OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Herbivory resistance in dwarf shrubs combines with simulated warming to shift phenology and decrease reproduction	86
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Extinction, climate change and the ecology of Homo sapiens	76
Phylogenetic dependence of plant–soil feedback promotes rare species in a subtropical forest	63
Climate and crown damage drive tree mortality in southern Amazonian edge forests	58
Correction to “Structural and defensive roles of angiosperm leaf venation network reticulation across an Andes–Amazon elevation gradient”	55
The eco‐evolutionary dynamics of prior selfing rates promote coexistence without niche partitioning under conditions of reproductive interference	51
The effects of leaf traits on litter rainfall interception with consequences for runoff and soil conservation	51
Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods	50
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Weed‐suppressive ability and species dominance in intercropping: A meta‐regression	47
Different responses of functional groups to N addition increased synchrony and shortened community reproductive duration in an alpine meadow	46
Disentangling the effects of microalgal diversity and thermal history on freshwater phototrophic biofilms facing heat stress: A thermal dose approach	46
The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate	45
Reconciling plant and microbial ecological strategies to elucidate cover crop effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling	44
Contrasting responses to climate variability generate seasonal priority effects between native and invasive forest herbs	43
Microclimatic variation in tropical canopies: A glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities	41
Dominant species rather than plant biodiversity shape grassland resistance and recovery in response to heatwaves and mowing	39
Cover Picture and Issue Information	39
Lichens are more tolerant against winter warming stress than vascular and non‐vascular plants: Insights from an alpine field experiment	39
Context‐dependent effects of shifting large herbivore assemblages on plant structure and diversity	38
Variations in bark structural properties affect both water loss and carbon economics in neotropical savanna trees in the Cerrado region of Brazil	38
Phenotypic plasticity versus ecotypic differentiation under recurrent summer drought in two drought‐tolerant pine species	37
Local adaptation is highly dependent on common garden conditions where seeds were propagated: Evidence from a 7‐year study on a dominant alpine meadow species	37
Local adaptation in parapatric and sympatric mosaic coastal habitats through trait divergence of Setaria viridis	37

Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs	36
The expression of demographic costs of reproduction varies among coexisting plants with different life history traits	34
Root‐associated fungi not tree density influences stand nitrogen dynamics at the larch forest–tundra ecotone	34
The duration of high spring light for understorey plants: Contrasting responses to spatial and temporal temperature variation	34
Early departures and delayed arrivals: Holocene dynamics of temperate tree species in the boreal‐temperate ecotone	34
Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities	33
Nitrogen deposition enhances soil organic carbon sequestration through plant–soil–microbe synergies	33
Not all trees can make a forest: Tree species composition and competition control forest encroachment in a tropical savanna	32
The effects of natural enemies on herb diversity in a temperate forest depend on species traits and neighbouring tree composition	32