OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecological Indicators is 84. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatiotemporal pattern of vegetation water use efficiency between 2003 and 2017 and its coupling relationship with artificial carbon sequestration in the karst region of Southwestern China	322
DPSR-based study and assessment of the influence pathways of Shanghai urban development level on river methane emission potential during 2011–2020	251
Hyperspectral remote sensing of chlorophyll a and pheophorbide a pigments for macrobenthos mapping on an estuarine tidal flat	225
Advancing ecological precision surgery through a paradigm framework targeted for invasion risk management	194
Changes in south-Swedish vegetation composition over the last 200 years as described by species-specific indicator and trait values and documented by museum and literature records	192
A multi-isotope approach to evaluate the potential of great cormorant eggs for contaminant monitoring	188
Characteristics of extreme precipitation and its effects on soil and water retention in Sichuan, China under multiple climate change elements	186
Spatial non-stationarity effects of the driving factors on landscape ecological risk: A case of the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Urban Agglomeration, China	183
Developing an early warning system and risk assessment based on model for heat damage in rice	175
Accelerated vegetative growth measured by gross primary productivity in China from 1980 to 2018	173
Quantifying relative contributions of biotic interactions to bacterial diversity and community assembly by using community characteristics of microbial eukaryotes	172
Insights into evaluating the toxic effects of nitrofurazone on ecological integrity in marine ecosystems using periphytic ciliate communities	170
Corrigendum to “Identification of spatial pathways for aquatic ecological risk spread under multi-stressor synergies: A case study of the Pinglu Canal” [Ecol. Indic. 178 (2025) 113915]	167
Towards interpreting machine learning models for understanding the relationship between vegetation growth and climate factors: A case study of the Anhui Province, China	164
Reconstructing cave past to manage and conserve cave present and future	162
Spatiotemporal variations of water conservation and its influencing factors in the Qinghai Plateau, China	161
A new framework for identifying ecological conservation and restoration areas to enhance carbon storage	157
Evaluating the conservation priority of key biodiversity areas based on ecosystem conditions and anthropogenic threats in rapidly urbanizing areas	154
Collaborative allocation of water resources considering ecological marginal benefits in a semiarid and cold region	153
Hydrological shifts from vegetation restoration in semi-arid regions: insights from the typical watersheds of the Yellow River	149
AI-enabled autonomous driving for urban sustainability: a Nanjing central area case study	149
Integrating seasonal variation into conservation planning can provide extra benefits: A case study in the Tana River Basin, Kenya	148
N-microbial properties are key indicators of fertility in maturating technosols constructed for urban landscapes	145
The differential responses of gas exchange and evapotranspiration to experimental drought for seedlings of two typical tree species on the Loess Plateau	145
Plant-soil feedbacks in Hydrocotyle vulgaris: Genotypic differences and relations to functional traits	141

Long-term monitoring of a species suite of ecological indicators: A coordinated conservation framework for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem	140
Trends in vegetation and height of the topographic surface in a tidal freshwater swamp experiencing rooting zone saltwater intrusion	138
Optimizing the airborne laser scanning estimation of basal area larger than mean (	136
Incremental evolution of modeling a prognosis for polar bears in a rapidly changing Arctic	132
Feature-dependent group structures and hierarchical songbird-habitat relationships in a managed forest landscape	130
Negative influence of a threatened species on ecological status classification: A case study of the influence of European eel within the Swedish fish index VIX	128
Identifying critical climate periods for temporal dynamics of aboveground net primary productivity in the Eurasian steppe region	126
A method based on elitist genetic algorithm for calibrating the thermo-physical surface indicators: Its principles, validation and application to bioswales	125
Phased responses of urban tree canopy cover changes to urbanization process within Beijing’s built-up area: An analytical framework coupling state, transition, and drivers	124
‘Pulsing’ cities and ‘swarming’ metropolises: A simplified, entropy-based approach to long-term urban development	122
UAV-based emergency treatment plan for flood disasters at the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant	121
How the flow and sediment pulse influencing the distribution and functional gene composition of bacterial communities? Case study of the lower Yellow River, China	117
Co-occurrence patterns and community assembly mechanisms of benthic foraminiferal communities in South Chinese bays	116
Key indicators for Pre-Warning risks associated with urbanization in China	116
Tree diversity depending on environmental gradients promotes biomass stability via species asynchrony in China’s forest ecosystems	115
