OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 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
Elevated Ozone Negatively Affects the Community Characteristics and Productivity of Subtropical Grassland in India	44
Dynamic Analysis of Risk to Water Quality in the Baimei Reservoir Conservation Area, Fujian Province, China	34
Transport Mission Mitigation of Personalized Daily Commuting in China	30
Exploring Natural–Social Impacts on the Complex Interactions of Ecosystem Services in Ecosystem Service Bundles	26
Structural characteristics of multi-scale virtual land flow network centered by Beijing metropolis	23
Multiobjective Optimization for Eco-Compensation Space Selection based on Gross Ecosystem Product	22
The Role of Protected Areas in Mitigating Vegetation Disturbances on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	21
Additional N Input May Alter the Species-Specific Blue Carbon Cycling Differently in Mangroves	16
Gastrochilus wolongensis (Orchidaceae): a new species from Sichuan, China, based on molecular and morphological data	16
Life Cycle Assessment of Rice-Duck Co-culture Systems	15
Landscape Patterns and Ecosystem Services Are Critical for Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals	15
Effect of Convergence Plant Selection of Wildflower Mixtures in China on the Plant Invasion	14
Effective Recreational Activities in Urban Green Spaces for Mental Health of Scientific Researchers	14
Geographic Context-Specific Impacts on Residents’ Willingness to Support Ecological Restoration in China’s Dryland	13
Identifying Priority Areas for Ecological Protection and Restoration by Constructing a Water Ecological Security Pattern	13
Unraveling Key Functional Bacteria across Land-Use Types on the Tibetan Plateau	12
Construction of Ecological Security Pattern of Urban Agglomeration Based on Multi-Scale Ecological Corridor Networks	12
Effects of Urban–Rural Environmental Gradient on Soil Microbial Community in Rapidly Urbanizing Area	12
Management options for the unfavorable nutrient balance of recreational fishing in Lake Balaton (Hungary)	11
Identification of Urban Ecological Security Pattern Based on Ecosystem Services Supply–Demand	9
Are We Living in Harmony with Nature? Assessing the Ecological–Economic Relationship in China: A Symbiotic Perspective	9
Identifying Ecological Priority Areas for Synergistic Conservation across Scales in the Asian Water Tower Region	9
Synthesizing Mitigation Ambitions and Implementation of the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Sector	9
Assessing sustainable development through multi-dimensional framework of synergies and trade-offs	9
Exploring the Perception of Landscape Elements through User-Generated Data to Support Greenspace Management	8

Recovery of Mangrove Ecosystem Carbon Stocks Through Reforestation at Abandoned Shrimp Pond in Southeast Thailand	8
Evaluating Nebraska’s local comprehensive plans to achieve the national wetland conservation missions in the USA	8
Evolution of Global Terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity Trend	8
Responses of grazing households to different levels of payments for ecosystem services	7
Greenspace’s value orientations of ecosystem service and socioeconomic service in China	7
Trophic Niche Partitioning of Freshwater Fish in Eutrophic Lakes: A Food Quality Perspective	7
Stepping Stone Strategy: A Cost-Effective Way to Address Habitat Fragmentation of Endangered Wildlife in Montane Forest	7
Urban Land Expansion and Decreased Urban Sprawl at Global, National, and City Scales during 2000 to 2020	7
Finite Element-Based Simulation Analysis of Wetland Plant Mechanics	6
Identifying Climatic Refugia by Integrating Continuous Heterogeneity and Discrete Classifications of Variables	6
Precipitation Variability Has a Weak but Significant Stabilizing Effect on Community Structure	6
Climate Variability Impacts on the Fishery Ecosystem Structure in the Humboldt Current System	6
Premature Deaths and Economic Losses Attributable to Long- and Short-Term PM _2.5 Exposure in China	6
Scenario Simulation of Urban Land Use and Ecosystem Service Coupling Major Function-Oriented Zoning	6
