OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Arctic Science 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems	57
A review of open top chamber (OTC) performance across the ITEX Network	25
Monitoring of microplastic pollution in the Arctic: recent developments in polymer identification, quality assurance and control, and data reporting	24
The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX): 30 years of research on tundra ecosystems	19
Arctic roads and railways: social and environmental consequences of transport infrastructure in the circumpolar North	16
The shifting mosaic of ice-wedge degradation and stabilization in response to infrastructure and climate change, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, USA	16
The Canadian Water Resource Vulnerability Index to Permafrost Thaw (CWRVI_PT)	15
Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North	15
Vegetation responses to 26 years of warming at Latnjajaure Field Station, northern Sweden	15
Arctic coastal erosion: UAV-SfM data collection strategies for planimetric and volumetric measurements	14
Population dynamics of the threatened Cumberland Sound beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population	14
Long-term effects of snowmelt timing and climate warming on phenology, growth, and reproductive effort of Arctic tundra plant species	14
Evidence of eutrophication in Arctic lakes	13
Can bryophyte groups increase functional resolution in tundra ecosystems?	13
Nunami iliharniq (Learning from the land): Reflecting on relational accountability in land-based learning and cross-cultural research in Uqšuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven, Nunavut)	13
Future monitoring of litter and microplastics in the Arctic—challenges, opportunities, and strategies	12
Distinct intestinal microbial communities of two sympatric anadromous Arctic salmonids and the effects of migration and feeding	12
Current efforts on microplastic monitoring in Arctic fish and how to proceed	12
West Greenland ichthyoplankton and how melting glaciers could allow Arctic cod larvae to survive extreme summer temperatures	12
Accuracy assessment of late winter snow depth mapping for tundra environments using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry	11
Biological parameters in a declining population of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Scoresby Sound, Southeast Greenland	11
Monitoring litter and microplastics in Arctic mammals and birds	11
Site-specific responses of fungal and bacterial abundances to experimental warming in litter and soil across Arctic and alpine tundra	10
The summer soundscape of a shallow-water estuary used by beluga whales in the western Canadian Arctic	10
Observation of marine mammal and bird interactions focused around a commercial fishing vessel in central Baffin Bay, Nunavut	10

Understanding the climate impacts on decadal vegetation change in northern Alaska	10
Long-term warming manipulations reveal complex decomposition responses across different tundra vegetation types	10
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	10
The Capelin invasion: evidence for a trophic shift in Arctic Char populations from the Cumberland Sound region, Nunavut, Canada	9
Environmental land-cover classification for integrated watershed studies: Cape Bounty, Melville Island, Nunavut	9
The littoral zone of polar lakes: inshore–offshore contrasts in an ice-covered High Arctic lake	9
Standardized monitoring of permafrost thaw: a user-friendly, multiparameter protocol	9
Lifelong divergence of growth patterns in Arctic charr life history strategies: implications for sustainable fisheries in a changing climate	9
Community-level functional traits of alpine vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens after long-term experimental warming	9
Cumulative impacts of a gravel road and climate change in an ice-wedge-polygon landscape, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska	9
An ecosystem-scale litter and microplastics monitoring plan under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)	9
Long-term ice-rich permafrost coast sensitivity to air temperatures and storm influence: lessons from Pullen Island, Northwest Territories, Canada	9
Sentinel responses of Arctic freshwater systems to climate: linkages, evidence, and a roadmap for future research	9
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	8
Cortisol levels in narwhal (Monodon monoceros) blubber from 2000 to 2019	8
The power of multi-matrix monitoring in the Pan-Arctic region: plastics in water and sediment	8
Long-distance movements and associated diving behaviour of ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in the eastern Canadian Arctic	8
Using subnivean camera traps to study Arctic small mammal community dynamics during winter	8
Monitoring microplastics in the atmosphere and cryosphere in the circumpolar North: A case for multi-compartment monitoring	8
Increased Arctic climate extremes constrain expected higher plant reproductive success in a warmer climate	8
A pioneering pest: the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) is expanding its outbreak range into Low Arctic shrub tundra	7
The tundra phenology database: more than two decades of tundra phenology responses to climate change	7
Natural variation in snow depth and snow melt timing in the High Arctic have implications for soil and plant nutrient status and vegetation composition	7
Ambient and experimental warming effects on an alpine bryophyte community	7
