OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecological Indicators is 83. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

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	212
Accounting for the water related ecosystem services of forests in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey	209
Towards interpreting machine learning models for understanding the relationship between vegetation growth and climate factors: A case study of the Anhui Province, China	205
Monitoring phycocyanin concentrations in high-latitude inland lakes using Sentinel-3 OLCI data: The case of Lake Hulun, China	199
Optimal agricultural structure allocation based on carbon source/sink accounting	191
Tropical vs. temperate sea turtle population resilience to extreme temperatures	184
Determination and analysis of groundwater ecological level in Changling County	177
Assessing the effects of environmental factors on filtration rate of golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)	173
The comprehensive effect of natural food quality and quantity on growth rate of herbivore consumers	168
City-scale PM2.5 removal by urban trees: validation of i-Tree eco and biomonitoring of PM2.5-bound trace elements	166
Integrating seasonal variation into conservation planning can provide extra benefits: A case study in the Tana River Basin, Kenya	156
N-microbial properties are key indicators of fertility in maturating technosols constructed for urban landscapes	152
Optimizing the airborne laser scanning estimation of basal area larger than mean (	143
Negative influence of a threatened species on ecological status classification: A case study of the influence of European eel within the Swedish fish index VIX	139
Identifying critical climate periods for temporal dynamics of aboveground net primary productivity in the Eurasian steppe region	138
A method based on elitist genetic algorithm for calibrating the thermo-physical surface indicators: Its principles, validation and application to bioswales	137
Phased responses of urban tree canopy cover changes to urbanization process within Beijing’s built-up area: An analytical framework coupling state, transition, and drivers	134
Advancing ecological precision surgery through a paradigm framework targeted for invasion risk management	130
A novel remote sensing method for monitoring Large-Scale grassland aboveground Biomass: The case study of grassland key belt in the Tibetan Plateau	129
Quantifying relative contributions of biotic interactions to bacterial diversity and community assembly by using community characteristics of microbial eukaryotes	128
Concept and method of drought disaster risk measurement based on drought propagation level--a case study of AnHui Province	123
Hydraulic conductivity regulates tree growth and drought resistance in semi-arid mixed forests of northern China	119
A spectrum contextual self-attention deep learning network for hyperspectral inversion of soil metals	119
Assessing the impacts of historical and future land-use/cover change on habitat quality in the urbanizing Lhasa River Basin on the Tibetan Plateau	119
Land use changes and natural disaster fatalities: Empirical analysis for India	118

