OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Restoration Ecology 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A world of possibilities: six restoration strategies to support the United Nation's Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	150
Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration	94
Seed enhancement: getting seeds restoration‐ready	78
Priority effects and ecological restoration	75
Seed storage: maintaining seed viability and vigor for restoration use	74
The present and future of grassland restoration	72
Grasslands and savannahs in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	63
Seed use in the field: delivering seeds for restoration success	56
International principles and standards for native seeds in ecological restoration	48
Seed planning, sourcing, and procurement	48
Biological soil crusts in ecological restoration: emerging research and perspectives	47
A research agenda for the restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas	46
Barriers to ecological restoration in Europe: expert perspectives	46
Precision restoration: a necessary approach to foster forest recovery in the 21st century	45
Myth‐busting tropical grassy biome restoration	45
Revegetation of urban green space rewilds soil microbiotas with implications for human health and urban design	43
Restoration, soil organisms, and soil processes: emerging approaches	39
The intervention continuum in restoration ecology: rethinking the active–passive dichotomy	37
Collection and production of native seeds for ecological restoration	37
Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide	37
Restoration of mine degraded land for sustainable environmental development	36
Prediction and uncertainty in restoration science	35
Ensuring seed quality in ecological restoration: native seed cleaning and testing	34
“Active” and “passive” ecological restoration strategies in meta‐analysis	34
Ecological countermeasures for preventing zoonotic disease outbreaks: when ecological restoration is a human health imperative	33

International principles and standards for the ecological restoration and recovery of mine sites	33
Traditional ecological knowledge in restoration ecology: a call to listen deeply, to engage with, and respect Indigenous voices	32
Need of transdisciplinary research for accelerating land restoration during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	30
Integrated climate sensitive restoration framework for transformative changes to sustainable land restoration	30
Getting to the root of restoration: considering root traits for improved restoration outcomes under drought and competition	30