OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecology and Evolution is 33. 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
Why students do not turn on their video cameras during online classes and an equitable and inclusive plan to encourage them to do so	220
Meta‐analysis shows that environmental DNA outperforms traditional surveys, but warrants better reporting standards	112
Abundance decline in the avifauna of the European Union reveals cross‐continental similarities in biodiversity change	93
The traits of “trait ecologists”: An analysis of the use of trait and functional trait terminology	56
Automated facial recognition for wildlife that lack unique markings: A deep learning approach for brown bears	54
NGSpeciesID: DNA barcode and amplicon consensus generation from long‐read sequencing data	51
Cell size, genome size, and maximum growth rate are near‐independent dimensions of ecological variation across bacteria and archaea	51
Revisiting the effect of PCR replication and sequencing depth on biodiversity metrics in environmental DNA metabarcoding	49
Automatic detection of fish and tracking of movement for ecology	48
MaxEnt brings comparable results when the input data are being completed; Model parameterization of four species distribution models	47
Moving academic conferences online: Aids and barriers to delegate participation	45
Molecular diet analysis of neotropical bats based on fecal DNA metabarcoding	45
Collecting eco‐evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them	45
Current and future distribution of the deciduous shrub Hydrangea macrophylla in China estimated by MaxEnt	45
Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives	44
Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models	44
Empirical and philosophical problems with the subspecies rank	43
Which factors contribute most to genome size variation within angiosperms?	42
The transformation of Caribbean coral communities since humans	41
Soil physicochemical properties drive the variation in soil microbial communities along a forest successional series in a degraded wetland in northeastern China	40
Evolution of habitat preference in 243 species of Bent‐toed geckos (GenusCyrtodactylusGray, 1827) with a discussion of karst habitat conservation	39
How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs?	38
Predicting the potential global distribution of Ageratina adenophora under current and future climate change scenarios	38
Evolutionary origins of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Southeast Asia	38
Human–wildlife conflict in the roof of the world: Understanding multidimensional perspectives through a systematic review	37

Impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on stream macroinvertebrate community composition and functional diversity	37
A review of conspecific attraction for habitat selection across taxa	36
Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America	36
Light heterogeneity affects understory plant species richness in temperate forests supporting the heterogeneity–diversity hypothesis	35
You are welcome here: A practical guide to diversity, equity, and inclusion for undergraduates embarking on an ecological research experience	34
Comparative plastome analysis of Blumea, with implications for genome evolution and phylogeny of Asteroideae	34
Habitat suitability and connectivity implications for the conservation of the Persian leopard along the Iran–Iraq border	34
When are hypotheses useful in ecology and evolution?	34
Waste not, want not: Microsatellites remain an economical and informative technology for conservation genetics	33
Temperature but not ocean acidification affects energy metabolism and enzyme activities in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis	33
Worldclim 2.1 versus Worldclim 1.4: Climatic niche and grid resolution affect between‐version mismatches in Habitat Suitability Models predictions across Europe	33
Bringing function to structure: Root–soil interactions shaping phosphatase activity throughout a soil profile in Puerto Rico	33