OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Arctic Science is 2. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
ScIQ: an invitation and recommendations to combine science and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit for meaningful engagement of Inuit communities in research	44
Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems	42
Linking co-monitoring to co-management: bringing together local, traditional, and scientific knowledge in a wildlife status assessment framework	28
Changing the role of non-Indigenous research partners in practice to support Inuit self-determination in research	27
Towards integrated knowledge of climate change in Arctic marine systems: a systematic literature review of multidisciplinary research	21
Conceptualizing indicators as boundary objects in integrating Inuit knowledge and western science for marine resource management	19
Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control, and data reporting	19
Qanuq ukua kanguit sunialiqpitigu?(What should we do with all of these geese?) Collaborative research to support wildlife co-management and Inuit self-determination	17
Operationalizing knowledge coevolution: towards a sustainable fishery for Nunavummiut	16
A review of open top chamber (OTC) performance across the ITEX Network	15
Social-ecological changes and implications for understanding the declining beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) harvest in Aklavik, Northwest Territories	14
Arctic coastal erosion: UAV-SfM data collection strategies for planimetric and volumetric measurements	14
The importance of continuous dialogue in community-based wildlife monitoring: case studies of dzan and łuk dagaii in the Gwich’in Settlement Area	14
Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems?	13
The Canadian Water Resource Vulnerability Index to Permafrost Thaw (CWRVI_PT)	13
Oceanographic, ecological, and socio-economic impacts of an unusual summer storm in the Mackenzie Estuary	13
Vegetation responses to 26 years of warming at Latnjajaure Field Station, northern Sweden	12
Connecting understandings of weather and climate: steps towards co-production of knowledge and collaborative environmental management in Inuit Nunangat	12
The shifting mosaic of ice-wedge degradation and stabilization in response to infrastructure and climate change, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, USA	12
Evidence of eutrophication in Arctic lakes	11
West Greenland ichthyoplankton and how melting glaciers could allow Arctic cod larvae to survive extreme summer temperatures	11
Long-term effects of snowmelt timing and climate warming on phenology, growth, and reproductive effort of Arctic tundra plant species	11
Population dynamics of the threatened Cumberland Sound beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population	10
The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX): 30 years of research on tundra ecosystems	10
Long-term ice-rich permafrost coast sensitivity to air temperatures and storm influence: lessons from Pullen Island, Northwest Territories, Canada	10

Distinct intestinal microbial communities of two sympatric anadromous Arctic salmonids and the effects of migration and feeding	10
Indigenous participation in peer review publications and the editorial process: reflections from a workshop	10
Arctic roads and railways: social and environmental consequences of transport infrastructure in the circumpolar North	9
Community-level functional traits of alpine vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens after long-term experimental warming	9
Current efforts on microplastic monitoring in Arctic fish and how to proceed	9
The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board’s Community-Based Monitoring Network: documenting Inuit harvesting experience using modern technology	9
Biological parameters in a declining population of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Scoresby Sound, Southeast Greenland	9
Monitoring litter and microplastics in Arctic mammals and birds	9
Nunami iliharniq (Learning from the land): Reflecting on relational accountability in land-based learning and cross-cultural research in Uqšuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven, Nunavut)	9
The power of multi-matrix monitoring in the Pan-Arctic region: plastics in water and sediment	9
Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North	8
Future monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic—challenges, opportunities, and strategies	8
Accuracy assessment of late winter snow depth mapping for tundra environments using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry	8
Understanding the climate impacts on decadal vegetation change in northern Alaska	8
Site-specific responses of fungal and bacterial abundances to experimental warming in litter and soil across Arctic and alpine tundra	8
Using subnivean camera traps to study Arctic small mammal community dynamics during winter	8
Multi-indicator evidence for habitat use and trophic strategy segregation of two sympatric forms of Arctic char from the Cumberland Sound region of Nunavut, Canada	8
