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Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen
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Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen

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Published by: Allen Press

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 638 18 33 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 34
Documents by Best Scientists*: 43
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 14
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.232
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen?

The main research concerns discussed in Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen are Forestry, Forest management, Agroforestry, Environmental resource management and Ecology. The research on Forestry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Biodiversity, Vegetation and Habitat. While it focused on Forest management, it was also able to explore topics like Intact forest landscape, Forest ecology, Natural resource economics and Environmental protection.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Agroforestry, apply to Woody plant as well. Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen focuses on Environmental resource management research which is adjacent to topics in Sustainability.

  • Forestry (36.65%)
  • Forest management (15.79%)
  • Agroforestry (12.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • State of the art in rockfall – forest interactions (58 citations)
  • Allocation of property rights on forests through ownership reform and forest policies in Central and Eastern European countries (40 citations)
  • Principles of the tool Rockfor.net for quantifying the rockfall hazard below a protection forest (39 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen:

The journal articles focus on Forestry, Ecology, Agroforestry, Forest management and Climate change. Forestry research is the primary subject tackled in the published articles with a focus in Beech. The published articles explore topics in Forest management which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Silviculture and Forest restoration, Forest ecology.

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

  • Ecology
  • Law
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen focuses on Forestry, Species groups and Soil properties.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Über die Invasivität der Douglasie und ihre Auswirkungen auf Boden und Biodiversität (2 citations)
  • Zur Entstehung der NaiS-Standorttypen (1 citations)
  • Ausbreitungstendenzen und Konkurrenzkraft der Douglasie in der Schweiz (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 Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harald Bugmann (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Brang (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Marco Conedera (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas Wohlgemuth (30 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Peter Niemz (22 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 Schweizerische Zeitschrift Fur Forstwesen (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (175 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • ETH Zurich (87 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Freiburg (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Technische Universität München (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dresden University of Technology (16 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, 34.38% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 80.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.52% 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

  • Früher Laubfall der Buche während der Sommertrockenheit 2018: Resistenz oder Schwächesymptom?

    Thomas Wohlgemuth;Martin Kistler;Celine Aymon;Frank Hagedorn

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Über die Invasivität der Douglasie und ihre Auswirkungen auf Boden und Biodiversität

    Thomas Wohlgemuth;Barbara Moser;Elisabeth Pötzelsberger;Andreas Rigling;Andreas Rigling

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Waldschäden wegen Dürre von 1864 bis 2018 in der Schweiz und insbesondere im Kanton Zürich

    Ursina Rathgeb;Matthias Bürgi;Thomas Wohlgemuth

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Erkenntnisse aus der Trockenheit 2018 für die zukünftige Waldentwicklung

    Andreas Rigling;Manfred Stähli

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Chancen und Risiken der Douglasie im Waldbau

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • «Closer-to-Nature Forest Management»: Was ist neu an diesem Konzept?

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • 3-PG: ein physiologisches Waldwachstumsmodell

    David I. Forrester;Volodymyr Trotsiuk;Amanda S. Mathys

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Simulation der Baumartenmigration im Klimawandel

    Heike Lischke

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Ausbreitungstendenzen und Konkurrenzkraft der Douglasie in der Schweiz

    Esther R. Frei;Barbara Moser;Julian Hafner;Fabio Fässler

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Früherkennung von Buchdruckerbefall dank Fern erkundung: Was ist schon möglich?

    Luzia Götz;Achilleas Psomas;Harald Bugmann

    (2020)
    2 Citations

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