OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Russian Journal of Ecology is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Long-Term Dynamics of Epiphytic Lichen Communities in the Vicinity of Karabash Copper Smelter	10
Components of the Carbon Cycle of the Ecosystem of an Old-Growth Bilberry Spruce Forest in the Middle Taiga Subzone	10
Assessment of the Population of the European Grayling under Limited Data	9
Comparative Analysis of Blood System Indicators of Three Species of Immature Forest Voles Under Conditions of Low Autumn Temperatures	8
Functional Efficiency of the Woody Vegetation Species Composition in Urban Green Spaces	7
Essence of Oil Pollution of the Caspian Seal (Pusa caspica)	7
The Elemental Composition of Dead Wood in Different Tree Species and Stages of Decay in the Broad-Leaved Forests of the Kaluzhskie Zaseki State Nature Reserve	7
Energy Metabolism of Crustaceans (Amphipoda) from the Northern Populations (White Sea Basin)	6
Invasion Levels of Alien Plants in Various Habitat Types in the Middle Urals	5
Dynamics of Communities of Cryptogamic Organisms on Dead Wood after Reduction of the Emissions from a Copper Smelter	5
Diversity and Ecological Features of Phylogenetic Lineages of Tinder Fungus in the Urals	5
Red Fox Skull Size Variability Along the Ural’s Meridian: Bergmann’s Rule or the Optimum Rule?	5
Simulated Litter Input on above and Below-ground Carbon Pool Trade-off of Alpine Meadow Plants	4
Results of Long-Term Studies of Annual Growth of Mosses of the Genus Sphagnum L. in the Central Taiga of Karelia	4
Comparison of Field and Laboratory Testing of Copper Phytotoxicity in Industrially Polluted Soils	4
Response of Alpine Meadow Plant Diversity and Biomass to Nitrogen Addition and Growth Stage	4
Influence of Forest Growth Conditions on the CO2 Emissions from the Soil Surface in the Middle Taiga Pine Forests of the Komi Republic, Russia	4
Daily Dynamics of Grass Stand Invertebrate Communities Exposed to Emissions from the Middle Ural Copper Smelter	4
The Influence of Endogeic Earthworms on Soil Organic Matter in a Short-Term Field Experiment	4
Dynamics of Distribution Boundaries of Epiphytic Macrolichens after Reduction of Emissions from a Copper Smelter	4
Understanding the Factors Affecting Variation in Length-Weight Relationship in Gangetic hairfin anchovy, Setipinna phasa (Hamilton, 1822) from Estuarine and Riverine Ecosystems of Ganga Basin using Ge	3
In a Laboratory Experiment with Growing Miscanthus Sacchariflorus Application of Biochar Reduces CO2 Flux from the Soil	3
Diet and feeding ecology of Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) and Tundra Swan (C. columbianus) at the Yellow River Wetland of Baotou in Spring Season	3
Distribution of Striped Crayfish Faxonius Limosus in Water Bodies of Belarus	3
Earthworms (Ologochaeta, Lumbricidae) of the Hyrcanian Forests of Azerbaijan	3

Influence of Environmental Factors on the Dynamics of Zooplankton in Lake Kulunda (Western Siberia)	3
Fragmentation and Diversity of the Valdai National Park Forests	3
Remote Sensing Assessment of Carbon Sequestration in Pine Forests (Pinus Sylvestris L.) on Fallow Lands of the Nasibash Site of the Eurasia Carbon Polygon	3
Characteristics of the Vertical Distribution of Chlorophyll in Reservoirs of the Middle and Lower Volga	3
The Influence of Temperature on the Infection of Honey Bees with Parasites and Pathogens	3
Dynamics of the Seasonal Rhythm of Development of the North Maple (Acer platanoides L.) in the Bashkir Central Region in Connection with Long-Term Climate Changes	3
Current Distribution and Ecological-Phytocoenotic Characteristic of the Invasive Species Impatiens glandulifera Roule in the Southern Urals	3
Structure of the Complex of Veronica spicata L. Pollinators on the Northern Distribution Border	3
Interactions of Cyanobacteria and Aquatic Organisms: Can Crustaceans Facilitate Cyanobacteria Bloom?	3
Phenotypic Variability of Aphantopus hyperantus and Coenonympha arcania (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Vicinity of the Middle Ural Copper Smelter. Part 2. Wing Shape and Eyespot Size	2
Assessing Some Bio-ecological Metrics Related to the Growth and Diet of Invasive Gambusia holbrooki in Different Habitats (lotic vs. lentic) of an Island Ecosystem (Gökçeada, Turkey)	2
Assessment of the Dynamics of the Number of Commercial Fish Species in the Kapchagay Reservior (Kazakhstan) from 1974 to 2021 Due to the Influence of Environmental Factors	2
Predictors of Insect Damage to Forest Stands According to Satellite Data Using the Siberian Silkmoth Dendrolimis Sibiricus Tschetv as an Example	2
Reconstruction of Periods with High Spring Floods of the Tura River Using Tree Rings of Populus nigra	2
On the Accumulation of Heavy Metals and Arsenic in the Feathers of the Blue Rock Pigeon (Columba livia var. urbana) in Different Districts of Moscow	2
