OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of 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
Multidimensional diversity recovery following invasive species removal: Roles of colonization, extinction and abundance shifts	101
Different responses of functional groups to N addition increased synchrony and shortened community reproductive duration in an alpine meadow	89
Phylogenetic dependence of plant–soil feedback promotes rare species in a subtropical forest	76
Climate and crown damage drive tree mortality in southern Amazonian edge forests	73
The effects of leaf traits on litter rainfall interception with consequences for runoff and soil conservation	61
The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate	61
Weed‐suppressive ability and species dominance in intercropping: A meta‐regression	60
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Correction to “Structural and defensive roles of angiosperm leaf venation network reticulation across an Andes–Amazon elevation gradient”	54
Reconciling plant and microbial ecological strategies to elucidate cover crop effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling	52
Microclimatic variation in tropical canopies: A glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities	50
Disentangling the effects of microalgal diversity and thermal history on freshwater phototrophic biofilms facing heat stress: A thermal dose approach	48
Extinction, climate change and the ecology of Homo sapiens	46
Herbivory resistance in dwarf shrubs combines with simulated warming to shift phenology and decrease reproduction	45
Contrasting responses to climate variability generate seasonal priority effects between native and invasive forest herbs	44
Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods	44
Local adaptation is highly dependent on common garden conditions where seeds were propagated: Evidence from a 7‐year study on a dominant alpine meadow species	43
Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities	42
The effects of natural enemies on herb diversity in a temperate forest depend on species traits and neighbouring tree composition	42
Lichens are more tolerant against winter warming stress than vascular and non‐vascular plants: Insights from an alpine field experiment	40
Cover Picture and Issue Information	39
The expression of demographic costs of reproduction varies among coexisting plants with different life history traits	37
Dominant species rather than plant biodiversity shape grassland resistance and recovery in response to heatwaves and mowing	37
Early departures and delayed arrivals: Holocene dynamics of temperate tree species in the boreal‐temperate ecotone	37

Local adaptation in parapatric and sympatric mosaic coastal habitats through trait divergence of Setaria viridis	37
Biomass production of tropical trees across space and time: The shifting roles of diameter growth and wood density	36
The duration of high spring light for understorey plants: Contrasting responses to spatial and temporal temperature variation	36
Phenotypic diversity influenced by a transposable element increases productivity and resistance to competitors in plant populations	35
Variations in bark structural properties affect both water loss and carbon economics in neotropical savanna trees in the Cerrado region of Brazil	35
Long‐term stability of sapling dynamics is regulated by soil phosphorus availability in subtropical forest	34
Diverse associations and proximate effects of weather on Madagascar reproductive phenology	34
Dual drivers of plant invasions: Enemy release and enhanced mutualisms	33
Not all trees can make a forest: Tree species composition and competition control forest encroachment in a tropical savanna	33