The variation of the 400 mm isohyet and its influence mechanism on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 1982 to 2021	118
Definition criteria determine the success of old-growth mapping	115
Significant influences of extreme climate on autumn phenology in Central Asia grassland	114
Using handheld mobile laser scanning to quantify fine-scale surface fuels and detect changes post-disturbance in northern California forests	113
Dynamic processes of water conflicts and their coupling with water crises in Asia’s transboundary river basins	113
Key indicators for Pre-Warning risks associated with urbanization in China	111
Detection and comparison of spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of NEP in the river economic belt	110
Negative spill-over effects of agricultural practices on plant species conservation in nature reserves	110
Corrigendum to “Succession-driven dynamics of ecosystem function and multifunctionality at regional scales: Evidence from subtropical secondary forests.” [Ecol. Indic. 180 (2025) 114358]	105
Soil attributes are more important than others in shaping the diversity of cultivated land quality types, southern China	104
Inversed virtual water flow pattern and its influencing factors in Northwest China	104
Trends in vegetation and height of the topographic surface in a tidal freshwater swamp experiencing rooting zone saltwater intrusion	103
Assessing the impacts of rural depopulation and urbanization on vegetation cover: Based on land use and nighttime light data in China, 2000–2020	103
Urban rivers health assessment based on the concept of resilience using improved FCM-EWM-MABAC model	102
CSR strategy composition and leaf traits for herbaceous plants in garden design	102
The differential responses of gas exchange and evapotranspiration to experimental drought for seedlings of two typical tree species on the Loess Plateau	102
Economic valuation of ecosystem service bundles based on landscape pattern evolution in karst plateaus	102
Suggestions for extending, expanding, and integrating passive acoustic monitoring programs	101
A novel wetland ecological quality index (WEQI) for rapid assessment of permafrost-dominated wetlands in Northeast China from 2001 to 2020	101
How do accuracy and model agreement vary with versioning, scale, and landscape heterogeneity for satellite-derived vegetation maps in sagebrush steppe?	101
Fishery knowledge-guided machine learning for spatial prediction of catch-per-unit-effort	100
Environmental thresholds in canopy cover shape spider assemblages in Cerrado riparian zones	99
Assessment and Diagnosis of the water resources carrying capacity in the Huaihe River basin of Anhui Province	98
Optimal region connection: Establishing effective ecological corridors for biodiversity conservation in Yunnan Province, China	97
Different responses of soil water to warming controlled by evapotranspiration during grassland degradation: A case study in the typical steppe of China	97
Evaluating the conservation priority of key biodiversity areas based on ecosystem conditions and anthropogenic threats in rapidly urbanizing areas	96
Unraveling the impact of national strategy on urban blue-green space and growth dynamics: A spatiotemporal analysis in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region	96
Nematode as a biomonitoring model for evaluating ecological risks of heavy metals in sediments from an urban river	95
Effects of soil moisture on organic and inorganic nitrogen uptake by dominant plant species in Zoigê alpine wetlands	94
Trade-offs and synergies between ecosystem services on the Tibetan Plateau	93
Factors on the distribution, migration, and leaching of potential toxic metals in the soil and risk assessment around the zinc smelter	93
Ecosystems face the risk of ecological deficits in the southern foothills of the Himalayas	93
Exclusion of plant input affects the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition	91
Soil water retention capacity surpasses climate humidity in determining soil organic carbon content but not plant production in the steppe zone of Northern China	91
Comparing the performance of machine learning algorithms for estimating aboveground biomass in typical steppe of northern China using Sentinel imageries	91
Persistent exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) accelerates metamorphosis and colonization in larvae of marine shellfish	90
Soil organic carbon distribution and factors affecting carbon accumulation in natural and plantation forests in tropical China	89
UAV-based emergency treatment plan for flood disasters at the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant	89
Exploring the dynamic spatial spillover and nonlinear threshold effect of urbanization on urban green development efficiency in China	89
Monitoring microplastic pollution: The potential and limitations of Nephrops norvegicus	89
Carabid beetles as indicators of stream zonation	88
Assessment and source apportionment of toxic metal in soils using integrated positive matrix factorization and Bayesian maximum entropy: A case study in Z county, southeastern China	87
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	87
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	86
The spatial network structure and drivers of provincial carbon emission reduction capacity in China: An indicator-based analysis	86
Reconstructing cave past to manage and conserve cave present and future	86
Meeting the challenges of the waste hierarchy: A performance evaluation of EU countries	85
Land use influence on macroinvertebrate assemblages and trait-based functional composition in Afromontane headwater streams	85
Ensemble projections of fish distribution in response to climate changes in the Yellow and Bohai Seas, China	85
Unveiling kazakhstan's ecosystem service puzzle: Spatiotemporal shifts and drivers of supply and demand through multi-model integration and machine learning methods	85

Multi-proxy high-resolution geochemical analysis reveals ecological baselines and evaluates potential restoration trajectories in European ombrotrophic peatlands	85
Impacts of human footprint on habitat quality and permafrost environment in Northeast China	84
Scenario-based ecological network dynamics in coastal wetlands: An integrated FLUS-MSPA-circuit theory framework for the Western Bohai Bay	84
Spectral indices to evaluate the physiological response of Mediterranean shrubs to browsing	83
Tree diversity depending on environmental gradients promotes biomass stability via species asynchrony in China’s forest ecosystems	83
Characteristics of extreme precipitation and its effects on soil and water retention in Sichuan, China under multiple climate change elements	83
How the flow and sediment pulse influencing the distribution and functional gene composition of bacterial communities? Case study of the lower Yellow River, China	83
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]	83
Canopy structure influences arthropod communities within and beyond tree identity effects: Insights from combining LiDAR data, insecticidal fogging and machine learning regression modelling	83
Accelerated vegetative growth measured by gross primary productivity in China from 1980 to 2018	83