Under review — the register is reading the literature and will publish a conclusion once directional evidence has been indexed.
14 studies are indexed, but none has yet been classified for or against, so the record cannot answer this either way.
This sentence is generated from the same numbers shown below — consensus share, confidence band and the number of indexed studies. Open any section to see exactly how it was reached.
Version 2 · WI-EV v1.0.0 · last swept 2026-08-04
58
0–100, rule-based
Low confidence
Too few, too old or too conflicting sources to specify from.
0%
0 support · 0 contradict
14
2004–2022
Confidence is limited most by volume of evidence (0/30).
Nothing here is hidden — it is folded, so the answer stays readable. Open any section to see exactly how the numbers were produced.
0 directional studies, weighted by grade.
Mean evidence grade 70/100 across the pool.
0% of weighted directional evidence agrees.
93% published in peer-reviewed venues.
Median publication year 2020.
86% resolvable by DOI and independently checkable.
No direct contradictions in the indexed pool. That is not the same as agreement — it can also mean too few directional studies have been published to disagree yet.
| Year | Published | Cumulative | Support | Contradict | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2017 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2022 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Yusuf Sudo Hadi, Elis Nina Herliyana, Gustan Pari et al. · 2022 · Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology · doi:10.5658/wood.2022.50.1.46
The title concerns furfurylation, and no indexed abstract tests acetylation-driven dimensional movement.
Neutral
Grade B · 37 citations
Peer-reviewed
Sustainability in Wood Products: A New Perspective for Handling Natural Diversity
Mark Schubert, Guido Panzarasa, Ingo Burgert · 2022 · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00360
No indexed abstract provides measurements of acetylated versus untreated wood dimensional movement.
Neutral
Grade A · 104 citations
Peer-reviewed
Transforming wood as next‐generation structural and functional materials for a sustainable future
Tanveer Farid, Muhammad Rafiq, Amjad Ali et al. · 2021 · EcoMat · doi:10.1002/eom2.12154
No indexed abstract provides measurements of acetylated versus untreated wood dimensional movement.
Neutral
Grade B · 98 citations
Peer-reviewed
Thermal modification of wood—a review: chemical changes and hygroscopicity
Callum A. S. Hill, Michael Altgen, Lauri Rautkari · 2021 · Journal of Materials Science · doi:10.1007/s10853-020-05722-z
The title concerns thermal modification, and no indexed abstract tests acetylation-driven dimensional movement.
Neutral
Grade A · 361 citations
Peer-reviewed
Production and Surface Modification of Cellulose Bioproducts.
Liyanage S, Acharya S, Parajuli P et al. · 2021 · doi:10.3390/polym13193433
The abstract concerns cellulose bioproducts and does not test acetylated wood against untreated wood.
Neutral
Grade B · 38 citations
Peer-reviewed
Review: Periodate oxidation of wood polysaccharides—Modulation of hierarchies
Tiina Nypelö, Barbara Berke, Stefan Spirk et al. · 2020 · Carbohydrate Polymers · doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117105
The title concerns periodate oxidation, and no indexed abstract tests acetylation-driven dimensional movement.
Neutral
Grade A · 137 citations
Peer-reviewed
Iacob AT, Drăgan M, Ionescu OM et al. · 2020 · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics12100983
The abstract concerns wound-dressing nanofibers and does not test wood acetylation or dimensional movement.
Neutral
Grade B · 93 citations
Peer-reviewed
Luigi Todaro, Giacomo Goli, Dick Sandberg et al. · 2020 · Proceedings e report · doi:10.36253/978-88-6453-970-6
No indexed abstract provides a quantitative acetylation comparison with untreated wood.
Neutral
Grade C · 59 citations
Not peer-reviewed
Luzi F, Torre L, Kenny JM et al. · 2019 · doi:10.3390/ma12030471
The abstract concerns polymer packaging blends and does not test wood acetylation or dimensional movement.
Neutral
Grade B · 56 citations
Peer-reviewed
Wood modification technologies - a review
Dick Sandberg, Andreja Kutnar, George I. Mantanis · 2017 · iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry · doi:10.3832/ifor2380-010
No indexed abstract provides a quantitative acetylation comparison with untreated wood.
Neutral
Grade B · 472 citations
Peer-reviewed
Dimensional Stabilization of Wood
Duygu Kocaefe, Xianai Huang, Yaşar Kocaefe · 2015 · Current Forestry Reports · doi:10.1007/s40725-015-0017-5
No indexed abstract establishes that acetylation reduces dimensional movement by more than half.
Neutral
Grade B · 109 citations
Peer-reviewed
André Klüppel, Carsten Mai · 2013 · Wood Science and Technology · doi:10.1007/s00226-013-0530-2
The title concerns thermosetting resins, and no indexed abstract tests acetylated wood dimensional movement.
Neutral
Grade B · 59 citations
Peer-reviewed
Roger M. Rowell, Rebecca E. Ibach, James McSweeny et al. · 2009 · Wood Material Science and Engineering · doi:10.1080/17480270903261339
The title mentions acetylated wood, but no indexed abstract quantifies dimensional movement relative to untreated wood.
Neutral
Grade B · 161 citations
Peer-reviewed
Wood modification developments
W.J. Homan, Ajm André Jorissen · 2004 · TU/e Research Portal
No indexed abstract provides a quantitative acetylation comparison with untreated wood.
Neutral
Grade B · 121 citations
Peer-reviewed
Stance classification is automated and reviewed against each record's own abstract; it is a reading of the literature, not a measurement. The Evidence Score is a rule-based function of indexed metadata under method WI-EV v1.0.0and does not constitute proof of the statement.
Each claim keeps a permanent URL and a version number. Cite the version you read — earlier conclusions stay visible in the revision history above.
WoodIntel. (2026). Acetylation reduces the moisture-driven dimensional movement of wood by more than half relative to the untreated species. (Evidence Engine WI-EV v1.0.0, claim version 2). Retrieved 2026-08-04, from https://woodintel.io/evidence/acetylation-dimensional-stability
@misc{woodintel_acetylation_dimensional_stability_2026,
title = {Acetylation reduces the moisture-driven dimensional movement of wood by more than half relative to the untreated species.},
author = {{WoodIntel}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence Engine WI-EV v1.0.0, claim version 2, accessed 2026-08-04},
url = {https://woodintel.io/evidence/acetylation-dimensional-stability}
}curl https://woodintel.io/api/public/v1/evidence?claim=acetylation-dimensional-stability
Returns the score, the indexed studies with stance and grade, the contradictions, the timeline and the full revision history. Open under CC BY 4.0 — API documentation.