2026 Katarina Čufar: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	50	2105	1937	3	3	180	10922

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Slovenia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Slovenia Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

Ecology
Botany
Archaeology

Katarina Čufar focuses on Cambium, Xylem, Botany, Ecology and Growing season. Katarina Čufar studied Cambium and Abies alba that intersect with Toxicology and Crown. In her study, Fagus sylvatica and Beech is inextricably linked to Phenology, which falls within the broad field of Xylem.

Her study involves Phloem and Tracheid, a branch of Botany. Her study in the field of Dendroclimatology also crosses realms of Tree. Her Horticulture research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Dendrochronology and Mediterranean climate, Aleppo Pine.

Her most cited work include:

Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era (271 citations)
A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality (210 citations)
TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access (179 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Katarina Čufar mainly focuses on Archaeology, Botany, Dendrochronology, Xylem and Cambium. Her work on Tracheid, Abies alba and Vascular cambium as part of general Botany study is frequently linked to Altitude, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. Her research in Dendrochronology tackles topics such as Mediterranean climate which are related to areas like Pinus .

The Xylem study combines topics in areas such as Beech, Fagus sylvatica, Growing season, Picea abies and Phloem. Her studies deal with areas such as Ultrastructure and Ecology, Temperate climate, Phenology as well as Cambium. Her work carried out in the field of Ecology brings together such families of science as Northern Hemisphere and Scots pine.

She most often published in these fields:

Archaeology (30.23%)
Botany (27.44%)
Dendrochronology (25.58%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

Dendrochronology (25.58%)
Fagus sylvatica (17.21%)
Beech (20.00%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her primary areas of investigation include Dendrochronology, Fagus sylvatica, Beech, Cambium and Mediterranean climate. Katarina Čufar combines subjects such as Genealogy, Aleppo Pine, Abies alba and Chronology with her study of Dendrochronology. In her research on the topic of Fagus sylvatica, Climatology is strongly related with Growing season.

She has researched Beech in several fields, including Swietenia macrophylla and Pinus oocarpa. Her Cambium research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Phloem and Pinus . Her Xylem study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Productivity and Picea abies.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access (179 citations)
Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees (46 citations)
High-Throughput DNA sequencing of ancient wood (34 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

Ecology
Botany
Archaeology

Katarina Čufar mainly investigates Climate change, Ecology, Xylem, Productivity and Fagus sylvatica. Her Climate change research integrates issues from Forest dynamics and Phenology. Her Vegetation and Range study, which is part of a larger body of work in Ecology, is frequently linked to DNA sequencing, bridging the gap between disciplines.

Katarina Čufar works in the field of Xylem, namely Cambium. Her studies in Productivity integrate themes in fields like Dendrochronology, Growing season, Botany and Arbutus unedo. Katarina Čufar has included themes like Picea abies and Temperate climate in her Fagus sylvatica study.

Best Publications

TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

1926
Citations
A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto

553
Citations
Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees

Lucía DeSoto;Lucía DeSoto;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Frank Sterck;Steven Jansen

430
Citations
Woody biomass production lags stem-girth increase by over one month in coniferous forests

Henri E. Cuny;Henri E. Cuny;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;David Frank;Patrick Fonti

387
Citations
Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests

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348
Citations
Oaks, tree-rings and wooden cultural heritage: a review of the main characteristics and applications of oak dendrochronology in Europe

Kristof Haneca;Katarina Čufar;Hans Beeckman

298
Citations
Quantitative Wood Anatomy—Practical Guidelines

Georg Von Arx;Alan Crivellaro;Angela Luisa Prendin;Katarina Čufar

284
Citations
Pattern of xylem phenology in conifers of cold ecosystems at the Northern Hemisphere

Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Katarina Čufar;Henri E. Cuny

275
Citations
Bioclimatology of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Eastern Alps: spatial and altitudinal climatic signals identified through a tree‐ring network

Alfredo Di Filippo;Franco Biondi;Katarina Čufar;Martín De Luis

263
Citations
Tree-ring variation, wood formation and phenology of beech (Fagus sylvatica) from a representative site in Slovenia, SE Central Europe

Katarina Čufar;Peter Prislan;Martin de Luis;Jozica Gričar

241
Citations
Effect of Local Heating and Cooling on Cambial Activity and Cell Differentiation in the Stem of Norway Spruce (Picea abies)

Jožica Gričar;Martin Zupančič;Katarina Čufar;Gerald Koch

230
Citations
Seasonal Dynamics of Wood Formation in Pinus Halepensis from Dry and Semi-Arid Ecosystems in Spain

Martín de Luis;Jožica Gričar;Katarina Čufar;José Raventós

202
Citations
Phenological variation in xylem and phloem formation in Fagus sylvatica from two contrasting sites

Peter Prislan;Jožica Gričar;Martin de Luis;Kevin T. Smith

201
Citations
Photoperiod and temperature as dominant environmental drivers triggering secondary growth resumption in Northern Hemisphere conifers

Jian-Guo Huang;Qianqian Ma;Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Franco Biondi

191
Citations
Regular cambial activity and xylem and phloem formation in locally heated and cooled stem portions of Norway spruce

Jožica Gričar;Martin Zupančič;Katarina Čufar;Primož Oven

162
Citations
Age dependence of xylogenesis and its climatic sensitivity in Smith fir on the south-eastern Tibetan Plateau

Xiaoxia Li;Eryuan Liang;Jožica Gričar;Peter Prislan

160
Citations
Early-warning signals of individual tree mortality based on annual radial growth

Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Vasilis Dakos;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M.R. Robert;Elisabeth M.R. Robert

159
Citations
Growth patterns as indicators of impending tree death in silver fir

Christof Bigler;Jožica Gričar;Harald Bugmann;Katarina Čufar

158
Citations
A meta-analysis of cambium phenology and growth: linear and non-linear patterns in conifers of the northern hemisphere

Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Katarina Čufar;Henri E. Cuny

155
Citations
Climate factors promoting intra-annual density fluctuations in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) from semiarid sites

Martin de Luis;Klemen Novak;Klemen Novak;Klemen Novak;José Raventós;Jožica Gričar

147
Citations
Size mediated climate-growth relationships in Pinus halepensis and Pinus pinea

Martín De Luis;Klemen Novak;Klemen Novak;Klemen Novak;Katarina Čufar;José Raventós

131
Citations