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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Millipedes diving into a small tributary?	152
Issue Information	151
Erratum	144
Harnessing trait–environment interactions to predict ecosystem functions	111
Cover Image	97
Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities	97
COVID resilience inside the research ecosystem	94
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Attracted to death	76
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Higher incidence of high‐severity fire in and near industrially managed forests	70
Wildlife gardening: an urban nexus of social and ecological relationships	67
Drones address an observational blind spot for biological oceanography	65
Relationship with the land as a foundation for ecosystem stewardship	64
Marine species introduction via reproduction and its response to ship transit routes	61
The paradox of forbs in grasslands and the legacy of the mammoth steppe	60
Toward an improved understanding of causation in the ecological sciences	59
Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya	53
How to pay for ecosystem services	53
What is the fitness benefit of night lighting for toads?	51
Cover Image	51
Protecting threatened species and music traditions	50
RAD needs monitoring	47
Hunting on dangerous ground	45
All‐true‐ism	45

Forest ecosystem properties emerge from interactions of structure and disturbance	45
Four‐Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) for everyone: teaching ecology to non‐majors	44
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Vagrancy in Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic pinnipeds	37
Course‐based undergraduate research to advance environmental education, science, and resource management	34
Dispatches	34
Centering 30 × 30 conservation initiatives on freshwater ecosystems	32
Twitter data reveal six distinct environmental personas	32
From meta‐system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene	31
Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making	30
Deoxygenation—coming to a water body near you	26
Cities as sanctuaries	26
Generating ecological insights from historical data	25
Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development	25
COVID‐19 lockdowns increase public interest in urban nature	24
Moose and wood ducks – an unlikely partnership?	24
Non‐consumptive killing of a conspecific dragonfly	24
“Lianification” or liana invasion – is there a difference?	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	23
Small artificial impoundments have big implications for hydrology and freshwater biodiversity	22
How climate‐change awareness can provoke physical symptoms	21
Mitigating soil greenhouse‐gas emissions from land‐use change in tropical peatlands	21
Unusual nectar‐thieving behavior in Brazil	21
Issue Information	20
Can 30 × 30 targets stop island extinctions?	19
A theoretical framework for the ecological role of three‐dimensional structural diversity	19
Co‐benefits of and trade‐offs between natural climate solutions and Sustainable Development Goals	19
Site fidelity as a maladaptive behavior in the Anthropocene	19
Managing multi‐species plant invasions when interactions influence their impact	18
Near‐term forecasts of NEON lakes reveal gradients of environmental predictability across the US	18
Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene	18
Size matters in nature	17
Replace the ivory tower with the fire tower	17
Are all‐girls programs sexist?	17
The global rise of crustacean fisheries	16
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No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective	16
Cover Image	15
Standing on one foot	15
Sandy beach social–ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges	15
Location matters: planting urban trees in the right places improves cooling	15
Issue Information	14
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Issue Information	14
Tree frogs serve as a hotel for moth flies	14
Dispatches	14
Glass‐like flowers in the rain	13
Will greater argonaut strandings in southeast Australia increase with climate change?	13

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