Editorial Board Members from Forests Featured among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2023

Scientists at Stanford University have recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The time node of the statistical data of this list is from 1960 to 2023, and it is divided into two lists: “Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking” and “2023 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking”. The “Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking” counts the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their careers, and the “2023 Annual Influence Ranking” focuses on highlighting the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers from the more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 67 Editorial Board Members from Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907) were featured in World’s Top 2% Scientists list in 2023.

Name	Affiliation
Prof. Dr. Timothy A. Martin (Editor-in-Chief)	School of Forest Resources and Conservation, PO Box 110410, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0410, USA
Prof. Dr. Luis Diaz-Balteiro (Section Editor-in-Chief)	Department of Forest and Environmental Engineering and Management, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Picchio (Section Editor-in-Chief)	Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Prof. Dr. Adele Muscolo	Department of Agriculture, Mediterranea University, Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Dr. Alessandro Matese	Institute of BioEconomy, National Research Council (CNR-IBE), Via Caproni 8, 50145 Firenze, Italy
Dr. Blas Mola-Yudego	School of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science and Forestry, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, PO Box 111 (Yliopistokatu 7), FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
Dr. Brian J. Palik	Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC, USA
Prof. Dr. Bruno Esteves	Wood Engineering Programme, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
Prof. Dr. Chong Xu	Geological Hazards Research Center, National Institute of Natural Hazards, Ministry of Emergency Management, Beijing, China
Dr. Chris A. Maier	Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC 27541, USA
Prof. Dr. Chris Cieszewski	Fiber Supply Assessment, WSFNR, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Prof. Dr. Christian Brischke	1. Wood Biology and Wood Products, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Goettingen, Buesgenweg 4, D-37077 Goettingen, Germany 2. Thuenen Institute of Wood Research, Leuschnerstraße 91d, D-21031 Hamburg, Germany
Dr. Christopher Gough	Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 W. Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
Prof. Dr. Douglas Godbold	Institute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Universität für Bodenkultur, Peter Jordan Str 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Dušan Gömöry	Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, TG Masaryka 24, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia
Dr. Emil Engelund Thybring	Bioresource Chemistry & Technology, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Dr. Enzai Du	Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Prof. Dr. František Kačík	Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, Faculty of Wood Technology and Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen T.G.Masaryka 24, 960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia
Prof. Dr. Gary Peter	School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Department of Forest Genomics and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Daniel	Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology/Wood Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Gherardo Chirici	geoLAB-Laboratory of Forest Geomatics, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies, University of Florence, Via San Bonaventura, 13, 50145 Florence, Italy
Dr. Giorgio Vacchiano	European Commission, Joint Research Centre, D1 Bio-Economy, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra (VA), Italy
Prof. Dr. Giovanna Battipaglia	Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, I-81100 Caserta, Italy
Dr. Guangyu Wang	Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Dr. Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo	INIA-CIFOR, Ctra. La Coruña km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Dr. Heinrich Spiecker	Institute of Forest Sciences, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Holger Gärtner	Forest Dynamics, Dendrosciences, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Hubert Hasenauer	Institute of Silviculture, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Peter Jordan Strasse 70, 1190 Wien, Austria
Prof. Dr. Jarosław Socha	Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. 29-listopada 46, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
Dr. John Innes	Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2045-2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Dr. Juan A. Blanco	Institute for Multidisciplinary Applied Biology (IMAB), Department Ciencias, Campus de Arrosadia s/n, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), 31006 Pamplona, Spain
Dr. Jurij Diaci	Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry, University of Ljubljana, Vecna Pot 83, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Krzysztof Stereńczak	Department of Geomatics, Forest Research Institute, Braci Leśnej 3 Street, Sękocin Stary, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Dr. Kurt Johnsen	U.S. Forest Service, Asheville, NC 28806, USA
Dr. Laurence Schimleck	College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Prof. Dr. Lei Deng	State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Dr. Leonor Calvo	Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management, University of León, E-24071 Leon, Spain
Dr. Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja	Department of Agroforestry Technology and Science & Genetics, School of Advanced Agricultural & Forestry Engineering, Castilla La Mancha University, Campus Universitario s/n, C.P. 02071 Albacete, Spain
Prof. Dr. Marcin Pietrzykowski	Department of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
Prof. Dr. Mark D. Coleman	Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
Prof. Dr. Mark S. Ashton	School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 360 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Dr. Martin Wiesmeier	TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
Dr. Massimiliano Schwarz	School of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland
Dr. Matthew P. Thompson	USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 W Prospect, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
Prof. Dr. Miha Humar	Biotehnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Dr. Petar Antov	Department of Mechanical Wood Technology, Faculty of Forest Industry, University of Forestry, 1797 Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Dr. Pete Bettinger	School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 180 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Dr. Peter F. Newton	Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5, Canada
Dr. Philip Smethurst	CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag 12, Hobart 7000, TAS, Australia
Dr. Raffaele Spinelli	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree (CNR IVALSA), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Dr. Rasoul Yousefpour	Institute of Forestry Economics and Forest Planning,University of Freiburg, Tennenbacherstr. 4, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
Dr. Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado	Spanish Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ctra. A Coruña Km 7'5, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Prof. Dr. Riccardo Valentini	1. Department of Innovation in Biological Systems, Food and Forestry, University of Tuscia, DIBAF, Via San Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy 2. RUDN University, Moscow, Head of Smart Urban Nature Laboratory 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, 117198 Moscow, Russia
Dr. Richard D. Bowden	Environmental Science & Sustainability, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main St., Meadville, PA 16335, USA
Prof. Dr. Robert Bradley	Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Prof. Dr. Robert G. Qualls	Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Prof. Dr. Rodney Will	Department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, 008C Agricultural Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Prof. Dr. Shibu Jose	College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2-44 Agriculture Bldg., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Dr. Steven McNulty	USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), Southeast Climate Hub, 3041 E Cornwallis Rd Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC 27709, USA
Dr. Thomas H. DeLuca	College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5704, USA
Prof. Dr. Timo Tokola	School of Forest Science, University of Eastern Finland, 80101 Joensuu, Finland
Prof. Dr. Valentí Rull	Botanic Institute of Barcelona, Spanish Scientific Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Wil De Jong	Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 6068501, Japan
Dr. Xiangdong Lei	Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Prof. Dr. Yaoqi Zhang	School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
Prof. Dr. Yunqiang Wang	Institute of Earth Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
Dr. Zhibin Ren	Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China

The latest rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of scientists who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contribution to the scientific progression and development of Forests.