OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Increased mean annual temperatures in 2014–2019 indicate permafrost thaw in Alaskan national parks	14
Climate of the Marrakech High Atlas, Morocco: Temperature lapse rates and precipitation gradient from piedmont to summits	13
Vertical root distribution and biomass allocation along proglacial chronosequences in Central Switzerland	11
Land use change in the Ecuadorian páramo: The impact of expanding agriculture on soil carbon storage	10
Morphological and wood anatomical traits of Rhododendron lepidotum Wall ex G. Don along the elevation gradients in Nepal Himalayas	10
Abrupt permafrost thaw accelerates carbon dioxide and methane release at a tussock tundra site	9
Does fire always accelerate shrub expansion in Arctic tundra? Examining a novel grass-dominated successional trajectory on the Seward Peninsula	9
Diurnal and seasonal variations in photosynthetic rates of dwarf pinePinus pumilaat the treeline in central Japan	8
Freeze–thaw cycles and snow impact at arid permafrost region in Chajnantor Volcano, Atacama, northern Chile	7
Ground thermal regimes and implications for permafrost distribution on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	7
Late glacial retreat of the Lancaster Sound Ice Stream and early Holocene onset of Arctic/Atlantic throughflow in the Arctic Island channels	7
How is rapid Arctic warming influencing weather patterns in lower latitudes?	7
Testing the stratigraphic consistency of Pleistocene microfossil bioevents identified on the Alpha and Lomonosov Ridges, Arctic Ocean	7
Mineral and isotopic (Nd, Sr) signature of fine-grained deglacial and Holocene sediments from the Mackenzie Trough, Arctic Canada	6
Disproportional vulnerability of mountain aquatic invertebrates to climate change effects	6
Soil invertebrate abundance, diversity, and community composition across steep high elevation snowmelt gradients in the European Alps	6
Ecology of the diatomAulacoseira pusillain oligotrophic mountain lakes, with implications for paleoclimate reconstructions	6
Distinctive iceberg ploughmarks on the mid-Norwegian margin: Tidally influenced chains of pits with implications for iceberg drift	6
How will diminishing sea ice impact commercial fishing in the Bering Sea?	6
When no color pattern is available: Application of double observer methods to estimate population size of the Alpine salamander	5
A first continuous three-year temperature record from the dimictic arctic–alpine Lake Tarfala, northern Sweden	5
Timing and duration of ephemeral Antarctic water tracks and wetlands using high temporal–resolution satellite imagery, high spatial–resolution satellite imagery, and ground-based sensors in the McMurd	5
Heat balance of a low-elevated Svalbard glacier during the ablation season: A case study of Aldegondabreen	5
MIS 3 age of the Veiki moraine in N Sweden – Dating the landform record of an intermediate-sized ice sheet in Scandinavia	5
Long-term change and geospatial patterns of river ice cover and navigability in Southcentral Alaska detected with remote sensing	5

Variation in δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N within and among plant species in the alpine tundra	5
Temperature response and salt tolerance of the opportunistic pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica: Implications for the broad whitefish subsistence fishery	4
Inventory and kinematics of active and transitional rock glaciers in the Southern Alps of New Zealand from Sentinel-1 InSAR	4
Slight change of glaciers in the Pamir over the period 2000–2017	4
Spatiotemporal niche overlap, asymmetric reproductive interference, and population genetics between the sympatric species, Rhododendron diversipilosum and	4
Estimating lichen biomass in forests and peatlands of northwestern Canada in a changing climate	4
Root development on cuttings of seven arctic shrub species for revegetation	4
Surface atmospheric duct over Svalbard, Arctic, related to atmospheric and ocean conditions in winter	4
Intercomparing atmospheric reanalysis products for hydrodynamic and wave modeling of extreme events during the open-water Arctic season	4
Local variability of a taiga snow cover due to vegetation and microtopography	4
Late glacial and Holocene glaciation history of North and Northeast Greenland	4
Multi-proxy evidence of unprecedented hydroclimatic change in a high Arctic proglacial lake: Linnévatnet, Svalbard	4
Active layer variability and change in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories between 1991-2014: An ecoregional assessment	3
Mass balance, ice volume, and flow velocity of the Vestre Grønfjordbreen (Svalbard) from 2013/14 to 2019/20	3
When will the Arctic Ocean become ice-free?	3
Methane emissions from subglacial meltwater of three alpine glaciers in Yukon, Canada	3
Three-dimensional subsurface architecture and its influence on the spatiotemporal development of a retrogressive thaw slump in the Richardson Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada	3
Twentieth century warming reflected by the Malan Glacier borehole temperatures, northern Tibetan Plateau	3
Drought erodes mountain plant community resistance to novel species under a warming climate	3
