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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Herbivory of a biocontrol agent on a native plant causes an indirect trait‐mediated non‐target effect on a native insect	73
Herbivory resistance in dwarf shrubs combines with simulated warming to shift phenology and decrease reproduction	69
The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate	65
Phylogenetic dependence of plant–soil feedback promotes rare species in a subtropical forest	64
Contrasting responses to climate variability generate seasonal priority effects between native and invasive forest herbs	63
Extinction, climate change and the ecology of Homo sapiens	63
The eco‐evolutionary dynamics of prior selfing rates promote coexistence without niche partitioning under conditions of reproductive interference	62
Disentangling the effects of microalgal diversity and thermal history on freshwater phototrophic biofilms facing heat stress: A thermal dose approach	58
Climate and crown damage drive tree mortality in southern Amazonian edge forests	54
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Microclimatic variation in tropical canopies: A glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities	46
Different responses of functional groups to N addition increased synchrony and shortened community reproductive duration in an alpine meadow	45
An exotic herbivore reinforces competition between exotic and native plants	45
Reconciling plant and microbial ecological strategies to elucidate cover crop effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling	45
The effects of leaf traits on litter rainfall interception with consequences for runoff and soil conservation	44
Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods	43
Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities	42
Phenotypic diversity influenced by a transposable element increases productivity and resistance to competitors in plant populations	40
Cover Picture and Issue Information	39
The effects of natural enemies on herb diversity in a temperate forest depend on species traits and neighbouring tree composition	38
Glacier forelands reveal fundamental plant and microbial controls on short‐term ecosystem nitrogen retention	38
Floral complexity can help maintain plant diversity by inducing pollinator specialization	38
Phenotypic plasticity versus ecotypic differentiation under recurrent summer drought in two drought‐tolerant pine species	36
Cover Picture and Issue Information	36

Large mammalian herbivores modulate plant growth form diversity in a tropical rainforest	35
Context‐dependent effects of shifting large herbivore assemblages on plant structure and diversity	35
Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs	34
Not all trees can make a forest: Tree species composition and competition control forest encroachment in a tropical savanna	34
The expression of demographic costs of reproduction varies among coexisting plants with different life history traits	34
Lichens are more tolerant against winter warming stress than vascular and non‐vascular plants: Insights from an alpine field experiment	33
Root‐associated fungi not tree density influences stand nitrogen dynamics at the larch forest–tundra ecotone	33
Long‐term stability of sapling dynamics is regulated by soil phosphorus availability in subtropical forest	33
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	33
Variations in bark structural properties affect both water loss and carbon economics in neotropical savanna trees in the Cerrado region of Brazil	33