Variability of Transfer Factors of 90Sr in Herbaceous Plants of Different Taxonomic Groups in the Nuclear Facility Impact Zone	2
State of Zooplankton Communities in Lakes Bannoe (Solovetsky Archipelago) and Kholmovskoe (Northern Dvina River Basin)	2
Changes in the Likelihood of Mycorrhiza Formation of Herb-Shrub Layer Plants in Communities Invaded by of Acer negundo	2
Assessment of Copper Toxicity to Sunflower under Monometallic Soil Contamination Conditions	2
Species Richness of Plant Communities in Continental Asia along the Aridity Gradient	2
Trophic Niche of Four Oxynoemacheilus Species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Different River Basins (Western Türkiye) during the spring	2
Assemblages of Ground-Dwelling Arachnids and Carabids in Metal-Polluted Forests: Are There Any Signs of Recovery after Reductions of the Middle Ural Copper Smelter Emission?	2
Structure and Stock of Phytomass as Indicators of the Stage of Demutation of Steppe Fallow Lands in Tyva	2
Effect of Illumination on the Reproductive Success of Platanthera Bifolia (L.) Rich. (Orchidaceae) on the Northern Border of the Range (Komi Republic)	2
Dynamics of the Vegetation of Central Yamal in the Holocene	2
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Owls Feeding and the Ornithogenic Deposits Formation	2
Relationship Between the Synanthropization Level, Structure, and Diversity of Complexes of Dominant Species in Vegetation Sites with Different Degrees of Anthropogenic Transformation	2
Environmental Preferences of the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys Glareolus Schreber, 1780) under Different Biotopical Conditions in the Protected Territory of the Middle Urals	2
Levels of Alien Plant Invasion Depending on Past Severe Disturbances of Habitat: Pine Forests and Forest Plantations	2
Tree Species Diversity, Distribution Patterns and Carbon Stock Potential of the Mixed Coniferous Forest of Arunachal Pradesh, India	2
Soil and Vegetation Heterogeneity in Postagrogenic Restorative Succession in the Middle Taiga Subzone	2
Cyclic Processes in Ground Beetle Populations of Calathus micropterus Duft. in the Northern Baikal Region	2
Wildlife and Vehicles: Analysis of Growing Conflict—a Case of the Sverdlovsk Oblast	2
Dynamics of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Chernozem Soils under a Forest Shelterbelt and Adjacent Arable Land in the Southern Forest-Steppe	2
Loss of Large Bivalves in the Rivers of the Southern Primorye (Russian Far East) in Summer and Autumn of 2021	2
Naphthalene Addition Causes Slight Non-Target Effects on Soil Respiration and Soil Microbial Biomass in the Subalpine Forest of Western Sichuan	2
Characteristics of Macrozoobenthos in Sukhoe More Bay (Lower Reaches of the Severnaya Dvina River) during Spring 2024	2
Distribution of Trophic Resources in a Rodent Community in the High-Mountain Zone of the Republic of Dagestan	2
Carbon Storage by Siberian Larch in the Upper Treeline Ecotone in the Polar Urals	2
The Thicket Structure Explains Sorbaria sorbifolia’s Ability to Be a Transformer in the Secondary Range	2
Distribution and Abundance of European Earthworm Species in Irtysh Forests	2
Effect of Heterospecific Abundance on Non-resident Activity in a Community of Small Forest Mammals	2
Horizontal Pattern of Trees in the Cenopopulation of Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr. in the Forest Tundra Ecotone on the Taimyr Peninsula	2
Long-Term Dynamics of the Avifauna in the North of Western Siberia	2
Climatic Response of Radial Growth of Scots Pine and Siberian Spruce in Mixed Forests of the Republic of Udmurtia	2
Radial Increment of Pinus sylvestris L. in the Insular Pine Forests of Northern Kazakhstan in the Context of Climate and Geomorphological Conditions	2
Effect of Weather Conditions during Post-Diapause Development of Black-Veined White Aporia crataegi L. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) on the Variation of Wing Venation	1
Impact of Ice Rain on Forests of Russky Island	1
A Study on the Phytotoxicity of Bark and Root Extracts of the Invasive Senna spectabilis (DC.) H.S. Irwin and Barneby	1
Long-Term Changes in the Small Mammal Population of the Forest-Steppe Zone of the Southern Urals Caused by Extreme Drought	1

Good Shelter, Bad Food: Invertebrates Inhabiting Fruiting Bodies of Spring Ascomycetes in a Mixed Forest	1
Expansion of the Area of Trematodes Paracoenogonimus Ovatus (Katsurada, 1914) in Western Siberia	1
Ecosystem Carbon Stocks in the Voronezh Upland Oak Grove and Usman Pine Wood	1
Productivity of the Bakchar Bog Plant Communities in the Initial Stages of Pyrogenic Succession (Southern Taiga of Western Siberia)	1
Soil Respiration of Middle Taiga Spruce Forests of the Mezensko-Vychegodskaya Plain (Komi Republic)	1
The Reduction of the Size of Wolves of the Same Age of the Northwestern Black Sea Region in the 21st Century	1
