OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Conservation is 40. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
How much more carbon could be protected in mature and old-growth forests of the United States?	133
Quantitative assessment of ecological conservation effectiveness and spillover effects of China's first group of national parks	115
Disentangling the impacts of soil moisture and vapour pressure deficit on biodiversity patterns and conservation value of tropical forests in Ghana, West Africa	102
First, do no harm? Dark logic models, social injustice, and the prevention of iatrogenic conservation outcomes	86
Response of a carnivore community to water management in a semi-arid savanna	85
The conservation of migratory shorebirds needs to account for the different habitat selection patterns across species and between day and night	71
Managing light and nutrients to restore plant diversity in temperate woodlands	70
Conservation concern for Europe's hedgehog species (Erinaceidae): Current statuses, issues and needs	70
Integrating opportunistic and structured non-invasive surveys with spatial capture-recapture models to map connectivity of the Pyrenean brown bear population	68
Integrating habitat suitability, connectivity, and individual-based models to guide priorities for the creation of a lynx metapopulation in Southeastern Europe	68
Environmental and anthropogenic drivers of African leopard Panthera pardus population density	67
Genetic integrity of European wildcats: Variation across biomes mandates geographically tailored conservation strategies	65
The conservation potential of protected areas over time measured through design and ecological integrity indicators is affected by land conversion	62
Northern boreal caribou conservation should focus on anthropogenic disturbance, not disturbance-mediated apparent competition	61
Factors affecting the consumption intention of game meats: Integrating theory of planned behavior and norm activation model	60
Translocation precipitates natural hybridisation and pervasive introgression between marine gastropods with divergent developmental modes	60
Editorial Board	59
Corrigendum to “Habitats, agricultural practices, and population dynamics of a threatened species: The European turtle dove in France” [Biol. Conserv. 274 (2022) 109730]	57
Editorial Board	54
Variety among physical landscape features in natural grassland-plantation forestry mosaics promotes diverse butterfly assemblages	52
Communicating information about the psychology of a wild carnivore, the red fox, influences perceived attitudinal changes but not overall tolerance in people	52
Dust storms ahead: Climate change, green energy development and endangered species in the Mojave Desert	51
Evaluating strategies for managing koala chlamydiosis using dynamic models	50
Space use of a diverse megafauna community in a rewilding area in the southwestern Carpathians	50
Shifts in habitat suitability for harbour porpoises leads to reduced importance of marine protected areas	49

Climate- and scale-dependent sex ratio in threatened Araucaria forests	48
Editorial Board	47
Effects of invasive American bullfrogs and their removal on Northwestern pond turtles	47
The influence of culpability, harm to animals, and professional education on attitudes about killing animals in the name of conservation	46
Prevalence of endangered shark trophies in automated detection of the online wildlife trade	46
Landscape-scale population trends in the occurrence and abundance of wildlife populations using long term camera-trapping data	46
Jaguar conservation is caught in the crossfire of America's 'War on Drugs'	44
Extinction risk assessment of the endemic terrestrial vertebrates in Mexico	44
Declining floral color diversity alters bee color preferences in fragmented habitats	43
Estimating reductions in the risk of vessels striking whales achieved by management strategies	43
Re-centering social justice in conservation science: Progressive policies, methods, and practices	41
Fifteen years of elasmobranchs trade unveiled by DNA tools: Lessons for enhanced monitoring and conservation actions	41
Susceptibility of bats to ecological and evolutionary traps	40
The impact factor of engaged research: Metrics for conservation outcomes	40
Establishing viable European bison metapopulations in Central Europe	40
An assessment of spatial conservation priorities for biodiversity attributes: Composition, structure, and function of Neotropical biodiversity	40