OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Conservation Biology is 31. 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
The scope and severity of white‐nose syndrome on hibernating bats in North America	139
Guiding principles for rewilding	97
How to address data privacy concerns when using social media data in conservation science	90
Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics	84
Global effects of extreme temperatures on wild bumblebees	75
An introduction to decision science for conservation	68
Automated conservation assessment of the orchid family with deep learning	64
Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact	62
Evaluating the social and ecological effectiveness of partially protected marine areas	61
Conducting conservation social science surveys online	58
The importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals	57
Global rarity of intact coastal regions	54
A global evaluation of the effectiveness of voluntary REDD+ projects at reducing deforestation and degradation in the moist tropics	51
Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover	47
A quantitative global review of species population monitoring	45
A guide to using the internet to monitor and quantify the wildlife trade	45
Bridging research and practice in conservation	43
An agenda for research and action toward diverse and just futures for life on Earth	42
Exploring human–nature interactions in national parks with social media photographs and computer vision	41
Meta‐analysis of genetic representativeness of plant populations under ex situ conservation in contrast to wild source populations	40
How decisions about fitting species distribution models affect conservation outcomes	39
Microplastic contamination in Great Lakes fish	37
Invasion Culturomics and iEcology	35
Assessing the population‐level conservation effects of marine protected areas	35
A global ecological signal of extinction risk in terrestrial vertebrates	34

Genetic diversity and IUCN Red List status	33
Mitigation translocation as a management tool	33
Emotion as a source of moral understanding in conservation	33
Growth of non‐English‐language literature on biodiversity conservation	33
Conservation resource allocation, small population resiliency, and the fallacy of conservation triage	32
Use of environmental DNA in assessment of fish functional and phylogenetic diversity	31
Promoting meaningful and positive nature interactions for visitors to green spaces	31