OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Diversity and Distributions 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Analytical guidelines to increase the value of community science data: An example using eBird data to estimate species distributions	116
Trends in the detection of aquatic non‐indigenous species across global marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems: A 50‐year perspective	114
Assessing the reliability of species distribution projections in climate change research	107
Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes	76
High fire frequency and the impact of the 2019–2020 megafires on Australian plant diversity	70
Pyrodiversity and biodiversity: A history, synthesis, and outlook	65
Integrating citizen science data with expert surveys increases accuracy and spatial extent of species distribution models	63
Predictor complexity and feature selection affect Maxent model transferability: Evidence from global freshwater invasive species	52
A blueprint for securing Brazil's marine biodiversity and supporting the achievement of global conservation goals	52
Disentangling the relative roles of climate and land cover change in driving the long‐term population trends of European migratory birds	50
GAPeDNA: Assessing and mapping global species gaps in genetic databases for eDNA metabarcoding	50
Large‐scale eDNA metabarcoding survey reveals marine biogeographic break and transitions over tropical north‐western Australia	45
Protection gaps and restoration opportunities for primary forests in Europe	45
High stream flows dilute environmental DNA (eDNA) concentrations and reduce detectability	45
Projected effects of climate change on boreal bird community accentuated by anthropogenic disturbances in western boreal forest, Canada	45
Rapid assessment of the biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires to guide urgent management intervention and recovery and lessons for other regions	42
Invasion success and impacts depend on different characteristics in non‐native plants	39
Target‐group backgrounds prove effective at correcting sampling bias in Maxent models	39
Temporal homogenization of functional and beta diversity in bird communities of the Swiss Alps	38
Environmental drivers of large‐scale movements of baleen whales in the mid‐North Atlantic Ocean	36
Faunal responses to fire in Australian tropical savannas: Insights from field experiments and their lessons for conservation management	36
Lineage‐level distribution models lead to more realistic climate change predictions for a threatened crayfish	35
The elevational ascent and spread of exotic annual grass dominance in the Great Basin, USA	35
Habitat structural complexity explains patterns of feral cat and dingo occurrence in monsoonal Australia	34
Frequency of extreme freeze events controls the distribution and structure of black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) near their northern range limit in coastal Louisiana	34

Combining US and Canadian forest inventories to assess habitat suitability and migration potential of 25 tree species under climate change	33
The risks of using molecular biodiversity data for incidental detection of species of concern	33
Arthropod abundance modulates bird community responses to urbanization	31
Can habitat suitability estimated from MaxEnt predict colonizations and extinctions?	31
Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi‐use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators	30
Winners and losers over 35 years of dragonfly and damselfly distributional change in Germany	30