OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of African Journal of Wildlife Research is 0. 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
A Record of a Melanistic Rusty-Spotted Genet (Genetta maculata) from Lake Naivasha, Kenya	9
Survival of Young Black and White Rhinoceroses in Relation to Rainfall	6
Historical Context of Research in Maputaland, South Africa, and Research in Ndumo Game Reserve to C. 1988	6
No Passports Required: Exploring the Significance of Transnational Boundary Conservation Areas and Implications for Multinational Conservation Initiatives for Giraffe (Giraffa spp.)	3
The Evolution of Tracking Technology for Wild Giraffe (Giraffa spp.)	3
A Novel Method to Estimate Cheetah Densities across Namibian Landscapes	3
Carnivore Connectivity in Western Gltfca: Investigating Persistence and Movement of Lions under Increasing Anthropogenic Pressures	3
Diet of African Wildcats in the Unprotected Southern Kalahari	3
The History of Vegetation Studies in Ndumo: 60 Years of Research in a 100-Year-Old Game Reserve	3
Local Knowledge of Kordofan Giraffe in the Bouba Ndjidda Conservation Landscape, Cameroon	3
Testing the Short-Term Effectiveness of Various Deterrents for Reducing Crop Foraging by Primates	3
Tree Wrapping: Saving Large Trees in the Landscape	3
A National Elephant Heritage Strategy for South Africa	3
Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) Recolonization: Documenting a Naturally Recolonized Spotted Hyaena Population in Welgevonden Game Reserve	3
Habitat Transformation Correlates with the Decline of Sungazer (Smaug giganteus) Subpopulations	2
Beyond Observation: Indigenous Tracking Explores Complex Lion Behaviour in Challenging Environments	2
Roaring Success: Lion Metapopulation Management and Lessons for Conservation in Fragmented Landscapes	2
Body Size, Defensive Behaviour, and Season Influence Mortality Probability in Wildlife Interactions with Electrified Fences	2
Botswana Communities' Adaptive Capacity to the Lifting of a Trophy Hunting Ban	1
Geophagy; A Remedy for Internal Parasite Infestations?	1
Non-Acarine Arachnids in the Ndumo Game Reserve: Celebrating 100 Years of Research	1
Regional Threat Assessments For Lions and Leopards in Southern Africa: Enhancing Conservation through Cross-Border Interagency Collaboration	1
Some Perspectives on the Use and Value of Southern Mistbelt Forests to Surrounding Rural Communities in Northern Eastern Cape, and Southern Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa	1
The Greater Etosha Carnivore Programme: A Large-Scale Collaborative Approach	1
The Shortfall of Using Locality Records in the Conservation Planning of South African Cavernicolous Bats: The Natal Long-Fingered Bat as a Case Study	1

Phenological Variation in Habitat Type Inferred from High-Resolution Satellite Imagery in a Diversely Managed Conservation Landscape	1
The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mpofu-Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve Complex in the Winterberg Mountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	1
Widespread Lead Exposure of Vultures across Southeastern Southern Africa	1
Does the Chain of Eastern Arc Mountains Impede Gene Flow? Genetic Evidence from the African Savanna Elephant and The Masai Giraffe in Tanzania	1
Effects of Seasonal Fires and Occurrence on Tree Species Density across Fire Treatment in Makambu, Kavango West Region, Namibia	1
An Update on Reducing Cub Recruitment in Small, Fenced Wild Lion Populations	1
A Record of a Melanistic Rusty-Spotted Genet (Genetta maculata) from the White River Area, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa	1
Natural Vegetation Edges Promote Bat Activity in Macadamia Orchards in Northeastern South Africa	1
Common Hippopotamus Research in Ndumo Game Reserve: a Reflection on an Iconic Flagship Species	1
A Camera Trap Appraisal of Large Mammals' Seasonal Space Use around Permanent Point Water Sources in Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi	1
Angolan Giraffe in the Communal Conservancies of Northwest Namibia: A Conservation Success Story	0
The Spatial Ecology of Southern Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa) in Hwange National Park and Savé Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe	0
Errata	0
African Large Carnivore Population Changes in Response to a Drought	0
Evaluating Community-Based Methods for Monitoring and Recording Human–Wildlife Conflicts in Namibia: Towards Emergent Approaches?	0
Control of an Invasive Plant – Mimosa pigra on the Kafue Flats to Restore Critical Habitat for Wildlife and Livestock Grazing	0
The Status of Giraffe in South Africa: The Importance of Private Land for Conservation	0
Updated Distribution and Current Population Status of the Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) in Tunisia: A Countrywide Interview Survey	0
Implementing Joint Conservation Projects with Public and Scientific Communities	0
Notes Towards a Management History of Ndumo Game Reserve	0
Using Local Ecological Knowledge to Inform Grey Crowned Crane Distribution and Status in Tanzania	0
Impacts of Range Expansion on African Elephant Well-Being: Insights from Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa	0
The Influence of Environmental Factors on the Detection of Gamebirds by Pointing Dogs in the KwaZulu-Natal Midland Grasslands of South Africa	0
Preliminary Evidence of Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Using a Human-Made Bridge in a Fragmented Forest Landscape	0
Large Carnivores and Human–Wildlife Conflict Warrant Attention in the Horn of Africa	0
Seasonal Dynamics Impact Habitat Preferences and Protected Area Use of the Critically Endangered Kordofan Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum)	0
A Citizen Science Survey of Cheetahs and Leopards in Etosha National Park	0
Conservation Impacts and the Future of the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)	0
Exploring the Contribution of Ndumo Game Reserve to Scientific Research and Literature: 1988 to 2023	0
