OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Conservation is 2. 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
ENC volume 48 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	37
Evaluating guidelines as key components of conservation policies: a conceptual framework and a pilot application	23
Trade of legally protected orchids in Indonesian e-commerce markets	18
Impact of individual protected areas on deforestation and carbon emissions in Acre, Brazil	18
Do beetles indicate more predators and fewer pests in Lao PDR organic farms?	15
A machine learning approach to mapping canopy gaps in an indigenous tropical submontane forest using WorldView-3 multispectral satellite imagery	15
Spatial and taxonomic diversification for conservation investment under uncertainty	14
Old-growth grasslands of Central Anatolia (Türkiye) require better conservation and management	14
Urbanization impacts water quality and the use of microhabitats by fish in subtropical agricultural streams	13
Tropical forests and cocoa production: synergies and threats in the chocolate market	13
Zoometric data extraction from drone imagery: the Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx)	13
Assessment of the effect of landowner type on deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon using remote sensing data	12
A scoping review of environmental governance challenges in southern Africa from 2010 to 2020	12
Understanding how opportunity cost affects multi-objective conservation investment in the Central and Southern Appalachian Region (USA)	11
Changes in a Neotropical insectivorous bat community associated with artificial clearing of the forest in a geothermal project	11
From social networks to bird enthusiasts: reporting interactions between plastic waste and birds in Peru	10
ENC volume 49 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	10
More of the same: new policies continue fostering the use of non-native fish in Brazil	9
Economic valuation of changes in ecosystem services of 77 Ramsar wetlands in West Asia over 37 years (1984–2021)	9
Blockchain’s potential in forest offsets, the voluntary carbon markets and REDD+	9
ENC volume 49 issue 1 Cover and Front matter	9
Methodological approaches to assessing population-level impacts of bird collisions with wind turbines: a critical perspective	8
Mapping high-altitude peatlands to inform a landscape conservation strategy in the Andes of northern Peru	8
Brazilian President Lula’s Climate Authority challenge: pragmatism versus coalition politics	8
Assessing United Nations conservation-oriented days, years and decades through the lens of a change model	7

Forest cover and environment type shape functional diversity of insectivorous birds within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	7
Engaging women brings conservation benefits to snow leopard landscapes	7
Applying geostatistical hotspot analyses to a ‘double-invaded’ plant–pest co-occurrence scenario	7
Corporate responsibility and biodiversity conservation: challenges and opportunities for companies participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative	7
ENC volume 48 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	6
Understanding community perceptions of a natural open space system for urban conservation and stewardship in a metropolitan city in Africa	6
Towards understanding capacity development as a system: perceptions from multiple conservation stakeholder groups in Bhutan	6
Terrestrial protected areas do not fully shield their streams from exogenous stressors	6
Recreational agroecosystem service value evidenced by mobile phone data: implications for incentive enhancement in terraced paddy land	6
Natural area visitors’ potential role in preventing pathogen threats to amphibian biodiversity	6
Brazil: environment under attack	6
ENC volume 49 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	6
ENC volume 48 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	5
Integrating habitat models for threatened species with landownership information to inform coastal resiliency and conservation planning	5
ENC volume 49 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	5
Socio-environmental responsibility in Iranian universities: a multidimensional perspective	4
‘… And We have made from water every living thing’: water conservation and the Holy Qur’an	4
Ground-dwelling spider families and forest structure variables for monitoring ecologically sustainable logging operations	4
Gold mining-derived water pollution and treatment in Latin America	4
Analysing policy gaps in protecting avian species from electrocution and power-line collision in Kenya	4
Safeguarding China’s irreplaceable natural legacy: combating the illicit trade of old trees	4
Mammals lost and at risk of extinction in Jordan: historical analysis of constitutions and hunting laws	4
Google Trends data reveal a sharp trend: teeth and claws attract more interest than feathers, hooves or fins	4
Droughts and controlled rivers: how Belo Monte Dam has affected the food security of Amazonian riverine communities	3
Sacred groves: a model of Zagros forests for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation	3
Urban water footprint in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city	3
ENC volume 49 issue 3 Cover and Front matter	3
Developing land-use planning scenarios in Türkiye to reduce water-induced soil erosion	3
Commuters: a waterbird provides a new view of how species may utilize cities and wildlands	3
Relational values shape people’s connectedness to nature in a former military protected area of Ecuador	3
Governments commit to forest restoration, but what does it take to restore forests?	3
Elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin and helmeted hornbill products for sale at the Myanmar–Thailand–China border	3
Successful management of invasive rats across a fragmented landscape	3
Modelling pinyon pine distribution in the northern Great Basin, USA	3
Identifying medium- and large-sized mammal species sensitive to anthropogenic impacts for monitoring in subtropical montane forests	2
Potential range shifts and climatic refugia of rupicolous reptiles in a biodiversity hotspot of South Africa	2
Integrating burrowing crayfish and waterfowl conservation management on moist-soil wetlands	2
Conservation and indigenous peoples’ struggles for livelihoods: Suba Park (Ethiopia)	2
Chasing net zero: critical uncertainties in coffee emissions calculations	2
Social development and biodiversity conservation synergies for the West African giraffe in a human–wildlife landscape	2
ENC volume 48 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	2
Climate-driven animal mass mortality events: is there a role for scavengers?	2
Vulnerability of wilderness areas to day-use visits	2
Mapping functional tree regions of the Atlantic Forest: how much is left and opportunities for conservation	2
Expert-based assessment of the climate change vulnerability of amphibians and reptiles of Uruguay	2
Unregulated sales of fishing nets: consequences and possible solutions in Brazil	2
Market–community collaborative wildlife management in Malawi: subjectivities and shifting configurations of protests and celebrations	2
Do anthropogenic sources of food increase livestock predation in the area surrounding Ruaha National Park?	2
How science communications can help build societal perceptions of invasive alien species and their impacts on the environment	2
A biocultural hypothesis of human–environment mediations and biodiversity increase	2

Community perceptions of environmental water: a review	2
ENC volume 49 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	2