Microplastics in Arctic invertebrates: status on occurrence and recommendations for future monitoring	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 seasonal dynamics of a High Arctic plant–visitor network: temporal observations and responses to delayed snow melt	6
The comparative lake ecology of two allopatric Arctic Charr, Salvelinus alpinus, populations with differing life histories in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut	6
Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales	6
The Canadian Beaufort Shelf trophic structure: evaluating an ecosystem modelling approach by comparison with observed stable isotopic structure	6
Initialization of thermal models in cold and warm permafrost	5
Combining community observations and remote sensing to examine the effects of roads on wildfires in the East Siberian boreal forest	5
Upriver sightings of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) follow storm surges and high water in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada	5
Indigenous-led conservation in the Arctic supports global conservation practices	5
Increased snow and cold season temperatures alter High Arctic parasitic fungi – host plant interactions	5
Recent greening driven by species-specific shrub growth characteristics in Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada	5
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	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
Annual survival probabilities of anadromous Arctic Char remain high and stable despite interannual differences in sea ice melt date	4
Temporal change in the molluscan assemblages (bivalves and gastropods) of Frobisher Bay, Nunavut, Canada, over 50 years	4
Review of the ecosystem approach in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada	4
Three decades of environmental change studies at alpine Finse, Norway: climate trends and responses across ecological scales	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
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
Properties and stratigraphy of polar ice patches in the Canadian High Arctic reveal their current resilience to warm summers	4
Shading decreases and delays NDVI and flowering of prostrate Arctic shrubs	4
Snow cornice and snow avalanche monitoring using automatic time lapse cameras in Tasiapik Valley, Nunavik (Québec) during the winter of 2017–2018	4
Photographic evidence of tagging impacts for two beluga whales from the Cumberland Sound and western Hudson Bay populations	4
Spatio-temporal summer distribution of Cumberland Sound beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Clearwater Fiord, Nunavut, Canada	4

Evaluation of the Beaufort Sea shelf structure and function in support of the Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area	3
Onset of autumn senescence in High Arctic plants shows similar patterns in natural and experimental snow depth gradients	3
Essential oil content of Rhododendron tomentosum responds strongly to manipulation of ecosystem resources in Arctic Alaska	3
Boreal tree regeneration after fire and fuelwood harvesting in coastal Nunatsiavut	3
Nunavik anadromous Arctic char life histories, behaviour, and habitat use informed by both Inuit knowledge and western science: a year in Ungava Bay	3
The Northwest Territories Thermokarst Mapping Collective: A northern-driven mapping collaborative toward understanding the effects of permafrost thaw	3
Warmer–wetter climate drives shift in δD–δ¹⁸O composition of precipitation across the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada	3
Geomorphological controls over carbon distribution in permafrost soils: the case of the Narsajuaq river valley, Nunavik (Canada)	3
Controls on carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from a low-center polygonal peatland in the Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories	3
Morphological and evolutionary patterns of emerging arctic coastal landscapes: the case of northwestern Nunavik (Quebec, Canada)	3
The Thores Lake proglacial system: remnant stability in the rapidly changing Canadian High Arctic	3
Optical design challenges of subnivean camera trapping under extreme Arctic conditions	3
Sea ice and snow phenology in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 1997 to 2018	3
Under-ice limnology of coastal valley lakes at the edge of the Arctic Ocean	3
From participatory engagement to co-production: modelling climate-sensitive processes in the Arctic	3
Climate and environmental drivers of berry productivity from the forest–tundra ecotone to the high Arctic in Canada	3
Terrestrial geosystems, ecosystems, and human systems in the fast-changing Arctic: research themes and connections to the Arctic Ocean	3
Stream diatom assemblages in an Arctic catchment: diversity and relationship to ecosystem-scale primary production	3
Nunaaqqit Savaqatigivlugich—working with communities: evolving collaborations around an Alaska Arctic observatory and knowledge hub	3
Factors affecting river turbidity in a degrading permafrost environment: the Tasiapik River, Umiujaq (Nunavik)	2
Long-term monitoring reveals topographical features and vegetation that explain winter habitat use of an Arctic rodent	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 determines plant community responses to climate change in the High Arctic	2
Size class segregation of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) in a shallow High Arctic embayment	2
Bryophyte species differ widely in their growth and N₂-fixation responses to temperature	2
No microplastics detected in the first assessment of Atlantic walrus stomachs from Nunavut, Canada	2
Considerations toward a vision and strategy for permafrost knowledge in Canada	2
