OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Conservation is 45. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved	282
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity conservation	258
COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown as a “Global Human Confinement Experiment” to investigate biodiversity conservation	175
The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country	164
The challenges and opportunities of coexisting with wild ungulates in the human-dominated landscapes of Europe's Anthropocene	128
Genetic rescue: A critique of the evidence supports maximizing genetic diversity rather than minimizing the introduction of putatively harmful genetic variation	127
ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network	122
Endemism increases species' climate change risk in areas of global biodiversity importance	118
The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to weaken environmental protection in Brazil	113
A global parasite conservation plan	110
Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment	94
Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival	83
Global wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life	81
Connectivity metrics for conservation planning and monitoring	79
Guidelines for communicating about bats to prevent persecution in the time of COVID-19	71
A global assessment of amphibian and reptile responses to land-use changes	71
Sustainability of protected areas: Vulnerabilities and opportunities as revealed by COVID-19 in a national park management agency	68
Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots	68
A multi-scale, multi-species approach for assessing effectiveness of habitat and connectivity conservation for endangered felids	68
Emerging diseases, livestock expansion and biodiversity loss are positively related at global scale	65
Genetic diversity is considered important but interpreted narrowly in country reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Current actions and indicators are insufficient	64
Cryobiotechnologies: Tools for expanding long-term ex situ conservation to all plant species	64
Power of the people: A review of citizen science programs for conservation	63
Sewage pollution, declining ecosystem health, and cross-sector collaboration	63
Poor availability of context-specific evidence hampers decision-making in conservation	59

Refuges for biodiversity conservation: A review of the evidence	59
Where Marine Protected Areas would best represent 30% of ocean biodiversity	57
Conservation implications of COVID19: Effects via tourism and extractive industries	56
What motivates the masses: Understanding why people contribute to conservation citizen science projects	53
COVID-19 pandemic impacts on conservation research, management, and public engagement in US national parks	53
Establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life using Reef Life Survey	53
Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees	52
How does the beach ecosystem change without tourists during COVID-19 lockdown?	52
Enhancing road verges to aid pollinator conservation: A review	51
China's conservation program on Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations (PSESP): Progress and perspectives	51
No visit, no interest: How COVID-19 has affected public interest in world's national parks	50
Scientists' warning to humanity on illegal or unsustainable wildlife trade	50
Effects of fragmentation on grassland plant diversity depend on the habitat specialization of species	49
Ash dieback risks an extinction cascade	48
Navigating coasts of concrete: Pervasive use of artificial habitats by shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific	48
Ecological and economic effects of COVID-19 in marine fisheries from the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea	48
A global perspective on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on freshwater fish biodiversity	48
Wildlife-vehicle collisions - Influencing factors, data collection and research methods	47
COVID-19 lockdown reveals tourists as seabird guardians	47
The scale of biodiversity impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia	46