OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applied Vegetation Science is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
No species loss, but pronounced species turnover in grasslands in the Northern Alps over 25 years	84
Exploring seed density and limiting similarity to reduce invasive grass performance for grassland restoration purposes	50
Nontarget Plant Community and Biomass Responses in Northern Mixed Grassland Treated With Indaziflam for Invasive Annual Brome Control	30
Standardised Drone Procedures for Phytosociological Data Collection	24
Simulated effects of floodplain restoration on plant community types	22
On the Use of Taxon Names in Community Ecology	21
Longleaf pine restoration on hydric sites: Understorey plant community responses to site preparation through 15 years	19
Effects of thinning on functional and phylogenetic diversity of regenerated woody plants in plantations over time	19
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Classification of European bog vegetation of the Oxycocco‐Sphagnetea class	18
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Effects of slashing on native and invasive species, and community structure of a remnant natural grassland of South Australia	16
The Role of Nurse Trees in the Plant Community of Park Grassland: A Case Study in Southern Brazil	16
Coping with changing plant–plant interactions in restoration ecology: Effect of species, site, and individual variation	15
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Decadal vegetation changes in a subarctic‐alpine ecosystem: Can effects of Iceland's largest hydropower reservoir, climate change, and herbivory be detected?	14
Using priority effects for grassland restoration: Sequential sowing can promote subordinate species	13
Understorey vegetation response to post‐tornado salvage logging	12
AgriWeedClim database: A repository of vegetation plot data from Central European arable habitats over 100 years	12
Road Disturbance Shapes the Functional Composition of Native Plant Species but Not That of Non‐Natives in the Arid Andes	11
Classification of forest and shrubland vegetation in central and eastern Euxine Turkey and SW Georgia	11
The benefits of publishing in society‐owned scientific journals	11
Water management infrastructure alters plant species composition, functional diversity and soil condition in a livestock‐impaired mosaic of wetlands	11
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Soil Nutrients Mediate Initial Intraannual Community Dynamics in a Tilled Grassland	10
Seed Rain in Subtropical Grasslands Under Different Grazing Intensities	10
Effect of forest structure and management on the functional diversity and composition of understorey plant communities	10
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Issue Information	9
Effects of foraging tunnels created by plateau zokors on plant above‐ground biomass and species richness of graminoids and forbs in alpine grasslands	9
External management effects on the stand structure of protected forest patches	9
Fire and grazing interaction in a subhumid grassland: Effects on a dominant tussock grass	9
Small rocky outcrops: Natural features to promote biodiversity in oak wood‐pastures	9
Mitigating invasive species using biochar derived from invasive plants in saline‐alkaline wetland plant communities dominated by Amaranthus palmeri	9
Soil seed bank development of smoke‐responsive plant species in a 23‐year restoration chronosequence and implications for resilience to fire	8
Grazing hay meadows: History, distribution, and ecological context	8
Herbivores regulate native–alien plants dynamics in sub‐Antarctic beech (Nothofagus antarctica) forests of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina	8
Silicicolous lichen communities of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield	8
Reflecting on two and a half decades of restoration ecology in Applied Vegetation Science (1998–2023)	7
Evaluating the feasibility of using plant‐specific metabarcoding to assess forest types from soil eDNA	7
Modeling the Abundance of Boreal Foundation Species: The Impact of Forest Structure, Soils, and Legacy Effects on Ericaceous Shrubs	7
The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains	7
Correction to “Beyond species richness and community composition: Using plant functional diversity to measure restoration success in jarrah forest” [Applied Vegetation Science, 24(3), e12607]	7
Assessing removal methods for controlling Dichrostachys cinerea encroachment and their impacts on plant communities in an East‐African savannah ecosystem	7
Exotic herbivores and fire energy drive standing herbaceous biomass but do not alter compositional patterns in a semiarid savanna ecosystem	7
Species dominance rather than complementarity drives community digestibility and litter decomposition in species‐rich Mediterranean rangelands	7
Historic deforestation and non‐native plant invasions determine vegetation trajectories across an oceanic archipelago	7
The alien Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) impacts forest vegetation and regeneration on the southern slope of the European Alps	7
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Influence of Previous Coppice Management on Stand Structure and Vegetation Diversity of 9210* Habitat Beech Forests in the Central Apennines (Italy)	6
Grazing season regulates plant community structure and production by altering plant litter mass in a typical steppe	6
Drivers of species composition in arable‐weed communities of the Austrian–Hungarian borderland region: What is the role of the country?	6
Short‐term effects of the control of the invasive plant Asclepias syriaca: Secondary invasion of other neophytes instead of recovery of the native species	6
Restoration and management of plant communities in Applied Vegetation Science	6
Exotic species explain plant functional trait differences between seed mixes, restored and reference prairies	6
Early Competition From a Local Species Seed Mixture Limits Invasion by the Ornamental Shrub Buddleja davidii	6
Machine‐learning algorithms predict soil seed bank persistence from easily available traits	6
Carbon dioxide fluxes and soil carbon storage in relation to long‐term grazing and no grazing in Icelandic semi‐natural grasslands	6
Spatial patterns of stand structure and canopy disturbance in a fire‐maintainedPinus palustriswoodland	6
Burning the seed bank: Seed response of eight species to different fire intensities in Patagonian steppe	6
Nitrogen Deposition Increases Spontaneous Forest Establishment and Loss of Lichen Vegetation in Inland Dune Areas Across the Netherlands	6
Livestock grazing is an effective conservation tool for Californian coastal grassland ecology: An eight‐year study on vegetation dynamics	6
Effects of Panels and Management on Plant Community Composition in Southern French Solar Parks	6
Determinants of bryophyte assemblages in traditionally managed grasslands of the Carpathian Mts	6
Understory Plant Community Response to a Range of Restoration Scenarios in Northeast US Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) Barrens	6