Surface temperature inversion characteristics in dissimilar valleys, Yukon Canada	2
Anomalous surface elevation, velocity, and area changes of Split Lake Glacier, western Prince of Wales Icefield, Canadian High Arctic	2
Predation patterns on the tundra—genetic barcoding of scats from two sympatric fox species	2
Development of a small-scale approach to assess sea ice change using weekly ice charts, with application to Anguniaqvia Niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area	2
2022 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2022)	2
Coastal marine biodiversity in the western Canadian Arctic	2
Long-term study of the tundra food web at a hotspot of Arctic biodiversity, the Bylot Island Field Station	2
Remotely sensed trends in vegetation productivity and phenology during population decline of the Bathurst caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) herd	2
Status and future recommendations for recording and monitoring litter on the Arctic seafloor	2
Exposure and behavioural responses of tagged bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) to vessels in the Pacific Arctic	2
Isotopic and traits-based trophic diversity of Canadian Beaufort Sea benthic communities in relation to food supply	2
Use of drones for the creation and development of a photographic identification catalogue for an endangered whale population	2
Predicting fish weight using photographic image analysis: a case study of broad whitefish in the lower Mackenzie River watershed	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
Observations of social and environmental change on Kendall Island (Ukiivik), a traditional whaling camp in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region	2
Surface-based temperature inversion characteristics and impact on surface air temperatures in northwestern Canada from radiosonde data between 1990 and 2016	2
Weaving together Inuit knowledge and western science: a mixed-methods case study of qilalugaq (beluga whale) in Quaqtaq, Nunavik	1
Genetic structure of extant populations of Chrysanthemum arcticum L. and C. arcticum subsp. arcticum	1
Can plant functional traits explain shifts in community composition in a changing Arctic?	1
Monitoring ground-nesting seabirds in the Canadian Arctic: the Nasaruvaalik Island Field Station	1
Arctic fleas are not fussy eaters: Bartonella bacteria may hitchhike between birds and mammals in a tundra ecosystem	1
Low levels of hybridization between sympatric cold-water-adapted Arctic cod and Polar cod in the Beaufort Sea confirm genetic distinctiveness	1
Interspecific and intraspecific variation in leaf toughness of Arctic plants in relation to habitat and nutrient supply	1
Arctic Change 2020 Conference Abstracts	1
Beluga Whale Body Condition: Evaluating environmental variables on beluga body condition indicators in the Tarium Niryutait MPA, Beaufort Sea.	1
Unusually thick freshwater ice and its impacts on aquatic resources in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) during the winter of 2020–2021	1
The utility of monitoring snow for microplastics in the Arctic: a pilot study from Iqaluktuuttiaq, Nunavut	1
Vertical distribution of excess ice in icy sediments and its statistical estimation from geotechnical data (Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands and Anderson Plain, Northwest Territories)	1
Monitoring 13 years of drastic catchment change and the hydroecological responses of a drained thermokarst lake	1
Comparative 2D-shape analyses of collared lemmings in the zone of possible sympatry between Dicrostonyx groenlandicus and Dicrostonyx richardsoni (Rodentia, Arvicolinae)	1
Fur loss syndrome and lice infestations observed on Arctic foxes in central Nunavut, Canada	1
Modelling permafrost distribution using the temperature at top of permafrost model in the boreal forest environment of Whatì, NT	1
Landscape influence on permafrost ground ice geochemistry in a polar desert environment, Resolute Bay, Nunavut	1
Landscape changes in the Tombstone Territorial Park region (central Yukon, Canada) from multilevel remote sensing analysis	1
Seasonal variation in trophic structure and community niche dynamics of an Arctic coastal community of marine vertebrates	1
Mapping tundra ecosystem plant functional type cover, height and aboveground biomass in Alaska and northwest Canada using unmanned aerial vehicles	1
Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) in fjord and glacial habitats: a collaborative study with Uummannap Kangerlua fishers	1
Drivers of soil nitrogen availability and carbon exchange processes in a High Arctic wetland	1
Post-conflict movements of polar bears in western Hudson Bay, Canada	1
Comparison of methods for revegetation of vehicle tracks in High Arctic tundra on Svalbard	1
Monitoring Canadian Arctic seabirds at the Prince Leopold Island Field Station, 1975–2023	1
Summer distribution and habitat preference of beluga whale social groups in the Eastern Beaufort Sea	1
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) use of the Cape Bathurst polynya and flaw lead	1
Evidence of summer thermal stratification in extreme northern lakes	1
Low vulnerability of Arctic fox dens to climate change-related geohazards on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada	1
Facing the challenge of permafrost thaw in Nunavik communities: innovative integrated methodology, lessons learnt, and recommendations to stakeholders	1
Characterization of anadromous Arctic char winter habitat and egg incubation areas in collaboration with Inuit fishers	1
Monitoring colonial cliff-nesting seabirds in the Canadian Arctic: The Coats Island field station	1