OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Endangered Species Research is 5. 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
Occupancy of four endangered aquatic species on Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, using environmental DNA	106
The future for Australia’s flatback turtles	82
Photogrammetry and multievent modeling to determine effects of disturbance on seabird colony nest success	34
Post-stocking condition of endangered pallid sturgeon released at age 0	29
Reconstructing and forecasting the dynamics of an internationally important population of Manx shearwaters	28
Contemporary sightings of eastern North Pacific right whales, 2006 to 2023	26
A conservation status review of the Arabian bustard Ardeotis arabs	22
A focus on flatback turtles: the social acceptability of conservation interventions in two Australian case studies	20
First genetically confirmed record of the copper shark Carcharhinus brachyurus in Chilean waters: implications for conservation	20
Expanding the known range and practical conservation issues of the Endangered Australian brook lamprey Mordacia praecox	19
Foraging ecology of southern sea otters at the northern range extent informs regional population dynamics	19
Unexpected population genetic structure in Bayou darter Nothonotus rubrus in the geomorphically dynamic Bayou Pierre, Mississippi, USA	17
Characteristics of ocelot populations in Tamaulipas, Mexico, using capture-recapture techniques	17
Projected future changes in the geographic distributions of the threatened Plethodon nettingi and a potential competitor	17
Global research priorities for historical ecology to inform conservation	16
Behavioral context of male fin whale Balaenoptera physalus call production on a western North Atlantic summer foraging ground	16
More vaquita porpoises survive than expected	14
Incorporating prey fields into North Atlantic right whale density surface models	13
Fisher-based assessments of sea turtle bycatch in small-scale fisheries in Pacific Mexico	12
Widespread occupancy of the endangered northern myotis on northeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain islands	12
Annual, seasonal, and diel patterns in blue whale call occurrence off eastern Canada	11
Unveiling the trophic ecology of immature green turtles in the Gulf of Guinea, a key eastern Atlantic foraging ground	11
Use of expert elicitation to understand the future viability of a threatened salmonid	11
Using ‘pup multipliers’ to estimate demographic parameters of Mediterranean monk seals in the eastern Mediterranean Sea	11
Habitat use and movement patterns of adult male and juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini throughout the Hawaiian archipelago	11

Acoustic detections and sightings of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Seychelles, western tropical Indian Ocean (2020-2022)	10
High annual survival suggested by size structure of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles captured by coastal research trawling in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean since 1990	10
Beyond Calanus: changes to the copepod community in the northeast USA and implications for North Atlantic right whale foraging energetics	10
Conditioning effect on survival of foster parents of reintroduced masked bobwhite broods	10
Extralimital sightings of a gray whale in the western North Atlantic	10
Life history, population dynamics and impacts of cat predation on an endemic gadfly petrel in Cabo Verde	9
Classifying the effects of human disturbance on denning polar bears	9
Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species	9
CORRECTION: Environmental DNA mitochondrial markers to assess potential occupancy of Endangered Yaqui catfish in the Yaqui River basin, Mexico	9
The Red Sea's largest coastal lagoon is a reproductive site for endangered whiprays and guitarfish	9
Maternal den preferences, reproductive behavior, and spatial use of a wild Manis javanica during maternal and non-maternal stages in Sabah, Borneo	9
A multistate capture-recapture model to estimate reproduction of North Atlantic right whales	9
Reassessing distribution and population estimates of the golden-headed lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Primates, Callitrichidae)	9
Status of Pinna nobilis populations before and after a mass mortality event in the Tabarca Marine Reserve, SE Spain	9
Impact of ecologically relevant road salt levels and captivity on redside dace Clinostomus elongatus thermal tolerance and gene expression	8
Trophic ecology of sooty albatross, segregating mechanisms from the congeneric light-mantled sooty albatross, and conservation implications	8
Past and present sawfish (Pristidae) records from India	8
Spatiotemporal patterns and causes of sea turtle strandings in Chile between 2009 and 2022	8
Refining capture-recapture recruitment estimation methods for Atlantic sturgeon	8
Thermal conditions of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests in the largest rookery in the eastern Mediterranean	8
Ex situ protection and climate refugia of the Critically Endangered Beshanzu fir Abies beshanzuensis	8
