OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Landscape and Ecological Engineering is 1. 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
Direct application of residual neural network to riverine aerial photography for estimating fish distribution	40
Spatial pattern of foliar hydrogen peroxide concentration and its implication in riparian vegetation management	35
Regional disparities in access to urban parks in Osaka City, Japan: spatial analysis using socioeconomic proxy indicators	25
Challenges of Orthoptera conservation in grasslands with land use-determined sizes and structural heterogeneity	25
Cooling ranges for urban heat mitigation: continuous cooling effects along the edges of small greenspaces	14
Foreword to the special feature: nature-based solutions for creating sustainable landscapes	14
Assessing the long-term impact of land-use and land-cover changes on soil erosion in Ethiopia’s Chemoga Basin using the RUSLE model	12
Exploring the potential application of a custom deep learning model for camera trap analysis of local urban species	11
Particle size distribution shift and diurnal concentration changes of environmental DNA caused by fish spawning behaviour	11
Quantitative evaluation of forest communities and effects of oak wilt in a secondary forest in western Japan	10
The scenario simulations and several problems of the Sponge City construction in semi-arid loess region, Northwest China	10
The change of Cr and Mn concentrations in selected plants in Samsun city center depending on traffic density	10
Influence of soil properties on street tree performance in Kyoto City, Japan	10
Comparative study on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA of Ayu Plecoglossus altivelis for environmental DNA-based spawning evaluation	9
Effects of the living environment in a model of social determinants of health focusing on the cognitive mechanism of urban residents	9
Mapping education service of semiarid land covers: an integrated approach based on the science value of controlling factors	8
Assessing thermal comfort for the elderly in historical districts and proposing adaptive urban design strategies: A case study in Zhenjiang, China	8
Atmospheric deposition of Pb and Cd in the Cedrus atlantica for environmental biomonitoring	8
Utilizing high-resolution UAV thermal imaging for land use and land cover-based land surface temperature analysis in urban parks	8
Mapping local knowledge through spatial text mining	8
Forest road use by mammals revealed by camera traps: a case study in northeastern Japan	8
Measuring restoration likelihood of tall building scapes: physical features and vegetation	8
Acknowledgments	7
Special issue: conservation of Satoyama endangered species in the era of depopulation and aging	6
Impact of rapid anthropogenic land use and land cover change on basin hydrology and sediment loads	6

Acknowledgments	6
Interpreting inclusive and equitable green infrastructure in the context of common prosperity: an evaluation and optimization of urban park inclusivity in Hangzhou	6
Investigating the effectiveness of discontinuous and layered coastal forest defense system against the inundating tsunami current	5
A review of the necessity of a multi-layer land-use planning	5
Evaluation, quantification, and mapping of ecosystem services in canola agroecosystems	5
The impacts of climate variation and land use/cover change on net primary productivity in the Tumen River Basin	5
Responsive evaluation of college students-in-residence rural community competition	5
Understanding human–aquifer interactions using fuzzy cognitive mapping approach at the Palas Basin	5
Basin-scale spatiotemporal distribution of ayu Plecoglossus altivelis and its relationship with water temperature from summer growth to autumn spawning periods	5
Volunteering in nature: a win–win strategy for healthy people and healthy nature	5
A regional assessment of the Pteridium aquilinum growth and phenology: a case study in Southwestern Asia	5
Changes in the osprey Pandion haliaetus hunting grounds caused by water level fluctuations and the importance of shallow water areas in dam environment	5
Mental restoration, preference and safety of waterscapes: the effects of viewing distance, type and movement of water	5
Herbicide management of roadside kudzu (Pueraria lobata) vegetation doubles soil nitrification and nitrate leaching rates	5
Multi-hazard risk assessment of the Great Wall relics: a case study in the Miyun District, Beijing	4
Long-term land transformation alters potential ecological corridors and increases functional connectivity cost among nature reserves in Guangdong, China	4
Durations of virtual exposure to built and natural landscapes impact self-reported stress recovery: evidence from three countries	4
Examining transformations in coastal city landscapes: spatial patch analysis of sustainable tourism—a case study in Pahang, Malaysia	4
Ecological design of constructed wetlands in cold mountainous region: from literature to experience	4
Connecting public health with urban planning: allocating walkable cooling shelters considering older people	4
Growth responses and shade tolerance of eight broadleaf tree species	4
Evaluating management effectiveness of protected areas in Iran: insights from RAPPAM methodology	4
Modelling of road-kill hotspots in steppe landscape in Turkey	3
Correction: Habitat probability prediction of umbrella species in urban ecosystems including habitat suitability of prey species	3
Unraveling the benefits of urban heritage greenery	3
A 15-year study on the relationship between beech (Fagus crenata) reproductive-organ production and the numbers of nuisance Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) killed in a snowy rural re	3
Potential risk maps for invasive aquatic plants in Kanto region, Japan	3
Identifying the right building roofs for greening from the perspective of socio-ecological demands in a 3D urban landscape	3
Anthropogenic pressures and spatio-temporal dynamics of forest ecosystems in the rural and border municipality of Kasenga (DRC)	3
Investigating the heavy-metal concentrations in soils from rainwater-harvesting green spaces in Beijing	3
Percolating spatial scale effects on the landscape connectivity of urban greenspace network in Beijing, China	3
