OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Reviews is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A review of machine learning applications in wildfire science and management	321
Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change	101
Wildland fire risk research in Canada	73
Microplastics in lakes and rivers: an issue of emerging significance to limnology	41
The potential environmental risks associated with the development of rare earth element production in Canada	39
Plastic ingestion by seabirds in the circumpolar Arctic: a review	37
On “success” in applied environmental research — What is it, how can it be achieved, and how does one know when it has been achieved?	37
Wetlands in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region: the nexus between wetland hydrological function and resource extraction	34
Geothermal energy resources: potential environmental impact and land reclamation	34
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products and their sublethal and lethal effects in aquatic organisms	33
Interactions of metal-based nanoparticles (MBNPs) and metal-oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) with crop plants: a critical review of research progress and prospects	30
Underwater noise and Arctic marine mammals: review and policy recommendations	28
Increasing importance of climate change and other threats to at-risk species in Canada	27
Discrimination between freshwater and marine fish using fatty acids: ecological implications and future perspectives	26
A synthesis review on atmospheric wet deposition of particulate elements: scavenging ratios, solubility, and flux measurements	25
Geochemical and biological controls on the ecological relevance of total, dissolved, and colloidal forms of trace elements in large boreal rivers: review and case studies	23
A national tree-ring data repository for Canadian forests (CFS-TRenD): structure, synthesis, and applications	20
A review of the current state of process-based and data-driven modelling: guidelines for Lake Erie managers and watershed modellers	19
Ecological effects and causal synthesis of oil sands activity impacts on river ecosystems: water synthesis review	19
A review of natural disturbances to inform implementation of ecological forestry in Nova Scotia, Canada	19
The Green Wave: reviewing the environmental impacts of the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) and potential management approaches	17
Past variation in Lower Peace River ice-jam flood frequency	17
Size does matter — the eco-evolutionary effects of changing body size in fish	16
Western Canadian freshwater availability: current and future vulnerabilities	16
Greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands under manipulated warming, nitrogen addition, and vegetation composition change: a review and data synthesis	16

Integrating watershed and ecosystem service models to assess best management practice efficiency: guidelines for Lake Erie managers and watershed modellers	15
A review of current approaches for the study of microplastic contamination in crustaceans	15
Use of the National Pollutant Release Inventory in environmental research: a scoping review	15
Why do we monitor? Using seabird eggs to track trends in Arctic environmental contamination	15
Microbubble and nanobubble-based gas flotation for oily wastewater treatment: a review	15
Frozen out: unanswered questions about winter biology	14
Geochemical tracers in submarine groundwater discharge research: practice and challenges from a view of climate changes	14
Utilization of lipid-extracted biomass (LEB) to improve the economic feasibility of biodiesel production from green microalgae	13
Sustainable, resilient, and reliable urban water systems: making the case for a “one water” approach	13
Preventing and controlling nonnative species invasions to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss	13
Ecological revetments for enhanced interception of nonpoint source pollutants: a review	12
Increased use of sanitizers and disinfectants during the COVID-19 pandemic: identification of antimicrobial chemicals and considerations for aquatic environmental contamination	12
New insights into the biodegradation of polylactic acid: from degradation to upcycling	12
Review of studies analysing glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) occurrence in groundwater	12
Challenges for water quality protection in the greater metropolitan area of Addis Ababa and the upper Awash basin, Ethiopia – time to take stock	11
Commercial value of trawl macrofauna of the North Pacific and adjacent seas	11
Review of ecological mercury and arsenic bioaccumulation within historical gold mining districts of Nova Scotia	11
Historical, contemporary, and future perspectives on a coupled social–ecological system in a changing world: Canada’s historic Rideau Canal	11
Modelling river flow in cold and ungauged regions: a review of the purposes, methods, and challenges	11
