OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Correction to “Structural and defensive roles of angiosperm leaf venation network reticulation across an Andes–Amazon elevation gradient”	112
	87
The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate	83
Environmental filtering drives mycorrhizal tree dominance across a soil fertility gradient in a temperate forest	81
The effects of leaf traits on litter rainfall interception with consequences for runoff and soil conservation	72
Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods	72
Multidimensional diversity recovery following invasive species removal: Roles of colonization, extinction and abundance shifts	69
Contrasting responses to climate variability generate seasonal priority effects between native and invasive forest herbs	61
Disentangling the effects of microalgal diversity and thermal history on freshwater phototrophic biofilms facing heat stress: A thermal dose approach	61
Weed‐suppressive ability and species dominance in intercropping: A meta‐regression	60
Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Polygonatum multiflorum *	55
Herbivory resistance in dwarf shrubs combines with simulated warming to shift phenology and decrease reproduction	49
Microclimatic variation in tropical canopies: A glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities	48
Reconciling plant and microbial ecological strategies to elucidate cover crop effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling	48
Different responses of functional groups to N addition increased synchrony and shortened community reproductive duration in an alpine meadow	47
Defence‐related traits drive leaf litter decomposition more than growth‐related or size and shape traits in a subtropical climate	45
Tree diversity and mycorrhizal type co‐determine multitrophic ecosystem functions	43
The duration of high spring light for understorey plants: Contrasting responses to spatial and temporal temperature variation	43
Cover Picture and Issue Information	42
Dominant species rather than plant biodiversity shape grassland resistance and recovery in response to heatwaves and mowing	42
The effects of natural enemies on herb diversity in a temperate forest depend on species traits and neighbouring tree composition	41
Variations in bark structural properties affect both water loss and carbon economics in neotropical savanna trees in the Cerrado region of Brazil	40
Phenotypic diversity influenced by a transposable element increases productivity and resistance to competitors in plant populations	40
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	40

Diverse associations and proximate effects of weather on Madagascar reproductive phenology	39
The expression of demographic costs of reproduction varies among coexisting plants with different life history traits	39
Diversity modulates above‐ground productivity in response to disturbances: The case of Iberian forests	39
Early departures and delayed arrivals: Holocene dynamics of temperate tree species in the boreal‐temperate ecotone	39
Dual drivers of plant invasions: Enemy release and enhanced mutualisms	38
Biomass production of tropical trees across space and time: The shifting roles of diameter growth and wood density	37
The golden threat— Solidago invasion alters native plant–pollinator interactions by vegetative crowding	37
Local adaptation in parapatric and sympatric mosaic coastal habitats through trait divergence of Setaria viridis	37
Long‐term stability of sapling dynamics is regulated by soil phosphorus availability in subtropical forest	36
Seed germination traits reveal naturalization potential: Global insights from temperate European herbaceous species	36
Nitrogen deposition enhances soil organic carbon sequestration through plant–soil–microbe synergies	36
Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs	36