Productive and Consumptive Emission Characteristics of Energy-related Nitrogen Oxides in Eastern Chinese Cities	6
Air pollution and climate change impact on forest ecosystems in Asian region – a review	6
Spatial patterns and influencing factors of intraurban particulate matter in the heating season based on taxi monitoring	6
Integrated assessment of the supply–demand relationship of ecosystem services in the Loess Plateau during 1992–2015	6
Urbanization-Driven Anthropogenic and Environmental Factors Shape Soil Dissolved Organic Matter in Mangrove Ecosystems	5
Warming-Induced Growth Inhibition Weakens the Resilience of Low-Latitude Tidal Marshes to Sea-Level Rise	5
Urban Stock-Demography Approach to Uncover Electric Vehicle Battery and Embedded Lithium Stock across 366 Cities in China	5
A Dynamic Assessment of Disparities in Greenspace Exposure from a Time and Age Perspective: Comparing Lockdown and Non-Lockdown Periods	5
Unraveling the Drivers of Nitrate Levels in an Alpine River on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau in Winter	5
Spatiotemporal Variations and Influencing Factors of Urban Carbon Sink: A Case Study of Wuhan, China	5
Improving ecosystem services in farmlands: beginning of a long-term ecological study with restored flower-rich grasslands	5
Seasonal Variation and Driving Factors of Metazooplankton Community in the Cascade Reservoirs	5
Has COVID-19 Lockdown Affected C and N Level and Isotope Composition in Urban Soils and Plant Leaves?	4
Revealing Gender Disparities in Urban Green Space Utilization Using Mobile Phone Data	4
Transformation of Peatland Management Toward Climate Targets in Europe	4
Exposure Ecology Drives a Unified Understanding of the Nexus of (Urban) Natural Ecosystem, Ecological Exposure, and Health	4
Impacts of Societal Development on the Evolution of Ecosystem Services in the Heihe River Basin, China	4
Erratum to “Dynamic Changes in Habitat Quality and the Driving Mechanism in the Luoxiao Mountains Area from 1995 to 2020”	4
From Geospatial to Temporal Separation: A Review on Carbon Accounting Endogenizing Fixed Capital	4
Assessment of Waste Management Efficiency Using Subjective and Objective Indicators in 26 Major Chinese Cities	4
Age-Related Water Use Pattern of the Introduced Species Atriplex canescens Was Influenced by Root Distribution in Desert	4
Relative importance of climatic and edaphic factors as drivers of plant δ ¹⁵ N along a longitudinal transect	4
Dynamic Evolution of the Ecological Resilience and Response under the Context of Carbon Neutrality	3
How Do Natural Factor and Human Activity Affect Urban Land Surface Heat Environment in China?	3
Unraveling the Sensitivity and Response of Ecosystems to Rising Moisture Stress in India	3
Local Full-Sector Land Uses Influenced by Multiregional Demand and Supply: The Case of Beijing	3
Unraveling Temporal Shifts in Drivers and Ecosystem Services in a Large Lake Ecosystem	3
Heterotrophy Confers Corals with Resistance but Limits Their Range Expansion: A Case of Marginal Coral Communities	3
Micro-environments' Fine-Scale Influence on Amphibian Communities in Chengdu Plateau	3
Driving mechanisms for decoupling CO ₂ emissions from economic development in the ten largest emission countries	3
Projected Humidification Expands the Sustainable Grazing Areas in the Drylands of the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau	3
Research strategy for constructing a green infrastructure network based on spatial prioritization	3
Future Climate Change Will Reduce the Potential Distributions of Biocrusts: A Case Study on the Loess Plateau of China	3
Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Litterfall Mercury Concentration and Flux in Typical Vegetation in China	3
Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Water Footprint Based on Food Consumption in the Yellow River Basin	2
Development of a modified thermal humidity index and its application to human thermal comfort of urban vegetation patches	2

Salinification of Coastal Wetlands and Freshwater Management to Support Resilience	2
Spatiotemporal Variation in Ecosystem Health Caused by Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Pakistan	2