The ecological and behavioral significance of short-term food caching in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)	8
Observation of marine mammal and bird interactions focused around a commercial fishing vessel in central Baffin Bay, Nunavut	8
Environmental land-cover classification for integrated watershed studies: Cape Bounty, Melville Island, Nunavut	8
The littoral zone of polar lakes: inshore–offshore contrasts in an ice-covered High Arctic lake	8
The tundra phenology database: more than two decades of tundra phenology responses to climate change	7
Cumulative impacts of a gravel road and climate change in an ice-wedge-polygon landscape, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska	7
Long-term warming manipulations reveal complex decomposition responses across different tundra vegetation types	7
An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)	7
The Capelin invasion: evidence for a trophic shift in Arctic Char populations from the Cumberland Sound region, Nunavut, Canada	7
Indigenous Knowledge of bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), ringed seal (Pusa hispida), and spotted seal (Phoca largha) behaviour and habitat use near Utqiaġvik, Alaska, USA	7
The summer soundscape of a shallow-water estuary used by beluga whales in the western Canadian Arctic	7
Evidence of killer whale predation on a yearling bowhead whale in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut	7
Standardized monitoring of permafrost thaw: a user-friendly, multiparameter protocol	7
Lifelong divergence of growth patterns in Arctic charr life history strategies: implications for sustainable fisheries in a changing climate	7
Long-distance movements and associated diving behaviour of ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in the eastern Canadian Arctic	7
Cortisol levels in narwhal (Monodon monoceros) blubber from 2000 to 2019	7
Increased Arctic climate extremes constrain expected higher plant reproductive success in a warmer climate	7
Life history variation in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) and the effects of diet and migration on the growth, condition, and body morphology of two Arctic charr populations in Cumberland Sou	7
Microplastics in Arctic invertebrates: status on occurrence and recommendations for future monitoring	7
A pioneering pest: the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is expanding its outbreak range into Low Arctic shrub tundra	7
Ambient and experimental warming effects on an alpine bryophyte community	6
Monitoring microplastics in the atmosphere and cryosphere in the circumpolar North: A case for multi-compartment monitoring	6
Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales	6
Inuit observations of a Tunicata bloom unusual for the Amundsen Gulf, western Canadian Arctic	6
Knowledge co-production and co-management of Arctic wildlife	6
Recent greening driven by species-specific shrub growth characteristics in Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada	5
The Canadian Beaufort Shelf trophic structure: evaluating an ecosystem modelling approach by comparison with observed stable isotopic structure	5
Slow change since the Little Ice Age at a far northern glacier with the potential for system reorganization: Thores Glacier, northern Ellesmere Island, Canada	5
The comparative lake ecology of two allopatric Arctic Charr, Salvelinus alpinus, populations with differing life histories in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut	5
The seasonal dynamics of a High Arctic plant–visitor network: temporal observations and responses to delayed snow melt	5
Natural variation in snow depth and snow melt timing in the High Arctic have implications for soil and plant nutrient status and vegetation composition	5
Increased snow and cold season temperatures alter High Arctic parasitic fungi – host plant interactions	5
Annual survival probabilities of anadromous Arctic Char remain high and stable despite interannual differences in sea ice melt date	4

Bowhead whale calf detections in the western Beaufort sea during the open water season, 2012–2019	4
Intraspecific variation in phenology offers resilience to climate change for Eriophorum vaginatum	4
The physical and chemical limnology of Yukon’s largest lake, Lhù’ààn Mân’ (Kluane Lake), prior to the 2016 ‘A’ą̈y Chù’ diversion	4
Photographic evidence of tagging impacts for two beluga whales from the Cumberland Sound and western Hudson Bay populations	4
Upriver sightings of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) follow storm surges and high water in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada	4
Sentinel responses of Arctic freshwater systems to climate: linkages, evidence, and a roadmap for future research	4
Review of the ecosystem approach in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada	4
Properties and stratigraphy of polar ice patches in the Canadian High Arctic reveal their current resilience to warm summers	4
