OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Arctic Science is 1. 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
Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada)	81
Special Issue	32
Using drone mapping to evaluate error of plot-based field surveys and its effects on moderate spatial resolution remote sensing retrieval of lichen cover	25
“Everyone wears mitts”: reflections on the use of metaphors in knowledge co-production in Nunavut, Canada	21
Co-producing knowledge about the Pacific walrus and climate change	19
Beluga Whale Body Condition: Evaluating environmental variables on beluga body condition indicators in the Tarium Niryutait MPA, Beaufort Sea.	18
Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales	18
Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool to detect Arctic grayling and their habitat preferences in the Northwest Territories, Canada	17
Bryophyte species differ widely in their growth and N₂-fixation responses to temperature	17
Monitoring litter on Arctic and subarctic shorelines: current status and next steps for monitoring programs	17
ArcticNet 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts	16
Highlights from ArcticNet’s Annual Scientific Meeting 2021	16
Sea ice influence on male polar bear survival in Hudson Bay	14
Spatio-temporal summer distribution of Cumberland Sound beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Clearwater Fiord, Nunavut, Canada	14
Mapping tundra ecosystem plant functional type cover, height and aboveground biomass in Alaska and northwest Canada using unmanned aerial vehicles	14
Effects of short- and long-term experimental warming on plant–pollinator interactions and floral rewards in the Low Arctic	14
Coastal marine biodiversity in the western Canadian Arctic	13
Increased Arctic climate extremes constrain expected higher plant reproductive success in a warmer climate	13
Evaluation of the Beaufort Sea shelf structure and function in support of the Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area	13
Annual patterns of body, tissue, and organ mass variation in long-tailed ducks Clangula hyemalis	12
A method for long-term year-round water temperature monitoring in salmonid spawning habitats in remote dynamic streams	12
Seasonal variation in trophic structure and community niche dynamics of an Arctic coastal community of marine vertebrates	12
Ecosystem structure and function of the North Water Polynya	12
Cumulative impacts of a gravel road and climate change in an ice-wedge-polygon landscape, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska	12
Directional succession and species-specific patterns observed in repeat study of vascular plants at three glacier foreland chronosequences in the Canadian High Arctic	11

Connecting community-based monitoring to Arctic environmental decision-making and governance: A systematic scoping review of the literature	11
A History of Monitoring Marine Birds at Sea in Eastern and Arctic Canada	10
Note of appreciation	10
Spatial and Temporal impacts of climate change to the Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area, Beaufort Sea, Canada	10
Upriver sightings of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) follow storm surges and high water in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada	10
Three decades of environmental change studies at alpine Finse, Norway: climate trends and responses across ecological scales	10
Properties and stratigraphy of polar ice patches in the Canadian High Arctic reveal their current resilience to warm summers	10
An assessment of microplastics in fecal samples from polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Canada's North	10
Beyond catching fish: exploring community-based management efforts to restore a Sub-Arctic lake in Norway	9
The power of multi-matrix monitoring in the Pan-Arctic region: plastics in water and sediment	9
Understanding the climate impacts on decadal vegetation change in northern Alaska	9
Terrestrial site fidelity of maternal polar bears in western Hudson Bay	9
Intraspecific variation in phenology offers resilience to climate change for Eriophorum vaginatum	8
Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control, and data reporting	8
Temporal change in the molluscan assemblages (bivalves and gastropods) of Frobisher Bay, Nunavut, Canada, over 50 years	8
Biological parameters in a declining population of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Scoresby Sound, Southeast Greenland	8
Slow change since the Little Ice Age at a far northern glacier with the potential for system reorganization: Thores Glacier, northern Ellesmere Island, Canada	8
Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems	8
Facing the challenge of permafrost thaw in Nunavik communities: innovative integrated methodology, lessons learnt, and recommendations to stakeholders	8
Holocene vegetation and wildfire disturbance in boreal central Yukon, Canada	7
Modelling growing season carbon fluxes at a low-center polygon ecosystem in the Mackenzie River Delta	7
Annual Scientific Meeting 2022 Conference Book of Abstracts	7
2023 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2023)	7
A propagation technique for native tundra bryophytes for Arctic ecosystem restoration	7
Review of the ecosystem approach in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada	6
Worth the dip? Polar bear predation on swimming flightless greater snow geese and estimation of energetic efficiency	6
Under-ice limnology of coastal valley lakes at the edge of the Arctic Ocean	6
Low vulnerability of Arctic fox dens to climate change-related geohazards on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada	6
