OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Conservation Letters is 9. 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
Issue Information	91
Land‐cover and land‐use change trajectory hopping facilitates estate‐crop expansion into protected forests in Indonesia	66
Simulating Demography, Monitoring, and Management Decisions to Evaluate Adaptive Management Strategies for Endangered Species	63
Climate change and energy crisis drive an unprecedented EU environmental law regression	48
European Habitats Directive has fostered monitoring but not prevented species declines	48
Issue Information	46
Conservation Through Criminalization? Rethinking Environmental Crime in Policy and Practice	45
What Comes After the European Green Deal? Analyzing the State and Perspective of the EU's Land Use and Conservation Policy	43
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Collaborative fisheries research reveals reserve size and age determine efficacy across a network of marine protected areas	35
Political Will Has Been Critical for Protecting Forests in the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesia	34
The Forgotten International Trade of Sawfish Rostral Teeth in Latin America	32
Concrete Habitat Severely Decreases the Reproductive Output of Two Urban Birds	31
Beyond Blame: Migration's Limited Role in Madagascar's Deforestation	28
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Rewilding and Indigenous‐Led Land Care Are Not Compatible Ideas	27
Issue Information	27
Marine Subsidies Fortify a Stronghold for a Freshwater Megafish ( Hucho taimen )	26
Nature and equity	26
From Alerts to Action: Operationalizing Real‐Time Mortality Monitoring for Vultures	25
What Drives Conservation Adoption? Social Science Insights from Cattle Ranchers in the Pantanal Wetland, Brazil	24
First Evidence of Individual Sharks Involved in Multiple Predatory Bites on People	22
Integrated systematic planning and adaptive stakeholder process support a 10‐fold increase in South Africa's Marine Protected Area estate	21
Vulnerability and Adaptations to Climate Change in EU Protected Areas: A Natura 2000 Managers’ perspective	21
Naming It Is Not Enough: An Orienting Map for Understanding Conservation's Entanglement With Power	21

Applying the Key Biodiversity Area Standard to Important Sites for Sharks	20
The Many Pathways of Mining Impacts on Biodiversity	20
Conserving urban biodiversity: Current practice, barriers, and enablers	20
Languages of Life: A Global Perspective on Linguistic Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation	19
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Bycatch in drift gillnet fisheries: A sink for Indian Ocean cetaceans	18
The Neocolonial Tightening of CITES: How Northern Narratives Marginalize Southern Conservation	18
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Remote seamounts are key conservation priorities for pelagic wildlife	17
Risky business: Protecting nature, protecting wealth?	17
Conservation and human rights: The public commitments of international conservation organizations	17
Phylogenetic relationships of invasive plants are useful criteria for weed risk assessments	17
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Addressing Gaps in Butterfly Population Monitoring to Catalyze Global Insect Conservation	16
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Does biodiversity‐focused protection of the seabed deliver carbon benefits? A U.K. case study	15
Citizen Science Offers Untapped Potential for Conservation Through Research Flexibility	15
Avoid Sacrificing Nature to Truly Achieve Net Zero	15
What is the value of biotic seed dispersal in post‐fire forest regeneration?	15
How Do We Identify Anthropogenic Allee Effects in the Wildlife Trade?	15
Decolonizing Conservation and the Importance of Nature‐Based Approaches, Not Solutions: Learning From Indigenous and Local Conservation Systems in India to Achieve the Global Biodiversity Agenda	15
Stakeholder‐derived recommendations and actions to support deep‐reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean	15
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Conflict between cultural development and wildlife conservation: A potential threat to Reeves's pheasant ( Syrmaticus reevesii )	14
Mapping Multiple Wild Pig Species’ Population Dynamics in Southeast Asia During the African Swine Fever Outbreak (2018–2024)	14
The costs and benefits of publicising species discoveries	14
Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves and Other Species for European Conservation	14
What starts with laughter ends in tears: Invasive alien species regulations should not hinder scientific research	14
Issue Information	14
Contributions of small‐scale and longline fishing to sea turtle mortality in the Solomon Islands	14
Kleptoparasitism in seabirds—A potential pathway for global avian influenza virus spread	14
Acoustic Indices Predict Recovery of Tropical Bird Communities for Taxonomic and Functional Composition	14
Positive effects of fragmentation per se on the most iconic metapopulation	13
Issue Information	13
Fish aggregating devices could enhance the effectiveness of blue water marine protected areas	12
Testing an intervention codesigned with stakeholders for altering wildlife consumption: Health messaging matters	12
The Effect of Federal Delisting on US Wolf Population Dynamics	12
Who cares about monarch butterflies? Comparing US State Wildlife Action Plans 2015–2025	12
Urgent Policy Change Is Needed to Understand the Dimensions of Legal International Wildlife Trade to Enable Targeted Management	12
Online Marketplaces’ Anti‐Data Collection Policies Hinder Research on Biodiversity Conservation and Zoonotic Disease Prevention	12
Collective PES Contracts Can Motivate Institutional Creation to Conserve Forests: Experimental Evidence	12
A consumption‐based analysis of extinction risk in Australia	12
Issue Information	11
Realizing “30 × 30” in India: The potential, the challenges, and the way forward	11
Passive Acoustic Gliders Are Effective Monitoring Tools for Dynamic Management Plans Aimed at Mitigating Whale‐Vessel Strikes	11
An Assessment of the Fish Maw Trade in Singapore and Malaysia Reveals Threatened Species and Highlights the Need for a More Complete Assessment of the Conservation Status of the World's Fishes	11
The Managed Erosion of Conservation Priorities for Pacific Salmon	11
Existing indicators do not adequately monitor progress toward meeting invasive alien species targets	10
A Survey of Mammal and Fish Genetic Diversity Across the Global Protected Area Network	10
Support for the US Endangered Species Act Is High and Steady Over the Past Three Decades	10

The fear factor—Snakes in Africa might be at an alarming extinction risk	10
Addressing the Southeast Asian snaring crisis: Impact of 11 years of snare removal in a biodiversity hotspot	10
The Paradox of Success in Conservation Performance Payments: Rising Costs and Declining Trust in Sweden's Carnivore Policy	10
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Colluding rhino poachers exploit space–time variation in opportunity and risk	10
Issue Information	10
Quantitative impacts of hydroelectric dams on the trans‐Amazonian migrations of goliath catfish	9
A Novel Fundraising Model for Conservation of a Noncharismatic Species: Lessons Learned From a Crowd‐Funded Eco‐Art Exhibition	9
Madagascar's Urban Lemur Meat Trade	9
Foraging mode affects extinction risk of snakes and lizards, but in different ways	9
Destructive fishing: An expert‐driven definition and exploration of this quasi‐concept	9
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Fisheries outcomes of marine protected area networks: Levels of protection, connectivity, and time matter	9
A criminal justice response to address the illegal trade of wildlife in Indonesia	9
Relational Commons: An Ontological and Governance Framework Beyond Protected Areas and the Boundaries of Conservation	9
The biodiversity adaptation gap: Management actions for marine protected areas in the face of climate change	9
What Will Count?—Evidence for the Global Recognition of Other Effective area–based Conservation Measures	9
High‐Resolution Range Mapping of Mycorrhizal Fungal Species Reveals Systematic Biases in Their Protection	9
Advances and shortfalls in applying best practices to global tree‐growing efforts	9