RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Research Foundation to Tree Pruning: A Review of the Literature JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) FD International Society of Arboriculture SP 110 OP 120 DO 10.48044/jauf.2010.015 VO 36 IS 3 A1 James R. Clark A1 Nelda Matheny YR 2010 UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/36/3/110.abstract AB Two hundred one research publications including 152 journal articles were compiled. Forty-four journals were represented with the Journal of Arboriculture, Arboricultural & Urban Forestry, and Arboricultural Journal as the most frequently cited. Compartmentalization, wounding, wound response, decay development, and wound treatment were the most frequently noted topic areas.The bibliography was organized in Zotero, an application using the Firefox web browser. Keywords were identified for each publication. Where either the article or its abstract was available, an annotation was created. This paper describes the major topic areas identified in the review and discusses the future directions for pruning research.