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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluating guidelines as key components of conservation policies: a conceptual framework and a pilot application	41
Do beetles indicate more predators and fewer pests in Lao PDR organic farms?	41
Trade of legally protected orchids in Indonesian e-commerce markets	29
Ecological representation and conservation gaps of South Korea’s protected areas	23
A machine learning approach to mapping canopy gaps in an indigenous tropical submontane forest using WorldView-3 multispectral satellite imagery	21
Old-growth grasslands of Central Anatolia (Türkiye) require better conservation and management	18
Tropical forests and cocoa production: synergies and threats in the chocolate market	17
Spatial and taxonomic diversification for conservation investment under uncertainty	17
Plant genetic diversity hotspots in South America’s largest desert: implications for dryland conservation planning	16
Urbanization impacts water quality and the use of microhabitats by fish in subtropical agricultural streams	15
Collaborative governance in practice: power, networks and inclusion in a biocultural landscape	15
Changes in a Neotropical insectivorous bat community associated with artificial clearing of the forest in a geothermal project	14
Exploring the impacts of biodiversity loss perceptions on preferences and behaviours related to animal fur and skin product consumption	14
Assessment of the effect of landowner type on deforestation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon using remote sensing data	14
ENC volume 49 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	13
From social networks to bird enthusiasts: reporting interactions between plastic waste and birds in Peru	13
Climate change associated with local extinction in peripheral populations of the threatened Italian endemic plant Santolina etrusca (Asteraceae)	13
Pervasive mercury contamination of a semi-aquatic apex predator across the Pantanal wetland	12
Economic valuation of changes in ecosystem services of 77 Ramsar wetlands in West Asia over 37 years (1984–2021)	12
Blockchain’s potential in forest offsets, the voluntary carbon markets and REDD+	10
Protected areas, habitat integrity and terrestrial mammal biodiversity in Lebanon	10
Methodological approaches to assessing population-level impacts of bird collisions with wind turbines: a critical perspective	9
Brazilian President Lula’s Climate Authority challenge: pragmatism versus coalition politics	9
Applying geostatistical hotspot analyses to a ‘double-invaded’ plant–pest co-occurrence scenario	8
Engaging women brings conservation benefits to snow leopard landscapes	7

Mapping high-altitude peatlands to inform a landscape conservation strategy in the Andes of northern Peru	7
Can conservation and ecological restoration affect human health outcomes? A call for multidisciplinary contributions to a special series of papers in Environmental Conservation<	7
Forest cover and environment type shape functional diversity of insectivorous birds within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	7
Natural area visitors’ potential role in preventing pathogen threats to amphibian biodiversity	7
Assessing United Nations conservation-oriented days, years and decades through the lens of a change model	7
Brazil: environment under attack	7
Terrestrial protected areas do not fully shield their streams from exogenous stressors	6
Towards understanding capacity development as a system: perceptions from multiple conservation stakeholder groups in Bhutan	6
Integrating habitat models for threatened species with landownership information to inform coastal resiliency and conservation planning	6
Recreational agroecosystem service value evidenced by mobile phone data: implications for incentive enhancement in terraced paddy land	6
The impact of Amazon deforestation is magnified by changing the configuration of forest cover	6
Can artificial intelligence support Bactrian camel conservation? Testing machine learning on aerial imagery in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert – CORRIGENDUM	6
ENC volume 49 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	6
Bridging gaps in ecological security: spatial conservation prioritization through balancing ecological features in a great Chinese city	6
ENC volume 49 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	6
Mammals lost and at risk of extinction in Jordan: historical analysis of constitutions and hunting laws	6
Safeguarding China’s irreplaceable natural legacy: combating the illicit trade of old trees	5
Pseudo-legal deforestation due to changes in the classification of native vegetation in Mato Grosso, Brazil	5
Socio-environmental responsibility in Iranian universities: a multidimensional perspective	5
Invasive plants can modify the soil environment through litter decomposition	5
‘… And We have made from water every living thing’: water conservation and the Holy Qur’an	5
Amazonian forest conservation through sustainable use: evidence based on Brazil nut life histories linked to human occupation	5
Gold mining-derived water pollution and treatment in Latin America	4
Developing land-use planning scenarios in Türkiye to reduce water-induced soil erosion	4
Elephant ivory, rhino horn, pangolin and helmeted hornbill products for sale at the Myanmar–Thailand–China border	4
Droughts and controlled rivers: how Belo Monte Dam has affected the food security of Amazonian riverine communities	4
ENC volume 49 issue 3 Cover and Front matter	4
Sacred groves: a model of Zagros forests for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation	4
Analysing policy gaps in protecting avian species from electrocution and power-line collision in Kenya	4
Governments commit to forest restoration, but what does it take to restore forests?	4
Commuters: a waterbird provides a new view of how species may utilize cities and wildlands	4
Relational values shape people’s connectedness to nature in a former military protected area of Ecuador	3
Madagascar’s environmental and human histories are dynamic, complex and deeply intertwined	3
Mapping functional tree regions of the Atlantic Forest: how much is left and opportunities for conservation	3
Market–community collaborative wildlife management in Malawi: subjectivities and shifting configurations of protests and celebrations	3
Urban water footprint in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city	3
Vulnerability of wilderness areas to day-use visits	3
Climate-driven animal mass mortality events: is there a role for scavengers?	3
Reimagining stormwater management: sustainable drainage pathways for resilient Indian cities	3
Modelling pinyon pine distribution in the northern Great Basin, USA	3
How science communications can help build societal perceptions of invasive alien species and their impacts on the environment	3
Effect of land-use changes on the space–time distribution of ant diversity in the south-western Brazilian Amazon	3
A biocultural hypothesis of human–environment mediations and biodiversity increase	3
ENC volume 49 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	2
Community perceptions of environmental water: a review	2
Chasing net zero: critical uncertainties in coffee emissions calculations	2
On the effectiveness of public awareness campaigns for the management of invasive species	2
Grass fires and road structure influence plant invasions in a critical wildlife habitat in north-eastern India	2
Conservation and indigenous peoples’ struggles for livelihoods: Suba Park (Ethiopia)	2
Identifying medium- and large-sized mammal species sensitive to anthropogenic impacts for monitoring in subtropical montane forests	2

Expert-based assessment of the climate change vulnerability of amphibians and reptiles of Uruguay	2
Gaps and biases in vertebrate wildlife genetics from a global biodiversity hotspot	2
Social development and biodiversity conservation synergies for the West African giraffe in a human–wildlife landscape	2
Unregulated sales of fishing nets: consequences and possible solutions in Brazil	2
The green iguana paradox: balancing conservation, trade and ecological security in invasive species management	2
Perceived benefits, burdens and effectiveness of a buffer zone programme in improving protected area–people relationships	2