OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecological Indicators is 86. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatiotemporal pattern of vegetation water use efficiency between 2003 and 2017 and its coupling relationship with artificial carbon sequestration in the karst region of Southwestern China	306
DPSR-based study and assessment of the influence pathways of Shanghai urban development level on river methane emission potential during 2011–2020	264
Key indicators for Pre-Warning risks associated with urbanization in China	243
Carabid beetles as indicators of stream zonation	209
Hyperspectral remote sensing of chlorophyll a and pheophorbide a pigments for macrobenthos mapping on an estuarine tidal flat	201
A novel remote sensing method for monitoring Large-Scale grassland aboveground Biomass: The case study of grassland key belt in the Tibetan Plateau	200
Global temporal and spatial changes of vegetation in desert steppe Ecosystems: Impacts of climate driving factors	185
Characteristics of extreme precipitation and its effects on soil and water retention in Sichuan, China under multiple climate change elements	184
Field identification of drought tolerant wheat genotypes using canopy vegetation indices instead of plant physiological and biochemical traits	183
A multi-source data fusion method to retrieve soil moisture dynamics and its influencing factors analysis in the ecological zone of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau	181
Application of MSPA-MCR models to construct ecological security pattern in the basin: A case study of Dawen River basin	180
Rapid climate changes responsible for increased net global cropland carbon sink during the last 40 years	169
A novel framework for identifying causes of forest fire events using environmental and temporal characteristics of the ignition point in fire footprint	165
Urban rivers health assessment based on the concept of resilience using improved FCM-EWM-MABAC model	163
Land use/cover change simulation research: A system literature review based on bibliometric analyses	162
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	159
Tree diversity depending on environmental gradients promotes biomass stability via species asynchrony in China’s forest ecosystems	157
The evolution of settlement system and the paths of rural revitalization in alpine pastoral areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A case study of Nagqu County	156
Corrigendum to “Identification of spatial pathways for aquatic ecological risk spread under multi-stressor synergies: A case study of the Pinglu Canal” [Ecol. Indic. 178 (2025) 113915]	156
A new framework for identifying ecological conservation and restoration areas to enhance carbon storage	155
How the flow and sediment pulse influencing the distribution and functional gene composition of bacterial communities? Case study of the lower Yellow River, China	154
A differential game analysis of multi-regional coalition for transboundary pollution problems	153
Characteristics and influencing factors of farmland abandonment in the karst rocky desertification area of Southwest China	153
Small patches are hotspots for biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes	149
Green logistics performance Index as a benchmarking tool for EU countries environmental sustainability	148

Meeting the challenges of the waste hierarchy: A performance evaluation of EU countries	147
Accounting for the water related ecosystem services of forests in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey	146
Land surface phenology detections from multi-source remote sensing indices capturing canopy photosynthesis phenology across major land cover types in the Northern Hemisphere	141
Soil water retention capacity surpasses climate humidity in determining soil organic carbon content but not plant production in the steppe zone of Northern China	141
Negative spill-over effects of agricultural practices on plant species conservation in nature reserves	139
Unraveling the impact of national strategy on urban blue-green space and growth dynamics: A spatiotemporal analysis in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region	137
Quantifying relative contributions of biotic interactions to bacterial diversity and community assembly by using community characteristics of microbial eukaryotes	136
Developing an early warning system and risk assessment based on model for heat damage in rice	135
Different responses of soil water to warming controlled by evapotranspiration during grassland degradation: A case study in the typical steppe of China	131
Green and blue infrastructure but not anthropogenic drivers affect invertebrate communities in urban ecosystems	129
Soil attributes are more important than others in shaping the diversity of cultivated land quality types, southern China	128
Assessment and Diagnosis of the water resources carrying capacity in the Huaihe River basin of Anhui Province	128
Grazing intensity estimation in temperate typical grasslands of Inner Mongolia using machine learning models	126
Long-term effect of island industrial construction on groundwater health risk	126
Using handheld mobile laser scanning to quantify fine-scale surface fuels and detect changes post-disturbance in northern California forests	125
BBEST practices: Intentional efforts to identify elusive flow-ecology thresholds	124
Spatial non-stationarity effects of the driving factors on landscape ecological risk: A case of the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Urban Agglomeration, China	121
Aboveground biomass retrieval of wetland vegetation at the species level using UAV hyperspectral imagery and machine learning	118
