OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Arctic Science is 6. 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
Effects of short- and long-term experimental warming on plant–pollinator interactions and floral rewards in the Low Arctic	140
Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales	66
Quantifying snow duration in small-scale Arctic drainage features above continuous permafrost	57
Coastal marine biodiversity in the western Canadian Arctic	49
Facing the challenge of permafrost thaw in Nunavik communities: innovative integrated methodology, lessons learnt, and recommendations to stakeholders	47
Hands-on Heritage: 3D artifact replicas as tools for connecting Inuinnait youth with Elder Knowledge and archaeology	39
Envisioning desirable futures for Arctic biodiversity to overcome "doom and gloom"	35
Response of ammonia-oxidizing archaea to experimental warming in high-N ₂ O-emitting permafrost peatland habitats	29
Towards the incorporation of hydrogeochemistry into the modelling of permafrost environments: a review of recent recommendations, considerations, and literature	28
When research relies on wildlife samples obtained from communities: a case study on local cultural contexts of beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) harvesting in Tuktoyaktuk, NT and Arviat, NU	24
Passing plastic: traces of plastic in the fecal samples of a high Arctic seabird in Tunu (East Greenland)	24
Slow change since the Little Ice Age at a far northern glacier with the potential for system reorganization: Thores Glacier, northern Ellesmere Island, Canada	23
On good terms: pathways to decolonizing science-appropriated Indigenous terminologies in Arctic research	20
Modelling growing season carbon fluxes at a low-center polygon ecosystem in the Mackenzie River Delta	19
2025 Book of Abstracts	18
Space use of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Davis Strait in relation to sea ice and harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus)	18
Predicting fish weight using photographic image analysis: a case study of broad whitefish in the lower Mackenzie River watershed	17
The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX): 30 years of research on tundra ecosystems	16
On the terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate diversity of the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard: a revised species inventory and synopsis of the community composition	16
Shifts in dissolved organic matter and nutrients in tundra ponds along a gradient of permafrost erosion	16
Evidence of summer thermal stratification in extreme northern lakes	15
Applying the Aajiiqatigiingniq Research Methodology: approaches and lessons learned through collaborative survey development and analysis	14
Plant cover changes drive soil carbon pool responses in High Arctic dry heath exposed to decades of experimentally increased summer rain and nutrient addition	14
Traditional polar transportation seen from within the culture	13
Landscape influence on permafrost ground ice geochemistry in a polar desert environment, Resolute Bay, Nunavut	13

River-influenced beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) summer habitat use in western Hudson Bay, Canada	13
Use of drones for the creation and development of a photographic identification catalogue for an endangered whale population	12
Indigenous owned aquatic monitoring programs in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region work: an adaptive framework with example traditional and local knowledge quotes and coastal marine water quality data c	12
Long-term monitoring of Arctic birds at the East Bay Island Field Station, within the Qaqsauqtuuq Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 1996–2023	12
Low levels of hybridization between sympatric cold-water-adapted Arctic cod and Polar cod in the Beaufort Sea confirm genetic distinctiveness	12
Incomplete mixing in a small, shallow Arctic delta lake: Implications for water column biogeochemistry	12
Cephalopod distribution and ecology over the high Arctic shelves in the Laptev, East-Siberian, and Beaufort seas	12
Dynamics of dissolved carbohydrates during the spring sea ice melt season in the Canadian Arctic	12
Exposure and behavioural responses of tagged bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) to vessels in the Pacific Arctic	12
Special collection: Thirty years of earth system science in high-Arctic Svalbard	12
Vegetation responses to 26 years of warming at Latnjajaure Field Station, northern Sweden	11
Quantifying the role of estuarine discharge in modulating landfast sea-ice regime in Hudson Bay and James Bay	11
Radial growth of subarctic tree and shrub species: relationships with climate and association with the greening of the forest–tundra ecotone of subarctic Québec, Canada	11
Seasonality and interannual variability of an Arctic marine time series, IsA	10
Monitoring colonial cliff-nesting seabirds in the Canadian Arctic: The Coats Island field station	10
Adult snow bunting survival and population change from decades of monitoring effort in Iceland	10
Niqivut (our food)—dimensions of Inuit country food harvesting and significance in Arctic Canada: bountiful, seasonal, “soul food”	10
Surface-based temperature inversion characteristics and impact on surface air temperatures in northwestern Canada from radiosonde data between 1990 and 2016	9
Comparative analysis of phenotypes in the sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa from the Arctic and the NW Atlantic	9
Estimating the stocks and uncertainty of seasonally-thawed soil organic carbon and nitrogen overlying permafrost in the Arctic foothills of Alaska	9
Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool to detect Arctic grayling and their habitat preferences in the Northwest Territories, Canada	9
Polar bear dens on the Seal and Caribou Rivers, Manitoba	9
Ecosystem structure and function of the North Water Polynya	8
Co-producing knowledge about the Pacific walrus and climate change	8
2024 Arctic Change Conference Abstracts	8
Correction: Long-term wildlife research and monitoring sites in Arctic Canada	8
Beluga Whale Body Condition: Evaluating environmental variables on beluga body condition indicators in the Tarium Niryutait MPA, Beaufort Sea.	8
Seasonal variation in trophic structure and community niche dynamics of an Arctic coastal community of marine vertebrates	8
Vascular plant biomass and herbivore disturbance, but not summer temperature, explain satellite and drone-based NDVI in High Arctic Svalbard	8
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus hendersoni) nesting habitat preferences and climate change implications in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada	8
Bryophyte species differ widely in their growth and N₂-fixation responses to temperature	8
Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems	8
Local primary production hotspot in the coastal waters of Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada, in summer 2019	7
Molecular sexing of brown lemming remains	7
An arctic case study of revegetation planning to implementation at Snap Lake Diamond Mine	7
Arctic fleas are not fussy eaters: Bartonella bacteria may hitchhike between birds and mammals in a tundra ecosystem	7
A typology of Inuit youth engagement in environmental research	7
Occurrence of the invasive pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Walbaum 1792) in Greenland 2020 and 2021 as revealed using citizen science, snorkeling, and environmental DNA metabarcoding of fi	7
Sea-ice perturbation and mass starvation of Thick-billed Murres in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean	7
The Canadian Permafrost Electrical Resistivity Survey (CPERS) database: 15 years of permafrost resistivity data	7
Seasonal and diurnal marine mammal presence in the proposed marine protected area of Southampton Island, Hudson Bay, Nunavut as revealed by passive acoustic monitoring	7
Advancing energy autonomy in Canadian Arctic: using a UASB digester for biogas production from food waste	7
Summer distribution and habitat preference of beluga whale social groups in the Eastern Beaufort Sea	6
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	6
Morphology of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) assessed according to habitat preference and age in the Beaufort Sea	6
Post-conflict movements of polar bears in western Hudson Bay, Canada	6
Community-level functional traits of alpine vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens after long-term experimental warming	6
Permafrost thermal regime and active layer dynamics across periglacial landforms in Svalbard's Nordenskiöld Land Permafrost Observatory, 2008–2023	6
Where have all the rabies cases gone? Results of rabies virus surveillance in wildlife in the Yukon, Canada	6
Vertical distribution of excess ice in icy sediments and its statistical estimation from geotechnical data (Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands and Anderson Plain, Northwest Territories)	6

Combining community observations and remote sensing to examine the effects of roads on wildfires in the East Siberian boreal forest	6
Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Greenland	6
Hydrochemistry of hillslope permafrost catchments with degrading and stable ice-wedge polygons, Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon, Canada	6