OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Bioscience is 8. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Science for the People, by the People	178
Calendar of meetings	160
Calendar of meetings	145
A New Chapter for BioScience	134
Evolutionary Medicine	130
Harnessing the full potential of drones for fieldwork	128
Correction to: Why nature matters: A systematic review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values	126
National biodiversity data infrastructures: ten essential functions for science, policy, and practice	108
Calendar of meetings	93
Diversity Survey Results	91
Fish habitat models for a future of novel riverscapes	84
Until We Meet Again	81
Calendar of meetings	67
Calendar of meetings	62
Orchard systems offer low-hanging fruit for low-carbon, biodiversity-friendly farming	61
Calendar of meetings	57
Comments on “Echo of extinction: the ivory-billed woodpecker's tragic legacy and its impact on scientific integrity”	56
Fire influence on land–water interactions in aridland catchments	56
Calendar of meetings	54
Conceptual and ethical considerations in invasion science	54
The world is flat, Professor Gangster	52
Born to Roam: Tracking the Drama of Earth's Ungulate Migrations	51
Calendar of meetings	49
The Science of Peer Review: Grant Review Feedback	49
A Hero for Our Time	49

Calendar of meetings	49
Will Anyone Listen This Time?	45
Ally	43
Calendar of meetings	42
Science and battlefields	40
Why not all productivity leads to carbon sequestration: the role of plant carbon surplus, allocation, and the Gadgil effect	37
Leveraging built marine structures to benefit and minimize impacts on natural habitats	37
Exploring the landscape of automated species identification apps: Development, promise, and user appraisal	37
Correction to: Predatory journals	37
Correction to: AIBS Photo Contest: A visual snapshot into science	36
Calendar of meetings	36
The Return of Intentional Forest Fires	36
Predatory Journals	36
More than a Bit of Fun: The Multiple Outcomes of a Bioblitz	34
Embracing these bare November days (inspired by Robert Frost)	32
Aquatic invasive species prevention in the live baitfish trade: the role of regulations, education, and inspections	32
Lingua franca or lingua cultura? Understanding the language of biodiversity	29
Setting conservation priorities in multi-actor systems	29
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness (John Keats)	29
Understanding Inclusion	28
Sustaining Transmission in Different Host Species: The Emblematic Case ofSarcoptes scabiei	28
Framing challenges and polarized issues in invasion science: toward an interdisciplinary agenda	28
The AIBS IDEA Conference	27
A Half Century of Student Data Reveals the Professional Impacts of a Biology Field Course	26
Marine Pelagic Ecosystem Responses to Climate Variability and Change	26
Attitudes Toward Engagement in Citizen Science Increase Self-Related, Ecology-Related, and Motivation-Related Outcomes in an Urban Wildlife Project	25
Messaging Should Reflect the Nuanced Relationship between Land Change and Zoonotic Disease Risk	25
Flood ecology	25
Reversing the Lens on Public Engagement with Science: Positive Benefits for Participating Scientists	24
Bringing science to State governments	24
Too simple, too complex, or just right? Advantages, challenges, and guidance for indicators of genetic diversity	24
In Their Own Words: Daniel Simberloff	24
Systems in Flames: Dynamic Coproduction of Social–Ecological Processes	23
Six Principles for Embracing Gender and Sexual Diversity in Postsecondary Biology Classrooms	23
Community Action: Planning for Specimen Management in Funding Proposals	23
The AIBS IDEA Conference 2.0	22
Social considerations for the removal of dams and other aquatic barriers	22
Mainstream Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Resilience	22
Place-Based Bias in Environmental Scholarship Derived from Social–Ecological Landscapes of Fear	21
An Ode to Snakes	20
Environmental Discourse Exhibits Consistency and Variation across Spatial Scales on Twitter	20
The Pocosin's Lesson: Translating respect for Indigenous knowledge systems in environmental research	19
Planetary health: The need for a paradigm shift	19
The International Vertebrate Pet Trade Network and Insights from US Imports of Exotic Pets	19
Does nature select to maximize power?	19
A lack of ecological diversity in forest nurseries limits the achievement of tree-planting objectives in response to global change	19