From participatory engagement to co-production: modelling climate-sensitive processes in the Arctic	3
Indigenous-led conservation in the Arctic supports global conservation practices	3
Combining community observations and remote sensing to examine the effects of roads on wildfires in the East Siberian boreal forest	3
Under-ice limnology of coastal valley lakes at the edge of the Arctic Ocean	3
Three decades of environmental change studies at alpine Finse, Norway: climate trends and responses across ecological scales	3
Shading decreases and delays NDVI and flowering of prostrate Arctic shrubs	3
Climate and environmental drivers of berry productivity from the forest–tundra ecotone to the high Arctic in Canada	3
Snow cornice and snow avalanche monitoring using automatic time lapse cameras in Tasiapik Valley, Nunavik (Québec) during the winter of 2017–2018	3
Sea ice and snow phenology in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 1997 to 2018	3
Warmer–wetter climate drives shift in δD–δ¹⁸O composition of precipitation across the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada	3
Size class segregation of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) in a shallow High Arctic embayment	3
Onset of autumn senescence in High Arctic plants shows similar patterns in natural and experimental snow depth gradients	3
Boreal tree regeneration after fire and fuelwood harvesting in coastal Nunatsiavut	3
Stream diatom assemblages in an Arctic catchment: diversity and relationship to ecosystem-scale primary production	3
Spatio-temporal summer distribution of Cumberland Sound beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Clearwater Fiord, Nunavut, Canada	3
Predicting fish weight using photographic image analysis: a case study of broad whitefish in the lower Mackenzie River watershed	2
Temporal change in the molluscan assemblages (bivalves and gastropods) of Frobisher Bay, Nunavut, Canada, over 50 years	2
Geomorphological controls over carbon distribution in permafrost soils: the case of the Narsajuaq river valley, Nunavik (Canada)	2
Surface-based temperature inversion characteristics and impact on surface air temperatures in northwestern Canada from radiosonde data between 1990 and 2016	2
Nunavik anadromous Arctic char life histories, behaviour, and habitat use informed by both Inuit knowledge and western science: a year in Ungava Bay	2
Essential oil content of Rhododendron tomentosum responds strongly to manipulation of ecosystem resources in Arctic Alaska	2
Morphological and evolutionary patterns of emerging arctic coastal landscapes: the case of northwestern Nunavik (Quebec, Canada)	2
Optical design challenges of subnivean camera trapping under extreme Arctic conditions	2
Use of drones for the creation and development of a photographic identification catalogue for an endangered whale population	2
Predation patterns on the tundra—genetic barcoding of scats from two sympatric fox species	2
Habitat determines plant community responses to climate change in the High Arctic	2
Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada)	2
Remotely sensed trends in vegetation productivity and phenology during population decline of the Bathurst caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) herd	2
The Thores Lake proglacial system: remnant stability in the rapidly changing Canadian High Arctic	2
Surface temperature inversion characteristics in dissimilar valleys, Yukon Canada	2
The spatial and temporal influence of infrastructure and road dust on seasonal snowmelt, vegetation productivity, and early season surface water cover in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield	2
Environmental drivers of beluga whale distribution in a changing climate: a case study of summering aggregations in the Mackenzie Estuary and Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area	2
Are different benthic communities in Arctic delta lakes distinguishable along a hydrological connectivity gradient using a rapid bioassessment approach?	2
Habitat change at a multi-species goose breeding area on Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1979–2010	2
2022 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2022)	2
Bryophyte species differ widely in their growth and N₂-fixation responses to temperature	2
Considerations toward a vision and strategy for permafrost knowledge in Canada	2
Terrestrial geosystems, ecosystems, and human systems in the fast-changing Arctic: research themes and connections to the Arctic Ocean	2
Controls on carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from a low-center polygonal peatland in the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories	2
Initialization of thermal models in cold and warm permafrost	2
Long-term monitoring reveals topographical features and vegetation that explain winter habitat use of an Arctic rodent	2
Isotopic and traits-based trophic diversity of Canadian Beaufort Sea benthic communities in relation to food supply	2
Changes in the distribution of nesting Arctic seaducks are not strongly related to variation in polar bear presence	2