Optimisation of ecological security patterns in ecologically transition areas under the perspective of ecological resilience − a case of Taohe River	118
Integrating seasonal variation into conservation planning can provide extra benefits: A case study in the Tana River Basin, Kenya	117
Exploring the dynamic spatial spillover and nonlinear threshold effect of urbanization on urban green development efficiency in China	117
N-microbial properties are key indicators of fertility in maturating technosols constructed for urban landscapes	114
Accelerated vegetative growth measured by gross primary productivity in China from 1980 to 2018	113
The differential responses of gas exchange and evapotranspiration to experimental drought for seedlings of two typical tree species on the Loess Plateau	111
Vegetation net primary productivity variation characteristics and optimization path in inland river basins of arid areas driven by ecological water conveyance: A case study of the mainstream of the Ta	110
Towards interpreting machine learning models for understanding the relationship between vegetation growth and climate factors: A case study of the Anhui Province, China	110
Hydrological shifts from vegetation restoration in semi-arid regions: insights from the typical watersheds of the Yellow River	108
Collaborative allocation of water resources considering ecological marginal benefits in a semiarid and cold region	108
AI-enabled autonomous driving for urban sustainability: a Nanjing central area case study	107
Optimal region connection: Establishing effective ecological corridors for biodiversity conservation in Yunnan Province, China	107
Changes in the severity of compound hot-dry-windy events over global land areas	106
Invasive Spartina alterniflora in controlled cultivation: Environmental implications of converging future technologies	105
Change in grass hill size can signal species diversity changes and ecosystem state transitions during alpine wetland degradation	104
Estimating the spatial distribution of soil total arsenic in the suspected contaminated area using UAV-Borne hyperspectral imagery and deep learning	103
Plant-soil feedbacks in Hydrocotyle vulgaris: Genotypic differences and relations to functional traits	101
Functional and trophic variations in macrofaunal assemblage reflect the ecological effects of bottom-based clam farming	101
The non-significant correlation between landscape ecological risk and ecosystem services in Xi'an Metropolitan Area, China	100
Evaluating the conservation priority of key biodiversity areas based on ecosystem conditions and anthropogenic threats in rapidly urbanizing areas	97
Cedrus distribution change: past, present, and future	97
The impact of environmental regulation on capacity utilization of China’s manufacturing industry: An empirical research based on the sector level	96
Effects of country success on COVID-19 cumulative cases and excess deaths in 169 countries	96
Assessing the impacts of historical and future land-use/cover change on habitat quality in the urbanizing Lhasa River Basin on the Tibetan Plateau	95
Soil organic carbon distribution and factors affecting carbon accumulation in natural and plantation forests in tropical China	95
Selection of suitable aggregation function for estimation of water quality index for the Orontes River	93
Exclusion of plant input affects the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition	93
Changes in south-Swedish vegetation composition over the last 200 years as described by species-specific indicator and trait values and documented by museum and literature records	92
Regional water cycle health evaluation and obstacle factor analysis: A case study of the Yellow River basin in Henan Province, China	92
Shells of Pearlmussels, Margaritifera dahurica (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae), as a biogeochemical indicator of the background (Holocene) and current major and trace elements content in riverine waters	91
Evaluation and optimization of a long-term fish monitoring program in the Hudson River	91
Long-term monitoring of a species suite of ecological indicators: A coordinated conservation framework for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem	90

A multi-isotope approach to evaluate the potential of great cormorant eggs for contaminant monitoring	90
Insights into evaluating the toxic effects of nitrofurazone on ecological integrity in marine ecosystems using periphytic ciliate communities	88
Seasonal hydrological traits in Salix psammophila and its responses to soil moisture and meteorological factors in desert areas	88
Nematode as a biomonitoring model for evaluating ecological risks of heavy metals in sediments from an urban river	87
Co-occurrence patterns and community assembly mechanisms of benthic foraminiferal communities in South Chinese bays	87
Rainfall interception using the revised Gash analytical model for Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica in a semi-humid region of NE China	87
Optimizing the airborne laser scanning estimation of basal area larger than mean (	87
Trends in vegetation and height of the topographic surface in a tidal freshwater swamp experiencing rooting zone saltwater intrusion	87
Influences of anthropogenic acids on carbonate weathering and CO2 sink in an agricultural karst wetland (South China)	86
Persistent exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) accelerates metamorphosis and colonization in larvae of marine shellfish	86
Incremental evolution of modeling a prognosis for polar bears in a rapidly changing Arctic	86
Inversed virtual water flow pattern and its influencing factors in Northwest China	86