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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
More green, fewer problems: landcover relates to perception of environmental problems	273
Dispatches	118
You startle me, you don’t	118
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Global artificial light masks biologically important light cycles of animals	106
Bioregional‐scale acoustic monitoring can support fire‐prone forest restoration planning	101
US lakes are monitored disproportionately less in communities of color	86
Issue Information	85
Landsat@50	69
The ghost shrimp strikes back	67
Last refuge for Arctic fauna	66
The gray wolf as a symbol or a subject of science	63
Twenty years of Frontiers	62
Browning and blueing – what is the fate of polar coasts?	61
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Issue Information	59
Longevity record verified in an Egyptian vulture	57
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Striking barnacle recruitment patterns driven by larval settlement cues?	51
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Local knowledge reconstructs historical resource use	45
Dead rock python, the new fragrance from Crocuta	45
Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low‐resource settings	45
Environmental impacts of increasing numbers of artificial space objects	44

A global synthesis of trends in human experience of nature	41
Dispatches	40
Evidence for managing cats, cat owners, and predation of wildlife	40
Between wrinkles and stripes: the enigma of the old centurion	40
Dispatches	38
Can AI interpretation increase inclusivity?	37
Pathway to mainstream youth engagement and intergenerational partnership in nature conservation	37
Elevating the human dimension in ecology—a call for action	37
Biological invasion threatens keystone species indelibly entwined with Indigenous cultures	33
Monitoring ecosystem services with essential ecosystem service variables	31
Kleptoparasitism between bonefish and pelicans	30
Dispatches	29
Pandiculation documented in a spider	28
Science denialism limits management of invasive hippos in Colombia	28
Rethinking strategies for coexistence with bark beetles in Mexico and beyond	26
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The perilous and important art of definition: the case of the old‐growth forest	25
Improving ecological function of polluted coasts under a tide of plastic waste	24
Grand strategy for human–wildlife coexistence	24
Can predator cue effects on a foundation species alter community functioning?	23
Identity theft: anti‐predator mimicry by the giant anteater?	22
High mountain wanderings	22
Escape from Alcatraz	21
Millipedes diving into a small tributary?	21
Issue Information	21
From plant litter to soil organic matter: a game to understand carbon dynamics	19
A new era of genetic diversity conservation through novel tools and accessible data	19
Responding to the US national pollinator plan: a case study in Michigan	19
Ecotourism: more than preserving a disturbed environment	19
Why we all lose when Indigenous women suffer: an ecological perspective	19
Participatory action research generates knowledge for Sustainable Development Goals	18
Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities	18
Connecting ecosystem services science and policy in the field	18
Discovery of solar sea slugs in the Falkland Islands	17
Re‐envisioning urban landscapes: lichens, liverworts, and mosses coexist spontaneously with us	17
A new and unexpected survivor of Aristolochia toxicity?	16
Evaluating and elevating the role of wildlife road crossings in climate adaptation	16
“Lianification” or liana invasion? Commentary on Perring et al. (2020)	16
Toward a roadmap for diadromous fish conservation: the Big Five considerations	15
Open data and the 21st‐century naturalist	14
Wild genes boost the survival of captive‐bred individuals in the wild	14
Prioritizing science efforts to inform decision making on public lands	14
Regional adaptation of integrated pest management to control invasive forest insects	14
The curious case of leaf‐rolling nematodes	14
Bone gnawing in a Japanese squirrel	14
Can we coevolve with AI?	14
Harnessing trait–environment interactions to predict ecosystem functions	14
Cover Image	14
Tree removals as socioecological experiments in cities	13
Virtual conferences improve inclusion in science	13

Open data facilitate resilience in science during the COVID‐19 pandemic	12
Cover Image	12
Issue Information	12
Integrating perspectives on ecology, conservation value, and policy of bee pollinator seed mixes	12
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Cavity occupancy by wild honey bees: need for evidence of ecological impacts	12
New forces influencing savanna conservation: increasing land prices driven by gentrification and speculation at the landscape scale	12
Swallow‐tailed gull predation on a marine eel: personality traits implied?	11
Species control for managing thermal guild interactions in warming food webs	11
Unlocking our understanding of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams with genomic tools	11
Erratum	11
Tropical forests are home to over half of the world’s vertebrate species	10
Recognition and completeness: two key metrics for judging the utility of citizen science data	10
Soil carbon offset markets are not a just climate solution	10
Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people	9
Taking a chance	9
Dispatches	9
Quantitative ecology at the graduate level	9
Drones address an observational blind spot for biological oceanography	9
For species reintroduction, it’s all politics	9
Importance of private and communal lands to sustainable conservation of Africa's rhinoceroses	9
Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions	9
Arresting the spread of invasive species in continental systems	9
Attracted to death	9
Open access is a misnomer	8
Cover Image	8
Issue Information	8
Disgusting, delicious durians	8
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Setting your service agenda	8
A silent spring, or a new cacophony? Invasive plants as maestros of modern soundscapes	8
Protecting threatened species and music traditions	7
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Intentional and unintentional changes to avian and mammalian diversities in the UK	7
Relationship with the land as a foundation for ecosystem stewardship	6
Stuff of nightmares	6
Coding for broader impact: leveraging coding skills for stakeholder communication	6
COVID resilience inside the research ecosystem	6
Issue Information	5
Geophagy in African savanna elephants	5
Issue Information	5
Throughfall and stemflow are major hydrologic highways for particulate traffic through tree canopies	5
Pacific herring spawns transfer energy to coastal ecosystems	5
Open Access perpetuates differences between higher‐ and lower‐income countries	5
Prevalence of discourse on public engagement with science in ecology literature	5
Castaway coconuts	5
Cover Image	5
Issue Information	5
Dispatches	4
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Note regarding changes at Frontiers	4
Dispatches	4
Issue Information	4
What's the point of peer review?	4
A king among queens	4
Record number of southern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialoides) off southern Australia	4
What is the fitness benefit of night lighting for toads?	4
One size fits some	4
Issue Information	4
The outdoor cat problem: a response to Crowley et al. (2020)	4
Issue Information	4
Doubts about a mouse deer	4