Factors on the distribution, migration, and leaching of potential toxic metals in the soil and risk assessment around the zinc smelter	113
River reach types as large-scale biodiversity proxies for management: The case of the Greater Mekong Region	113
Grazing intensity estimation in temperate typical grasslands of Inner Mongolia using machine learning models	110
Shells of Pearlmussels, Margaritifera dahurica (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae), as a biogeochemical indicator of the background (Holocene) and current major and trace elements content in riverine waters	110
BBEST practices: Intentional efforts to identify elusive flow-ecology thresholds	109
High-resolution estimation of industrial water use in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei based on multi-source data	107
Persistent exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) accelerates metamorphosis and colonization in larvae of marine shellfish	107
Effects of country success on COVID-19 cumulative cases and excess deaths in 169 countries	104
Selection of suitable aggregation function for estimation of water quality index for the Orontes River	103
The comprehensive effect of natural food quality and quantity on growth rate of herbivore consumers	102
Optimal region connection: Establishing effective ecological corridors for biodiversity conservation in Yunnan Province, China	101
Land use changes and natural disaster fatalities: Empirical analysis for India	101
City-scale PM2.5 removal by urban trees: validation of i-Tree eco and biomonitoring of PM2.5-bound trace elements	99
Carabid beetles as indicators of stream zonation	99
Global temporal and spatial changes of vegetation in desert steppe Ecosystems: Impacts of climate driving factors	99
Where forest may not return in the western United States	99
Corrigendum to “Succession-driven dynamics of ecosystem function and multifunctionality at regional scales: Evidence from subtropical secondary forests.” [Ecol. Indic. 180 (2025) 114358]	97
The spatial network structure and drivers of provincial carbon emission reduction capacity in China: An indicator-based analysis	96
Determination and analysis of groundwater ecological level in Changling County	95
Integrating ecosystem stress into the assessment of ecosystem health in karst areas and exploring its driving factors	94
Meeting the challenges of the waste hierarchy: A performance evaluation of EU countries	94
Land surface phenology detections from multi-source remote sensing indices capturing canopy photosynthesis phenology across major land cover types in the Northern Hemisphere	93
Significant influences of extreme climate on autumn phenology in Central Asia grassland	93
A novel remote sensing method for monitoring Large-Scale grassland aboveground Biomass: The case study of grassland key belt in the Tibetan Plateau	93
Study on the development trend of social-ecological systems and the drivers of sustainable development – A case study of the Loess Plateau in China	93
Rapid climate changes responsible for increased net global cropland carbon sink during the last 40 years	92
Assessing the impacts of historical and future land-use/cover change on habitat quality in the urbanizing Lhasa River Basin on the Tibetan Plateau	92
Regional water cycle health evaluation and obstacle factor analysis: A case study of the Yellow River basin in Henan Province, China	91
The probabilistic site-specific species pool and dark diversity in the terrestrialized urban mangroves	91
Spatial distribution characteristics and variability of urban ecological welfare performance in the Yangtze River economic Belt: Evidence from 70 cities	91
How do accuracy and model agreement vary with versioning, scale, and landscape heterogeneity for satellite-derived vegetation maps in sagebrush steppe?	90
A framework for large-scale analyses of ecosystem health and its driving factors in complex underlying basins	89
Cedrus distribution change: past, present, and future	88
Monitoring microplastic pollution: The potential and limitations of Nephrops norvegicus	88
Ecosystems face the risk of ecological deficits in the southern foothills of the Himalayas	88

Full Title: Quantifying the ecological carrying capacity of alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	87
Changes in the severity of compound hot-dry-windy events over global land areas	86
Exclusion of plant input affects the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition	86
Green and blue infrastructure but not anthropogenic drivers affect invertebrate communities in urban ecosystems	85
Exploring the dynamic spatial spillover and nonlinear threshold effect of urbanization on urban green development efficiency in China	85
Quantitative contribution of climate change and vegetation restoration to ecosystem services in the Inner Mongolia under ecological restoration projects	85
Using handheld mobile laser scanning to quantify fine-scale surface fuels and detect changes post-disturbance in northern California forests	85
Comparing the performance of machine learning algorithms for estimating aboveground biomass in typical steppe of northern China using Sentinel imageries	85
Impacts of human footprint on habitat quality and permafrost environment in Northeast China	85
The variation of the 400 mm isohyet and its influence mechanism on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 1982 to 2021	84