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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Cover Picture and Issue Information	145
Soil fertility as a mediator of interactions between an introduced specialist beetle and a native generalist nematode on an exotic invasive plant and its native congener	100
Microclimatic niche shifts predict long‐term survival and body mass declines in a warmer and more degraded world	60
Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: Lessons from a long‐term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic Forest	55
Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential	54
Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th‐ and 21st‐century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes	51
Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration	50
Dual‐scale drivers of soil biodiversity in agroecosystems: Field management outweighs landscape effects, but both matter	50
Managed honeybee hives negatively affect the reproduction of native plants in a dryland nature reserve	48
Linking landscape structure, floral resource distribution, pollen use and movement distances of a generalist predator	48
Making plant–pollinator data collection cheaper for restoration and monitoring	48
Accounting for bias in prevalence estimation: The case of a globally emerging pathogen	47
Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush‐steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires	46
Demographic performance review of a reintroduction project: Iberian lynx in Extremadura	45
Soil inoculation improves tree seedling growth in substrates containing bitumen, but the effect varies by species and inoculum source	45
Differences between terrestrial and offshore bird migration: Implications for offshore wind energy	44
Insecticide‐level pest control provided by in‐field flower strips	43
Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands	43
Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long‐term restoration chronosequence	40
Landscape and local factors influence solitary bee nesting, but reported effects show little consistency across studies	40
How to eradicate an invasive forest pest without clear‐cutting	39
Wildflower plantings and honeybee competition impact nutritional quality of wild bee diets	38
Seabird‐vessel interactions in industrial fisheries of Northwest Africa: Implications for international bycatch management	37
Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines	36
Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes	36

Individual variation in home‐range across an ocean basin and links to habitat quality and management	35
The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure	34
Limited evidence of biodiversity spillover from forest fragments into oil palm plantations in the Amazon	34
Antarctica may be vulnerable to invasion by Poa annua from a range of populations around the globe	34
Body size determines soil multitrophic diversity along a litter stoichiometry gradient in agroecosystems	33
Habitat preferences of European bison in contemporary European landscapes	33
Intelligent tinkering: Do active restoration treatments promote initial ecosystem recovery after narrow linear disturbances in forested boreal fens?	33
Prioritizing areas for ecological restoration: A participatory approach based on cost‐effectiveness	32
Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: A review of which traits matter	32
Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small‐scale oil palm farming	32