Bee pollination and bee decline: A study about university students’ Knowledge and its educational implication	19
The state of play in invasive species policy: Insights from invasive species laws and regulations in 21 US states	18
Ecological risk assessment when species-specific data are scarce: how trait-based approaches and modeling can help	17
Appealing to Faculty Gatekeepers: Motivational Processes for Intentions to Adopt an Evidence-B ased Intervention	17

Multiscale adaptive management of social–ecological systems	17
Enhancing the natural absorbing capacity of rivers to restore their resilience	16
How Individualized Niches Arise: Defining Mechanisms of Niche Construction, Niche Choice, and Niche Conformance	16
Drought as an emergent driver of ecological transformation in the twenty-first century	16
Toward sustainable irrigation practices safeguarding groundwater biodiversity and ecosystem services	15
Disparities, concerns, and recommendations for LGBTQ+ data collection within the biological sciences	15
Exorcising Race and Empire from American Nature Conservation	15
What does the scientific community owe future generations of biologists? Biology in the era following centuries-long anthropogenic change	14
Searching for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	14
Beings, beanbags, or bits: how should we look at life?	14
Calendar of meetings	14
Leveraging collective impact to characterize and identify solutions to cultural challenges within scientific societies	14
Calendar of meetings	14
Mining the sea floor: Implications for biodiversity	14
Expanding the Impact of Citizen Science	14
Corrigendum: Functional Diversity: An Epistemic Roadmap	13
Calendar of Meetings	13
Response to Vollmer	13
Calendar of meetings	13
Crisis of Communication	13
What sexual diversity in the natural world can teach humans about sex, gender, and inclusive biology	13
Content and policy updates	12
Calendar of meetings	12
An introduction to key ecological concepts, financial opportunities, and risks underpinning aspirations for nature positive	12
Distinctive Connectivities of Near-Stream and Watershed-Wide Land Uses Differentially Degrade Rural Aquatic Ecosystems	12
Calendar of meetings	12
Half a century of knowledge on lions in Tanzania	11
Sentinels of biodiversity: In cemeteries around the world, the dead protect the living	11
Data Science in Undergraduate Life Science Education: A Need for Instructor Skills Training	11
007	11
Calendar of meetings	11
Correction to: Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D-imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network	11
Calendar of Meetings	11
A Life's Journey	11
Farming for solutions: Perennial plants and native prairie show promise for sustainability, climate goals	10
Everyone scavenges: From pole to equator, nature's recyclers perform a widespread and largely unheralded service	10
Correction to: Increasing biodiversity knowledge through social media: A case study from tropical Bangladesh	10
June's Gift (Inspired by Richard Wilbur)	10
August	10
AIBS Photo Contest: A visual snapshot into science	10
Erratum: The Impact Of Light Pollution On Bats Varies According To Foraging Guild And Habitat Context	10
How Many Dinosaurs Are Birds?	10
Amazon projects pose risks to Brazil and the World	9
Landsat 9 Satellite Continues Half-Century of Earth Observations	9
Waterbody connectivity: Linking science and policy for improved waterbody protection	9
Fires in the Petrocene	9
Calendar of meetings	9
RAD Adaptive Management for Transforming Ecosystems	8
The Olfactory Landscape Concept: A Key Source of Past, Present, and Future Information Driving Animal Movement and Decision-making	8
Destroying and Restoring Critical Habitats of Endangered Killer Whales	8
Assessing the breadth and multidisciplinarity of the conservation curriculum in the United Kingdom and Australia	8
Future-proofing environmental DNA and trait-based predictions of food webs	8
Responses of Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change: Insights from Long-Term Ecological Research	8
A Conceptual Framework to Integrate Biodiversity, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Service Models	8
Origin of the Term Biodiversity	8
Anthropogenic changes to the nighttime environment	8
Birds Follow Flyways, Fish Navigate Swimways	8
Technological innovations enhance invasive species management in the anthropocene	8
Global synthesis indicates widespread occurrence of shifting baseline syndrome	8