OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Applied Ecology is 33. 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
Cover Picture and Issue Information	101
Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines	76
Soil fertility as a mediator of interactions between an introduced specialist beetle and a native generalist nematode on an exotic invasive plant and its native congener	70
Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands	67
Making plant–pollinator data collection cheaper for restoration and monitoring	60
Salmon louse infestation levels on sea trout can be predicted from a hydrodynamic lice dispersal model	58
Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush‐steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires	57
Wildflower plantings and honeybee competition impact nutritional quality of wild bee diets	56
Demographic performance review of a reintroduction project: Iberian lynx in Extremadura	55
Long‐term heavy grazing increases community‐level foliar fungal diseases by shifting plant composition	48
Large African herbivore diversity is essential in transformed landscapes for conserving dung beetle diversity	48
Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes	48
Prioritizing areas for ecological restoration: A participatory approach based on cost‐effectiveness	47
Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small‐scale oil palm farming	45
Accounting for bias in prevalence estimation: The case of a globally emerging pathogen	44
Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th‐ and 21st‐century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes	42
Limited evidence of biodiversity spillover from forest fragments into oil palm plantations in the Amazon	42
Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential	41
Linking landscape structure, floral resource distribution, pollen use and movement distances of a generalist predator	41
Managed honeybee hives negatively affect the reproduction of native plants in a dryland nature reserve	41
Seabird‐vessel interactions in industrial fisheries of Northwest Africa: Implications for international bycatch management	40
Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: Lessons from a long‐term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic Forest	40
Soil inoculation improves tree seedling growth in substrates containing bitumen, but the effect varies by species and inoculum source	39
The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure	39
Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: A review of which traits matter	39

Multifunctional soil recovery during the restoration of Brazil's Atlantic Forest after bauxite mining	38
Differences between terrestrial and offshore bird migration: Implications for offshore wind energy	37
Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long‐term restoration chronosequence	37
Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration	37
Individual variation in home‐range across an ocean basin and links to habitat quality and management	37
Microplastics promote the invasiveness of invasive alien species under fluctuating water regime	35
Primary forest loss and degradation reduces biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: A global meta‐analysis using dung beetles as an indicator taxon	35
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Predicting the time of arrival of the Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) to new countries based on trade patterns of tyres and plants	33
Nutrient enrichment undermines invasion resistance to Spartina alterniflora in a saltmarsh: Insights from modern coexistence theory	33