OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Reviews is 4. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
A review of machine learning applications in wildfire science and management	375
Four priority areas to advance invasion science in the face of rapid environmental change	114
Microplastics in lakes and rivers: an issue of emerging significance to limnology	59
Plastic ingestion by seabirds in the circumpolar Arctic: a review	48
The potential environmental risks associated with the development of rare earth element production in Canada	47
On “success” in applied environmental research — What is it, how can it be achieved, and how does one know when it has been achieved?	40
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products and their sublethal and lethal effects in aquatic organisms	39
Geothermal energy resources: potential environmental impact and land reclamation	36
Discrimination between freshwater and marine fish using fatty acids: ecological implications and future perspectives	31
Underwater noise and Arctic marine mammals: review and policy recommendations	30
A synthesis review on atmospheric wet deposition of particulate elements: scavenging ratios, solubility, and flux measurements	29
Increasing importance of climate change and other threats to at-risk species in Canada	28
Preventing and controlling nonnative species invasions to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss	26
Microbubble and nanobubble-based gas flotation for oily wastewater treatment: a review	23
A review of natural disturbances to inform implementation of ecological forestry in Nova Scotia, Canada	22
A national tree-ring data repository for Canadian forests (CFS-TRenD): structure, synthesis, and applications	21
Ecological effects and causal synthesis of oil sands activity impacts on river ecosystems: water synthesis review	21
A review of the current state of process-based and data-driven modelling: guidelines for Lake Erie managers and watershed modellers	20
Why do we monitor? Using seabird eggs to track trends in Arctic environmental contamination	20
The Green Wave: reviewing the environmental impacts of the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) and potential management approaches	20
Use of the National Pollutant Release Inventory in environmental research: a scoping review	19
A review of current approaches for the study of microplastic contamination in crustaceans	18
Historical, contemporary, and future perspectives on a coupled social–ecological system in a changing world: Canada’s historic Rideau Canal	18
Integrating watershed and ecosystem service models to assess best management practice efficiency: guidelines for Lake Erie managers and watershed modellers	17
Greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands under manipulated warming, nitrogen addition, and vegetation composition change: a review and data synthesis	17

Western Canadian freshwater availability: current and future vulnerabilities	17
Assessing the effects of climate change on urban watersheds: a review and call for future research	17
Frozen out: unanswered questions about winter biology	17
Impacts of plastic waste management strategies	16
Review of studies analysing glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) occurrence in groundwater	15
Geochemical tracers in submarine groundwater discharge research: practice and challenges from a view of climate changes	15
New insights into the biodegradation of polylactic acid: from degradation to upcycling	14
Sustainable, resilient, and reliable urban water systems: making the case for a “one water” approach	14
Increased use of sanitizers and disinfectants during the COVID-19 pandemic: identification of antimicrobial chemicals and considerations for aquatic environmental contamination	14
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in terrestrial and aquatic environments following wildfire: a review	14
Measures to safeguard and restore river connectivity	13
Influence of sustainability reports on social and environmental issues: bibliometric analysis and the word cloud approach	12
Challenges for water quality protection in the greater metropolitan area of Addis Ababa and the upper Awash basin, Ethiopia – time to take stock	12
The effects of roadways on lakes and ponds: a systematic review and assessment of knowledge gaps	12
Guidance for analytical methods to cumulative effects assessment for terrestrial species	12
Cadmium pollution of water, soil, and food: a review of the current conditions and future research considerations in Latin America	12
Modelling river flow in cold and ungauged regions: a review of the purposes, methods, and challenges	12
Atmospheric particulate pollution in South American megacities	12
Protecting and restoring habitats to benefit freshwater biodiversity	12
Linking instream wood recruitment to adjacent forest development in landscapes driven by stand-replacing disturbances: a conceptual model to inform riparian and stream management	11
Scientific considerations and challenges for addressing cumulative effects in forest landscapes in Canada	11
Review of resource utilization of Fe-rich sludges: purification, upcycling, and application in wastewater treatment	11
Brownfields over the years: from definition to sustainable reuse	11
Immobilization as a powerful bioremediation tool for abatement of dye pollution: a review	11
Small hydraulic structures, big environmental problems: is it possible to mitigate the negative impacts of culverts on stream biota?	10
Shorebirds ingest plastics too: what we know, what we do not know, and what we should do next	10
A critical review of successional dynamics in boreal forests of North America	10
A science and management partnership to restore coregonine diversity to the Laurentian Great Lakes	10
Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss	9
The utilization of *Ricinus communis* in the phytomanagement of heavy metal contaminated soils	9
Leaching loss of dissolved organic nitrogen from cropland ecosystems	8
Criteria-based critical review of artificial intelligence applications in water-leak management	8
Clearing up cloudy waters: a review of sediment impacts to unionid freshwater mussels	8
Natural disturbance regimes for implementation of ecological forestry: a review and case study from Nova Scotia, Canada	8
Biomonitoring of heavy metals and metalloids with wild mammals in the Iberian Peninsula: a systematic review	7
Linking functional diversity to ecological indicators: a tool to predict anthropogenic effects on ecosystem functioning	7
Recent advances in carbon footprint studies of urban ecosystems: overview, application, and future challenges	7
A review of the non-indigenous Chinese mystery snail, Cipangopaludina chinensis (Viviparidae), in North America, with emphasis on occurrence in Canada and the potential impact on indigenous aqu	7
Urbanization and stream ecosystems: the role of flow hydraulics towards an improved understanding in addressing urban stream degradation	7
Modelling climatic impacts on ice-jam floods: a review of current models, modelling capabilities, challenges, and future prospects	7
Future-proofing the emergency recovery plan for freshwater biodiversity	7
Research progress, challenges, and prospects of PM_2.5 concentration estimation using satellite data	7
A review of lethal thermal tolerance among freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) within the North American faunal region	6
Solar infrared radiation towards building energy efficiency: measurement, data, and modeling	6
Managing exploitation of freshwater species and aggregates to protect and restore freshwater biodiversity	6
Mapping Taihu Basin research: a bibliometric analysis	6
Ten considerations for conservation policy makers for the post-COVID-19 transition	6
Progress of optical biosensors for analyzing pathogens and organic pollutants in water since 2015	6
The historical footprint and future challenges of water-energy-food nexus research: a bibliometric review towards sustainable development	6
Impact of climate change on catchment nutrient dynamics: insights from around the world	6

The role of spatial scale in drought monitoring and early warning systems: a review	6
Consequences of “natural” disasters on aquatic life and habitats	5
Current status and advancement suggestions of ice-jam flood hazard and risk assessment	5
Process-based models for nitrogen dynamics in subsurface flow constructed wetlands: A state-of-the-art review	5
Commentary on “Past variation in Lower Peace River ice-jam flood frequency” by Wolfe et al. (2020)	5
E-waste: Growing environmental and health problems and its management alternatives in developing countries	5
Patterns of vegetation change in Yukon: recent findings and future research in dynamic subarctic ecosystems	5
New open-loop recycling approaches for disposable diaper waste	4
Challenges and opportunities for kitchen waste treatment—a review	4
A meta-analytic review on the spatial and climatic distribution of meteorological drought indices	4
Review on coal fly ash generation and utilization for resolving mercury contamination issues in Central Asia: Kazakhstan	4
Cigarette butts in the environment: a growing global threat?	4
Emerging pollutants of water supplies and the effect of climate change	4
Multi-criteria decision analysis in assessing watershed scale pollution risk: a review of combined approaches and applications	4
Sulfolane in contaminated sites: environmental toxicity and bioremediation technologies	4
Towards a quantitative definition of Cyanobacteria blooms	4