Warming and Rising Atmospheric CO ₂ Concentration Drive Global Woody Encroachment from 2001 to 2020	2
Future of Carbon Storage in the Yangtze River Basin, China under Alternative Climate and Land-Use Pathways	2
Projected Changes in SWA over the Main BRI Regions for Net-Zero and Net-Negative Future	2
Vegetation Dynamics and Sensitivity Responds to Climate Change in the Upstream of the Yellow River, China	2
Impacts of Human Activity Intensity on Ecosystem Services for Conservation in the Lhasa River Basin	2
Quantification of Nitrate Sources and Its Spatial Heterogeneity by Dual Isotopes	2
Major Type of Mattic-Epipedon Ruptures in Alpine Meadow Ecosystems on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	2
The Link Between Marine Thermal Discharges and Nemopilema Nomurai Blooms Around Nuclear Power Plants	2
Regulation of Precipitation on Soil Dissolved Organic Matter in Perturbed Mangrove Ecosystems	2
Influences of drought on the stability of an alpine meadow ecosystem	2
Spatial Risk Assessment and Source Identification of Heavy Metals in Riverine Sediments of Lake Chaohu Basin, China	2
Adaptability of Common Coastal Wetland Plant Populations to Future Sea Level Rise	2
Changes of Water-Related Nature’s Contributions in the Loess Plateau to Downstream People from 2000 to 2020	2
Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Water-Related Ecosystem Service Trade-offs in the Yangtze River Economic Belt	2
Key Soil Physicochemical Properties Regulating Microbial Community Structure under Vegetation Restoration in a Karst Region of China	2
Response Patterns of Three Types of Biocrust to Reduced Rainfall	2
Managing Human–Wildlife Conflict on the Tibetan Plateau	1
Vigor–Organization–Resilience Framework for Assessing Ecosystem Health in the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau	1
Posted Sentiments toward Experiences in Degraded Forests Are Shaped Jointly by Landscape Structure and Microclimate	1
How urbanization affect the ecosystem health of Tibet based on terrain gradients: a case study of Shannan, China	1
Does the Regional Ecological Security Pattern Benefit Eco-Environmental Protection? A Case Study of Yangtze River Delta	1
Protection Gains and Potential Risks: Insights from a Decade of Change of Chiru in the Arjinshan	1
Evaluating Forest Ecosystem Services in the Greater Khingan Mountains Area Using Remote Sensing	1
Dual Asymmetric Response of Leaf-Level CO₂Fixation to Changes in Seasonal Precipitation Distribution in a Coastal Marsh	1
A new perspective on ecological vulnerability and its transformation mechanisms	1
Constructing Urban Agglomeration Ecological Networks to Reflect Biodiversity and Conservation Objectives	1
Predicted Climate Change Impacts on Distribution and Habitat Structure of Forest Ungulates in Southwest China	1
Associations of Deforestation and Predator Species Richness with the Spillover Risk of Hendra Virus in Australia	1
Extreme warming coordinately shifts root and leaf traits of alpine plants towards conservatism	1
Spatiotemporal distribution of size-fractioned phytoplankton in the Yalu River Estuary, China	1
Can Knowledge-Based Practices Achieve High Yields with Lower Input and GHG Emissions in the Chinese Orchard System?	1
Enhancing Governance Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa Can Bolster Climate Mitigation and Food Security	1
Aohan Dryland Agricultural Landscape with an 8,000-Year History of Foxtail Millet Cultivation in China	1
Ozone and nitrogen deposition effects on plant physiology and growth vary among tree species, not plant functional types	1
Sustainability evaluation for a circular maize-pig system driven by indigenous microbes: a case study in Northeast China	1
Bird Biodiversity Increased with the Area of Urban Green Spaces Expanding after 40 Years of Tree Planting in Beijing	1
Driving mechanisms and flow potential of ecosystem services based on a supply–demand perspective in a developing region	1
Spatiotemporal dynamic of environmental indices of watershed sustainability in connection with land-use change	1
Elevational Patterns of Soil Nitrogen Forms and Transformations in the Southeastern Qinghai–Xizang Plateau	1