OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Sustainability is 91. 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
The Global Climate Hub	460
A river delta in transition	424
Global industrial emissions of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	391
An exploration of biodiversity limits to grazing ruminant milk and meat production	362
Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management	348
Advancing bio-based materials for sustainable solutions to food packaging	345
An all-weather radiative human body cooling textile	339
Globally elevated greenhouse gas emissions from polluted urban rivers	320
Citizen science tackles plastics in Ghana	310
Levers for equitable material use	309
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with nanofertilizers	296
Sustainable polymer coating for stainproof fabrics	290
Sustained productivity and the persistence of coral reef fisheries	285
Analysing content of Paris climate pledges with computational linguistics	277
Sand-mining-driven reduction in Tonle Sap Lake’s critical flood pulse	272
Squeezed by inflation	260
How disruptive climate protests can benefit the broader climate movement	259
A waste-free future for fashion	252
Effective progress and implementation of the INC-5 plastics treaty through scientific guidance	236
Harvesting intermittent energy	235
Reconciling oil palm and ecosystems	223
Embedded order boosts battery membranes	220
Deep-sea mining poses an unjustifiable environmental risk	213
Publisher Correction: Harnessing infrared solar energy with plasmonic energy upconversion	206
Author Correction: Contribution of double-cropped maize ethanol in Brazil to sustainable development	199

Re-operating dams in the Mekong	196
Fast and selective CO2 capture from outdoor air by covalent organic frameworks	191
Technology-minded climate delegates support less stringent climate policies	189
Telecoupled impacts of the Russia–Ukraine war on global cropland expansion and biodiversity	188
High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis	179
Chloride electrolyte enabled practical zinc metal battery with a near-unity Coulombic efficiency	178
Direct recycling of spent cathode material at ambient conditions via spontaneous lithiation	177
Scalable all-in-one electrochromic glazing for full-spectrum solar radiation management	174
Polyamides go circular	171
Impacts of climate litigation on firm value	170
Impact of socio-demographic trends on the future health burden of air pollution	168
Evaluating the impacts and mechanisms of locally managed marine areas	162
Using solar farms as a platform for the ecological restoration of arid soils	160
Mercury risk in blue carbon ecosystems	160
The role of high-biodiversity regions in preserving Nature’s Contributions to People	154
Tracking millions of farmland trees in India reveals a considerable decline of large trees	148
A new approach to ecological zoning of the Earth in a changing climate	145
Closing emission gaps in border carbon adjustments for chemicals and plastics	144
Widespread Amazonian dark earth in the Xingu Indigenous Territory	137
Dye removal from polyester fibres unlocks textile recycling	135
Benefits and risks of incremental protected area planning in the Southern Ocean	134
Coral reefs and coastal tourism in Hawaii	133
Embodied emissions of chemicals within the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism	133
An ecotoxicological view on malaria vector control with ivermectin-treated cattle	131
Upcycle for enhanced performance	127
Strengthening global plastic policy with systems analysis	125
Nationally localized strategies for zero-carbon municipal solid waste management	124
Estimating the role of air quality improvements in the decline of suicide rates in China	122
Electrifying water treatment at device level	122
Recycling bias and reduction neglect	122
Paving the way for sustainable decarbonization of the European cement industry	119
Carbon emissions of 5G mobile networks in China	119
Aquatic foods at the nutrition–environment nexus	118
Data-driven strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency of rice farming in South Asia	116
Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems	114
Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage	114
Seagrass ecosystems as green urban infrastructure to mediate human pathogens in seafood	113
Reducing lead toxicity of perovskite solar cells with a built-in supramolecular complex	113
A global conservation basic income is achievable for a fraction of the costs of inaction	112
Aqueous batteries beating the cold	112
Energy recovery and saving in municipal wastewater treatment engineering practices	112
Evaluating marine areas in Fiji	112
An alliance for the bioeconomy	108
The broader benefits of waste system investments in the global south	107
Global wood harvest is sufficient for climate-friendly transitions to timber cities	104
Strategic stream gauging network design for sustainable water management	103
Mobile apps for 30×30 equity	102
Ecological role of offshore structures	100
The urgent need for designing greener drugs	99
Beyond just floodwater	96

Navigating sustainability trade-offs in global beef production	96
Low-cost iron trichloride cathode for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries	95
Polymeric membranes with highly homogenized nanopores for ultrafast water purification	95
Socioecological risks amplified by rising plant invasions in India	95
Cross-system cascades as drivers of the electrification pathway in net-zero transitions	95
Scalable flow-through device for electrochemical water treatment without secondary pollution	95
Reducing supply risk of critical materials for clean energy via foreign direct investment	93
The politics of influence in biodiversity offsetting	93
Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis	93
Telecoupled systems are rewired by risks	92
On the plastics crisis	92
Recreational killing of wild animals can foster environmental stewardship	92
Methane emissions from landfills differentially underestimated worldwide	92
All-temperature zinc batteries with high-entropy aqueous electrolyte	91
Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world	91
Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals	91
Reducing the burden of anaemia in Indian women of reproductive age with clean-air targets	91