OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Urban Ecosystems is 20. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Use of compost to improve Technosol properties and spontaneous plant-soil relationships of Mediterranean species potentially suitable for urban greening	135
Effect of exotic species management on the recovery of relict forests through citizen participation	55
Resilient plant species selection for urban green infrastructure development in arid regions: a case of Qom, Iran	42
Variation in functional connectivity between metapopulations in urbanized and forested areas in an endangered salamander	35
Urbanisation and land-cover change affect functional, but not compositional turnover of bird communities	33
Dynamic occupancy analyses of native birds in an urban ecological reserve reveal seasonal changes in site occupancy and preference for adjacent urbanized areas	33
Integrating biocultural diversity into urban school grounds through transdisciplinary curriculum design	33
How butterfly communities are structured and have changed in urbanized areas of Marseille: a 12-year monitoring survey	31
Standing vegetation and seed bank patterns paint a bleak picture for urban grassland restoration	31
Water in the city: visitation of animal wildlife to garden water sources and urban lakes	29
Plant diversity and uses in urban domestic gardens of Regla, Havana, Cuba	28
An assessment of the condition of flowing waters in predominantly urban areas of the conterminous U.S. and its relationship to measures of environmental justice	26
Discovering urban nature: citizen science and biodiversity on a university campus	25
Faunal homogenization in tropical cities: lessons from anuran assemblages of two small Amazonian municipalities	25
Monument protection as a limiting factor for large scale vertical greening system implementation to counteract indoor heat stress – a GIS-based analysis for Berlin, Germany	24
Importance of urban green areas’ connectivity for the conservation of pollinators	23
Free-roaming dogs in Ushuaia City, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. How many and why	23
Species diversity and microhabitat characteristics of bryophytes on different types of walls in a karst city Guiyang (SW China)	21
Wildlife resilience in an urban landscape: understanding land-use impacts in Cape Town	21
Influences of landscape structure on butterfly diversity in urban private gardens using a citizen science approach	21
Insect pollinator and natural enemy communities in green roof and ground-level urban habitats	20
A matter of connection: the importance of habitat networks for endangered butterflies in anthropogenic landscapes	20
Rescue data as an alternative for assessing trends and phenological changes in two invasive parakeet species	20
A deep dive into the waterbird community of an urban oasis: implications for park management	20
Soil microbial community of urban green infrastructures in a polar city	20