OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecological Indicators is 85. 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
Nature’s contributions to people and biodiversity mapping in Switzerland: spatial patterns and environmental drivers	252
Multi-Scenario analysis of rooftop greening regulation on runoff effects based on adaptive Evaluation: A case study of Macau, China	221
From colonial clusters to colonial sheaths: Imaging flow cytometry analysis of Microcystis morphospecies dynamics in mesocosm and links to CyanoHABs management	217
Alpine meadow degradation regulates soil microbial diversity via decreasing plant production on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	214
Predicting regional sustainable development to enhance decision-making in brownfield redevelopment using machine learning algorithms	195
Exotic species elicit decoupled responses in functional diversity components of freshwater fish assemblages in Chile	191
Spatial non-stationarity effects of the driving factors on landscape ecological risk: A case of the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Urban Agglomeration, China	174
Monitoring water quality parameters of freshwater aquaculture ponds using UAV-based multispectral images	170
Water security assessment and analysis incorporating blue-green water in the river basin	165
Monitoring the salinization of agricultural land and assessing its drivers in the Altay region	164
Study on the coordination and factors affecting the coupling of resource and environmental carrying capacity and regional economy in ecologically fragile areas	162
APNet-YOLOv8s: A real-time automatic aquatic plants recognition algorithm for complex environments	158
Soil macrofauna are important bioindicators of soil quality in agroecosystems under different management	152
Indicators of biodiversity in an intensively cultivated and heavily human modified landscape	151
Spatial and temporal characteristics and driving mechanisms of recreational ecosystem services supply-demand mismatch in rapidly urbanizing areas: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta	149
Analyzing industry ecological sustainability from the perspective of spatial association network: A case study of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River	147
Supply-disposition storage of fresh fruits and vegetables and food loss in the Canadian supply chain	147
Developing a multivariate drought index to assess drought characteristics based on the SWAT-Copula method in the Poyang Lake basin, China	146
Critical signals for grassland desertification prediction in the transition zone between desert and typical steppe in InnerMongolia, China	145
A spatial accessibility framework for mapping the mismatch between wood supply and demand across Europe	144
Heavy metal contamination and eutrophication effects on bacterial communities in the Han River basin	143
Evaluation of the current status and risks of aquatic ecology in the Jialing River Basin based on the characteristics and succession trends of phytoplankton communities	134
An ecosystem resilience index that integrates measures of vegetation function, structure, and composition	131
Exploring the decline in health index of the Qarhan salt lake region in Qinghai Province, China: A 40-year assessment	130
Spatial-temporal evolution and influencing factors of food production security in China’s main food-producing areas − based on resource constraint perspective	130

The difference in ecological environmental quality impact factors between human activity zone and non-human activity zone in arid regions: A case study of the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains	130
Zhengzhou 2024 Ecosummit declaration: Building eco-civilization for a sustainable and desirable future	128
Assessing sargassum pressure on coastal habitats using a spatial and temporal approach at the territorial scale	128
Landscape ecological risk assessment of the northern coastal region of China based on the improved ESRISK framework: A case study of Cangzhou City	128
Unstable changes in ecological quality of the four major sandy lands in northern China based on Google Earth Engine	126
Quantitative contribution of climate change and vegetation restoration to ecosystem services in the Inner Mongolia under ecological restoration projects	124
Spatial and temporal distribution and evolution of traditional villages in Xin ’an River Basin of China based on geographic detection and remote sensing technology	123
Construction of the ecological security pattern of Mu Us sandy land on the basis of the “Source − Resistance − Corridor” theory	122
Long-term effects of post-earthquake landslides on vegetation ecosystem net carbon	121
Mapping key soil properties in low relief areas using integrated machine learning and geostatistics	121
How low-abundance amphibians shape functional diversity across tropical forest succession stages?	120
Carabid beetles as indicators of stream zonation	120
Changes in the severity of compound hot-dry-windy events over global land areas	119
Co-occurrences and species distribution models show the structuring role of dominant species in the Vez watershed, in Portugal	119
Harmful blooms across a longitudinal gradient in central Europe during heatwave: Cyanobacteria biomass, cyanotoxins, and nutrients	119
Response of macroinvertebrates to changes in stream flow and habitat conditions in Dinki watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia	118
Elevational patterns of trait composition and functional diversity of stream macroinvertebrates in the Hengduan Mountains region, Southwest China	118
