OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Conservation Letters is 8. 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
The recent past is not a reliable guide to future climate impacts: Response to Caro et al. (2022)	215
Issue Information	113
Existing indicators do not adequately monitor progress toward meeting invasive alien species targets	103
Insights from diplomacy for the prevention and resolution of conservation conflicts	99
A 150‐Year Avian Extinction Debt Forewarns a Global Species Crisis and Highlights Conservation Opportunities	72
Beyond the Hype: Navigating the Conservation Implications of Artificial Intelligence	72
Unlocking the Value of Ranger‐Based Monitoring for Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Area Management	69
Trees on farms improve dietary quality in rural Malawi	63
Beneficial Spillover Effects of Antipredation Interventions Support Human–Carnivore Coexistence	60
Addressing the Southeast Asian snaring crisis: Impact of 11 years of snare removal in a biodiversity hotspot	59
Decadal changes in international advocacy toward the conservation of highly migratory fishes	58
Issue Information	57
Helping to save pangolins from extinction	47
Issue Information	46
Hidden in the deep: Distinct benthic trajectories call for monitoring of mesophotic reefs	45
Biodiversity protection in the 21st century needs intact habitat and protection from overexploitation whether inside or outside parks	42
European Habitats Directive has fostered monitoring but not prevented species declines	37
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Toward more equitable ecosystem investment programs—Adaptation and equity are central to the design and functioning of successful water funds	30
Online wildlife trade in species of conservation concern	30
Issue Information	30
Land‐cover and land‐use change trajectory hopping facilitates estate‐crop expansion into protected forests in Indonesia	30
Correspondence: Challender et al. (2021) misinterpret the recommendations regarding an IUCN‐CITES interface in Frank and Wilcove (2019) and advocate poor policy	27
Welcome small patches; beware of the risks of changing conservation priorities	27
Conservation responsibility for bird species in tropical logged forests	27

Issue Information	27
Historical maps improve the identification of forests with potentially high conservation value	26
Toward a global strategy for seabird tracking	26
Issue Information	25
The fear factor—Snakes in Africa might be at an alarming extinction risk	24
Horticultural plant use as a so‐far neglected pillar of ex situ conservation	24
Collaborative conservation for snow leopards: Lessons learned from successful community‐based interventions	23
Successful eradication of invasive American bullfrogs leads to coextirpation of emerging pathogens	23
Collaborative fisheries research reveals reserve size and age determine efficacy across a network of marine protected areas	22
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Using a randomized controlled trial to develop conservation strategies on rented farmlands	21
The geography of international conservation interest in South American deforestation frontiers	21
Inclusivity via ontological accountability	20
Enabling transformative economic change in the post‐2020 biodiversity agenda	20
A Survey of Mammal and Fish Genetic Diversity Across the Global Protected Area Network	19
Concrete Habitat Severely Decreases the Reproductive Output of Two Urban Birds	19
Genomic conservation of Mongolian horses promoted by preservation of the intangible cultural heritage of Naadam in Mongolia	19
Safeguarding human–wildlife cooperation	17
Rotational fishery closures could enhance coral recovery in systems with alternative states	17
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Quantifying the road‐effect zone for a critically endangered primate	16
A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome	16
Climate change and energy crisis drive an unprecedented EU environmental law regression	16
Recognizing culturally significant species and Indigenous‐led management is key to meeting international biodiversity obligations	15
Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic	15
An inconvenient misconception: Climate change is not the principal driver of biodiversity loss	15
Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia: Anticipating socioecological challenges from large‐scale infrastructure in a global biodiversity hotspot	14
Evolution and Viability of Asian Horseshoe Crabs Appear Tightly Linked to Geo‐Climatic Dynamics in the Sunda Shelf	14
Existing land uses constrain climate change mitigation potential of forest restoration in India	14
Issue Information	14
Effects of Freshwater Protected Areas on Survival of a Critically Endangered Cetacean	13
Rubber's inclusion in zero‐deforestation legislation is necessary but not sufficient to reduce impacts on biodiversity	13
Now is not tomorrow	13
Threatened Mammals With Alien Populations: Distribution, Causes, and Conservation	13
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Restored oyster reefs match multiple functions of natural reefs within a decade	12
Data‐driven counterfactual evaluation of management outcomes to improve emergency conservation decisions	12
A criminal justice response to address the illegal trade of wildlife in Indonesia	12
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Village modernization may contribute more to farmland bird declines than agricultural intensification	11
Issue Information	11
Certified community forests positively impact human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness and improve the performance of nearby national protected areas	11
Nature and equity	11
Issue Information	11
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Concerning data absent from LEMIS wildlife trade records	10
Issue Information	10
Using ecosystem services to identify inequitable outcomes in migratory species conservation	10
Nature benefit hypothesis: Direct experiences of nature predict self‐reported pro‐biodiversity behaviors	10

Mischaracterizing wildlife trade and its impacts may mislead policy processes	9
Patch‐scale edge effects do not indicate landscape‐scale fragmentation effects	9
Horizon scanning for potential invasive non‐native species across the United Kingdom Overseas Territories	9
Environmental liability litigation could remedy biodiversity loss	8
Lead‐based ammunition is a threat to the endangered New Zealand Kea (Nestor notabilis)	8
High overexploitation risk due to management shortfall in highly traded requiem sharks	8
First Evidence of Individual Sharks Involved in Multiple Predatory Bites on People	8
Fisheries outcomes of marine protected area networks: Levels of protection, connectivity, and time matter	8
Rapid population response to a hunting ban in a previously overharvested, threatened landbird	8