Lowland tundra plant stoichiometry is somewhat resilient decades following fire despite substantial and sustained shifts in community structure	2
How are reduced Arctic sea ice and increased Greenland melting connected?	2
Multiproxy investigation of the last 2,000 years BP marine paleoenvironmental record along the western Spitsbergen margin	2
Integrating local environmental observations and remote sensing to better understand the life cycle of a thermokarst lake in Arctic Alaska	2
Glacier inventory and recent variations of Santa Inés Icefield, Southern Patagonia	2
Arctic meltdown and unruly tropical storms: are they connected?	2
Ice-covered ponds in the Untersee Oasis (East Antarctica): Distribution, chemical composition, and trajectory under a warming climate	2
Soil organic carbon stocks in mountain periglacial areas of northern Patagonia (Argentina)	2
Influence of treatment on rooting of arctic Salix species cuttings for revegetation	2
Stress-associated metabolites vary with both season and habitat across populations of a climate sentinel species	2
Hindcasts of passerine density in arctic and subarctic Alaska suggest noncomplementary responses to shrub expansion by tundra- and shrub-adapted species	2
How fast is sea level rising?	2
On the role of peat bogs as components of Indigenous cultural landscapes in Northern North America	2
Arctic ecosystem restoration with native tundra bryophytes	2
Using surrogate species and MaxEnt modeling to prioritize areas for conservation of a páramo bird community in a tropical high Andean biosphere reserve	2
Environmental changes in Krossfjorden, Svalbard, since 1950: Benthic foraminiferal and stable isotope evidence	2
Impact of long-term fertilizer and summer warming treatments on bulk soil and birch rhizosphere microbial communities in mesic arctic tundra	2
Arctic insect emergence timing and composition differs across thaw ponds of varying morphology	2
Tundra shrub expansion in a warming climate and the influence of data type on models of habitat suitability	2
How fast is the Greenland ice sheet melting?	2
Influence of vegetation on occurrence and color of snow algal blooms in Mt. Gassan, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan	2
Tundra conservation challenged by forest expansion in a complex mountainous treeline ecotone as revealed by spatially explicit tree aboveground biomass modeling	2
Introduction: Processes and Palaeo-Environmental Changes in the Arctic from Past to Present (PalaeoArc) special issue	1
Characterizing vegetation and return periods in avalanche paths using lidar and aerial imagery	1
Effects of nitrogen on benthic diatom assemblages in high-elevation central and eastern alpine lakes	1
Timing of glacial - non-glacial stages in Finland: An exploratory analysis of the OSL data	1
Remarks and advice to the study of early arthropod succession near melting glaciers	1
Meteorological conditions and snow-avalanche occurrence over three snow seasons (2017–2020) in Tasiapik Valley, Umiujaq, Nunavik	1
Mercury accumulation in sediments of Lhù’ààn Mânʼ (Kluane Lake, YT): Response to past hydrological change	1
Accounting deviations between the measured and simulated impact pressures in high-density snow avalanches	1
Glacier-specific factors drive differing seasonal and interannual dynamics of Nunatakassaap Sermia and Illullip Sermia, Greenland	1

Alpine vegetation community patterns in the Khumbu region, Nepalese Himalaya	1
Arthropod communities along an elevation gradient in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Rapidly shrinking tundra hosts a unique assemblage of specialists	1
Mass balance of two perennial snowfields: Niwot Ridge, Colorado, and the Ulaan Taiga, Mongolia	1
How is land ice changing in the Arctic, and what is the influence on sea level?	1
Snowbed communities and soil C and N dynamics during a four-year investigation in the NW-Italian Alps	1
Effects of storms on fisheries and aquaculture: An Icelandic case study on climate change adaptation	1
Isotopic signature of massive, buried ice in eastern Taylor Valley, Antarctica: Implications for its origin	1
Microbial iron reduction and greenhouse gas production in response to organic matter amendment and temperature increase of periglacial sediments, Bolterdalen, Svalbard	1
Investigating ten years of warming and enhanced snow depth on nutrient availability and greenhouse gas fluxes in a High Arctic ecosystem	1
Assessment of Arctic sea ice and surface climate conditions in nine CMIP6 climate models	1
Idiosyncratic responses to simulated herbivory by root fungal symbionts in a subarctic meadow	1
Permafrost development in northern Fennoscandian peatlands since the mid-Holocene	1
Climatic variability as a principal driver of primary production in the southernmost subalpine Rocky Mountain lake	1
Sedimentary facies and clay mineralogy of the late Pleistocene Landsort Deep sediments, Baltic Sea — Implications for the Baltic Ice Lake development	1
Linking repeat photography and remote sensing to assess treeline rise with climate warming: Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado	1
Yukon ice patches: Bryophyte generation from ancient ice-entombed assemblages	1
Microbial ecology and activity of snow algae within a Pacific Northwest snowpack	1