Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
Forest Biomass Utilization and Management is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 13.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the optimization and sustainable management of biomass supply chains for bioenergy production. It covers topics such as logistics, life cycle assessment, uncertainty, multiobjective optimization, and the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze biomass resources and facilities locations.
- Biomass
- Supply Chain
- Logistics
- Bioenergy
- Optimization
- Sustainability
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Uncertainty
- Multiobjective
- GIS
- Research works
- 14k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +12% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Forest Biomass Utilization and Management research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (293 and 210 works in 2022–2025).
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Forest Biomass Utilization and Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies publishes the most Forest Biomass Utilization and Management research, followed by Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research and University of Zagreb.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 43 works
- 2 Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape ResearchGermany 20 works
- 3 University of ZagrebCroatia 14 works
- 4 Transylvania University of BrașovRomania 13 works
- 5 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 13 works
- 6 Technická univerzita vo ZvoleneSlovakia 13 works
- 7 University of Life Sciences in PoznańPoland 12 works
- 8 Université LavalCanada 12 works
- 9 Voronezh State UniversityRussia 12 works
- 10 Laboratoire de Sciences de la TerreFrance 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Forest Biomass Utilization and Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Forest Biomass Utilization and Management include A.V. Bridgwater and João P. S. Catalào.
- 1 A.V. Bridgwater United Kingdom 2.2k citations
- 2 João P. S. Catalào Portugal 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Forest Biomass Utilization and Management research done?
The largest centres of Forest Biomass Utilization and Management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Voronezh (Russia), Tehran (Iran) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Müncheberg and Voronezh.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MünchebergDE · 20.2 works267×
- VoronezhRU · 58.7 works63×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Forest Biomass Utilization and Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Forest Biomass Utilization and Management?
Among universities, judged by research, BOKU University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOKU UniversityAustria | 75.8 | 20.4% | 44.2× | 11 | +72.1% |
| 2 | Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden | 65.8 | 15.0% | 34.4× | 13 | -0.6% |
| 3 | Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia | 60.0 | 0.0% | 156.2× | 43 | +357.0% |
| 4 | Université LavalCanada | 58.7 | 11.4% | 12.8× | 12 | +57.3% |
| 5 | University of Life Sciences in PoznańPoland | 53.6 | 13.6% | 49.3× | 12 | -45.6% |
| 6 | Northeast Forestry UniversityChina | 50.6 | 15.3% | 12.6× | 9 | -67.4% |
| 7 | Mendel University in BrnoCzechia | 48.2 | 9.7% | 54.7× | 10 | -33.8% |
| 8 | University of GeorgiaUnited States | 48.0 | 7.9% | 9.9× | 10 | +33.6% |
| 9 | Oregon State UniversityUnited States | 47.6 | 7.9% | 11.5× | 8 | +66.0% |
| 10 | Transylvania University of BrașovRomania | 47.4 | 1.0% | 40.8× | 13 | +142.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Forest Biomass Utilization and Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Forest Biomass Utilization and Management.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.