Association between freshwater bivalves and other benthic macroinvertebrates in a modern agricultural ditch	3
Projected trends in ecosystem service valuation in response to land use land cover dynamics in Kishtwar High Altitude National Park, India	3
Physiological and ecological responses of plants and plant communities in dryland environments	3
Effects of artificial gap creation on the stand structure of an abandoned evergreen coppice	3
The effects of land-based change on coastal ecosystems	3
Urban parks in crisis…again? A historical examination of the political, economic and social context of UK parks	3
Vertical space utilization by urban birds and their relationship to electric poles and wires	3
Feeding habits of Ictalurus punctatus in the downstream section of Nunome Dam reservoir in Japan	3
The long-term effect of initial restoration intervention, landscape composition, and time on the progress of Pannonic sand grassland restoration	3
Predicting habitat suitability of Litsea glutinosa: a declining tree species, under the current and future climate change scenarios in India	3
Investigation of hydrodynamics along an embankment generated by a nearby riparian vegetation patch	3
Correction: Landscape metric sensitivity to grain size in rural Japan	3
Winter habitat selection of Japanese squirrels in a snowy region of northeastern Japan	3
Landscape metric sensitivity to grain size in rural Japan	3
Comparison of butterfly communities among land-use types and topographic conditions in the agricultural landscape of Hokkaido, northern Japan	2
Effects of double rice cropping with irrigation on the diversity of herbaceous plants and their utilization as a food source in paddy fields of southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic	2
Investigation of factors that induce activities in green spaces of neighborhoods from the perspective of the behavioral change stage model using machine learning	2
Prediction of areas with high risk of roadkill wildlife applying maximum entropy approach and environmental features: East Antioquia, Colombia	2
Analysis of landscape spatial pattern changes in urban fringe area: a case study of Hunhe Niaodao Area in Shenyang City	2

Rethinking urban planning from the perspective of nature-based stormwater runoff management in Ethiopia	2
The impact of landscape structures on PM10 concentrations	2
Special issue: Environmental DNA as a practical tool for aquatic conservation and restoration	2
Quantity and quality: Role of vegetation in park visitation and physical activity	2
A new methodology to quantify structural landscape impacts of land use/land cover change using moving window metrics: a case study in a Chilean coastal basin	2
Evaluation of habitat connectivity for wild boars (Sus scrofa L.): a pilot study in South Korea	2
Temperature dependence of feeding activity in the invasive freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata: implications for its response to climate warming	2
Interspecific competition of Hygrophila genus at different flow rates in artificial channels	2
The importance of the Mujechineup wetland for biodiversity: an evaluation of habitat quality and ecosystem service value	2
Proposed spatial decision support system for delineating ecological corridors in green infrastructure planning constrained by lack of data: a case study in Galicia, Spain	1
Multi-dimensional analysis of land use/land cover and urbanization on seasonal variation of land surface temperature in İzmir, Türkiye	1
Habitat characteristics and modeling current and future potential distributions of Canarium strictum using MaxEnt: a threatened socioeconomically significant plant of Northeast India	1
Characteristics of urban greenspaces based on analysis of woody plants in Yokohama City, Japan	1
Study on the relationship between summer microclimate and human thermal comfort in urban waterfront parks–Longzi Lake Park in Zhengzhou city as an example	1
Habitat disturbance may form subpopulation genetic structure in an invasive rodent species (Myocastor coypus) within a Japanese river system	1
Construction feasibility evaluation for potential ecological corridors under different widths: a case study of Chengdu in China	1
Correction: Economic valuation of ecosystem services in canola agroecosystems	1
Conservation of endangered species in Japan’s agroecosystems: focusing on specified class II nationally rare species of wild fauna/flora	1
Onsite restorative effect of a rural ecological farm versus an urban public greenery space	1
Resident spawning of Japanese smelt, Hypomesus nipponensis, along gravel shorelines in Lake Nojiri, Central Japan	1
Mapping and valuation of ecosystem services of mangroves: a detailed study from the Andaman island	1
Dynamics of habitat use by the river lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, 1826)	1
Typhoon-related tree damage and conservation implications for homestead windbreaks on the Ryukyu Archipelago: a case study of Yonaguni Island, Japan	1
The 30-year impact of post-windthrow management on the forest regeneration process in northern Japan	1
Responses of photosynthetic rates to temperature in two conifers dominating at different elevations	1
Effectiveness and implications of spatial background restrictions on model performance and predictions: a special reference for Rattus species	1
Nine-year bird community development on Radovesická spoil heap: impacts of restoration approach and vegetation characteristics	1
Comparison of Sargassum community succession between artificial and natural reefs in Wakasa Bay, Japan	1
Tree species composition and richness in a mature, warm-temperate riparian forest in Shikoku, Japan	1
Utilization of ecosystem services in future vision decision-making for climate-resilient cities	1
Impact of an environment-friendly rice-production method on the population density of Pelophylax nigromaculatus frogs	1
Recruitment status and host-fish-limitation threats to endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera laevis) in eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan	1
Establishing distribution maps and structural analysis of seagrass communities based on high-resolution remote sensing images and field surveys: a case study at Nam Yet Island, Truong Sa Archipelago,	1
Nutrients’ distribution during fertigation of a felt-based living wall	1