Assessment of Habitat Suitability for Chinese Goral in Mountainous Areas of Beijing with MaxEnt Model	1
The Effect of Grey Heron Colonies on the Radial Growth of Trees in Pine Plantations	1
Carbon Stocks in Old-Aged (180–190 Years) Middle-Taiga Shrub-Green Moss Pine Forests	1
On the Area of Plant Communities Providing the Preservation of Their Species Richness under the Impact of the Dominant Species	1
Functional Alpha Diversity: A New Distance-Based Measurement Calculations Technique That Accounts for Intraspecific Variability	1
Soil Defaunation in Field Experiments with the Use of Cypermethrin and Its Effect on the Production of Mycelium of Mycorrhizal Fungi	1
Morphological Variability of Two Closely Related Species of the Genus Orchis in Various Growing Conditions	1
The Ratio of Biotopic and Interannual Variability of Bank Voles in Windfall- and Fire-Transformed Forest Biotopes of the Middle Urals	1
Relations of the Species Wealth of Adventive and Aboriginal Fractions of Floras with the Characteristics of Climate and Relief in the Middle Volga Region	1
Tree Age Modulates Climate Sensitivity across a Latitudinal Aridity Gradient in Central Siberia	1
Effects of Drought on Dissolved Organic Carbon Content in Grassland and Forest Soils	1
Total Mercury and Stable Nitrogen and Carbon Isotope Content in Polar Bear Hair in the Russian Arctic	1
Structure of Aquatic Communities in Mountain Lakes of the Torgovaya River Basin (Subpolar Ural)	1
Biological Productivity of the Post-Fire Larch Forests in the Mountain Regions of Krasnoyarsk Krai	1
Influence of the Reduction of the Flow of the Foothill Izdrevaya River (the Basin of the Upper Ob) on the Fish Species Composition and Distribution	1
Species and Coenotic Diversity of the Floodplain Forest Communities in Northeast Russia	1
Distribution of Epiphytic Lichens along a Tree’s Trunk	1
Accumulation and Localization of Metals in Lichen Thallus Under Conditions of Dust Pollution During Open Mining of Boxite Deposits	1
Biome and Climate Quantitative Reconstructions in the Northwestern European Russia during the Holocene	1
Variation in Trophic Fractionation (Δ15N or Δ13C values) in the Larvae of Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)	1
Proportion of Birch Leaves Damaged by Insects along the Pollution Gradient of the Middle Ural Copper Smelter	1
Effects of Grazing Exclusion on Vegetation and Soil Properties of a Leymus chinensis Steppe in China	1
Non-Specific Animal Esterases as Biomarkers of Pesticide Pollution of Aquatic Ecosystems (Review)	1
Temperature Effect on CO2 Emission by Two Xylotrophic Fungi and by Wood Debris	1
Assessment of the State of Whitefish Reproduction in the Khudosey River (Western Siberia)	1
Comparative Mesocosm Study on the Impact of Invasive Aporrectodea Caliginosa and Native Eisenia Nordenskioldi Pallida on Water-Soluble Cation ($${\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + }$$, K+, Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+) Content i	1
Estimation of Demographics of Self-Sustaining Groups of Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Passeriformes: Muscipapidae) Taking Into Account the Long-Term Dynamics of the Population Breeding in the To	1
Studies of Lacustrine Phytoperiphyton: Current Trends and Prospects Considering Algae-Bacteria Interactions	1
Changing the Reserves of Green and Lichen Forage Stocks in the Southern Tundra Communities of Yamal from the 1930s to 2017–2019	1
Tree Stand Structure in the Forest–Mountain Steppe Transition Zone on the Slopes of the Kraka Massif (Southern Urals) and Its Determining Factors	1
CO2 Fluxes from the Soil Surface in Pine Stands on Central Siberia: Contribution of Moisture Conditions of the Growing Season	1
Effect Exercised by Climate on the Taxonomic Diversity of Vascular Plants in the Middle Volga Region	1
Variability of Hematological Parameters in Muroid Rodents of Different Ecological Specialization	1
Estimates of Annual Carbon Dioxide Fluxes from the Soil of Spruce Forests of the Ural-Carbon Carbon Supersite based on Incomplete Time Series using Classical Regression Approaches and Machine Learning	1
Ecological Aspects of Experimental Growing of Young Muksun in the Natural Environment	1
Variation in the Body Condition of Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca breeding in Vicinities of the Middle Ural Copper Smelter	1
The Response of the Invertebrate Communities of Steppe and Floodplain Meadows to Emissions from the Karabash Copper Smelter	1
Bivariance of the Size Structure of Sable and Pine Marten Populations: Gene Flow or Introgression?	1
Recovery Signs in Grass-Stand Invertebrate Communities after a Decrease in Copper-Smelting Emissions	1
Assessment of the Distribution of the Subendemic Species of Earthworms in the Forest Belt of the Northwestern Caucasus under Various Climate Change Scenarios	1
Oaks of the Western Caucasus: Species Structure and Hybridization Investigated by Genetic Markers	1