Journal of Forestry Research

Top Research Topics at Journal of Forestry Research?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Botany, Ecology, Horticulture, Agronomy and Forestry. It emphasizes research on Botany, which includes concerns such as Shoot. The study on Ecology presented in Journal of Forestry Research intersects with the topics under China.

Horticulture and Photosynthesis are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. While Agronomy is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Soil water and Nutrient. The study on Forestry presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Agroforestry.

• Botany (25.13%)
• Ecology (18.92%)
• Horticulture (16.16%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Drone remote sensing for forestry research and practices (226 citations)
• Ecological functions of bamboo forest: Research and Application (156 citations)
• A review of the roles of forest canopy gaps (148 citations)

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

The most cited papers mostly deal with topics like Botany, Ecology, Agroforestry, Horticulture and Agronomy. In addition to Botany research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Explant culture and Murashige and Skoog medium. The most cited papers deal with Ecology in conjunction with Forestry and similar fields in Carbon sink and Land use.

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

• Ecology
• Botany
• Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Journal of Forestry Research is to expand the discussion of research in Horticulture, Ecology, Agronomy, Forestry and Vegetation. The Horticulture study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Photosynthesis. Species richness, Habitat, Ecosystem and Forest ecology are among the concentrations of Ecology that garnered much attention in it.

Agronomy research presented in Journal of Forestry Research encompasses a variety of subjects, including Soil water, Nutrient and Nitrogen. The main emphasis of it is the subject of Forestry, focusing on Basal area.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on urban park visitation: a global analysis. (51 citations)
• A commentary review on the use of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) in the era of popular remote sensing (20 citations)
• The rise and fall of photosynthesis: hormetic dose response in plants (13 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Forestry Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Han Shi-jie (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mulualem Tigabu (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Dai Limin (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Per Christer Odén (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Mohammed Kamal Hossain (19 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Forestry Research (based on the number of publications) are:

• Northeast Forestry University (601 papers) published 66 papers at the last edition, 39 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (328 papers) published 30 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
• Beijing Forestry University (127 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
• Nanjing Forestry University (102 papers) published 28 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Chittagong (60 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, 8.75% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 47.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.25% of all publications and 39.73% 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.