OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Bioscience is 36. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-12-01 to 2023-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan	469
Wildfire-Driven Forest Conversion in Western North American Landscapes	282
Corrigendum: World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency	276
Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation	156
Digitization and the Future of Natural History Collections	142
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021	132
Moving On from the Insect Apocalypse Narrative: Engaging with Evidence-Based Insect Conservation	90
Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible	80
A Global Perspective on Firefly Extinction Threats	71
The Complexity of Urban Eco-evolutionary Dynamics	69
The Biological Deserts Fallacy: Cities in Their Landscapes Contribute More than We Think to Regional Biodiversity	67
Traversing the Wasteland: A Framework for Assessing Ecological Threats to Drylands	65
Indigenous Systems of Management for Culturally and Ecologically Resilient Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchusspp.) Fisheries	64
Navigating Ecological Transformation: Resist–Accept–Direct as a Path to a New Resource Management Paradigm	62
Observing the Observers: How Participants Contribute Data to iNaturalist and Implications for Biodiversity Science	62
The Elephant in the Room: Race and STEM Diversity	59
A Metacommunity Approach to Improve Biological Assessments in Highly Dynamic Freshwater Ecosystems	59
The Invasion Ecology of Sleeper Populations: Prevalence, Persistence, and Abrupt Shifts	56
The Ecology of Disturbance Interactions	55
Machine Learning Using Digitized Herbarium Specimens to Advance Phenological Research	55
A Comprehensive Overview of Technologies for Species and Habitat Monitoring and Conservation	52
Integrating Biodiversity Infrastructure into Pathogen Discovery and Mitigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases	49
Tree Transpiration and Urban Temperatures: Current Understanding, Implications, and Future Research Directions	49
Connecting Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches in Environmental Observing	48
A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World's Primates	47

Creating Synergies between Citizen Science and Indigenous and Local Knowledge	47
Sowing Uncertainty: What We Do and Don’t Know about the Planting of Pesticide-Treated Seed	46
Mesophication of Oak Landscapes: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Research	44
A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis	43
Climate-Friendly Seafood: The Potential for Emissions Reduction and Carbon Capture in Marine Aquaculture	43
Blue Waters, Green Bottoms: Benthic Filamentous Algal Blooms Are an Emerging Threat to Clear Lakes Worldwide	41
World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022	40
Pitfalls of Tree Planting Show Why We Need People-Centered Natural Climate Solutions	38
Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems	38
Glacier Retreat and Pacific Salmon	37
Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity–Climate–Society Nexus	36
The Hidden Impacts of Phosphorus Pollution to Streams and Rivers	36