OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Applied Ecology is 35. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines	145
Cover Picture and Issue Information	87
Prioritizing areas for ecological restoration: A participatory approach based on cost‐effectiveness	70
Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands	68
Barriers to restoration: Pollution alters nurse effects for an ecosystem engineer	66
Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential	61
Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration	61
Managed honeybee hives negatively affect the reproduction of native plants in a dryland nature reserve	60
Individual variation in home‐range across an ocean basin and links to habitat quality and management	60
Demographic performance review of a reintroduction project: Iberian lynx in Extremadura	57
Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small‐scale oil palm farming	54
Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th‐ and 21st‐century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes	52
Accounting for bias in prevalence estimation: The case of a globally emerging pathogen	52
Linking landscape structure, floral resource distribution, pollen use and movement distances of a generalist predator	47
Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long‐term restoration chronosequence	46
Multifunctional soil recovery during the restoration of Brazil's Atlantic Forest after bauxite mining	46
Soil inoculation improves tree seedling growth in substrates containing bitumen, but the effect varies by species and inoculum source	45
The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure	45
Long‐term heavy grazing increases community‐level foliar fungal diseases by shifting plant composition	45
Making plant–pollinator data collection cheaper for restoration and monitoring	42
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	40
Limited evidence of biodiversity spillover from forest fragments into oil palm plantations in the Amazon	40
Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush‐steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires	39
Seabird‐vessel interactions in industrial fisheries of Northwest Africa: Implications for international bycatch management	39
Wildflower plantings and honeybee competition impact nutritional quality of wild bee diets	38

Primary forest loss and degradation reduces biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: A global meta‐analysis using dung beetles as an indicator taxon	37
Large African herbivore diversity is essential in transformed landscapes for conserving dung beetle diversity	37
Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: Lessons from a long‐term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic Forest	37
Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes	36
Salmon louse infestation levels on sea trout can be predicted from a hydrodynamic lice dispersal model	36
Microplastics promote the invasiveness of invasive alien species under fluctuating water regime	36
Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: A review of which traits matter	36
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Cover Picture and Issue Information	35
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