OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Functional 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Cover Picture and Issue Information	172
Spatial assembly of grassland communities and interrelationships with productivity	94
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Editors are biased too: An extension of Fox et al. (2023)'s analysis makes the case for triple‐blind review	81
Odour information enables patch choice by mammalian herbivores from afar, leading to predictable plant associational effects	77
The eco‐evolutionary role of fire in shaping terrestrial ecosystems	72
Responses to cold temperature determine clinal patterns of photosynthetic acclimation of a cosmopolitan grass genus and challenge the concept of quantifying phenotypic plasticity	68
The structure and ecological function of the interactions between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through multilayer networks	68
Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator	65
Temporal dynamics in functional fruit traits of native and invasive fleshy fruited plants in subtropical Andean forests	61
Functional divergence drives the prevalence of low‐abundance species in bat assemblages	59
Grazing disrupts the trade‐off between silica‐ and phenol‐based plant defences along an aridity gradient in grasslands	57
Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage	55
Observational and experimental evidence that rapid mass loss is consistent with the flight efficiency hypothesis and not caused by reproductive effort in three passerine species	49
Trophic regulation of soil microbial biomass under nitrogen enrichment: A global meta‐analysis	49
Spore production monitoring reveals contrasting seasonal strategies and a trade‐off between spore size and number in wood‐inhabiting fungi	46
Herbivore species and patch heterogeneity modulate grazing‐induced shifts in soil nematode trophic structure and energy flux	46
Can body mass and skull morphology predict seed and fruit ingestion potential for mammal species? A test using extant species and its application to extinct species	43
En route to resources: Foraging strategies of plant‐associated insects to identify resources in complex dynamic environments	43
Developmental plasticity drives converge nt shifts in phosphorus acquisition strategies towards root phosphatase activity in Moso bamboo under nitrogen addition	41
Contrasting effects of deadwood and gaps on the trophic structure of forest soil microarthropods	39
The temporal and spatial response of soil fungal community composition and potential function to wildfire in a permafrost region in Canada	38
Convergent remodelling of the gut microbiome is associated with host energetic condition over long‐distance migration	38
The fingerprint of functional strategies in Mediterranean seagrass fish assemblages	38

Warming modulates soil multifunctionality through assembly processes and co‐occurrence patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in drylands	38
Gradual pollen release in a buzz‐pollinated plant: Investigating pollen presentation theory under bee visitation	38
Phylogeny of respiratory adaptations and local temperature extremes shape the thermal vulnerability of intertidal crabs	36
Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity	36
Variation in leaf phosphorus fractions reflects plant adaptations and distribution in low‐phosphorus tropical forests	35
Shifting trait coordination along a soil‐moisture‐nutrient gradient in tropical forests	34
Abiotic stress rather than biotic interactions drives contrasting trends in chemical richness and variation in alpine willows	34
Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south‐western Australian forested ecosystem	34
Cover Picture and Issue Information	33
CO₂‐fertilisation enhances resilience to browsing in the recruitment phase of an encroaching savanna tree	33