OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Facets is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Mapping Canadian institutional research data management strategies: a cross-sectional study	36
Clinicians' needs and perspectives on use of AI-enabled technologies for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in female patients	34
A review of interventions for distressed public safety personnel not engaged in formal services	30
Agricultural land-use change seasonally rewires stream food webs: a case study from headwater streams in the Lake Erie watershed	26
Seasonal patterns and key chemical predictors of dissolved greenhouse gases in small prairie pothole ponds	23
Braiding Indigenous knowledge systems and Western-based sciences in the Alberta oil sands region: A systematic review	19
Evaluation of a decade of management of a North American aquatic invasive species (Nitellopsis obtusa) highlights scale-dependent effectiveness and monitoring gaps	14
American lobster (Homarus americanus) hepatopancreas transcriptome reveals the significance of chitin-related genes during impoundment shell disease	14
A methodology for quantifying and characterizing litter from trash capture devices (TCDs) to measure impact and inform upstream solutions	14
Note of appreciation	13
COP 15: Crunch time for the world’s biodiversity	13
Understanding the breadth and depth of long-term ecological data collection in Canada and the United States	12
Recent and projected climate change–induced expansion of Atlantic halibut in the Northwest Atlantic	12
The many pathways of climate change affecting coastal ecosystems: a case study of western Vancouver Island, Canada	11
On the troubling use of plastic ‘habitat’ structures for fish in freshwater ecosystems – or – when restoration is just littering	11
Ratchet effects revisited: power effects and systematic bias in natural resource management	11
A comparison of approaches to quantify carbon for ecosystem service assessments through time	11
Community science to the rescue: capturing water quality data during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Perspectives of Cree land users on the performance of fish habitat compensation projects in Eeyou Istchee	11
Evaluating transboundary connectivity to support cross-border conservation between Canada and the United States	10
Does regulation delay mines? A timeline and economic benefit audit of British Columbia mines	10
Forte prévalence de diverses formes de traumas interpersonnels chez les femmes enceintes de la communauté : associations avec le fonctionnement psychologique et maternel	9
Ten years of Facets	9
A multi-criteria approach to identify priority regions for freshwater biodiversity conservation	9
Drivers of the variability of soil phosphorus fractions in boreal forested watersheds	9

Patient, researcher, and organizational representatives’ experiences conducting or supporting patient-initiated research	9
Note of appreciation	9
Indigenous protected and conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological and cultural conservation and Indigenous well-being	8
From flood to drought: recommendations emerging from 7 years of transdisciplinary research and learning on future water availability, wetland function, and water practices in the Canadian Prairie	8
Canada’s environmental and biodiversity crises require immediate and effective solutions	8
If this title is funny, will you cite me? Citation impacts of humour and other features of article titles in ecology and evolution	8
Ărramăt: an example of Indigenous Peoples’ holistic approach of health and well-being	8
Using community science to advance grizzly bear conservation	7
Safety Net Ontario: Ontario’s outsized role in the “Global Safety Net” for climate and biodiversity	7
Additional common milkweed would help Canada meet its share of the trinational eastern migratory monarch butterfly recovery target	7
Comments regarding “A Canadian model for providing high-quality, timely and relevant evidence to meet health system decision-maker needs: the SPOR Evidence Alliance.”	7
Pre- and early settlement era wetland paleoenvironments inferred from pollen and sediment analyses of buried soils from Ashbridge’s Marsh in the Toronto Port Lands	7
A novel energy-saving method for campus wired and dense WiFi network applying machine learning and idle cycling techniques	7
Survey of rice (Oryza sativa L.) production ecosystems in northern Ghana confirms low risk of exposure to potential toxic elements from local grain consumption	7
The effect of nutrient transport downstream on food web stability in an experimental freshwater meta-ecosystem	7
Including local voices in marine debris conversations to advance environmental justice for island and coastal communities: perspectives from St. Paul Island, Alaska	6
Canada's marine carbon sink: an early career perspective on the state of research and existing knowledge gaps	6
Dynamic shifts and a drastic decline in reported landings for southern Gulf of St. Lawrence commercial clam fisheries over the past two decades	6
Wetland drainage produces substantial greenhouse gas emissions in the Canadian Prairie Pothole Region	6
Taking care of knowledge, taking care of salmon: towards Indigenous data sovereignty in an era of climate change and cumulative effects	6
Models of justice evoked in published scientific studies of plastic pollution	6
The challenge of meaningful knowledge mobilization of climate change research in the Canadian Arctic for early-career researchers	6
Impact of plastic pollution on atmospheric carbon dioxide	6
Helping land trusts prepare for a new climate: experiences of challenges and facilitators for translating knowledge about climate change adaptation in Ontario, Canada	6
Evaluation of Indigenous garments and Government of Canada cold weather clothing insulation: growing Northern economies through safer personal protective equipment	5
Correction: Spatial and seasonal determinants of arthropod community composition across an agro-ecosystem landscape	5
Management practices benefit endangered Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek) in Manitoba tall grass prairie	5
Perceptions of reclamation success as “as close as possible to the pre-mining state” undermine public participation and Indigenous consent in mineral governance	5
