OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Conservation Letters is 26. 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
For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!	182
Women and Global South strikingly underrepresented among top‐publishing ecologists	116
An inconvenient misconception: Climate change is not the principal driver of biodiversity loss	87
The disproportionately high value of small patches for biodiversity conservation	85
Human–nature connectedness as a pathway to sustainability: A global meta‐analysis	77
Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic	62
Plastic pollution is killing marine megafauna, but how do we prioritize policies to reduce mortality?	60
Next steps in dismantling discrimination: Lessons from ecology and conservation science	60
How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts	53
Undescribed species have higher extinction risk than known species	52
Advancing procedural justice in conservation	50
Toward monitoring forest ecosystem integrity within the post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework	47
Toward a global strategy for seabird tracking	46
Mischaracterizing wildlife trade and its impacts may mislead policy processes	45
Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity	43
Biodiversity post‐2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national‐level implementation	42
A global map of human pressures on tropical coral reefs	42
A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome	38
Essential indicators for measuring site‐based conservation effectiveness in the post‐2020 global biodiversity framework	37
Integrating biobanking minimises inbreeding and produces significant cost benefits for a threatened frog captive breeding programme	34
African Swine Fever threatens Southeast Asia's 11 endemic wild pig species	34
Two thirds of species in a global shark fin trade hub are threatened with extinction: Conservation potential of international trade regulations for coastal sharks	31
Enabling transformative economic change in the post‐2020 biodiversity agenda	30
Exploring the ecological outcomes of mandatory biodiversity net gain using evidence from early‐adopter jurisdictions in England	29
A robust goal is needed for species in the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework	28

Setting robust biodiversity goals	27
Research biases create overrepresented “poster children” of marine invasion ecology	26
China's Ecological Conservation Redline policy is a new opportunity to meet post‐2020 protected area targets	26