OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Conservation-Bulgaria 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Changes in landscape disturbance intensity of sloping land in mountainous areas and their relationship with ecosystem services	26
Biodiversity monitoring with intelligent sensors: An integrated pipeline for mitigating animal-vehicle collisions	23
Managed re-alignment: a multifaceted approach in ecological restoration of coastal floodplains	22
Beyond commercial interests lies an ecological responsibility: The dilemma of red-eared slider sales	21
To what extent is coastal wetland biodiversity endangered by climate change? How can we boost the resilience of coastal ecosystems?	16
The Cerrado crisis review: highlighting threats and providing future pathways to save Brazil's biodiversity hotspot	14
Cultural practices in European riverine floodplains: formation, typology, co-decline of biocultural diversity, and emerging drivers of conservation and sustainable management	13
A baseline assessment of anthropogenic macrolitter on dunes along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast using visual census and Unmanned Aerial Systems	11
Morphological and genetic characteristics of garfish Belone belone (L., 1760) (Belonidae, Teleostei) population from the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast	11
Temporal variation in hotspots and the effects of climate and landscape on wildlife roadkill along the BR-319: conservation challenges in a high-biodiversity area in the Amazon	11
Dogs, not wolves, most likely to have caused the death of a British tourist in northern Greece	11
Changes in species and phylogenetic diversity in tropical seasonal rainforests on steep karst hillslopes in southwestern China: implications for conservation	10
Old trees: Precious natural heritage on isolated islands	9
Slipped through the narrow door: Effects of climate change on the distribution and conservation of a vulnerable tiger gecko, Goniurosaurus luii, from China and Vietnam	9
Diving pattern and behavioral response to vessel traffic of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Xiamen, China: implications for conservation	8
Safeguarding China’s threatened cycads: Strategies to combat alarming habitat degradation and anthropogenic collection pressure	8
Wetlands in the EU policy context	8
Where there’s smoke there is fire: Türkiye and the international illegal wildlife trade	7
The drums of war are beating louder: Media coverage of brown bears in Romania	7
Hidden or inadvertent illegal amphibian trade? Genetic analyses reveal Quasipaa spinosa misidentified as Hoplobatrachus chinensis in the trade	6
Vertebrates as victims of domestic cats and dogs: ten years of data from an Italian animal rescue centre (2015–2024)	6
Vegetation changes at oligotrophic grasslands managed for a declining butterfly	6
Decades of habitat destruction - is there any chance left for the endemic and Critically Endangered Cyrtodactylus gialaiensis in Vietnam?	6
Has climate change hijacked the environmental agenda?	6
Does the Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027 support the restoration of freshwater ecosystems?	6

Brown bear occurrence along a proposed highway route in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains	6
First record of the white trevally (Pseudocaranx dentex) in the Black Sea: a new occurrence from Bulgarian coastal waters	6
Impact associated with water sources: An environmental analysis	6
MIAU: An analysis-ready dataset on presence-only and presence-absence data of Neotropical carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) from 2000 to 2021	6
Prioritising areas for conservation within Tropical Important Plant Areas of the British Virgin Islands, Caribbean	6
Artificial breeding of the hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, in a captive facility in the Republic of Korea	5
Corrigendum: Using drone imagery to obtain population data of colony-nesting seabirds to support Canada’s transition to the global Key Biodiversity Areas program. Nature Conservation 51: 155–166. doi	5
Lost in hostile lands: moths of conservation concern in cultivated and suburban areas of south Italy	5
Analysis of amphibian diversity and its influencing factors in the coastal islands of southern Zhejiang	5
Map the Giants: a new citizen-science portal to map, study and protect the largest coral colonies	5
The impact of precipitation and temperature on seed ripening and germination dynamics of some meadow species of Western and Central Europe	5
Conservation priorities for threatened mammals of Vietnam: Implementation of the IUCN´s One Plan Approach	5
Coastal beaver, Chinook, coho, chum salmon and trout response to nearshore changes resulting from diking and large-scale dam removals: synergistic ecosystem engineering and restoration in the coastal	5
Occupancy modeling confirms management concerns for Connecticut (USA) fisher, highlighting the importance of monitoring furbearer distributions	5
DNA metabarcoding reveals distinct trophic niches among sympatric aerial insectivores (Family: Apodidae and Hirundinidae) in central Peninsular Malaysia	5
Restoring coasts and floodplains - Conclusions and recommendations for enabling action across science, policy, and practice	5
Ritualistic hunts: exploring the motivations and conservation implications in West Bengal, India	5
Conservation and ecological screening of small water bodies in temperate riverine wetlands using UAV Photogrammetry (Middle Danube)	5
Forage harvesting using branch pruning compromises sustainable use and conservation of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir., an endangered species	4
Climatic niche modelling and genetic analyses highlight conservation priorities for the Spotted Softshell Turtle (Pelodiscus variegatus)	4
Prioritizing stream network connectivity for species conservation and sustainable planning	4
Seeking serpents: Ball python trade in Benin, West Africa	4
Conservation gap analysis for Erica (Ericaceae)	4
Applying landscape ecological principles in comprehensive landscape protection: Šumava National Park as a case study	4
Difference in sale strategies drive spatial heterogeneity in collection pressure through online auctions: the role of body colour variation in the Japanese freshwater crabs, Geothelphusa dehaani speci	4
Recent changes in tropical-dry-forest connectivity within the Balsas Basin Biogeographic Province: potential effects on endemic-bird distributions	4
Viral threats: the role of TikTok in facilitating trade in CITES-listed species in Lomé, Togo	4
The potential of electrified barriers to keep black bears out of fenced road corridors at low volume access roads	4
Forest patches as important bird habitats in Malaysia's large-scale infrastructure development areas	4
Potential climatic and elevational range shifts in the Italian narrow endemic Bellevalia webbiana (Asparagaceae) under climate change scenarios	4