OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Reviews is 9. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Progress in understanding the methane sink and methanotrophs in karst caves	134
Effectiveness of agricultural BMPs on phosphorus load reduction for the Canadian Lake Erie Basin: a literature review	77
A scoping review of strengths-based drinking water policies in Indigenous communities in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia	63
Application of climate change scenarios in the simulation of forest ecosystems: an overview	57
Atmospheric particulate pollution in South American megacities	42
A selective review of environmental perceptions, attitudes, place attachment, and their spatial characterisation: contrasting the South African and global perspectives	38
Wetlands as integral parts of surface water–groundwater interactions in the Athabasca Oil Sands Area: Review and synthesis	31
Water resource management research in Benin: a systematic review	27
Development trend, evolution of themes, gaps and challenges of the research investigating ozone effects on vegetation	26
Correction: Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change	25
Recent advances in screening and identification of PET-degrading enzymes	23
Note of Appreciation	23
A review of large-scale renewable energy partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations in Canada	23
Note of appreciation	21
Sulfolane in contaminated sites: environmental toxicity and bioremediation technologies	21
Effects of street plants on atmospheric particulate dispersion in urban streets: A review	21
Protecting trees in the urban forest: a systematic review of literature on acts, bylaws, ordinances, and regulations	20
The response of trophic interaction networks to multiple stressors along a large-scale latitudinal range in the Southern Hemisphere	19
Criteria-based critical review of artificial intelligence applications in water-leak management	19
Spatial-temporal characteristics of ambient isoprene and monoterpene and their ozone and secondary organic aerosol formation potential in China	19
Relationships among water, food, energy, and ecosystems in the Mid-Latitude Region in the context of sustainable development goals	19
Patterns of vegetation change in Yukon: recent findings and future research in dynamic subarctic ecosystems	19
Natural disturbance regimes for implementation of ecological forestry: a review and case study from Nova Scotia, Canada	18
Research progress, challenges, and prospects of PM_2.5 concentration estimation using satellite data	17
Historical, contemporary, and future perspectives on a coupled social–ecological system in a changing world: Canada’s historic Rideau Canal	17

Increased use of sanitizers and disinfectants during the COVID-19 pandemic: identification of antimicrobial chemicals and considerations for aquatic environmental contamination	16
Arctic marine ecosystems face increasing climate stress	16
Ecological effects and causal synthesis of oil sands activity impacts on river ecosystems: water synthesis review	15
Critical evaluation of novel applications of aquatic weed Azolla as a sustainable feedstock for deriving bioenergy and feed supplement	15
Weaving Indigenous and Western ways of knowing in ecotoxicology and wildlife health: a review of Canadian studies	15
Sources of rare earth elements in the environment and their impact on living organisms	15
A science and management partnership to restore coregonine diversity to the Laurentian Great Lakes	14
Shorebirds ingest plastics too: what we know, what we do not know, and what we should do next	14
Does land use legacy matter for current soil functioning? A bibliometric study (2001–2020)	13
Cigarette butts in the environment: a growing global threat?	12
Impacts of plastic waste management strategies	12
“Planning and management of water and water infrastructure under climate stress”	12
Toward a Canadian national river water quality modeling system: state of science and future prospects	11
An assessment of contaminants in bison (Bison bison athabascae) in the Peace-Athabasca region	11
The struggle to anticipate the future: political uses, technological approaches, and moral debates on climate change	11
Multi-criteria decision analysis in assessing watershed scale pollution risk: a review of combined approaches and applications	10
Challenges and opportunities for kitchen waste treatment—a review	10
Functional attributes of seeds as indicators of germination sensitivity to global warming	10
Urbanization and stream ecosystems: the role of flow hydraulics towards an improved understanding in addressing urban stream degradation	10
Linking functional diversity to ecological indicators: a tool to predict anthropogenic effects on ecosystem functioning	9