OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
You startle me, you don’t	290
Millipedes diving into a small tributary?	127
Issue Information	125
Harnessing trait–environment interactions to predict ecosystem functions	120
Erratum	113
Cover Image	102
Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities	88
Toward a roadmap for diadromous fish conservation: the Big Five considerations	87
Dispatches	86
COVID resilience inside the research ecosystem	67
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Attracted to death	65
Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya	64
Mountain futures: pursuing innovative adaptations in coupled social–ecological systems	63
Wildlife gardening: an urban nexus of social and ecological relationships	60
Marine species introduction via reproduction and its response to ship transit routes	59
Higher incidence of high‐severity fire in and near industrially managed forests	58
Drones address an observational blind spot for biological oceanography	56
What is the fitness benefit of night lighting for toads?	53
Relationship with the land as a foundation for ecosystem stewardship	49
Cover Image	49
How to pay for ecosystem services	47
Managing animal movement conserves predator–prey dynamics	47
Protecting threatened species and music traditions	45
The paradox of forbs in grasslands and the legacy of the mammoth steppe	45

Toward an improved understanding of causation in the ecological sciences	44
All‐true‐ism	41
RAD needs monitoring	41
Deoxygenation—coming to a water body near you	41
Hunting on dangerous ground	41
Four‐Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) for everyone: teaching ecology to non‐majors	39
Course‐based undergraduate research to advance environmental education, science, and resource management	38
Twitter data reveal six distinct environmental personas	38
Cities as sanctuaries	33
Forest ecosystem properties emerge from interactions of structure and disturbance	33
From meta‐system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene	32
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Vagrancy in Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic pinnipeds	30
Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making	29
Dispatches	29
Centering 30 × 30 conservation initiatives on freshwater ecosystems	28
Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development	28
Issue Information	26
Generating ecological insights from historical data	24
Action on ecology and justice	24
Moose and wood ducks – an unlikely partnership?	24
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Non‐consumptive killing of a conspecific dragonfly	22
Can 30 × 30 targets stop island extinctions?	22
Aposematism as a trap? A case of heavy predation on a poisonous salamander	22
Managing multi‐species plant invasions when interactions influence their impact	21
Urban parks and low‐dispersal species	21
“Lianification” or liana invasion – is there a difference?	21
COVID‐19 lockdowns increase public interest in urban nature	21
Unusual nectar‐thieving behavior in Brazil	20
How climate‐change awareness can provoke physical symptoms	20
The American Pond Belt: an untold story of conservation challenges and opportunities	19
Small artificial impoundments have big implications for hydrology and freshwater biodiversity	19
Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene	19
Near‐term forecasts of NEON lakes reveal gradients of environmental predictability across the US	19
Mitigating soil greenhouse‐gas emissions from land‐use change in tropical peatlands	18
Co‐benefits of and trade‐offs between natural climate solutions and Sustainable Development Goals	18
Replace the ivory tower with the fire tower	17
Iteratively forecasting biological invasions with PoPS and a little help from our friends	17
Cover Image	17
Site fidelity as a maladaptive behavior in the Anthropocene	17
Size matters in nature	17
A theoretical framework for the ecological role of three‐dimensional structural diversity	17
Are all‐girls programs sexist?	16
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Standing on one foot	15
An operational framework for defining and forecasting phytoplankton blooms	14
No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective	14
The global rise of crustacean fisheries	14
Sandy beach social–ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges	14

Tree frogs serve as a hotel for moth flies	13
Dispatches	13
Location matters: planting urban trees in the right places improves cooling	13
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Riparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture	12
Issue Information	12
Will greater argonaut strandings in southeast Australia increase with climate change?	12
Issue Information	12
Ants actively carry microplastics	12
Science in a changing world	12
Glass‐like flowers in the rain	12
When avifauna collide: the case for lethal control of barred owls in western North America	11
Ecotourism impacts on reef fishes in a marine reserve during the COVID‐19 era	11
A scenario‐guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions	11
Eurasian otters are becoming urbanized	11
Structural diversity as a reliable and novel predictor for ecosystem productivity	10
Webs of science: mentor networks influence women's integration into STEM fields	10
The human–grass–fire cycle: how people and invasives co‐occur to drive fire regimes	10
Logistical and preference bias in participatory science butterfly data	10
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Dispatches	9
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Virtual conferences improve inclusion in science	9
Identity theft: anti‐predator mimicry by the giant anteater?	9
Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low‐resource settings	9
Dispatches	9
Browning and blueing – what is the fate of polar coasts?	9
Green infrastructure for urban resilience: a trait‐based framework	9
Last refuge for Arctic fauna	9
Dead rock python, the new fragrance from Crocuta	9
US lakes are monitored disproportionately less in communities of color	9
Can AI interpretation increase inclusivity?	8
Cavity occupancy by wild honey bees: need for evidence of ecological impacts	8
Landsat@50	8
Can we coevolve with AI?	8
Unlocking our understanding of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams with genomic tools	8
Swallow‐tailed gull predation on a marine eel: personality traits implied?	8
Re‐envisioning urban landscapes: lichens, liverworts, and mosses coexist spontaneously with us	7
Prevalence of discourse on public engagement with science in ecology literature	7
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Issue Information	6
The ecological cost of reproduction in the proboscis bat	6
Issue Information	6
Setting your service agenda	6
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Expected demographic and genetic declines not found in most zoo and aquarium populations	6
Importance of private and communal lands to sustainable conservation of Africa's rhinoceroses	6
Geophagy in African savanna elephants	6
Forecasting range shifts using abundance distributions along environmental gradients	6
Arresting the spread of invasive species in continental systems	5
Going my way?	5
Issue Information	5
Cover Image	5
Camouflaged life in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	5
Emergent hotspots of biotic disturbances and their consequences for forest resilience	5
Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions	5
Reckless parenting with a purpose	5
Time to retire “alien” from the invasion ecology lexicon	4
The American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) spawns regularly in salt marshes	4
Tropical cyclone risk to global mangrove ecosystems: potential future regional shifts	4
Exoneration of the shrike	4
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Impact assessment of coastal marine range shifts to support proactive management	4
Squirrel consuming “poisonous” mushrooms	4
Disease‐smart climate adaptation for wildlife management and conservation	4
Treefrogs near the top of a tropical rainforest	4
A native parrot as an invasive plant controller	4