OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Global Change Biology is 81. 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
Extreme and compound ocean events are key drivers of projected low pelagic fish biomass	300
Nitrogen deposition suppresses ephemeral post‐fire plant diversity	273
Issue Information	249
Climatic legacy effects on the drought response of the Amazon rainforest	239
Deciphering the Intricate Control of Minerals on Deep Soil Carbon Stability and Persistence in Alaskan Permafrost	216
Losses of low‐germinating, slow‐growing species prevent grassland composition recovery from nutrient amendment	206
Net greenhouse gas balance in U.S. croplands: How can soils be part of the climate solution?	198
Anthropogenic disturbance exacerbates resilience loss in the Amazon rainforests	189
Long‐ and short‐term responses to climate change in body and appendage size of diverse Australian birds	177
Rapid migration of Mongolian oak into the southern Asian boreal forest	175
The importance of oxygen for explaining rapid shifts in a marine fish	175
Cognition as a neglected mediator of responses to anthropogenic noise	173
Shifts in bacterial traits under chronic nitrogen deposition align with soil processes in arbuscular, but not ectomycorrhizal‐associated trees	168
Mammal communities of primeval forests as sentinels of global change	168
New ways for (in)validating the forest carbon neutrality hypothesis	165
Carbon sequestration in the subsoil and the time required to stabilize carbon for climate change mitigation	157
Shrinking body size of European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay	144
Elevating water table reduces net ecosystem carbon losses from global drained wetlands	141
Coping with collapse: Functional robustness of coral‐reef fish network to simulated cascade extinction	140
Predicting the future of our oceans—Evaluating genomic forecasting approaches in marine species	140
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Precipitation and temperature timings underlying bioclimatic variables rearrange under climate change globally	126
Disentangling the variability of symbiotic nitrogen fixation rate and the controlling factors	124
Land surface conductance linked to precipitation: Co‐evolution of vegetation and climate in Earth system models	123
Mapping the distance between fire hazard and disaster for communities in Canadian forests	122

The dual roles of dissimilatory iron reduction in the carbon cycle: The “iron mesh” effect can increase inorganic carbon sequestration	122
Population‐specific responses to developmental temperature in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus: Implications for climate change	121
Unraveling the multifaceted effects of climatic factors on mountain pine beetle and its interaction with fungal symbionts	121
A positive feedback to climate change: The effect of temperature on the respiration of key wood‐decomposing fungi does not decline with time	119
Conservation planning for retention, not just protection	117
Conflicts and opportunities for commercial tree plantation expansion and biodiversity restoration across Brazil	112
Where and why do conifer forests persist in refugia through multiple fire events?	112
Triploid Pacific oysters exhibit stress response dysregulation and elevated mortality following heatwaves	111
Spatiotemporal variability of fire effects on soil carbon and nitrogen: A global meta‐analysis	111
Century‐long changes and drivers of soil nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions across the contiguous United States	108
A synthesis of nitric oxide emissions across global fertilized croplands from crop‐specific emission factors	107
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Anti‐herbivore silicon defences in a model grass are greatest under Miocene levels of atmospheric CO₂	103
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Embedding biodiversity research into climate adaptation policy and practice	102
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Resilient consumers accelerate the plant decomposition in a naturally acidified seagrass ecosystem	102
Issue Information	100
Disentangling the multiple effects of precipitation on arthropod biomass: A commentary on Newell et al. (2022)	99
Marine sponges in the once and future ocean	99
A claim for a ‘next generation’ of multisite range‐wide forest genetic trials built on the legacy of ecological genetics to anticipate responses to climate	98
Issue Information	97
Carbon conundrums: Do United States' current carbon market baselines represent an undesirable ecological threshold?	97
Issue Information	97
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Global biodiversity conservation requires traditional Chinese medicine trade to be sustainable and well regulated	94
Critical transitions and ecological resilience of large marine ecosystems in the Northwestern Pacific in response to global warming	94
Issue Information	94
Landscape determinants of pelagic and benthic primary production in northern lakes	93
Comparison of the distribution and phenology of Arctic Mountain plants between the early 20th and 21st centuries	93
Issue Information	92
Effects of fire on CO₂, CH₄, and N₂O exchange in a well‐drained Arctic heath ecosystem	92
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In situ decrease in rhodolith growth associated with Arctic climate change	91
Issue Information	91
Inferred drought‐induced plant allocation shifts and their impact on drought legacy at a tropical forest site	91
Assessing the effectiveness of marine nature‐based solutions with climate risk assessments	91
Impact of persistently high sea surface temperatures on the rhizobiomes of Zostera marina in a Baltic Sea benthocosms	91
Long‐term (64 years) annual burning lessened soil organic carbon and nitrogen content in a humid subtropical grassland	91
Wheat genetic resources have avoided disease pandemics, improved food security, and reduced environmental footprints: A review of historical impacts and future opportunities	90
Tree crown damage and its effects on forest carbon cycling in a tropical forest	89
A phylogenetic study to assess the link between biome specialization and diversification in swallowtail butterflies	89
Unveiling the landscape predictors of resilient vegetation in coastal wetlands to inform conservation in the face of climate extremes	89
What are small‐size microplastic distributions telling us?	87
Complex range shifts among forest functional types under the contemporary warming	87
Biophysical approaches to predicting species vulnerability	86
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Issue Information	85
Is the future female for turtles? Climate change and wetland configuration predict sex ratios of a freshwater species	85
Letter to the editor on “Nonlinear dynamics of fires in Africa over recent decades controlled by precipitation”	85

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Issue Information	84
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Climate and sex in turtles	82
Responding to warming in polar oceans: A commentary on Molina et al. (2022)	81
The glasgow leaders’ declaration on forests and land use: Significance toward “Net Zero”	81
Changes in sea ice and range expansion of sperm whales in the eclipse sound region of Baffin Bay, Canada	81
Modified future diurnal variability of the global surface ocean CO₂ system	81