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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Cover Image	128
Measuring what matters in the era of big data	121
Erratum	99
Harnessing trait–environment interactions to predict ecosystem functions	97
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Attracted to death	49
What is the fitness benefit of night lighting for toads?	47
Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya	43
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Protecting threatened species and music traditions	37
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Annual grass invasion is transforming the sagebrush biome's songbird communities	34
The need for economics in wildlife conservation and management	33
Relationship with the land as a foundation for ecosystem stewardship	30
Marine species introduction via reproduction and its response to ship transit routes	30
How to pay for ecosystem services	29
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Hunting on dangerous ground	29
Beauty, but at what cost? Ornamental weirs fragment China's streams	28
Centering 30 × 30 conservation initiatives on freshwater ecosystems	28
Issue Information	24
Deoxygenation—coming to a water body near you	23
The role of AI in ecology’s computational carbon footprint	23

Historical art as a source of insight for studies of environmental change	22
Anuran call properties as reliable indicators of environmental suitability for reproduction	22
Cities as sanctuaries	22
Non‐consumptive killing of a conspecific dragonfly	21
Four‐Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) for everyone: teaching ecology to non‐majors	21
Sparse genetic data limit biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally	21
Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making	21
Forest ecosystem properties emerge from interactions of structure and disturbance	21
Issue Information	20
Urban parks and low‐dispersal species	20
Can 30 × 30 targets stop island extinctions?	20
Unusual nectar‐thieving behavior in Brazil	20
Maximizing inference from distributed experimental networks via “add‐on” studies	20
Aposematism as a trap? A case of heavy predation on a poisonous salamander	19
Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene	19
Co‐benefits of and trade‐offs between natural climate solutions and Sustainable Development Goals	18
Near‐term forecasts of NEON lakes reveal gradients of environmental predictability across the US	18
Generating ecological insights from historical data	17
Managing multi‐species plant invasions when interactions influence their impact	17
How climate‐change awareness can provoke physical symptoms	17
A theoretical framework for the ecological role of three‐dimensional structural diversity	17
Replace the ivory tower with the fire tower	16
Are all‐girls programs sexist?	16
Size matters in nature	16
Standing on one foot	16
Transformative governance of cumulative effects through an Indigenous outlook	15
Evaluating macroecological fire impacts on bird populations	15
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Tree frogs serve as a hotel for moth flies	14
Conceptualizing and measuring ecological spillover effects from protected areas	14
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No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective	14
Managing ecosystem damage from extreme events	13
Will greater argonaut strandings in southeast Australia increase with climate change?	13
Issue Information	13
Glass‐like flowers in the rain	13
Issue Information	12
Ecotourism impacts on reef fishes in a marine reserve during the COVID‐19 era	12
Ants actively carry microplastics	12
Webs of science: mentor networks influence women's integration into STEM fields	11
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When avifauna collide: the case for lethal control of barred owls in western North America	11
Science in a changing world	11
Issue Information	11
Browning and blueing – what is the fate of polar coasts?	10
Structural diversity as a reliable and novel predictor for ecosystem productivity	10
Dead rock python, the new fragrance from Crocuta	10
Virtual conferences improve inclusion in science	10
A scenario‐guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions	10
Identity theft: anti‐predator mimicry by the giant anteater?	10

Logistical and preference bias in participatory science butterfly data	10
Landsat@50	9
Can we coevolve with AI?	9
Issue Information	9
Can AI interpretation increase inclusivity?	9
US lakes are monitored disproportionately less in communities of color	8
Geophagy in African savanna elephants	8
Issue Information	8
Re‐envisioning urban landscapes: lichens, liverworts, and mosses coexist spontaneously with us	8
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Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low‐resource settings	8
Setting your service agenda	8
Managing strategic linkages among natural and human systems can enhance ecosystem services	7
Importance of private and communal lands to sustainable conservation of Africa's rhinoceroses	7
Emergent hotspots of biotic disturbances and their consequences for forest resilience	7
Cover Image	7
Issue Information	6
Forecasting range shifts using abundance distributions along environmental gradients	6
Disease‐smart climate adaptation for wildlife management and conservation	6
Disentangling the potential of protected areas to promote sustainable development	6
Time to retire “alien” from the invasion ecology lexicon	6
Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions	6
Exoneration of the shrike	6
The American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) spawns regularly in salt marshes	6
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Camouflaged life in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	6
A native parrot as an invasive plant controller	6
Addressing diversity in undergraduate ecology textbooks	6
Improving our understanding of blue carbon with a net ecosystem carbon budget framework	6
Historically excluded groups in ecology are undervalued and poorly treated	6
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Mermaids by another name	5
Evaluating conservation units using network analysis: a sea duck case study	5
Issue Information	5
Cultivating curiosity	5
Issue Information	5
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“Best available science” and the reproducibility crisis	5
Clever commensalism in a harsh environment	5
Male and female crab spiders “cooperate” to mimic a flower	5
Advancing freshwater science with sensor data collected by community scientists	5
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Tropical cyclone risk to global mangrove ecosystems: potential future regional shifts	5
Issue Information	5
Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities	5