OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Facets 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Agricultural land-use change seasonally rewires stream food webs: a case study from headwater streams in the Lake Erie watershed	82
A more nuanced analysis of evidence-based decision-making by Canada’s protected area managers: a comment on Lemieux et al. (2021)	70
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	54
Mapping Canadian institutional research data management strategies: a cross-sectional study	42
Prior AICAR induces elevated glucose uptake concomitant with greater γ3-AMPK activation and reduced membrane cholesterol in skeletal muscle from 26-month-old rats	34
Seasonal patterns and key chemical predictors of dissolved greenhouse gases in small prairie pothole ponds	30
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	28
Braiding Indigenous knowledge systems and Western-based sciences in the Alberta oil sands region: A systematic review	28
A comparison of approaches to quantify carbon for ecosystem service assessments through time	25
A methodology for quantifying and characterizing litter from trash capture devices (TCDs) to measure impact and inform upstream solutions	24
Note of appreciation	24
COP 15: Crunch time for the world’s biodiversity	24
Recent and projected climate change–induced expansion of Atlantic halibut in the Northwest Atlantic	21
Undermining environmental assessment laws: post-assessment amendments for mines in British Columbia, Canada, and potential impacts on water resources	21
How not to manage a pandemic, and how to recover from it: Lessons from Ecuador	21
Understanding the breadth and depth of long-term ecological data collection in Canada and the United States	19
On the troubling use of plastic ‘habitat’ structures for fish in freshwater ecosystems – or – when restoration is just littering	18
Perspectives of Cree land users on the performance of fish habitat compensation projects in Eeyou Istchee	17
Evaluation of a decade of management of a North American aquatic invasive species (Nitellopsis obtusa) highlights scale-dependent effectiveness and monitoring gaps	17
Lower extremity muscle strength reference values for young Saudi male adults aged 21 to 23 years and their correlation with anthropometric parameters and balance	15
The many pathways of climate change affecting coastal ecosystems: a case study of western Vancouver Island, Canada	15
American lobster (Homarus americanus) hepatopancreas transcriptome reveals the significance of chitin-related genes during impoundment shell disease	15
On the individual and organizational capacities supporting impact assessment: the case of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board	13
Decolonization of care through a wholistic way of living: Gaga from the Tayal in Taiwan	13
Ratchet effects revisited: power effects and systematic bias in natural resource management	13

Community science to the rescue: capturing water quality data during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Opposing trends in fisheries portfolio diversity at harvester and community scales signal opportunities for adaptation	12
Does regulation delay mines? A timeline and economic benefit audit of British Columbia mines	12
Patient, researcher, and organizational representatives’ experiences conducting or supporting patient-initiated research	11
Teaching phronesis in a research integrity course	11
Forte prévalence de diverses formes de traumas interpersonnels chez les femmes enceintes de la communauté : associations avec le fonctionnement psychologique et maternel	11
Note of appreciation	11
A multi-criteria approach to identify priority regions for freshwater biodiversity conservation	11
A novel energy-saving method for campus wired and dense WiFi network applying machine learning and idle cycling techniques	10
Drivers of the variability of soil phosphorus fractions in boreal forested watersheds	10
Amplicon-based and metagenomic approaches provide insights into toxigenic potential in understudied Atlantic Canadian lakes	10
Ărramăt: an example of Indigenous Peoples’ holistic approach of health and well-being	9
Community participation in coastal and marine research and monitoring in Inuit Nunangat: a scoping literature review	9
If this title is funny, will you cite me? Citation impacts of humour and other features of article titles in ecology and evolution	9
Correction: DNA metabarcoding of faecal pellets reveals high consumption of yew (Taxus spp.) by caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in a lichen-poor environment	9
Safety Net Ontario: Ontario’s outsized role in the “Global Safety Net” for climate and biodiversity	8
Language of citation and publishing performance of graduate students in French-speaking countries with different economic and linguistic advantages	8
DNA metabarcoding of faecal pellets reveals high consumption of yew (Taxus spp.) by caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in a lichen-poor environment	8
Indigenous protected and conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological and cultural conservation and Indigenous well-being	8
COVID-19 pandemic: the impact on Canada’s intensive care units	8
Assessing a proponent-driven process for endangered species threat mitigation: Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, American Eel, and hydropower	8
Canada’s human footprint reveals large intact areas juxtaposed against areas under immense anthropogenic pressure	8
Using community science to advance grizzly bear conservation	7
The challenge of meaningful knowledge mobilization of climate change research in the Canadian Arctic for early-career researchers	7
Wetland drainage produces substantial greenhouse gas emissions in the Canadian Prairie Pothole Region	7
Including local voices in marine debris conversations to advance environmental justice for island and coastal communities: perspectives from St. Paul Island, Alaska	7
Comments regarding “A Canadian model for providing high-quality, timely and relevant evidence to meet health system decision-maker needs: the SPOR Evidence Alliance.”	7
The effect of nutrient transport downstream on food web stability in an experimental freshwater meta-ecosystem	7
Taking care of knowledge, taking care of salmon: towards Indigenous data sovereignty in an era of climate change and cumulative effects	7