Elevated physiological plasticity in xerophytic-deciduous shrubs as demonstrated in their variable maximum carboxylation rate	116
Evaluation of coupling relationship between urbanization and air quality based on improved coupling coordination degree model in Shandong Province, China	116
Study on habitat suitability change and habitat network of rare wintering cranes in important international wetlands	116
How does the Net primary productivity respond to the extreme climate under elevation constraints in mountainous areas of Yunnan, China?	115
Gap analysis for DNA-based biomonitoring of aquatic ecosystems in China	115
Which characteristics represent the gentrification affected by parks? A study case in Nanjing, China	115
Spatiotemporal variations of water conservation and its influencing factors in the Qinghai Plateau, China	114
Comprehensive evaluation of water resources and environmental carrying capacity based on dualistic water cycle analysis and its application in the Tuo River Basin, China	114
Ecosystem service supply–demand and socioecological drivers at different spatial scales in Zhejiang Province, China	112
Benthic diatom eDNA metabarcoding for ecological assessment of an urban river: A comparison with morphological method	112
Whether ecological measures have influenced the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC)? An analysis using land footprint in the Weihe River Basin, China	111
Qualifying the urban structure type approach for urban green space analysis – A case study of Dresden, Germany	111
Spatiotemporal coupling analysis between human footprint and ecosystem service value in the highly urbanized Pearl River Delta urban Agglomeration, China	108
Spatial distribution characteristics and variability of urban ecological welfare performance in the Yangtze River economic Belt: Evidence from 70 cities	108
Urban ecological security assessment and path regulation for ecological protection - A case study of Shenzhen, China	108
Tree diversity depending on environmental gradients promotes biomass stability via species asynchrony in China’s forest ecosystems	107
Climatic significance of modern minute land snail shells δ13C and δ18O on the Chinese Loess Plateau	107
Modeling fragmentation probability of land-use and land-cover using the bagging, random forest and random subspace in the Teesta River Basin, Bangladesh	106
Incorporating physiological data into species distribution models to predict the potential distribution range of the red-eared slider in China	105
Divergent trends in grassland degradation and desertification under land use and climate change in Central Asia from 2000 to 2020	104
Changes in and driving forces of ecosystem services in tropical southwestern China	103
Spatiotemporal dynamics of groundwater in Henan Province, Central China and their driving factors	103
Literature review: Multi-criteria decision-making method application for sustainable deep-sea mining transport plans	103
Impacts of land use changes on ecosystem services at different elevations in an ecological function area, northern China	100
Can functional leaf traits be used for monitoring wetland restoration? A comparison between commonly used monitoring metrics and functional leaf traits	99
Influences of anthropogenic acids on carbonate weathering and CO2 sink in an agricultural karst wetland (South China)	99
Interactions between landscape structure and bird mobility traits affect the connectivity of agroecosystem networks	98
Effects of sample gear on estuarine nekton assemblage assessments and food web model simulations	94
Forest fire risk assessment model optimized by stochastic average gradient descent	93
Shrubs alter microbial community dynamics across various soil depths in alpine grassland ecosystems on the eastern Tibetan Plateau	91
Characteristics and formation mechanism of carbon emission efficiency spatial correlation network: Perspective from Shandong Province	90
Long-term effect of island industrial construction on groundwater health risk	90
Exploring the potential of aerial drone imagery to distinguish breeding Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae), chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) and gentoo (Pygoscelis papua) penguins in Antarctica	89

Fine-scale satellite-based monitoring of temperature and vegetation cover in microclimates, distribution ranges, and landscape connectivity for Neurergus kaiseri (Kaiser’s mountain newt) during the br	89
Ecological problem identification based on spatial and temporal dynamics of ecosystem quality: A case study	89
Gradient diffusion entropy corrected ALNS optimization for vegetation topology interaction networks	88
Evaluation framework for multi-scale ecological infrastructure construction benefits based on nature-based solutions: A case study of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area	86
Definition of an indicator assessing the impact of a dam on the downstream river landscape	86
A Bi-level optimization approach to reduce the pollution burden of lake water with ecological compensation	86
Economics of ecosystem restoration	86
Focusing on the role of abiotic and biotic drivers on cross-taxon congruence	85
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter plant N and P resorption of dominant species in a degraded grassland of northern China	85
Precipitation variation since 1748 CE in the central Lesser Khingan Mountains, Northeast China	85
Seasonal fluctuations of marsh wetlands in the headwaters of the Brahmaputra, Ganges, and Indus Rivers, Tibetan Plateau based on the adapted LandTrendr model	85
Spatiotemporal variations and driving forces analysis of ecosystem water conservation in coastal areas of China	85