OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecological Indicators is 82. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

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	211
DPSR-based study and assessment of the influence pathways of Shanghai urban development level on river methane emission potential during 2011–2020	204
Developing an early warning system and risk assessment based on model for heat damage in rice	201
Insights into evaluating the toxic effects of nitrofurazone on ecological integrity in marine ecosystems using periphytic ciliate communities	201
Accounting for the water related ecosystem services of forests in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey	196
Towards interpreting machine learning models for understanding the relationship between vegetation growth and climate factors: A case study of the Anhui Province, China	192
A novel framework for identifying causes of forest fire events using environmental and temporal characteristics of the ignition point in fire footprint	192
Monitoring phycocyanin concentrations in high-latitude inland lakes using Sentinel-3 OLCI data: The case of Lake Hulun, China	186
Optimal agricultural structure allocation based on carbon source/sink accounting	181
Tropical vs. temperate sea turtle population resilience to extreme temperatures	176
Determination and analysis of groundwater ecological level in Changling County	166
Assessing the effects of environmental factors on filtration rate of golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)	164
Influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on the hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of Wadi Itwad Aquifer, Saudi Arabia: Assessment using multivariate statistics and PMWIN simulation	163
Influences of anthropogenic acids on carbonate weathering and CO2 sink in an agricultural karst wetland (South China)	155
The comprehensive effect of natural food quality and quantity on growth rate of herbivore consumers	151
City-scale PM2.5 removal by urban trees: validation of i-Tree eco and biomonitoring of PM2.5-bound trace elements	139
Integrating seasonal variation into conservation planning can provide extra benefits: A case study in the Tana River Basin, Kenya	138
N-microbial properties are key indicators of fertility in maturating technosols constructed for urban landscapes	137
Plant-soil feedbacks in Hydrocotyle vulgaris: Genotypic differences and relations to functional traits	136
Optimizing the airborne laser scanning estimation of basal area larger than mean (	129
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	127
A method based on elitist genetic algorithm for calibrating the thermo-physical surface indicators: Its principles, validation and application to bioswales	126
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	125
Response of soil phosphorus fractions to land use change in the subalpine ecosystems of Southeast margin of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Southwest China	123