Landscape changes in the Tombstone Territorial Park region (central Yukon, Canada) from multilevel remote sensing analysis	5
Increased snow and cold season temperatures alter High Arctic parasitic fungi – host plant interactions	5
Photographic evidence of tagging impacts for two beluga whales from the Cumberland Sound and western Hudson Bay populations	5
Dynamic LIA advances hastened the demise of small valley glaciers in central Svalbard	5
Habitat determines plant community responses to climate change in the High Arctic	5
2022 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2022)	5
Predicting fish weight using photographic image analysis: a case study of broad whitefish in the lower Mackenzie River watershed	5
Space use of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Davis Strait in relation to sea ice and harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus)	4
Occurrence of the invasive pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Walbaum 1792) in Greenland 2020 and 2021 as revealed using citizen science, snorkeling, and environmental DNA metabarcoding of fi	4
Ambient and experimental warming effects on an alpine bryophyte community	4
The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX): 30 years of research on tundra ecosystems	4
On the terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate diversity of the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard: a revised species inventory and synopsis of the community composition	4
Modelling air, ground surface, and permafrost temperature variability across four dissimilar valleys, Yukon, Canada	4
Nunaaqqit Savaqatigivlugich—working with communities: evolving collaborations around an Alaska Arctic observatory and knowledge hub	4
Seasonal and diurnal marine mammal presence in the proposed marine protected area of Southampton Island, Hudson Bay, Nunavut as revealed by passive acoustic monitoring	4
Evidence of summer thermal stratification in extreme northern lakes	4
Distinct intestinal microbial communities of two sympatric anadromous Arctic salmonids and the effects of migration and feeding	4
The Canadian Permafrost Electrical Resistivity Survey (CPERS) database: 15 years of permafrost resistivity data	4
Cree-driven community-partnered research on coastal ecosystem change in subarctic Canada: a multiple knowledge approach	4
Multi-indicator evidence for habitat use and trophic strategy segregation of two sympatric forms of Arctic char from the Cumberland Sound region of Nunavut, Canada	4
History of monitoring the endangered ivory gull in the Canadian Arctic	4
Towards the incorporation of hydrogeochemistry into the modelling of permafrost environments: a review of recent recommendations, considerations, and literature	4

Bowhead whale calf detections in the western Beaufort sea during the open water season, 2012–2019	4
A typology of Inuit youth engagement in environmental research	4
Applying the Aajiiqatigiingniq Research Methodology: approaches and lessons learned through collaborative survey development and analysis	3
Sentinel responses of Arctic freshwater systems to climate: linkages, evidence, and a roadmap for future research	3
River-influenced beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) summer habitat use in western Hudson Bay, Canada	3
The tundra phenology database: more than two decades of tundra phenology responses to climate change	3
Community-level functional traits of alpine vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens after long-term experimental warming	3
Landscape influence on permafrost ground ice geochemistry in a polar desert environment, Resolute Bay, Nunavut	3
Exploring 4200 Years of Mercury Variation in the Antlers of High-Arctic Wild Reindeer	3
Greater biomass from Arctic greening absorbs increased grazing pressure from a large herbivore	3
Low levels of hybridization between sympatric cold-water-adapted Arctic cod and Polar cod in the Beaufort Sea confirm genetic distinctiveness	3
Use of drones for the creation and development of a photographic identification catalogue for an endangered whale population	3
Passing plastic: traces of plastic in the fecal samples of a high Arctic seabird in Tunu (East Greenland)	3
Interspecific and intraspecific variation in leaf toughness of Arctic plants in relation to habitat and nutrient supply	3
Persistent and emerging threats to Arctic biodiversity and ways to overcome them: a horizon scan	3
Greening on the Bathurst caribou range in northern Canada: are erect shrubs responsible for remotely sensed trends?	3
Development of a small-scale approach to assess sea ice change using weekly ice charts, with application to Anguniaqvia Niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area	3
Influence of tundra fire severity on vegetation recovery in the Northwest Territories	2
Conducting research “in a good way”: relationships as the foundation of research	2
Combining community observations and remote sensing to examine the effects of roads on wildfires in the East Siberian boreal forest	2
The Canadian Beaufort Shelf trophic structure: evaluating an ecosystem modelling approach by comparison with observed stable isotopic structure	2
Traditional polar transportation seen from within the culture	2
Isotopic and traits-based trophic diversity of Canadian Beaufort Sea benthic communities in relation to food supply	2
Note of appreciation	2
Cortisol levels in narwhal (Monodon monoceros) blubber from 2000 to 2019	2
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of ploidy-driven trait variation: Insights from <i>Saxifraga oppositifolia</i> L.	2
