OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Invasions is 21. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A proposed unified framework to describe the management of biological invasions	78
Allelopathy is pervasive in invasive plants	73
Are the “100 of the world’s worst” invasive species also the costliest?	48
Economic costs of invasive alien ants worldwide	42
The rise and fall of an alien: why the successful colonizer Littorina saxatilis failed to invade the Mediterranean Sea	39
Managing biological invasions: the cost of inaction	38
Keys to enhancing the value of invasion ecology research for management	34
Plant invasion as an emerging challenge for the conservation of heritage sites: the spread of ornamental trees on ancient monuments in Rome, Italy	33
Oh the places they’ll go: improving species distribution modelling for invasive forest pests in an uncertain world	33
Does public awareness about invasive plants pays off? An analysis of knowledge and perceptions of environmentally aware citizens in Portugal	32
The invasive hornet Vespa velutina affects pollination of a wild plant through changes in abundance and behaviour of floral visitors	31
Invasive alien species as simultaneous benefits and burdens: trends, stakeholder perceptions and management	30
Differential and interacting impacts of invasive plants and white-tailed deer in eastern U.S. forests	30
Citizen science reveals the distribution of the invasive harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis Pallas) in Argentina	29
Lake morphometry determines Dreissena invasion dynamics	27
Negative impacts of invasive predators used as biological control agents against the pest snail Lissachatina fulica: the snail Euglandina ‘rosea’ and the flatworm Platydemus manokwari	24
Allelopathic and competitive interactions between native and alien plants	24
Alien fish fauna of southeastern Brazil: species status, introduction pathways, distribution and impacts	24
Non-linear physiological responses to climate change: the case of Ceratitis capitata distribution and abundance in Europe	24
Alien plant invasions in Mediterranean habitats: an assessment for Sicily	23
Assessing changes to ecosystem structure and function following invasion by Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis: a meta-analysis	22
The second wave of earthworm invasions in North America: biology, environmental impacts, management and control of invasive jumping worms	21
Multiple lionfish (Pterois spp.) new occurrences along the Brazilian coast confirm the invasion pathway into the Southwestern Atlantic	21
Introduction pathways of economically costly invasive alien species	21