OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Applied Ecology is 32. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of microplastics and drought on soil ecosystem functions and multifunctionality	159
Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science‐policy agendas	96
Soil microbial legacy drives crop diversity advantage: Linking ecological plant–soil feedback with agricultural intercropping	64
Assessing the camera trap methodologies used to estimate density of unmarked populations	62
Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble bees	61
Larger pollinators deposit more pollen on stigmas across multiple plant species—A meta‐analysis	59
Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation	54
Nitrogen fixation and crop productivity enhancements co‐driven by intercrop root exudates and key rhizosphere bacteria	49
Plant diversity enhanced yield and mitigated drought impacts in intensively managed grassland communities	47
Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration	44
Microbial diversity regulates ecosystem multifunctionality during natural secondary succession	43
Shifts from complementarity to selection effects maintain high productivity in maize/legume intercropping systems	43
Exploring a natural baseline for large‐herbivore biomass in ecological restoration	40
Selective effects of small barriers on river‐resident fish	40
Flowers as dirty doorknobs: Deformed wing virus transmitted between Apis mellifera and Bombus impatiens through shared flowers	38
How international journals can support ecology from the Global South	38
Diversity for Restoration (D4R): Guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate‐resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes	38
Pesticide effects on soil fauna communities—A meta‐analysis	37
Railways redistribute plant species in mountain landscapes	36
Changes in ecosystem properties after post‐fire management strategies in wildfire‐affected Mediterranean forests	36
Degradation of Southeast Asian tropical peatlands and integrated strategies for their better management and restoration	36
Quantifying crop pollinator dependence and its heterogeneity using multi‐level meta‐analysis	35
Long‐term surveys support declines in early season forest plants used by bumblebees	35
The potential contribution of terrestrial nature‐based solutions to a national ‘net zero’ climate target	35
A review of existing and potential blue carbon contributions to climate change mitigation in the Anthropocene	35

Agricultural intensification erodes taxonomic and functional diversity in Mediterranean olive groves by filtering out rare species	34
Strip intercropping of wheat and oilseed rape enhances biodiversity and biological pest control in a conventionally managed farm scenario	34
The impact of logging on vertical canopy structure across a gradient of tropical forest degradation intensity in Borneo	34
Spatiotemporal patterns of rhizosphere microbiome assembly: From ecological theory to agricultural application	32
Bringing together approaches to reporting on within species genetic diversity	32
Barrier Behaviour Analysis (BaBA) reveals extensive effects of fencing on wide‐ranging ungulates	32
The sound of recovery: Coral reef restoration success is detectable in the soundscape	32