OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Applied Ecology is 34. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines	138
Large African herbivore diversity is essential in transformed landscapes for conserving dung beetle diversity	82
Cover Picture and Issue Information	69
Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: Lessons from a long‐term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic Forest	68
Barriers to restoration: Pollution alters nurse effects for an ecosystem engineer	64
Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration	63
Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential	61
Managed honeybee hives negatively affect the reproduction of native plants in a dryland nature reserve	58
Prioritizing areas for ecological restoration: A participatory approach based on cost‐effectiveness	57
Wildflower plantings and honeybee competition impact nutritional quality of wild bee diets	57
Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands	56
Limited evidence of biodiversity spillover from forest fragments into oil palm plantations in the Amazon	52
Primary forest loss and degradation reduces biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: A global meta‐analysis using dung beetles as an indicator taxon	51
Salmon louse infestation levels on sea trout can be predicted from a hydrodynamic lice dispersal model	51
Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush‐steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires	50
Accounting for bias in prevalence estimation: The case of a globally emerging pathogen	46
Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th‐ and 21st‐century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes	45
Making plant–pollinator data collection cheaper for restoration and monitoring	45
Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small‐scale oil palm farming	45
Linking landscape structure, floral resource distribution, pollen use and movement distances of a generalist predator	44
Multifunctional soil recovery during the restoration of Brazil's Atlantic Forest after bauxite mining	43
Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long‐term restoration chronosequence	42
Long‐term heavy grazing increases community‐level foliar fungal diseases by shifting plant composition	41
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	38
Individual variation in home‐range across an ocean basin and links to habitat quality and management	38

Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes	38
Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: A review of which traits matter	37
Demographic performance review of a reintroduction project: Iberian lynx in Extremadura	37
The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure	36
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Microplastics promote the invasiveness of invasive alien species under fluctuating water regime	35
Response of parasitoid communities to insecticide application during a Lymantria dispar outbreak in mixed oak forests	34
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Dung beetles maintain phylogenetic divergence but functional convergence across a highly fragmented tropical landscape	34
Cover Picture and Issue Information	34
Cover Picture and Issue Information	34