Survey of rice (Oryza sativa L.) production ecosystems in northern Ghana confirms low risk of exposure to potential toxic elements from local grain consumption	7
Additional common milkweed would help Canada meet its share of the trinational eastern migratory monarch butterfly recovery target	7
Models of justice evoked in published scientific studies of plastic pollution	7
Impact of plastic pollution on atmospheric carbon dioxide	7
Helping land trusts prepare for a new climate: experiences of challenges and facilitators for translating knowledge about climate change adaptation in Ontario, Canada	6
Learning from past collaborative experiences: setting a pathway for natural sciences and engineering researchers to support Indigenous-driven aims	6
A media surveillance analysis of COVID-19 workplace outbreaks in Canada and the United States	6
The greenlight for government buildings: strategies for a low-carbon building portfolio	6
Dynamic shifts and a drastic decline in reported landings for southern Gulf of St. Lawrence commercial clam fisheries over the past two decades	6
A pilot bioavailable strontium isotope baseline map of Southern British Columbia, Canada	6
Management practices benefit endangered Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek) in Manitoba tall grass prairie	6
How do human actions affect fisheries? Differences in perceptions between fishers and scientists in the Maine lobster fishery	6
Canada's marine carbon sink: an early career perspective on the state of research and existing knowledge gaps	6
Correction: Spatial and seasonal determinants of arthropod community composition across an agro-ecosystem landscape	6
Investigating the potential uptake of microplastic-derived carbon into a boreal lake food web using carbon-13 labelled plastic	6
Julie Morand-Ferron retrospective (1977–2022) for FACETS	6
Maurice Tardif (1953–2023)	5
Elimination of Arctic fox variant rabies from southern Ontario, Canada	5
On evidence-based decision-making by Canada’s protected areas managers: a reply to Irvine et al.	5
The association of typical and atypical symptoms with in-hospital mortality in older adults with COVID-19: a multicentre cohort study	5
Community structure, species–habitat relationships, and conservation of amphibians in forested vernal pools in the Georgian Bay region of Ontario	5

Analysis of two decades of Landsat satellite images reveals long-term changes in aquatic and terrestrial vegetation in Bimini, The Bahamas with coastal development	5
Perceptions of reclamation success as “as close as possible to the pre-mining state” undermine public participation and Indigenous consent in mineral governance	5
Using the Framework Method to support collaborative and cross-cultural qualitative data analysis	5
Evaluation of Indigenous garments and Government of Canada cold weather clothing insulation: growing Northern economies through safer personal protective equipment	5
An analysis of Canada's declared live wildlife imports and implications for zoonotic disease risk	5
Using participatory science to investigate furbearer habitat associations and co-occurrence in Alberta's boreal forest	5
Modelling the dispersion of infectious salmon anemia virus from Atlantic salmon farms in the Quoddy Region of New Brunswick, Canada and Maine, USA	5
A review of expert group-based science advisory processes in Canada	5
Students’ mindsets on research integrity—a cross-cultural comparison	5
A social–ecological geography of southern Canadian lakes	5
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	5
Mismatches in salmon social–ecological systems: Challenges and opportunities for (re)alignment in the Skeena River watershed	5
Exploring the Public Health Agency of Canada's and the Ontario government's vaccine-related crisis communication on X during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Characterizing contemporary evolutionary change in a recently isolated population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.)	4
Canadian wildlife health surveillance—patterns, challenges and opportunities identified by a scoping review	4
Archived government correspondence reveals extreme arsenic pollution of local waterbodies from gold mining at Yellowknife, NT prior to environmental regulation	4
Indigenous stream caretaking for Pacific salmon: ancestral lifeways to guide restoration, relationships, rights, and responsibilities	4
Manganese ore systems: a Canadian perspective on a critical element in the transition to a sustainable green economy within North America	4
Incorporating protected areas into global fish biomass projections under climate change	4
Interference in science: scientists’ perspectives on their ability to communicate and conduct environmental research in Canada	4
Disrupting the status quo: fostering a practice of inclusion in engineering through post-secondary allyship training	4
Changes in serum copeptin in the early onset of type 2 diabetes	4
Cadre législatif québécois pour la protection des espèces sauvages en situation précaire: évaluation critique et recommandations pour une révision majeure	4
Improving cross-sectoral collaboration towards urban nature-based solutions: insights from a participatory workshop	4
Unearthing trends in environmental impact assessments for mines and quarries across Canada	4
Sampling requirements for standardized insect biodiversity monitoring vary with abundance	4
Saskatchewan Condition Assessment of Lotic Ecosystems (SCALE): A multivariate tool for assessing the integrity of Northern Great Plains wadeable rivers and streams	4
Temporal diversity patterns for fungi and mites associated with decaying Sporobolus pumilus (Spartina patens) in the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia	4
Is Canada poised to implement a data deposit requirement?	4
Assessing climate change vulnerability in Canadian marine conservation networks: implications for conservation planning and resilience	4
Canada’s framework for assessing the pathogenicity of infectious agents within fisheries and aquaculture	4
A framework for the use of conservation hatcheries to support wild Pacific salmon recovery in Canada	4
Boundary spanners catalyze cultural and prescribed fire in western Canada	4
Runoff and discharge pathways of microplastics into freshwater ecosystems: A systematic review and meta-analysis	4