OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Reviews is 12. 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
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
A review of the current state of process-based and data-driven modelling: guidelines for Lake Erie managers and watershed modellers	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
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
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
Impacts of plastic waste management strategies	16
Geochemical tracers in submarine groundwater discharge research: practice and challenges from a view of climate changes	15
Review of studies analysing glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) occurrence in groundwater	15
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
New insights into the biodegradation of polylactic acid: from degradation to upcycling	14
Measures to safeguard and restore river connectivity	13
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
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