OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Freshwater Science is 3. 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
Front Matter	42
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	34
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	33
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	26
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	22
Front Matter	22
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	18
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	17
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	16
Stream metabolism response to storm flow in urban watersheds near Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colorado	16
Influence of urbanization on organic matter processing and nutrient immobilization in wadeable streams (southeastern USA)	15
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	12
Leaf species, mixtures, and microbial preconditioning shape fine particulate organic matter production by shredding invertebrates	11
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream	9
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream	8
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	7
Front Cover	7
Floodwater monitoring and soil incubations reveal complementary nutrient retention patterns in a reconnected floodplain wetland	7
Front Cover	7
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	7
Influence of increased carbon availability on nitrogen processing in Arctic headwater streams	7
Hydrochemical effects of degrading freshwater mussel shells	6
Front Matter	6
Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements	6
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams	6

Concentration–discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions	6
Using DNA barcoding to evaluate freshwater mussel and fish-host relationships in the Flint River (Georgia, USA)	5
Predicting potential distributions of freshwater invasive species in novel environments	5
Front Matter	5
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	5
Front Cover	5
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection	5
Referees for 2024	5
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars	5
Macroinvertebrates incorporate ancient carbon through use of chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic resources in a model floodplain setting	5
Spatial and temporal variation in dissolved organic matter in urban streams in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	5
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	5
Salting behaviors influence urban stream conductivity in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	4
Surprising improvements in stream biotic integrity despite increased urban development and warming temperatures	4
Stream health shows indirect and threshold responses to implementation of agricultural conservation practices	4
Restoration of urban salmon habitat has limited effects on a key ecosystem function in British Columbia, Canada	4
Re-oligotrophy in the Upper Mississippi River, USA, occurred in just a few years	4
An aquatic invasive plant affects foodweb structure in the Copper River Delta of Alaska, USA	4
Microplastics in fish relative to point-source proximity and trophic level in an urban river	4
Front Cover	4
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river	4
Forest management perspective on riparian areas in the face of invasive forest insect pest outbreaks	4
Front Matter	3
Zoogeochemical impacts of freshwater mussels on stream metabolism are mediated by their ecophysiological and behavioral traits	3
CO₂ and acidification effects on larval frog immune function, growth, and survival	3
Heat and smoke from wildfires influence water temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in headwater streams	3
Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae	3
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator	3
Front Cover	3
A framework for integrating stream ecosystem theories into spatial modeling of fish richness and assemblage structure	3
Dispersal ability and biogeographic gradients influence gene flow of 3 aquatic insects in Laurentian Great Lakes interdunal wetlands	3
Practical pathways for protecting headwater streams in urbanizing areas	3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland	3
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends	3
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA	3
Identifying invertebrate indicators for streamflow duration assessments in forested headwater streams	3
Referees for 2022	3
Experimentally induced low flows indicate climate change may shrink trophic niches of mountain-stream predators	3