Comparative non-targeted lipidomic profiles in blubber of endangered St. Lawrence Estuary belugas and their potential prey	8
Predicting core areas of flatback turtle hatchlings and potential exposure to threats	8
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis prey selection in Cape Cod Bay	8
Identifying social clusters of endangered main Hawaiian Islands false killer whales	7
Top predators, shared prey: isotopic niche dynamics and trophic interactions among dusky, tiger and white sharks	7
Acoustic detections of North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica along the eastern Aleutian Chain and northern Gulf of Alaska, 2009-2023	7
Rice’s whales in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: call variation and occurrence beyond the known core habitat	7
Population genetics of freshwater stingray require investigation to confirm DNA contamination: Reply to Alshari et al. (2023)	7
Age and repeated collection interval effects on sperm motility in the endangered delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus	7
First demographic parameter estimates for the Mediterranean monk seal population at Madeira, Portugal	7
Estimation of short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus population on the Senkaku Islands using satellite images	7
Discriminating Canadian Arctic beluga management stocks using dentine oxygen and carbon isotopes	6
Quantifying the relative importance of survival threats to a long-lived reptile using expert elicitation	6
Apparent survival probability and abundance of juvenile green turtles in the foraging ground at Kuroshima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago	6
Long-term migratory alterations to whooping crane arrival and departure on the wintering and staging grounds	6
Evaluating the efficacy of real-time passive acoustic monitoring near offshore wind energy development activities to help mitigate risks to North Atlantic right whales	6
Endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow ecology: actions towards recovery through landscape-scale ecosystem restoration	6
Status of the largetooth sawfish in Ecuador and Peru, and use of rostral teeth in cockfighting	6
Assessing the effects of incubation temperature on the cognitive ability of post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta	6
Population distribution, aggregation sites and seasonal occurrence of Australia’s western population of the grey nurse shark Carcharias taurus	6
News and social media in mapping the endangered Mediterranean monk seal: exceptional data gains but persistent bias	6
Occupancy, movement, and behaviour of namew (lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens) in an intact river in Canada	6
A habitat suitability model for testing and refining the range of Zuni fleabane, a threatened plant species	5
Long-term wild recovery and resilience of green turtles Chelonia mydas to various anthropogenic injuries	5
Naturally sampled environmental DNA helps determine the distribution of Critically Endangered species in a global hotspot of marine biodiversity	5
North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis summer habitat in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada: 2017-2019	5
Drone photogrammetry reveals age-structure shifts with potential consequences for the viability of spinner dolphins in Hawaiʻi	5
A preliminary assessment of the reproductive morphology and endocrinology of European blind cave salamander Proteus anguinus	5
Long-term aerial monitoring of Florida manatees Trichechus manatus latirostris in a diverse Gulf Coast environment	5

Intraspecific variability in flatback turtle habitat use: δ15N as an indicator of foraging locations	5
Preliminary insight into the reproductive traits of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius using in-field ultrasonography and circulating hormone concentrations	5
Summer movements of marbled murrelets from Canada to Alaska	5
Camera-trapping reveals globally threatened mammalian biodiversity in Mindoro, Philippines	5
Using environmental DNA to identify priority areas for sawfish conservation in Costa Rica, Central America	5
Severe sawfish population decline in the northern Bay of Bengal	5
Movements and behaviour of southern right whales satellite-tracked in and beyond a subantarctic archipelago wintering ground	5
DNA contamination and taxonomic diversity hinder eDNA research on freshwater stingray species: Comment on Lim & Then (2022)	5
Underwater soundscapes within critical habitats of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal: implications for conservation	5
Temporal dynamics of Japanese eel distribution in the Yangtze River Basin	5
High historical movement rates of Antarctic blue whales on Southern Ocean feeding grounds estimated from Discovery mark data	5
An apparent case of Pb toxicosis in an American crocodile Crocodylus acutus in South Florida, USA	5
Female reproductive dynamics in Caribbean green turtles Chelonia mydas	5
Current status, biology, threats and conservation priorities of the vulnerable Mediterranean monk seal	5
Growth rates of the Critically Endangered fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the Slovenian Sea (northern Adriatic)	5