Rock glacier inventory and predictive modeling in the Mackenzie Mountains: predicting rock glacier likelihood with a generalized additive model	2
Remote sensing of biogeophysical variables at the Cape Bounty Arctic Watershed Observatory, Melville Island, Nunavut, Canada	2
Arctic fleas are not fussy eaters: Bartonella bacteria may hitchhike between birds and mammals in a tundra ecosystem	2
The seasonal dynamics of a High Arctic plant–visitor network: temporal observations and responses to delayed snow melt	2
Predation patterns on the tundra—genetic barcoding of scats from two sympatric fox species	2
Accuracy assessment of late winter snow depth mapping for tundra environments using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry	2
The thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) in Northwest Greenland (Avanersuaq) relies on Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) in a changing climate	2
Environmental drivers of beluga whale distribution in a changing climate: a case study of summering aggregations in the Mackenzie Estuary and Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area	2
Aulukluki neqkat: centering care of salmon and relational research in Indigenous fisheries in the Kuskokwim River, Alaska	2
Stable isotopes of landfast sea ice as a record of La Grande River under-ice plume dispersal	2
Empowering Indigenous-led contaminant monitoring through collaborative partnerships and two-way capacity sharing	2
The Role of Preconditioning on Landfast Sea Ice Break-off Processes in Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut	2
Note of appreciation	2
Spatial and temporal harvest risk to polar bears in the Canadian Beaufort Sea	2
Arctic coastal erosion: UAV-SfM data collection strategies for planimetric and volumetric measurements	2
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) use of the Cape Bathurst polynya and flaw lead	2
Summer distribution and habitat preference of beluga whale social groups in the Eastern Beaufort Sea	2
A pioneering pest: the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is expanding its outbreak range into Low Arctic shrub tundra	1
Where have all the rabies cases gone? Results of rabies virus surveillance in wildlife in the Yukon, Canada	1
Post-conflict movements of polar bears in western Hudson Bay, Canada	1
Coupled shifts in DOM composition and microbial community structure lead to variable biodegradation rates in thermokarst-affected permafrost stratigraphies	1
Snow cornice and snow avalanche monitoring using automatic time lapse cameras in Tasiapik Valley, Nunavik (Québec) during the winter of 2017–2018	1
Monitoring microplastics in the atmosphere and cryosphere in the circumpolar North: A case for multi-compartment monitoring	1
Fur loss syndrome and lice infestations observed on Arctic foxes in central Nunavut, Canada	1
Water quality parameters and constituent concentrations measured in the Peel and Arctic Red Rivers, 2007–2010	1
Climatic drivers of limnological change in Iqallukvik Lake, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada	1
Presence of antibiotic resistance genes in the receiving environment of Iqaluit's wastewater treatment plant in water, sediment, and clams sampled from Frobisher Bay, Nunavut: a preliminary study in t	1
Long-term monitoring reveals topographical features and vegetation that explain winter habitat use of an Arctic rodent	1
Anomalous surface elevation, velocity, and area changes of Split Lake Glacier, western Prince of Wales Icefield, Canadian High Arctic	1
The spatial and temporal influence of infrastructure and road dust on seasonal snowmelt, vegetation productivity, and early season surface water cover in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield	1
Stream diatom assemblages in an Arctic catchment: diversity and relationship to ecosystem-scale primary production	1
Exposure and behavioural responses of tagged bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) to vessels in the Pacific Arctic	1
Long-term effects of snowmelt timing and climate warming on phenology, growth, and reproductive effort of Arctic tundra plant species	1
Using subnivean camera traps to study Arctic small mammal community dynamics during winter	1
Modelling permafrost distribution using the temperature at top of permafrost model in the boreal forest environment of Whatì, NT	1
Future monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic—challenges, opportunities, and strategies	1
Monitoring 13 years of drastic catchment change and the hydroecological responses of a drained thermokarst lake	1
Optical design challenges of subnivean camera trapping under extreme Arctic conditions	1
Genetic structure of extant populations of Chrysanthemum arcticum L. and C. arcticum subsp. arcticum	1
Morphology of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) assessed according to habitat preference and age in the Beaufort Sea	1
Lifelong divergence of growth patterns in Arctic charr life history strategies: implications for sustainable fisheries in a changing climate	1
Can plant functional traits explain shifts in community composition in a changing Arctic?	1
Comparison of methods for revegetation of vehicle tracks in High Arctic tundra on Svalbard	1
The Northwest Territories Thermokarst Mapping Collective: A northern-driven mapping collaborative toward understanding the effects of permafrost thaw	1
Indigenous Knowledge of bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), ringed seal (Pusa hispida), and spotted seal (Phoca largha) behaviour and habitat use near Utqiaġvik, Alaska, USA	1