OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is 5. 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
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Measuring what matters in the era of big data	117
Millipedes diving into a small tributary?	107
Erratum	89
Harnessing trait–environment interactions to predict ecosystem functions	88
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COVID resilience inside the research ecosystem	53
Attracted to death	46
What is the fitness benefit of night lighting for toads?	43
Cover Image	41
Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya	39
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Protecting threatened species and music traditions	33
How to pay for ecosystem services	31
Marine species introduction via reproduction and its response to ship transit routes	30
Annual grass invasion is transforming the sagebrush biome’s songbird communities	30
Toward an improved understanding of causation in the ecological sciences	30
Hunting on dangerous ground	28
Relationship with the land as a foundation for ecosystem stewardship	28
Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making	28
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Deoxygenation—coming to a water body near you	26
Four‐Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) for everyone: teaching ecology to non‐majors	26
Centering 30 × 30 conservation initiatives on freshwater ecosystems	26

The role of AI in ecology’s computational carbon footprint	22
Forest ecosystem properties emerge from interactions of structure and disturbance	22
Issue Information	22
Twitter data reveal six distinct environmental personas	21
Course‐based undergraduate research to advance environmental education, science, and resource management	20
Sparse genetic data limit biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally	20
Anuran call properties as reliable indicators of environmental suitability for reproduction	20
Historical art as a source of insight for studies of environmental change	20
Moose and wood ducks – an unlikely partnership?	19
Unusual nectar‐thieving behavior in Brazil	19
Cities as sanctuaries	19
Non‐consumptive killing of a conspecific dragonfly	19
Maximizing inference from distributed experimental networks via “add‐on” studies	18
Can 30 × 30 targets stop island extinctions?	18
Issue Information	18
Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene	17
Urban parks and low‐dispersal species	17
Near‐term forecasts of NEON lakes reveal gradients of environmental predictability across the US	17
Aposematism as a trap? A case of heavy predation on a poisonous salamander	17
Managing multi‐species plant invasions when interactions influence their impact	17
How climate‐change awareness can provoke physical symptoms	16
Co‐benefits of and trade‐offs between natural climate solutions and Sustainable Development Goals	16
A theoretical framework for the ecological role of three‐dimensional structural diversity	16
Replace the ivory tower with the fire tower	16
Generating ecological insights from historical data	16
Standing on one foot	15
Size matters in nature	15
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Are all‐girls programs sexist?	15
No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective	14
Transformative governance of cumulative effects through an Indigenous outlook	14
Conceptualizing and measuring ecological spillover effects from protected areas	14
Evaluating macroecological fire impacts on bird populations	14
Tree frogs serve as a hotel for moth flies	13
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Managing ecosystem damage from extreme events	12
A scenario‐guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions	12
Glass‐like flowers in the rain	12
Issue Information	12
Issue Information	12
Will greater argonaut strandings in southeast Australia increase with climate change?	12
Ecotourism impacts on reef fishes in a marine reserve during the COVID‐19 era	12
Issue Information	11
When avifauna collide: the case for lethal control of barred owls in western North America	11
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Ants actively carry microplastics	11
Riparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture	10
Identity theft: anti‐predator mimicry by the giant anteater?	10
Dead rock python, the new fragrance from Crocuta	10
Science in a changing world	10

Logistical and preference bias in participatory science butterfly data	10
Dispatches	10
Webs of science: mentor networks influence women's integration into STEM fields	10
Structural diversity as a reliable and novel predictor for ecosystem productivity	10
Can AI interpretation increase inclusivity?	10
Landsat@50	9
Issue Information	9
Browning and blueing – what is the fate of polar coasts?	9
Re‐envisioning urban landscapes: lichens, liverworts, and mosses coexist spontaneously with us	9
Virtual conferences improve inclusion in science	9
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Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low‐resource settings	8
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US lakes are monitored disproportionately less in communities of color	8
Can we coevolve with AI?	8
Geophagy in African savanna elephants	8
Forecasting range shifts using abundance distributions along environmental gradients	7
Emergent hotspots of biotic disturbances and their consequences for forest resilience	7
Issue Information	7
Cover Image	7
Setting your service agenda	7
Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions	6
Importance of private and communal lands to sustainable conservation of Africa's rhinoceroses	6
Managing strategic linkages among natural and human systems can enhance ecosystem services	6
Prevalence of discourse on public engagement with science in ecology literature	6
Exoneration of the shrike	6
Disentangling the potential of protected areas to promote sustainable development	5
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Issue Information	5
Issue Information	5
The American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) spawns regularly in salt marshes	5
Addressing diversity in undergraduate ecology textbooks	5
Historically excluded groups in ecology are undervalued and poorly treated	5
Disease‐smart climate adaptation for wildlife management and conservation	5
A native parrot as an invasive plant controller	5
Improving our understanding of blue carbon with a net ecosystem carbon budget framework	5
Tropical cyclone risk to global mangrove ecosystems: potential future regional shifts	5
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Camouflaged life in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	5
Time to retire “alien” from the invasion ecology lexicon	5