OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is 4. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Millipedes diving into a small tributary?	159
Issue Information	156
Erratum	152
Cover Image	111
Harnessing trait–environment interactions to predict ecosystem functions	101
Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities	100
COVID resilience inside the research ecosystem	99
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Attracted to death	78
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The paradox of forbs in grasslands and the legacy of the mammoth steppe	73
Toward an improved understanding of causation in the ecological sciences	70
Higher incidence of high‐severity fire in and near industrially managed forests	67
Wildlife gardening: an urban nexus of social and ecological relationships	65
Drones address an observational blind spot for biological oceanography	61
Relationship with the land as a foundation for ecosystem stewardship	60
Protecting threatened species and music traditions	60
Marine species introduction via reproduction and its response to ship transit routes	55
How to pay for ecosystem services	52
What is the fitness benefit of night lighting for toads?	51
Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya	51
Cover Image	50
All‐true‐ism	48
Hunting on dangerous ground	47
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Vagrancy in Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic pinnipeds	45
Dispatches	39
Course‐based undergraduate research to advance environmental education, science, and resource management	37
Centering 30 × 30 conservation initiatives on freshwater ecosystems	35
Twitter data reveal six distinct environmental personas	35
Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making	33
Four‐Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) for everyone: teaching ecology to non‐majors	32
Deoxygenation—coming to a water body near you	32
Sparse genetic data limit biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally	31
RAD needs monitoring	29
Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development	29
Cities as sanctuaries	26
Forest ecosystem properties emerge from interactions of structure and disturbance	26
From meta‐system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene	26
Generating ecological insights from historical data	25
“Lianification” or liana invasion – is there a difference?	24
Moose and wood ducks – an unlikely partnership?	24
Non‐consumptive killing of a conspecific dragonfly	24
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Aposematism as a trap? A case of heavy predation on a poisonous salamander	23
Urban parks and low‐dispersal species	22
Mitigating soil greenhouse‐gas emissions from land‐use change in tropical peatlands	21
A theoretical framework for the ecological role of three‐dimensional structural diversity	21
How climate‐change awareness can provoke physical symptoms	20
Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene	20
Unusual nectar‐thieving behavior in Brazil	20
Can 30 × 30 targets stop island extinctions?	19
Issue Information	19
Co‐benefits of and trade‐offs between natural climate solutions and Sustainable Development Goals	19
Small artificial impoundments have big implications for hydrology and freshwater biodiversity	18
Site fidelity as a maladaptive behavior in the Anthropocene	18
Near‐term forecasts of NEON lakes reveal gradients of environmental predictability across the US	18
Replace the ivory tower with the fire tower	17
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Size matters in nature	17
Are all‐girls programs sexist?	17
Managing multi‐species plant invasions when interactions influence their impact	17
Cover Image	16
Standing on one foot	16
No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective	16
Location matters: planting urban trees in the right places improves cooling	15
Sandy beach social–ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges	15
The global rise of crustacean fisheries	14
Tree frogs serve as a hotel for moth flies	14
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Issue Information	13
Glass‐like flowers in the rain	13
Issue Information	13
Will greater argonaut strandings in southeast Australia increase with climate change?	13
Dispatches	13

Ecotourism impacts on reef fishes in a marine reserve during the COVID‐19 era	12
Ants actively carry microplastics	12
The human–grass–fire cycle: how people and invasives co‐occur to drive fire regimes	12
Webs of science: mentor networks influence women's integration into STEM fields	12
Managing ecosystem damage from extreme events	12
Eurasian otters are becoming urbanized	12
Issue Information	12
When avifauna collide: the case for lethal control of barred owls in western North America	11
Science in a changing world	11
Logistical and preference bias in participatory science butterfly data	11
Riparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture	11
Browning and blueing – what is the fate of polar coasts?	10
Dead rock python, the new fragrance from Crocuta	10
Green infrastructure for urban resilience: a trait‐based framework	10
Identity theft: anti‐predator mimicry by the giant anteater?	10
A scenario‐guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions	10
Last refuge for Arctic fauna	10
Structural diversity as a reliable and novel predictor for ecosystem productivity	10
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Dispatches	10
US lakes are monitored disproportionately less in communities of color	9
Swallow‐tailed gull predation on a marine eel: personality traits implied?	9
Unlocking our understanding of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams with genomic tools	9
Re‐envisioning urban landscapes: lichens, liverworts, and mosses coexist spontaneously with us	9
Dispatches	9
Landsat@50	9
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Virtual conferences improve inclusion in science	8
Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low‐resource settings	8
Can AI interpretation increase inclusivity?	8
Can we coevolve with AI?	8
Setting your service agenda	7
Prevalence of discourse on public engagement with science in ecology literature	7
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Issue Information	7
Issue Information	7
The ecological cost of reproduction in the proboscis bat	7
Importance of private and communal lands to sustainable conservation of Africa's rhinoceroses	7
Cover Image	7
Geophagy in African savanna elephants	7
Emergent hotspots of biotic disturbances and their consequences for forest resilience	6
Arresting the spread of invasive species in continental systems	6
Forecasting range shifts using abundance distributions along environmental gradients	6
Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions	6
Reckless parenting with a purpose	5
Going my way?	5
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A native parrot as an invasive plant controller	5
Issue Information	5
Exoneration of the shrike	5
Treefrogs near the top of a tropical rainforest	5
Camouflaged life in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	5
Time to retire “alien” from the invasion ecology lexicon	5
Squirrel consuming “poisonous” mushrooms	5
Improving our understanding of blue carbon with a net ecosystem carbon budget framework	4
Tropical cyclone risk to global mangrove ecosystems: potential future regional shifts	4
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The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands	4
Disease‐smart climate adaptation for wildlife management and conservation	4
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Clever commensalism in a harsh environment	4
Historically excluded groups in ecology are undervalued and poorly treated	4
Impact assessment of coastal marine range shifts to support proactive management	4
Issue Information	4
The American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) spawns regularly in salt marshes	4