OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Bioscience is 33. 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
Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes	315
Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation	171
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021	143
Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible	96
Observing the Observers: How Participants Contribute Data to iNaturalist and Implications for Biodiversity Science	86
The Complexity of Urban Eco-evolutionary Dynamics	81
Navigating Ecological Transformation: Resist–Accept–Direct as a Path to a New Resource Management Paradigm	79
The Biological Deserts Fallacy: Cities in Their Landscapes Contribute More than We Think to Regional Biodiversity	78
Indigenous Systems of Management for Culturally and Ecologically Resilient Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchusspp.) Fisheries	69
A Comprehensive Overview of Technologies for Species and Habitat Monitoring and Conservation	65
Tree Transpiration and Urban Temperatures: Current Understanding, Implications, and Future Research Directions	62
The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts	62
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022	61
A Metacommunity Approach to Improve Biological Assessments in Highly Dynamic Freshwater Ecosystems	60
The Ecology of Disturbance Interactions	60
Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems	60
Mesophication of Oak Landscapes: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Research	59
Machine Learning Using Digitized Herbarium Specimens to Advance Phenological Research	58
Connecting Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches in Environmental Observing	54
Integrating Biodiversity Infrastructure into Pathogen Discovery and Mitigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases	53
Creating Synergies between Citizen Science and Indigenous and Local Knowledge	52
A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis	51
Climate-Friendly Seafood: The Potential for Emissions Reduction and Carbon Capture in Marine Aquaculture	50
A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World's Primates	50
Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity–Climate–Society Nexus	48

Pitfalls of Tree Planting Show Why We Need People-Centered Natural Climate Solutions	44
Blue Waters, Green Bottoms: Benthic Filamentous Algal Blooms Are an Emerging Threat to Clear Lakes Worldwide	42
Building Natural History Collections for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond	40
The Concept, Practice, Application, and Results of Locally Based Monitoring of the Environment	39
The Importance of Forests in Bumble Bee Biology and Conservation	36
Expanding the Impact of Citizen Science	35
An Outcome-Oriented, Social–Ecological Framework for Assessing Protected Area Effectiveness	35
Nine Maxims for the Ecology of Cold-Climate Winters	34
A Research Framework to Integrate Cross-Ecosystem Responses to Tropical Cyclones	33