OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Reviews is 11. 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