OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecological Applications 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
	290
	250
Mega‐disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California	156
Invasive blackberry outcompetes the endemic Galapagos tree daisy Scalesiapedunculata	67
Novel associations among insect herbivores and trees: Patterns of occurrence and damage on pines and eucalypts	66
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Joint species distribution modeling reveals a changing prey landscape for North Pacific right whales on the Bering shelf	56
Functional diversity of ground beetles improved aphid control but did not increase crop yields on European farms	53
Multidecadal vegetation transformations of a New Mexico ponderosa pine landscape after severe fires and aerial seeding	53
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Food‐web dynamics of a floodplain mosaic overshadow the effects of engineered logjams for Pacific salmon and steelhead	52
Can the impact of canopy trees on soil and understory be altered using litter additions?	51
The effect of mechanical canopy reduction on big sagebrush plant communities	51
Evidence to inform spatiotemporal management of a western Pacific Ocean tuna purse seine fishery	47
Landscape composition drives winter bird assemblages in agriculture–savanna mosaics of western India	45
Alien insect dispersal mediated by the global movement of commodities	44
Combining co‐introduction with patch‐size optimization as a novel strategy to maximize seagrass restoration	43
Mowing increased community stability in semiarid grasslands more than either fencing or grazing	42
Support for an area–heterogeneity tradeoff for biodiversity in croplands	42
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Aspen impedes wildfire spread in southwestern United States landscapes	38
Conserving ecosystem integrity: Ecological theory as a guide for marine protected area monitoring	38
Biodiversity effects on seedling growth are modified by light environment across functional groups	37
Ecological success of no‐take marine protected areas: Using population dynamics theory to inform a global meta‐analysis	35
Flowering time advances since the 1970s in a sagebrush steppe community: Implications for management and restoration	35

Diverging restoration pathways for overstory and understory communities in a Mediterranean‐climate riparian ecosystem	34
Predation thresholds for reintroduction of native avifauna following suppression of invasive Brown Treesnakes on Guam	32
Urban runoff and stream channel incision interact to influence riparian soils and understory vegetation	31
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Parasites indicate trophic complexity and faunal succession in restored oyster reefs over a 22‐year period	30
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Predicting vulnerability of forest patches to invasion by non‐native plants for landscape scale management	30