OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Arctic Science is 5. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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