OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Global Change Biology is 75. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
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A positive feedback to climate change: The effect of temperature on the respiration of key wood‐decomposing fungi does not decline with time	490
Conservation planning for retention, not just protection	253
Predicting the future of our oceans—Evaluating genomic forecasting approaches in marine species	237
Plant–soil interactions alter nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in an advancing subarctic treeline	225
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Report on Rising Aridity Trends Globally and Associated Biological and Agricultural Implications	224
Phosphorus Cycling as a Function of Soil Microbiome	200
Marine Protected Areas That Preserve Trophic Cascades Promote Resilience of Kelp Forests to Marine Heatwaves	192
Global Land Use Change and Its Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions	181
Biogeography of a Global Plant Invader: From the Evolutionary History to Future Distributions	176
Canopy nitrogen deposition enhances soil ecosystem multifunctionality in a temperate forest	174
Substantial urbanization‐driven declines of larval and adult moths in a subtropical environment	166
Population‐specific responses to developmental temperature in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus: Implications for climate change	160
Drivers and human impacts on topsoil bacterial and fungal community biogeography across Australia	156
Land surface conductance linked to precipitation: Co‐evolution of vegetation and climate in Earth system models	156
Positive effects of tree species diversity on productivity switch to negative after severe drought mortality in a temperate forest experiment	154
The dual roles of dissimilatory iron reduction in the carbon cycle: The “iron mesh” effect can increase inorganic carbon sequestration	151
Plant diversity and community age stabilize ecosystem multifunctionality	148
Unraveling the multifaceted effects of climatic factors on mountain pine beetle and its interaction with fungal symbionts	145
Conflicts and opportunities for commercial tree plantation expansion and biodiversity restoration across Brazil	145
Disentangling the variability of symbiotic nitrogen fixation rate and the controlling factors	144
Mapping the distance between fire hazard and disaster for communities in Canadian forests	142
Local groundwater decline exacerbates response of dryland riparian woodlands to climatic drought	141
Detecting climate signals in populations across life histories	140
Disturbance type and species life history predict mammal responses to humans	133

Bringing traits back into the equation: A roadmap to understand species redistribution	126
Where and why do conifer forests persist in refugia through multiple fire events?	124
Extreme heatwave drives topography‐dependent patterns of mortality in a bed‐forming intertidal barnacle, with implications for associated community structure	123
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Anti‐herbivore silicon defences in a model grass are greatest under Miocene levels of atmospheric CO₂	120
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Embedding biodiversity research into climate adaptation policy and practice	115
Short‐term resilience to climate‐induced temperature increases for equatorial sea turtle populations	107
Issue Information	107
Disentangling the multiple effects of precipitation on arthropod biomass: A commentary on Newell et al. (2022)	106
Shrinking body size of European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay	105
Agroforestry enhances biological activity, diversity and soil‐based ecosystem functions in mountain agroecosystems of Latin America: A meta‐analysis	104
Constraining long‐term model predictions for woody growth using tropical tree rings	103
Issue Information	102
Cognition as a neglected mediator of responses to anthropogenic noise	101
Nitrogen deposition suppresses ephemeral post‐fire plant diversity	101
Mammal communities of primeval forests as sentinels of global change	96
Issue Information	96
Comparison of carbon and nitrogen accumulation rate between bog and fen phases in a pristine peatland with the fen‐bog transition	95
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Issue Information	92
Global biodiversity conservation requires traditional Chinese medicine trade to be sustainable and well regulated	91
Isotopic evidence for increased carbon and nitrogen exchanges between peatland plants and their symbiotic microbes with rising atmospheric CO₂ concentrations since 15,000 cal. ye	91
Microhabitat conditions remedy heat stress effects on insect activity	91
Critical transitions and ecological resilience of large marine ecosystems in the Northwestern Pacific in response to global warming	89
Issue Information	89
Tree growth is connected with distribution and warming‐induced degradation of permafrost in southern Siberia	88
The robust concept of mineral‐associated organic matter saturation: A letter to Begill et al., 2023	88
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Stimulation of N₂O emission via bacterial denitrification driven by acidification in estuarine sediments	86
Resilient consumers accelerate the plant decomposition in a naturally acidified seagrass ecosystem	86
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Issue Information	84
Issue Information	83
Observational constraints reduce model spread but not uncertainty in global wetland methane emission estimates	82
Pyrogeography in flux: Reorganization of Australian fire regimes in a hotter world	82
New ways for (in)validating the forest carbon neutrality hypothesis	82
Long‐term (64 years) annual burning lessened soil organic carbon and nitrogen content in a humid subtropical grassland	82
Warming drives sustained plant phosphorus demand in a humid tropical forest	82
Assessing the effectiveness of marine nature‐based solutions with climate risk assessments	81
Tree contributions to climate change adaptation through reduced cattle heat stress and benefits to milk and beef production	81
In situ decrease in rhodolith growth associated with Arctic climate change	81
Impact of persistently high sea surface temperatures on the rhizobiomes of Zostera marina in a Baltic Sea benthocosms	80
It's time to broaden what we consider a ‘blue carbon ecosystem’	79
Inferred drought‐induced plant allocation shifts and their impact on drought legacy at a tropical forest site	79
Wheat genetic resources have avoided disease pandemics, improved food security, and reduced environmental footprints: A review of historical impacts and future opportunities	78
Unveiling the landscape predictors of resilient vegetation in coastal wetlands to inform conservation in the face of climate extremes	76
Nitrogen addition to soil affects microbial carbon use efficiency: Meta‐analysis of similarities and differences in ¹³C and ¹⁸O approaches	76
A phylogenetic study to assess the link between biome specialization and diversification in swallowtail butterflies	75
Tree crown damage and its effects on forest carbon cycling in a tropical forest	75