Going Big: Home Ranges of Translocated Leopards in the Central Bushveld of the North West Province	0
Biting the Hand that Feeds You: Attacks by Captive Carnivores Cause Deaths and Injuries in South Africa	0
Leopard Density in a Farming Landscape of the Western Cape, South Africa	0
African Wild Dog Reproductive Capabilities Revisited: Successfully Raising Three Litters in Less than 14 Months is Possible	0
Elephant Engineers: Unravelling how Elephants Influence Mammalian Communities in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa	0
An Agro-Ecological Evaluation of Human–Carnivore Conflict Mitigation on Namibian Livestock Farms	0
Research on the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in Ndumo Game Reserve	0
Connecting Landscapes: The Role of Freehold Conservancies in Namibian Conservation	0
100 Years on: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on the Future of Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa	0
Rare Camera Trap Records of Three Small Carnivores in Northwest Namibia	0
The Influence of Sex on the Yield and Chemical Composition of the Organs of Young Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis)	0
Surviving in Farmlands: Causes of Adult Cheetah Mortality in Botswana	0
Not All Mammalian Small Carnivores are Equal: A Global Review of the Research Effort in Urban Areas	0
Spatial and Temporal Partitioning among Insectivorous Mammals within Camdeboo National Park, South Africa	0
Evaluating the Relevance of the CAMPFIRE Principles to Wildlife Utilization in Northern Zimbabwe	0
New Records of White Phenotype Honey Badgers (Mellivora capensis) from South Africa	0
Ndumo Special Issue	0
Spotted in the Landscape: Do Caracal have Identifiable Spot Markings on Their Face?	0
Ndumo Game Reserve and its Unique Environmental Education Programme Uplifting the Community	0
Mammal Diversity in Southern Gabon: Grid-Based vs Semi-Random Camera Trapping	0
Peter Mundy1941–2023	0

Deployment of Smart Empowers Practitioners and Facilitates the Development of a National Protected Area Management System in Namibia	0
Bat Functional Diversity along the Chobe River Floodplain, Botswana	0
Three New Insectivorous Bat Species Records for the Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa	0
The Lion Ledger. An Audit of the Captive Lion Industry in South Africa: Number of Lions, Facilities, Workers and Stockpiles	0
Mosquitoes Then and Now: Culicine Mosquito Research in and Around Ndumo Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal	0
First Documentation of Rüppell's Korhaan (Heterotetrax rueppelii) Chicks and Alarm Vocalizations in Northwest Namibia	0
Daan Buijs 1960–2024	0
Fish Diversity and Community Structures of the Lower Phongolo River Following Four Decades of Human Impacts	0
Hyaena-Mediated Landscapes of Fear: the Influence of Active Spotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) Den Sites on the Detection Probability and Occupancy Probability of a Mammal Community	0
Exploring Species Assemblages in Kruger National Park, South Africa	0
Fenced in: Wildlife Fencing Intensification in Southwest Limpopo, South Africa	0
Using Landscape and Habitat Characteristics to Delineate Distribution of Black-Footed Cats (Felis nigripes) in Southern Africa	0
Dark Mystery Solved: A Captive Black Leopard from South Africa is of Asian Descent	0
Persistent Porcupines and Omnipresent Elephants: Fifty Years of Woodland Change in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe	0
Combating the Use of Cyanide Poison in Ivory Poaching	0
A Suitability Assessment for Re-Introducing Locally Extinct Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis)	0
Wildlife in the Angolan Component of the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area	0
Through the Eyes of the Protectors: Field Rangers' Mental Models as a Conservation Management Tool in the 21st Century	0
Oxpecker Host-Selection in the Salambala Conservancy, Northeastern Namibia	0
Success of Transboundary Giraffe Translocations	0
Impacts of Fire and Grazing as Potential Management Strategies for Fynbos Vegetation in the Cape Floral Region	0
Sample-Based Estimates of Elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa	0
Melanistic Large-Spotted Genets (Genetta maculata) in South Africa	0
Nubian Giraffe Conservation – A Success Story	0
Reproductive Characteristics of a Hippopotamus Population along the Runde River, Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe	0
Small Populations with Big Impact: The Sabi Sands Leopard Project as a Case Study	0
Determining the Effectiveness and Usefulness of Three Community-Led Carnivore Survey Types to Wildlife Management in the Nyae Nyae Conservancy, Namibia	0
A Range Extension Record for the African Palm Civet (Nandinia binotata) from the Zambezi Delta, Mozambique	0
Etosha Pan to the Skeleton Coast: How Conservation Histories and Cultural Heritage Concerns May Inform the Landscape Approach in Northwest Namibia	0
Modelling Wildlife Corridors and Their Implications for Human–Elephant Coexistence in Shared Landscapes	0
Perspectives on Giraffe Conservation in East Africa	0
Trends in the Market Price Value of South African Game Animals over the Last 31 years	0
Leapfrogs in Species Discovery and Socially Inclusive Herpetology	0
Using Camera-Trapping to Estimate Riverine Rabbit, Bunolagus monticularis, Population Density	0
The Development and Application of a Method for Estimating Red-Winged Francolin Population Density with Pointing Dogs in the Midlands, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Potential Climatic Suitability Distribution Model for Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in South Africa	0
Reproductive Performance of Black and White Rhinoceroses in Relation to Rainfall, Greenness and Density	0
Extension of the Known Distribution of Non-Volant, Terrestrial Mammals in Northern Morocco	0
Multi-Species Visits to an Aardvark Burrow – Whose Turn Is It Next?	0
The Impacts of Reintroducing Cheetahs on the Vigilance Behaviour of Two Naïve Prey Species	0