OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Functional Ecology is 30. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Concepts and applications in functional diversity	118
Advancing the mechanistic understanding of the priming effect on soil organic matter mineralisation	90
Global distribution, formation and fate of mineral‐associated soil organic matter under a changing climate: A trait‐based perspective	84
Deconstructing the microbial necromass continuum to inform soil carbon sequestration	81
Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient	76
Nitrogen loading enhances phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems with implications for soil carbon cycling	75
‘Aerobic scope protection’ reduces ectotherm growth under warming	64
Soil enzymes in response to climate warming: Mechanisms and feedbacks	62
A unifying, eco‐physiological framework for animal dormancy	60
A meta‐analysis of effects of physiological integration in clonal plants under homogeneous vs. heterogeneous environments	56
Mangrove diversity enhances plant biomass production and carbon storage in Hainan island, China	51
Cell size as driver and sentinel of phytoplankton community structure and functioning	49
Ecological mechanisms underlying aridity thresholds in global drylands	49
Double‐blind peer review affects reviewer ratings and editor decisions at an ecology journal	48
Keystone species affect the relationship between soil microbial diversity and ecosystem function under land use change in subtropical China	47
Passive acoustic monitoring provides a fresh perspective on fundamental ecological questions	46
Tree species mixing affects soil microbial functioning indirectly via root and litter traits and soil parameters in European forests	46
Where do functional traits come from? The role of theory and models	44
Drought impacts on microbial trait distribution and feedback to soil carbon cycling	43
Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls in characterizing plant water‐use strategies	42
Thermal flight performance reveals impact of warming on bumblebee foraging potential	41
Sexual (in)equality? A meta‐analysis of sex differences in thermal acclimation capacity across ectotherms	39
The influence of biogeographical and evolutionary histories on morphological trait‐matching and resource specialization in mutualistic hummingbird–plant networks	38
Predator‐scale spatial analysis of intra‐patch prey distribution reveals the energetic drivers of rorqual whale super‐group formation	38
Winter belowground: Changing winters and the perennating organs of herbaceous plants	34

Mating under climate change: Impact of simulated heatwaves on the reproduction of model pollinators	34
Biogeographical distributions of nitrogen‐cycling functional genes in a subtropical estuary	33
Water availability influences thermal safety margins for leaves	33
Localised climate change defines ant communities in human‐modified tropical landscapes	32
Body size determines the thermal coupling between insects and plant surfaces	32
Emerging relationships among soil microbes, carbon dynamics and climate change	30
Do visual traits honestly signal floral rewards at community level?	30
Stomping in silence: Conceptualizing trampling effects on soils in polar tundra	30
Frugivory underpins the nitrogen cycle	30