Quantifying the impacts of oil sands development on wildlife: perspectives from impact assessments	11
Linking instream wood recruitment to adjacent forest development in landscapes driven by stand-replacing disturbances: a conceptual model to inform riparian and stream management	10
Immobilization as a powerful bioremediation tool for abatement of dye pollution: a review	10
Assessing the effects of climate change on urban watersheds: a review and call for future research	10
Influence of sustainability reports on social and environmental issues: bibliometric analysis and the word cloud approach	10
Review of resource utilization of Fe-rich sludges: purification, upcycling, and application in wastewater treatment	10
Atmospheric particulate pollution in South American megacities	10
Small hydraulic structures, big environmental problems: is it possible to mitigate the negative impacts of culverts on stream biota?	9
The effects of roadways on lakes and ponds: a systematic review and assessment of knowledge gaps	9
Guidance for analytical methods to cumulative effects assessment for terrestrial species	9
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in terrestrial and aquatic environments following wildfire: a review	8
Measures to safeguard and restore river connectivity	8
Scientific considerations and challenges for addressing cumulative effects in forest landscapes in Canada	8
Alien species of Mediterranean origin in the Baltic Sea Region: current state and risk assessment	8
A critical review of successional dynamics in boreal forests of North America	8
Borealization of the New England – Acadian Forest: a review of the evidence	8
Leaching loss of dissolved organic nitrogen from cropland ecosystems	8
The utilization of *Ricinus communis* in the phytomanagement of heavy metal contaminated soils	8
Shorebirds ingest plastics too: what we know, what we do not know, and what we should do next	7
Brownfields over the years: from definition to sustainable reuse	7
Protecting and restoring habitats to benefit freshwater biodiversity	7
Modelling climatic impacts on ice-jam floods: a review of current models, modelling capabilities, challenges, and future prospects	7
Impacts of plastic waste management strategies	7
Cadmium pollution of water, soil, and food: a review of the current conditions and future research considerations in Latin America	7
Mapping Taihu Basin research: a bibliometric analysis	6
The historical footprint and future challenges of water-energy-food nexus research: a bibliometric review towards sustainable development	6
Urbanization and stream ecosystems: the role of flow hydraulics towards an improved understanding in addressing urban stream degradation	6
Generated land systems: recognition and prospects of land system science	6
A review of the non-indigenous Chinese mystery snail, Cipangopaludina chinensis (Viviparidae), in North America, with emphasis on occurrence in Canada and the potential impact on indigenous aqu	6
Natural disturbance regimes for implementation of ecological forestry: a review and case study from Nova Scotia, Canada	6
Recent advances in carbon footprint studies of urban ecosystems: overview, application, and future challenges	6

Biomonitoring of heavy metals and metalloids with wild mammals in the Iberian Peninsula: a systematic review	6
Ten considerations for conservation policy makers for the post-COVID-19 transition	6
Solar infrared radiation towards building energy efficiency: measurement, data, and modeling	6
Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss	5
Clearing up cloudy waters: a review of sediment impacts to unionid freshwater mussels	5
Current status and advancement suggestions of ice-jam flood hazard and risk assessment	5
Criteria-based critical review of artificial intelligence applications in water-leak management	5
The role of spatial scale in drought monitoring and early warning systems: a review	5
A review of lethal thermal tolerance among freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) within the North American faunal region	5
Commentary on “Past variation in Lower Peace River ice-jam flood frequency” by Wolfe et al. (2020)	4
Progress of optical biosensors for analyzing pathogens and organic pollutants in water since 2015	4
Challenges and opportunities in developing decision support systems for risk assessment and management of forest invasive alien species	4
Impact of climate change on catchment nutrient dynamics: insights from around the world	4
Sulfolane in contaminated sites: environmental toxicity and bioremediation technologies	4
Emerging pollutants of water supplies and the effect of climate change	4
E-waste: Growing environmental and health problems and its management alternatives in developing countries	4
A science and management partnership to restore coregonine diversity to the Laurentian Great Lakes	4
New open-loop recycling approaches for disposable diaper waste	4
Process-based models for nitrogen dynamics in subsurface flow constructed wetlands: A state-of-the-art review	4