Forest Management and Policy
Forest Management and Policy is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impacts of climate change on forest carbon sequestration, sustainable forest management, and the economic value of European forests. It covers topics such as adaptive forest management, biodiversity conservation, private forest ownership, and the role of forests in mitigating climate change through carbon sinks.
- Forest Carbon Sequestration
- Climate Change Impacts
- Sustainable Forest Management
- Economic Value
- Adaptive Management
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Private Forest Ownership
- Carbon Sinks
- Timber Production
- European Forestry
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Forest Management and Policy research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (757 and 646 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 757 works
- 2 China 646 works
- 3 Germany 234 works
- 4 Russia 200 works
- 5 Canada 164 works
- 6 United Kingdom 163 works
- 7 Italy 141 works
- 8 Finland 134 works
- 9 India 131 works
- 10 Spain 124 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Forest Management and Policy research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Forest Management and Policy research, followed by Beijing Forestry University and Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 48 works
- 2 Beijing Forestry University China 44 works
- 3 Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies Russia 40 works
- 4 Northeast Forestry University China 35 works
- 5 Natural Resources Institute Finland Finland 35 works
- 6 University of Georgia United States 30 works
- 7 University of Helsinki Finland 26 works
- 8 University of Eastern Finland Finland 24 works
- 9 Wageningen University & Research Netherlands 23 works
- 10 Oregon State University United States 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Forest Management and Policy?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Forest Management and Policy include Josep Peñuelas, Peter B. Reich and Philippe Ciais.
- 1 Josep Peñuelas 4.1k citations
- 2 Peter B. Reich 4.1k citations
- 3 Philippe Ciais 4k citations
- 4 Stephen Polasky 3.8k citations
- 5 Robert Costanza 3.2k citations
- 6 Pete Smith 3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Forest Management and Policy research done?
The largest centres of Forest Management and Policy research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Helsinki (Finland), Uppsala (Sweden) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zvolen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ZvolenSK · 21.0 works140×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Forest Management and Policy than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Forest Management and Policy?
Among universities, judged by research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of Göttingen and Czech University of Life Sciences Prague 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 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden | 75.0 | 25.9% | 71.8× | 48 | +7.1% |
| 2 | University of Göttingen Germany | 74.2 | 40.8% | 14.8× | 17 | +43.0% |
| 3 | Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czechia | 70.1 | 18.7% | 43.7× | 19 | +214.1% |
| 4 | University of Helsinki Finland | 69.9 | 33.0% | 10.5× | 26 | -6.9% |
| 5 | Wageningen University & Research Netherlands | 69.2 | 33.4% | 14.3× | 23 | -25.5% |
| 6 | University of Freiburg Germany | 67.8 | 33.7% | 10.4× | 16 | +54.7% |
| 7 | Northeast Forestry University China | 62.2 | 26.6% | 27.1× | 35 | -85.2% |
| 8 | University of Agriculture in Krakow Poland | 60.8 | 23.9% | 23.3× | 8 | +206.1% |
| 9 | BOKU University Austria | 59.0 | 19.9% | 40.0× | 18 | +3.8% |
| 10 | University of Eastern Finland Finland | 58.9 | 19.2% | 28.6× | 24 | -5.1% |
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 Management and Policy research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Forest Management and Policy.
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.