OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Applied Ecology is 36. 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
Controlling invasive plant species in ecological restoration: A global review	154
Guidance for successful tree planting initiatives	139
Effects of microplastics and drought on soil ecosystem functions and multifunctionality	122
Thresholds of freshwater biodiversity in response to riparian vegetation loss in the Neotropical region	96
Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science‐policy agendas	74
Crop diversity benefits carabid and pollinator communities in landscapes with semi‐natural habitats	68
Working with Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in large‐scale ecological assessments: Reviewing the experience of the IPBES Global Assessment	67
Greening of grey infrastructure should not be used as a Trojan horse to facilitate coastal development	61
Facilitating foundation species: The potential for plant–bivalve interactions to improve habitat restoration success	60
Chronic anthropogenic disturbance on Caatinga dry forest fragments	56
Plant functional traits shape multiple ecosystem services, their trade‐offs and synergies in grasslands	55
Artificial reefs increase fish abundance in habitat‐limited estuaries	53
Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble bees	53
Applied nucleation facilitates tropical forest recovery: Lessons learned from a 15‐year study	53
Larger pollinators deposit more pollen on stigmas across multiple plant species—A meta‐analysis	50
Informing decision‐making with Indigenous and local knowledge and science	50
Assessing the camera trap methodologies used to estimate density of unmarked populations	50
Collateral diseases: Aquaculture impacts on wildlife infections	48
Soil microbial legacy drives crop diversity advantage: Linking ecological plant–soil feedback with agricultural intercropping	48
Science to inform policy: Linking population dynamics to habitat for a threatened species in Canada	48
Abruptly and irreversibly changing Arctic freshwaters urgently require standardized monitoring	48
Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation	43
Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe	42
Forest damage by deer depends on cross‐scale interactions between climate, deer density and landscape structure	41
Low stand density moderates growth declines during hot droughts in semi‐arid forests	41

Optimizing enrichment of deadwood for biodiversity by varying sun exposure and tree species: An experimental approach	39
Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself	39
Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration	38
Citizen science versus professional data collection: Comparison of approaches to mosquito monitoring in Germany	38
Can multi‐taxa diversity in European beech forest landscapes be increased by combining different management systems?	38
Strategies for global rangeland stewardship: Assessment through the lens of the equilibrium–non‐equilibrium debate	38
Characterizing multispecies connectivity across a transfrontier conservation landscape	37
Plant diversity enhanced yield and mitigated drought impacts in intensively managed grassland communities	37
Agri‐environment schemes enhance pollinator richness and abundance but bumblebee reproduction depends on field size	36
Knowledge co‐production with traditional herders on cattle grazing behaviour for better management of species‐rich grasslands	36
How international journals can support ecology from the Global South	36
Shark movement strategies influence poaching risk and can guide enforcement decisions in a large, remote marine protected area	36
Fruit traits of pioneer trees structure seed dispersal across distances on tropical deforested landscapes: Implications for restoration	36