OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Conservation is 2. 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
Do beetles indicate more predators and fewer pests in Lao PDR organic farms?	38
Old-growth grasslands of Central Anatolia (Türkiye) require better conservation and management	23
Evaluating guidelines as key components of conservation policies: a conceptual framework and a pilot application	20
A machine learning approach to mapping canopy gaps in an indigenous tropical submontane forest using WorldView-3 multispectral satellite imagery	18
Impact of individual protected areas on deforestation and carbon emissions in Acre, Brazil	16
Tropical forests and cocoa production: synergies and threats in the chocolate market	15
Trade of legally protected orchids in Indonesian e-commerce markets	15
Spatial and taxonomic diversification for conservation investment under uncertainty	15
Zoometric data extraction from drone imagery: the Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx)	14
Understanding how opportunity cost affects multi-objective conservation investment in the Central and Southern Appalachian Region (USA)	13
A scoping review of environmental governance challenges in southern Africa from 2010 to 2020	13
Assessment of the effect of landowner type on deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon using remote sensing data	13
Urbanization impacts water quality and the use of microhabitats by fish in subtropical agricultural streams	13
Changes in a Neotropical insectivorous bat community associated with artificial clearing of the forest in a geothermal project	12
From social networks to bird enthusiasts: reporting interactions between plastic waste and birds in Peru	11
ENC volume 49 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	10
Economic valuation of changes in ecosystem services of 77 Ramsar wetlands in West Asia over 37 years (1984–2021)	10
More of the same: new policies continue fostering the use of non-native fish in Brazil	10
ENC volume 49 issue 1 Cover and Front matter	10
Blockchain’s potential in forest offsets, the voluntary carbon markets and REDD+	10
Mapping high-altitude peatlands to inform a landscape conservation strategy in the Andes of northern Peru	9
Brazilian President Lula’s Climate Authority challenge: pragmatism versus coalition politics	9
Applying geostatistical hotspot analyses to a ‘double-invaded’ plant–pest co-occurrence scenario	9
Engaging women brings conservation benefits to snow leopard landscapes	8
Corporate responsibility and biodiversity conservation: challenges and opportunities for companies participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative	8

Forest cover and environment type shape functional diversity of insectivorous birds within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	8
Methodological approaches to assessing population-level impacts of bird collisions with wind turbines: a critical perspective	8
Natural area visitors’ potential role in preventing pathogen threats to amphibian biodiversity	7
Assessing United Nations conservation-oriented days, years and decades through the lens of a change model	7
Understanding community perceptions of a natural open space system for urban conservation and stewardship in a metropolitan city in Africa	7
Brazil: environment under attack	7
Terrestrial protected areas do not fully shield their streams from exogenous stressors	7
ENC volume 48 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	7
ENC volume 49 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	6
Integrating habitat models for threatened species with landownership information to inform coastal resiliency and conservation planning	6
Towards understanding capacity development as a system: perceptions from multiple conservation stakeholder groups in Bhutan	6
ENC volume 49 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	6
Safeguarding China’s irreplaceable natural legacy: combating the illicit trade of old trees	6
Recreational agroecosystem service value evidenced by mobile phone data: implications for incentive enhancement in terraced paddy land	6
The impact of Amazon deforestation is magnified by changing the configuration of forest cover	6
Mammals lost and at risk of extinction in Jordan: historical analysis of constitutions and hunting laws	6
Analysing policy gaps in protecting avian species from electrocution and power-line collision in Kenya	5
Ground-dwelling spider families and forest structure variables for monitoring ecologically sustainable logging operations	5
Gold mining-derived water pollution and treatment in Latin America	5
‘… And We have made from water every living thing’: water conservation and the Holy Qur’an	5
Socio-environmental responsibility in Iranian universities: a multidimensional perspective	5
Governments commit to forest restoration, but what does it take to restore forests?	4
Elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin and helmeted hornbill products for sale at the Myanmar–Thailand–China border	4
ENC volume 49 issue 3 Cover and Front matter	4
Google Trends data reveal a sharp trend: teeth and claws attract more interest than feathers, hooves or fins	4
Droughts and controlled rivers: how Belo Monte Dam has affected the food security of Amazonian riverine communities	4
Sacred groves: a model of Zagros forests for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation	4
Developing land-use planning scenarios in Türkiye to reduce water-induced soil erosion	4
Commuters: a waterbird provides a new view of how species may utilize cities and wildlands	4
Do anthropogenic sources of food increase livestock predation in the area surrounding Ruaha National Park?	3
Potential range shifts and climatic refugia of rupicolous reptiles in a biodiversity hotspot of South Africa	3
Integrating burrowing crayfish and waterfowl conservation management on moist-soil wetlands	3
Modelling pinyon pine distribution in the northern Great Basin, USA	3
Urban water footprint in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city	3
Climate-driven animal mass mortality events: is there a role for scavengers?	3
Relational values shape people’s connectedness to nature in a former military protected area of Ecuador	3
Successful management of invasive rats across a fragmented landscape	3
How science communications can help build societal perceptions of invasive alien species and their impacts on the environment	3
Vulnerability of wilderness areas to day-use visits	3
Market–community collaborative wildlife management in Malawi: subjectivities and shifting configurations of protests and celebrations	2
A biocultural hypothesis of human–environment mediations and biodiversity increase	2
ENC volume 49 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	2
Expert-based assessment of the climate change vulnerability of amphibians and reptiles of Uruguay	2
Greenness and biodiversity of open spaces in primary schools and their local surroundings in England	2
The Ethiopian wolf can act as a flagship and umbrella species to protect the Afroalpine ecosystem and foster sustainable development	2
Identifying medium- and large-sized mammal species sensitive to anthropogenic impacts for monitoring in subtropical montane forests	2
Social development and biodiversity conservation synergies for the West African giraffe in a human–wildlife landscape	2
Mapping functional tree regions of the Atlantic Forest: how much is left and opportunities for conservation	2
Unregulated sales of fishing nets: consequences and possible solutions in Brazil	2
Perceived benefits, burdens and effectiveness of a buffer zone programme in improving protected area–people relationships	2

Grass fires and road structure influence plant invasions in a critical wildlife habitat in north-eastern India	2
Conservation and indigenous peoples’ struggles for livelihoods: Suba Park (Ethiopia)	2
ENC volume 48 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	2
Community perceptions of environmental water: a review	2
Chasing net zero: critical uncertainties in coffee emissions calculations	2
Is the Anthropause a useful symbol and metaphor for raising environmental awareness and promoting reform?	2
On the effectiveness of public awareness campaigns for the management of invasive species	2