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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Herbivory resistance in dwarf shrubs combines with simulated warming to shift phenology and decrease reproduction	74
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Reconciling plant and microbial ecological strategies to elucidate cover crop effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling	67
The eco‐evolutionary dynamics of prior selfing rates promote coexistence without niche partitioning under conditions of reproductive interference	66
Extinction, climate change and the ecology of Homo sapiens	65
The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate	61
Contrasting responses to climate variability generate seasonal priority effects between native and invasive forest herbs	54
Microclimatic variation in tropical canopies: A glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities	48
Climate and crown damage drive tree mortality in southern Amazonian edge forests	47
Different responses of functional groups to N addition increased synchrony and shortened community reproductive duration in an alpine meadow	46
The effects of leaf traits on litter rainfall interception with consequences for runoff and soil conservation	46
Phylogenetic dependence of plant–soil feedback promotes rare species in a subtropical forest	44
Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods	43
An exotic herbivore reinforces competition between exotic and native plants	43
Disentangling the effects of microalgal diversity and thermal history on freshwater phototrophic biofilms facing heat stress: A thermal dose approach	41
Cover Picture and Issue Information	40
Cover Picture and Issue Information	40
Diverse associations and proximate effects of weather on Madagascar reproductive phenology	39
Lichens are more tolerant against winter warming stress than vascular and non‐vascular plants: Insights from an alpine field experiment	38
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	37
The expression of demographic costs of reproduction varies among coexisting plants with different life history traits	37
Dual drivers of plant invasions: Enemy release and enhanced mutualisms	37
Root‐associated fungi not tree density influences stand nitrogen dynamics at the larch forest–tundra ecotone	36
Glacier forelands reveal fundamental plant and microbial controls on short‐term ecosystem nitrogen retention	36

Long‐term stability of sapling dynamics is regulated by soil phosphorus availability in subtropical forest	36
Context‐dependent effects of shifting large herbivore assemblages on plant structure and diversity	35
Large mammalian herbivores modulate plant growth form diversity in a tropical rainforest	35
The effects of natural enemies on herb diversity in a temperate forest depend on species traits and neighbouring tree composition	35
Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities	35
Local adaptation in parapatric and sympatric mosaic coastal habitats through trait divergence of Setaria viridis	34
Ecological consequences of genotypic diversity within a foundation plant,Spartina alterniflora, are pervasive but not universal across multiple stress gradients	34
Not all trees can make a forest: Tree species composition and competition control forest encroachment in a tropical savanna	33
Phenotypic plasticity versus ecotypic differentiation under recurrent summer drought in two drought‐tolerant pine species	33
Phenotypic diversity influenced by a transposable element increases productivity and resistance to competitors in plant populations	33
Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs	33