The Global Wood Observatory
What changed in wood knowledge.
One place to see the state of the evidence: new peer-reviewed records swept from the open registries, the current score ranking, and the briefs written from the index. Every number here is either measured, modelled under a published method, or cited.
- CrossrefResearchDOI registry
- OpenAlexResearchOpen scholarly index
- Europe PMCResearchFull-text abstracts
- Semantic ScholarResearchAI2 corpus
- DOAJResearchVetted open-access journals
- OpenAIREResearchEuropean open science graph
- HALResearchFrench national open archive
- ZenodoResearchEU project deliverables with DOIs
- DataCiteResearchResearch datasets
- ERA5 / CopernicusClimateClimate reanalysis
- Open-MeteoClimateStation normals
- EN 350:2016StandardNatural durability
- EN 335StandardUse classes
- EN 351-1StandardPreservative penetration
- EN 16449StandardBiogenic carbon
- EN 1995-1-2StandardCharring rates
- EN 1990StandardDesign working life
- EN 13183-1StandardMoisture measurement
- EN 599-1StandardPreservative efficacy
- EN 16755StandardFire-retardant durability
- EN 14080StandardGlulam requirements
- EN 16351StandardCLT requirements
- EN 927-6StandardArtificial weathering
- EN 15026StandardHygrothermal simulation
- ISO 15686-8StandardService-life prediction
- ISO 21887StandardGlobal use classes
- EN 15804+A2LCADeclared environmental impacts
- Scheffer indexModelDecay hazard
- Lacy driving-rain indexModelFaçade exposure
A running view of what the open literature on wood has added, and how it moved the rankings. If you are here to specify something, start at Specify — this page is for following the field, not for making a single decision.
Registry reach, measured now
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New in the literature
Peer-reviewed records from the last twelve months
Swept live from Crossref, OpenAlex, Europe PMC, Semantic Scholar and DataCite on the query “wood durability service life facade weathering timber”. Nothing here is generated; every DOI resolves.
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