OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Ecology is 33. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Herbivory resistance in dwarf shrubs combines with simulated warming to shift phenology and decrease reproduction	91
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Weed‐suppressive ability and species dominance in intercropping: A meta‐regression	76
Extinction, climate change and the ecology of Homo sapiens	66
Climate and crown damage drive tree mortality in southern Amazonian edge forests	61
Reconciling plant and microbial ecological strategies to elucidate cover crop effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling	57
Disentangling the effects of microalgal diversity and thermal history on freshwater phototrophic biofilms facing heat stress: A thermal dose approach	57
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Phylogenetic dependence of plant–soil feedback promotes rare species in a subtropical forest	51
Correction to “Structural and defensive roles of angiosperm leaf venation network reticulation across an Andes–Amazon elevation gradient”	51
The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate	50
The effects of leaf traits on litter rainfall interception with consequences for runoff and soil conservation	50
Contrasting responses to climate variability generate seasonal priority effects between native and invasive forest herbs	49
Different responses of functional groups to N addition increased synchrony and shortened community reproductive duration in an alpine meadow	47
Microclimatic variation in tropical canopies: A glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities	45
Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods	44
Multidimensional diversity recovery following invasive species removal: Roles of colonization, extinction and abundance shifts	43
Cover Picture and Issue Information	42
Lichens are more tolerant against winter warming stress than vascular and non‐vascular plants: Insights from an alpine field experiment	41
The duration of high spring light for understorey plants: Contrasting responses to spatial and temporal temperature variation	40
Context‐dependent effects of shifting large herbivore assemblages on plant structure and diversity	39
Ecological consequences of genotypic diversity within a foundation plant,Spartina alterniflora, are pervasive but not universal across multiple stress gradients	39
Early departures and delayed arrivals: Holocene dynamics of temperate tree species in the boreal‐temperate ecotone	39
Local adaptation in parapatric and sympatric mosaic coastal habitats through trait divergence of Setaria viridis	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

The expression of demographic costs of reproduction varies among coexisting plants with different life history traits	36
Dual drivers of plant invasions: Enemy release and enhanced mutualisms	34
Biomass production of tropical trees across space and time: The shifting roles of diameter growth and wood density	34
Long‐term stability of sapling dynamics is regulated by soil phosphorus availability in subtropical forest	34
Root‐associated fungi not tree density influences stand nitrogen dynamics at the larch forest–tundra ecotone	34
Tree diversity and mycorrhizal type co‐determine multitrophic ecosystem functions	34
Variations in bark structural properties affect both water loss and carbon economics in neotropical savanna trees in the Cerrado region of Brazil	33
Not all trees can make a forest: Tree species composition and competition control forest encroachment in a tropical savanna	33
Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities	33