Spatial heterogeneity in air pollution-carbon synergies: Global evidence of decoupled development and disordered coordination	123
Advancing ecological precision surgery through a paradigm framework targeted for invasion risk management	119
Quantifying relative contributions of biotic interactions to bacterial diversity and community assembly by using community characteristics of microbial eukaryotes	117
A novel remote sensing method for monitoring Large-Scale grassland aboveground Biomass: The case study of grassland key belt in the Tibetan Plateau	117
Hydrological shifts from vegetation restoration in semi-arid regions: insights from the typical watersheds of the Yellow River	116
Study on the development trend of social-ecological systems and the drivers of sustainable development – A case study of the Loess Plateau in China	116
Concept and method of drought disaster risk measurement based on drought propagation level--a case study of AnHui Province	112
A spectrum contextual self-attention deep learning network for hyperspectral inversion of soil metals	112
Assessing the impacts of historical and future land-use/cover change on habitat quality in the urbanizing Lhasa River Basin on the Tibetan Plateau	111
Hydraulic conductivity regulates tree growth and drought resistance in semi-arid mixed forests of northern China	110
Land use changes and natural disaster fatalities: Empirical analysis for India	109
The variation of the 400 mm isohyet and its influence mechanism on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 1982 to 2021	108
Optimisation of ecological security patterns in ecologically transition areas under the perspective of ecological resilience − a case of Taohe River	107
River reach types as large-scale biodiversity proxies for management: The case of the Greater Mekong Region	107
Significant influences of extreme climate on autumn phenology in Central Asia grassland	101
Definition criteria determine the success of old-growth mapping	101
Characteristics and influencing factors of farmland abandonment in the karst rocky desertification area of Southwest China	101
Dynamic processes of water conflicts and their coupling with water crises in Asia’s transboundary river basins	100
Using handheld mobile laser scanning to quantify fine-scale surface fuels and detect changes post-disturbance in northern California forests	100
BBEST practices: Intentional efforts to identify elusive flow-ecology thresholds	100
Disproportionate increase of flood-exposed population in Chinese cities under urban expansion and climate variation	100
Global temporal and spatial changes of vegetation in desert steppe Ecosystems: Impacts of climate driving factors	99
Grazing intensity estimation in temperate typical grasslands of Inner Mongolia using machine learning models	99
Negative spill-over effects of agricultural practices on plant species conservation in nature reserves	98
Key indicators for Pre-Warning risks associated with urbanization in China	98
Spatio-temporal explicit mapping and quantification of ecosystem services provision area: An application for wind erosion prevention service in northern China	97
Detection and comparison of spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of NEP in the river economic belt	97
Corrigendum to “Succession-driven dynamics of ecosystem function and multifunctionality at regional scales: Evidence from subtropical secondary forests.” [Ecol. Indic. 180 (2025) 114358]	96
Soil attributes are more important than others in shaping the diversity of cultivated land quality types, southern China	96
Inversed virtual water flow pattern and its influencing factors in Northwest China	96
Trends in vegetation and height of the topographic surface in a tidal freshwater swamp experiencing rooting zone saltwater intrusion	95
Assessing the impacts of rural depopulation and urbanization on vegetation cover: Based on land use and nighttime light data in China, 2000–2020	94
CSR strategy composition and leaf traits for herbaceous plants in garden design	93
Harmful blooms across a longitudinal gradient in central Europe during heatwave: Cyanobacteria biomass, cyanotoxins, and nutrients	93
Climate-driven expansion and northwest migration of earthworm habitats on China’s Loess Plateau	92
Economic valuation of ecosystem service bundles based on landscape pattern evolution in karst plateaus	91
Urban rivers health assessment based on the concept of resilience using improved FCM-EWM-MABAC model	91
The differential responses of gas exchange and evapotranspiration to experimental drought for seedlings of two typical tree species on the Loess Plateau	91
How do accuracy and model agreement vary with versioning, scale, and landscape heterogeneity for satellite-derived vegetation maps in sagebrush steppe?	90
Suggestions for extending, expanding, and integrating passive acoustic monitoring programs	89
A novel wetland ecological quality index (WEQI) for rapid assessment of permafrost-dominated wetlands in Northeast China from 2001 to 2020	89
Fishery knowledge-guided machine learning for spatial prediction of catch-per-unit-effort	88
Assessment and Diagnosis of the water resources carrying capacity in the Huaihe River basin of Anhui Province	88
Environmental thresholds in canopy cover shape spider assemblages in Cerrado riparian zones	88
Cedrus distribution change: past, present, and future	87
The impact of environmental regulation on capacity utilization of China’s manufacturing industry: An empirical research based on the sector level	87
Changes in the severity of compound hot-dry-windy events over global land areas	86
Optimal region connection: Establishing effective ecological corridors for biodiversity conservation in Yunnan Province, China	86
Different responses of soil water to warming controlled by evapotranspiration during grassland degradation: A case study in the typical steppe of China	86
Construction and stability evaluation of ecological networks in the Loess Plateau	86

Nematode as a biomonitoring model for evaluating ecological risks of heavy metals in sediments from an urban river	84
Evaluation of the current status and risks of aquatic ecology in the Jialing River Basin based on the characteristics and succession trends of phytoplankton communities	84
Unraveling the impact of national strategy on urban blue-green space and growth dynamics: A spatiotemporal analysis in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region	84
Evaluating the conservation priority of key biodiversity areas based on ecosystem conditions and anthropogenic threats in rapidly urbanizing areas	84
How the flow and sediment pulse influencing the distribution and functional gene composition of bacterial communities? Case study of the lower Yellow River, China	83
Ensemble projections of fish distribution in response to climate changes in the Yellow and Bohai Seas, China	83
Collaborative allocation of water resources considering ecological marginal benefits in a semiarid and cold region	83
Spatiotemporal variations and drivers of water quality in the source region of the Yellow River	82
Spectral indices to evaluate the physiological response of Mediterranean shrubs to browsing	82