroforestry, Forestry, Environmental resource management, Forest management and Ecology. The Agroforestry research tackled in the journal publications is interrelated with Woody plant which concerns subjects like Agronomy. The published papers facilitate discussions on Forest management that incorporate concepts from other fields like Environmental protection and Environmental planning.

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:

The journal investigates studies in Environmental resource management, Forestry, Loblolly pine, Ecology and Natural resource economics. It explores issues in Environmental resource management which can be linked to other research areas like Context (language use), Forest restoration, Service (business), Extreme events and Boundary (real estate). Some problems in Boundary (real estate) that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Forest management and Scale (ratio).

Old-growth forest is the primary subject of Forestry works presented in Journal of Forestry. Topics in Loblolly pine were tackled in line with various other fields like Hydrology, Coastal plain and Woodland. The research on Ecology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Disturbance (geology) and Mountain pine.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Pyrosilviculture Needed for Landscape Resilience of Dry Western United States Forests (3 citations)
  • Economic Significance of Continued Improvement of Loblolly Pine Genetics and Its Efficient Deployment to Landowners in the Southern United States (3 citations)
  • Application of Postprocessing Kinematic Methods with UAS Remote Sensing in Forest Ecosystems (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 Journal of Forestry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul V. Ellefson (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael A. Kilgore (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Don C. Bragg (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Charles R. Blinn (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • David B. Kittredge (15 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 Journal of Forestry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Forest Service (659 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Oregon State University (128 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • United States Department of Agriculture (110 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (95 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (71 papers) published 1 paper 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, 6.15% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 60.66% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.03% of all publications and 6.56% 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

  • Forest Management for Carbon Sequestration and Climate Adaptation

    Todd A Ontl;Todd A Ontl;Maria K Janowiak;Christopher W Swanston;Christopher W Swanston;Jad Daley

    (2020)
    196 Citations
  • Pyrosilviculture Needed for Landscape Resilience of Dry Western United States Forests

    M P North;M P North;R A York;B M Collins;B M Collins;M D Hurteau

    (2021)
    136 Citations
  • Natural Area Forests in US Cities: Opportunities and Challenges

    Clara C Pregitzer;Sarah Charlop-Powers;Mark A Bradford

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Robustness of Parametric and Nonparametric Fitting Procedures of Tree-Stem Taper with Alternative Definitions for Validation Data

    Sheng-I Yang;Harold E Burkhart

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Strategic National Urban Forest Inventory for the United States

    Christopher B Edgar;David J Nowak;Mark A Majewsky;Tonya W Lister

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • A 50-Year Retrospective of the Forest Productivity Cooperative in the Southeastern United States: Regionwide Trials

    David R Carter;H Lee Allen;Thomas R Fox;Timothy J Albaugh

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Supporting National Forest System Planning with Forest Inventory and Analysis Data

    Zachary Wurtzebach;R Justin DeRose;Renate R Bush;Sara A Goeking

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Climate Change and Recreation in the Western United States: Effects and Opportunities for Adaptation

    (2022)
    14 Citations
  • Usefulness and Need for Digital Technology to Assist Forest Management: Summary of Findings from a Survey of Registered Foresters

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Northeastern Family Forest Owner Gender Differences in Land-Based Estate Planning and the Role of Self-Efficacy

    Marla Markowski-Lindsay;Paul Catanzaro;Rebekah Zimmerer;David Kittredge

    (2020)
    13 Citations

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