The greenlight for government buildings: strategies for a low-carbon building portfolio	5
A review of expert group-based science advisory processes in Canada	5
Learning from past collaborative experiences: setting a pathway for natural sciences and engineering researchers to support Indigenous-driven aims	5
Julie Morand-Ferron retrospective (1977–2022) for FACETS	5
Using the Framework Method to support collaborative and cross-cultural qualitative data analysis	5
Investigating the potential uptake of microplastic-derived carbon into a boreal lake food web using carbon-13 labelled plastic	5
A pilot bioavailable strontium isotope baseline map of Southern British Columbia, Canada	5
Maurice Tardif (1953–2023)	5
Elimination of Arctic fox variant rabies from southern Ontario, Canada	5
Using participatory science to investigate furbearer habitat associations and co-occurrence in Alberta's boreal forest	4
A framework for the use of conservation hatcheries to support wild Pacific salmon recovery in Canada	4
An analysis of Canada's declared live wildlife imports and implications for zoonotic disease risk	4
Navigating methodological decisions: balancing rigor and data volume of the Canadian Living Planet Index	4
Cadre législatif québécois pour la protection des espèces sauvages en situation précaire: évaluation critique et recommandations pour une révision majeure	4
Modelling the dispersion of infectious salmon anemia virus from Atlantic salmon farms in the Quoddy Region of New Brunswick, Canada and Maine, USA	4
Unearthing trends in environmental impact assessments for mines and quarries across Canada	4
Forested wetlands in a protected area and the adjacent working landscape provide complementary biodiversity value based on breeding birds: A case study from Nova Scotia, Canada	4
Mismatches in salmon social–ecological systems: Challenges and opportunities for (re)alignment in the Skeena River watershed	4
Manganese ore systems: a Canadian perspective on a critical element in the transition to a sustainable green economy within North America	4
Indigenous stream caretaking for Pacific salmon: ancestral lifeways to guide restoration, relationships, rights, and responsibilities	4
A social–ecological geography of southern Canadian lakes	4
Analysis of two decades of Landsat satellite images reveals long-term changes in aquatic and terrestrial vegetation in Bimini, The Bahamas with coastal development	4

Canada’s framework for assessing the pathogenicity of infectious agents within fisheries and aquaculture	4
Assessing climate change vulnerability in Canadian marine conservation networks: implications for conservation planning and resilience	4
One informs the other: Unionid species at risk and benthic macroinvertebrate community monitoring data are complementary	3
Incorporating protected areas into global fish biomass projections under climate change	3
Is Canada poised to implement a data deposit requirement?	3
Food patterns of First Nations adults in Canada: the role of ultra-processed foods, sugary drinks, and carbonated drinks in weight status	3
Website visits can predict angler presence using machine learning	3
Sampling requirements for standardized insect biodiversity monitoring vary with abundance	3
Evaluating community science sampling for microplastics in shore sediments of large river watersheds	3
Effects of acute suspended sediment exposure on the swimming and schooling performance of imperilled Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus)	3
Parents’ COVID-19 stressors and associations with self-rated health, symptoms of mental health problems, and substance use: a cross-sectional study	3
Interference in science: scientists’ perspectives on their ability to communicate and conduct environmental research in Canada	3
Naphthenic acid fraction compounds, produced by the extraction of bitumen from oil sands, alter survival and behaviour of juvenile yellow perch (Perca flavescens)	3
Snow, ponds, trees, and frogs: how environmental processes mediate climate change impacts on four subarctic terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems	3
Characterizing contemporary evolutionary change in a recently isolated population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.)	3
Disrupting the status quo: fostering a practice of inclusion in engineering through post-secondary allyship training	3
“Where would we be without cedar?”: Indigenous environmental value systems through participatory mapping with T'Sou-ke First Nation	3
Pan-Canadian review of community-based monitoring projects and their capacity to enhance environmental monitoring programs for cumulative effects assessments	3
Baseline composition, quantity, and condition of bycatch in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence spring and summer American lobster fisheries	3
Saskatchewan Condition Assessment of Lotic Ecosystems (SCALE): A multivariate tool for assessing the integrity of Northern Great Plains wadeable rivers and streams	3
Assessing severity of physician misconduct and subsequent disciplinary actions: a cross-sectional survey and analysis of discipline summaries	3
Assessing species at risk legislation across Canadian provinces and territories	3
Humic, terrestrially derived dissolved organic matter is associated with higher methylmercury concentrations in prairie wetland ponds	3
Exploring the Public Health Agency of Canada's and the Ontario government's vaccine-related crisis communication on X during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Invertebrate community composition is similar to non-invaded sites after Phragmites australis treatment in a Great Lakes coastal wetland	3
Improving cross-sectoral collaboration towards urban nature-based solutions: insights from a participatory workshop	3
Boundary spanners catalyze cultural and prescribed fire in western Canada	3
Archived government correspondence reveals extreme arsenic pollution of local waterbodies from gold mining at Yellowknife, NT prior to environmental regulation	3
The Atlantic First Nations Water Authority: an Indigenous water utility guided by Etuaptmumk or Two-Eyed Seeing	3
The importance of hydrogeomorphic setting for total mercury and methylmercury export from fen wetlands in western Canada	3