OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of One Earth is 56. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Robust strategies to end global poverty and reduce environmental pressures	304
Beyond “green markets” and local romanticisms for a locally grounded bioeconomy in Amazonia	235
Dispossession, displacement, and disease: The global land squeeze and infectious disease emergence	232
A software package for assessing terrestrial planetary boundaries	208
Warming-driven changes in Arctic fish communities must not leave local Indigenous communities out in the cold	191
New York’s carbon emissions	165
Contemporary climate analogs project strong regional differences in the future water and electricity demand across US cities	160
A data-driven approach to water treatment in low-resource communities: Andrea Johnson	136
A report card to effectively communicate threatened species recovery	116
Variations on a theme	115
A method to identify barriers to and enablers of implementing climate change mitigation options	113
Flood exposure contributes to under-five mortality in low- and middle-income countries	111
State of the world’s kelp forests	110
Improving governance of “forever chemicals” in the US and beyond	104
The nexus of geopolitics, decarbonization, and food security gives rise to distinct challenges across fertilizer supply chains	100
Atmospheric aerosol spatial variability: Impacts on air quality and climate change	100
Choices for climate action: A review of the multiple roles individuals play	99
Biomass—Critical limits to a vital resource	96
The Regenerative Lens: A conceptual framework for regenerative social-ecological systems	95
Toward a fundamental understanding of ecosystem metabolism responses to global warming	94
Understanding the soil plastisphere and its environmental impacts	94
Weighing consequences of action and inaction in invasive insect management	93
Benchmarking for soil health improvement	88
Hot tropics	87
Less plastic used longer	86

Small mammals at the edge of deforestation in Cambodia: Transient community dynamics and potential pathways to pathogen emergence	84
China’s global development finance poses heterogeneous risks to coastal and marine socio-ecological systems	81
Pyrexia	81
Quality control	78
Combined heat and electricity using thermal storage to decarbonize buildings and industries	78
Decreasing efficiency and slowdown of the increase in terrestrial carbon-sink activity	76
Accelerating social tipping points in sustainable behaviors: Insights from a dynamic model of moralized social change	73
An integrative framework for sustainable coral reef restoration	72
Possible but rare: Safe and just satisfaction of national human needs in terms of ecosystem services	72
Research priorities for climate mobility	71
Minimizing uncertainties in climate projections and water budget reveals the vulnerability of freshwater to climate change	71
Improving the US municipal waste system: Toward a circular future	71
Life cycle assessment shows that retrofitting coal-fired power plants with fuel cells will substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions	71
Geospatial analysis of regional climate impacts to accelerate cost-efficient direct air capture deployment	70
Urbanization exacerbates continental- to regional-scale warming	70
Accelerating global mountain forest loss threatens biodiversity hotspots	68
The Great Ape House	67
Novel contaminants, novel solutions	66
Increasing industry involvement in international tuna fishery negotiations	66
Global ecosystem accounting standard: A solution to monitor, mitigate, and transparently report global mining impacts in support of biodiversity goals	66
Clinicians for Planetary Health	65
Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action	64
Socio-demographic factors shape mortality risk linked to compound drought-heatwave events under climate change in China	64
Taking stock of nationally determined contributions: Continued ratcheting of ambition is critical to limit global warming to 1.5°C	63
Multiphase particle formation in industrial plumes corrects missing sulfate in the urban atmosphere	62
Critical overview of the implications of a global protein transition in the face of climate change: Key unknowns and research imperatives	62
Analysis of children’s questions on climate change reveals that they are most concerned about how to take action	61
Distributed desalination using renewable energy: A paradigm shift toward affordable and sustainable clean water	61
Developing countries’ responsibilities for CO2 emissions in value chains are larger and growing faster than those of developed countries	59
Ozone-related acute excess mortality projected to increase in the absence of climate and air quality controls consistent with the Paris Agreement	58
CoBacFM: Core bacteria forecast model for global grassland pH dynamics under future climate warming scenarios	58