OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Sustainability is 90. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The Global Climate Hub	471
A river delta in transition	435
Citizen science tackles plastics in Ghana	393
Levers for equitable material use	373
Sustained productivity and the persistence of coral reef fisheries	361
An exploration of biodiversity limits to grazing ruminant milk and meat production	359
Analysing content of Paris climate pledges with computational linguistics	350
Sand-mining-driven reduction in Tonle Sap Lake’s critical flood pulse	327
Rice–fish co-culturing reduces schistosomiasis risk and increases yields and incomes	321
Global industrial emissions of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	319
Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management	302
Globally elevated greenhouse gas emissions from polluted urban rivers	299
Sea-level-driven land conversion amplified by coastal agriculture	282
Sustainable polymer coating for stainproof fabrics	278
An all-weather radiative human body cooling textile	265
Advancing bio-based materials for sustainable solutions to food packaging	264
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with nanofertilizers	260
Squeezed by inflation	249
How disruptive climate protests can benefit the broader climate movement	243
A waste-free future for fashion	226
Effective progress and implementation of the INC-5 plastics treaty through scientific guidance	225
Reconciling oil palm and ecosystems	223
Embedded order boosts battery membranes	208
Technology-minded climate delegates support less stringent climate policies	204
Harvesting intermittent energy	199

Polyamides go circular	197
Scalable all-in-one electrochromic glazing for full-spectrum solar radiation management	192
Impacts of climate litigation on firm value	186
Telecoupled impacts of the Russia–Ukraine war on global cropland expansion and biodiversity	184
Re-operating dams in the Mekong	183
Publisher Correction: Harnessing infrared solar energy with plasmonic energy upconversion	180
Deep-sea mining poses an unjustifiable environmental risk	178
Author Correction: Contribution of double-cropped maize ethanol in Brazil to sustainable development	178
Direct recycling of spent cathode material at ambient conditions via spontaneous lithiation	171
Chloride electrolyte enabled practical zinc metal battery with a near-unity Coulombic efficiency	169
High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis	167
Fast and selective CO2 capture from outdoor air by covalent organic frameworks	163
Impact of socio-demographic trends on the future health burden of air pollution	157
Evaluating the impacts and mechanisms of locally managed marine areas	153
Using solar farms as a platform for the ecological restoration of arid soils	149
Mercury risk in blue carbon ecosystems	148
Tracking millions of farmland trees in India reveals a considerable decline of large trees	139
A new approach to ecological zoning of the Earth in a changing climate	139
Closing emission gaps in border carbon adjustments for chemicals and plastics	137
Dye removal from polyester fibres unlocks textile recycling	135
Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory	135
Benefits and risks of incremental protected area planning in the Southern Ocean	134
Embodied emissions of chemicals within the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism	133
Aquatic foods at the nutrition–environment nexus	128
The role of high-biodiversity regions in preserving Nature’s Contributions to People	128
Data-driven strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency of rice farming in South Asia	126
Nationally localized strategies for zero-carbon municipal solid waste management	126
Electrifying water treatment at device level	125
Strengthening global plastic policy with systems analysis	123
Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage	123
An ecotoxicological view on malaria vector control with ivermectin-treated cattle	121
Seagrass ecosystems as green urban infrastructure to mediate human pathogens in seafood	120
Carbon emissions of 5G mobile networks in China	120
Estimating the role of air quality improvements in the decline of suicide rates in China	119
Upcycle for enhanced performance	118
Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems	117
Coral reefs and coastal tourism in Hawaii	117
Energy recovery and saving in municipal wastewater treatment engineering practices	115
Recycling bias and reduction neglect	112
Reducing lead toxicity of perovskite solar cells with a built-in supramolecular complex	112
Paving the way for sustainable decarbonization of the European cement industry	111
A global conservation basic income is achievable for a fraction of the costs of inaction	108
Evaluating marine areas in Fiji	105
Aqueous batteries beating the cold	103
The broader benefits of waste system investments in the global south	103
An alliance for the bioeconomy	103
Strategic stream gauging network design for sustainable water management	102
Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production	98
Ecological role of offshore structures	98
Socioecological risks amplified by rising plant invasions in India	98

Mobile apps for 30×30 equity	98
Cross-system cascades as drivers of the electrification pathway in net-zero transitions	97
Telecoupled systems are rewired by risks	97
Low-cost iron trichloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries	97
Recreational killing of wild animals can foster environmental stewardship	97
The politics of influence in biodiversity offsetting	96
The urgent need for designing greener drugs	96
Beyond just floodwater	96
On the plastics crisis	94
Widespread range contraction of carnivores in protected areas of China	93
3D-printed multiscale-ordered hierarchical frameworks for rapid atmospheric water harvesting	92
Global wood harvest is sufficient for climate-friendly transitions to timber cities	92
Scalable flow-through device for electrochemical water treatment without secondary pollution	92
Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis	91
Polymeric membranes with highly homogenized nanopores for ultrafast water purification	91
Reducing supply risk of critical materials for clean energy via foreign direct investment	90
Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets	90