OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Facets is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Prior AICAR induces elevated glucose uptake concomitant with greater γ3-AMPK activation and reduced membrane cholesterol in skeletal muscle from 26-month-old rats	56
A more nuanced analysis of evidence-based decision-making by Canada’s protected area managers: a comment on Lemieux et al. (2021)	49
Using an inverted funnel analogy to develop a theory of change supporting resilient ecosystem-based adaptation in the Great Lakes Basin: a case study of Lincoln, Ontario, Canada	29
Seasonal patterns and key chemical predictors of dissolved greenhouse gases in small prairie pothole ponds	27
Agricultural land-use change seasonally rewires stream food webs: a case study from headwater streams in the Lake Erie watershed	24
Introducing the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance: a partnership between researchers, patients and health system decision-makers to support rapid-learning and responsive	24
Braiding Indigenous knowledge systems and Western-based sciences in the Alberta oil sands region: A systematic review	20
Note of appreciation	19
Evaluation of a decade of management of a North American aquatic invasive species (Nitellopsis obtusa) highlights scale-dependent effectiveness and monitoring gaps	19
How not to manage a pandemic, and how to recover from it: Lessons from Ecuador	18
A methodology for quantifying and characterizing litter from trash capture devices (TCDs) to measure impact and inform upstream solutions	16
Recent and projected climate change–induced expansion of Atlantic halibut in the Northwest Atlantic	15
COP 15: Crunch time for the world’s biodiversity	15
Undermining environmental assessment laws: post-assessment amendments for mines in British Columbia, Canada, and potential impacts on water resources	11
On the troubling use of plastic ‘habitat’ structures for fish in freshwater ecosystems – or – when restoration is just littering	11
A comparison of approaches to quantify carbon for ecosystem service assessments through time	11
American lobster (Homarus americanus) hepatopancreas transcriptome reveals the significance of chitin-related genes during impoundment shell disease	11
Decolonization of care through a wholistic way of living: Gaga from the Tayal in Taiwan	10
The many pathways of climate change affecting coastal ecosystems: a case study of western Vancouver Island, Canada	10
Lower extremity muscle strength reference values for young Saudi male adults aged 21 to 23 years and their correlation with anthropometric parameters and balance	9
Community science to the rescue: capturing water quality data during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
On the individual and organizational capacities supporting impact assessment: the case of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board	8
Does regulation delay mines? A timeline and economic benefit audit of British Columbia mines	8
Ratchet effects revisited: power effects and systematic bias in natural resource management	8
Opposing trends in fisheries portfolio diversity at harvester and community scales signal opportunities for adaptation	8

Correction: DNA metabarcoding of faecal pellets reveals high consumption of yew (Taxus spp.) by caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in a lichen-poor environment	7
Language of citation and publishing performance of graduate students in French-speaking countries with different economic and linguistic advantages	7
If this title is funny, will you cite me? Citation impacts of humour and other features of article titles in ecology and evolution	7
Community participation in coastal and marine research and monitoring in Inuit Nunangat: a scoping literature review	7
Teaching phronesis in a research integrity course	7
A novel energy-saving method for campus wired and dense WiFi network applying machine learning and idle cycling techniques	6
Ărramăt: an example of Indigenous Peoples’ holistic approach of health and well-being	6
Survey of rice (Oryza sativa L.) production ecosystems in northern Ghana confirms low risk of exposure to potential toxic elements from local grain consumption	6
Canada’s human footprint reveals large intact areas juxtaposed against areas under immense anthropogenic pressure	6
Amplicon-based and metagenomic approaches provide insights into toxigenic potential in understudied Atlantic Canadian lakes	6
Indigenous protected and conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological and cultural conservation and Indigenous well-being	6
COVID-19 pandemic: the impact on Canada’s intensive care units	6
Note of appreciation	6
Additional common milkweed would help Canada meet its share of the trinational eastern migratory monarch butterfly recovery target	5
Assessing a proponent-driven process for endangered species threat mitigation: Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, American Eel, and hydropower	5
The effect of nutrient transport downstream on food web stability in an experimental freshwater meta-ecosystem	5
Canada's marine carbon sink: an early career perspective on the state of research and existing knowledge gaps	5
Safety Net Ontario: Ontario’s outsized role in the “Global Safety Net” for climate and biodiversity	5
Comments regarding “A Canadian model for providing high-quality, timely and relevant evidence to meet health system decision-maker needs: the SPOR Evidence Alliance.”	5
Models of justice evoked in published scientific studies of plastic pollution	5
Using community science to advance grizzly bear conservation	5
DNA metabarcoding of faecal pellets reveals high consumption of yew (Taxusspp.) by caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in a lichen-poor environment	5
Including local voices in marine debris conversations to advance environmental justice for island and coastal communities: perspectives from St. Paul Island, Alaska	5
The challenge of meaningful knowledge mobilization of climate change research in the Canadian Arctic for early-career researchers	4
Impact of plastic pollution on atmospheric carbon dioxide	4
Dynamic shifts and a drastic decline in reported landings for southern Gulf of St. Lawrence commercial clam fisheries over the past two decades	4
Julie Morand-Ferron retrospective (1977–2022) for FACETS	4
A pilot bioavailable strontium isotope baseline map of Southern British Columbia, Canada	4
Helping land trusts prepare for a new climate: experiences of challenges and facilitators for translating knowledge about climate change adaptation in Ontario, Canada	4
Learning from past collaborative experiences: setting a pathway for natural sciences and engineering researchers to support Indigenous-driven aims	4
The greenlight for government buildings: strategies for a low-carbon building portfolio	4
How do human actions affect fisheries? Differences in perceptions between fishers and scientists in the Maine lobster fishery	4
Correction: Spatial and seasonal determinants of arthropod community composition across an agro-ecosystem landscape	4
Taking care of knowledge, taking care of salmon: towards Indigenous data sovereignty in an era of climate change and cumulative effects	4
Management practices benefit endangered Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek) in Manitoba tall grass prairie	4
A media surveillance analysis of COVID-19 workplace outbreaks in Canada and the United States	4
Using the Framework Method to support collaborative and cross-cultural qualitative data analysis	3
Assessing climate change vulnerability in Canadian marine conservation networks: implications for conservation planning and resilience	3
Mismatches in salmon social–ecological systems: Challenges and opportunities for (re)alignment in the Skeena River watershed	3
The association of typical and atypical symptoms with in-hospital mortality in older adults with COVID-19: a multicentre cohort study	3
On evidence-based decision-making by Canada’s protected areas managers: a reply to Irvine et al.	3
Students’ mindsets on research integrity—a cross-cultural comparison	3
A social–ecological geography of southern Canadian lakes	3
Canadian wildlife health surveillance—patterns, challenges and opportunities identified by a scoping review	3
An analysis of Canada's declared live wildlife imports and implications for zoonotic disease risk	3
Forested wetlands in a protected area and the adjacent working landscape provide complementary biodiversity value based on breeding birds: A case study from Nova Scotia, Canada	3
Investigating the potential uptake of microplastic-derived carbon into a boreal lake food web using carbon-13 labelled plastic	3
Community structure, species–habitat relationships, and conservation of amphibians in forested vernal pools in the Georgian Bay region of Ontario	3
Cadre législatif québécois pour la protection des espèces sauvages en situation précaire: évaluation critique et recommandations pour une révision majeure	3
Modelling the dispersion of infectious salmon anemia virus from Atlantic salmon farms in the Quoddy Region of New Brunswick, Canada and Maine, USA	3