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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).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 293 works
  2. 2 China 210 works
  3. 3 Russia 183 works
  4. 4 Brazil 125 works
  5. 5 India 108 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 102 works
  7. 7 Italy 79 works
  8. 8 Germany 78 works
  9. 9 Canada 77 works
  10. 10 Poland 75 works

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.

United States: 22.0%China: 15.8%Russia: 13.8%Brazil: 9.4%6 others listed: 39.0%22%largest
United States293 · 22.0%China210 · 15.8%Russia183 · 13.8%Brazil125 · 9.4%6 others listed518 · 39.0%

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.

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. 1 A.V. Bridgwater United Kingdom 2.2k citations
  2. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 59 works
  2. 2 Voronezh Russia 59 works
  3. 3 Tehran Iran 21 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 21 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 20 works
  6. 6 Müncheberg Germany 20 works
  7. 7 Uppsala Sweden 19 works
  8. 8 Helsinki Finland 19 works
  9. 9 Poznań Poland 18 works
  10. 10 Zvolen Slovakia 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MünchebergDE · 20.2 works267×
  2. VoronezhRU · 58.7 works63×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Forest Biomass Utilization and Management than the world average.

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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.

0%10%20%mean 10.22%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →BOKU University: 11, 20.4%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 13, 15.0%Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies: 43, 0.0%Université Laval: 12, 11.4%University of Life Sciences in Poznań: 12, 13.6%Northeast Forestry University: 9, 15.3%Mendel University in Brno: 10, 9.7%University of Georgia: 10, 7.9%Oregon State University: 8, 7.9%Transylvania University of Brașov: 13, 1.0%BOKU UniversitySwedish University o…Université LavalVoronezh State Unive…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 BOKU UniversityAustria 75.820.4%44.2×11 +72.1%
2 Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 65.815.0%34.4×13 -0.6%
3 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 60.00.0%156.2×43 +357.0%
4 Université LavalCanada 58.711.4%12.8×12 +57.3%
5 University of Life Sciences in PoznańPoland 53.613.6%49.3×12 -45.6%
6 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 50.615.3%12.6×9 -67.4%
7 Mendel University in BrnoCzechia 48.29.7%54.7×10 -33.8%
8 University of GeorgiaUnited States 48.07.9%9.9×10 +33.6%
9 Oregon State UniversityUnited States 47.67.9%11.5×8 +66.0%
10 Transylvania University of BrașovRomania 47.41.0%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.

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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.