OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Experimental Biology is 27. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
ECR Spotlight – Alexis Kazen	111
An early-life perspective is needed to explain the impact of gut microbiota on wild vertebrate phenotypes	104
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	55
Announcing the 2021 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner	49
How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization	44
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading	42
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing	41
Comparative sound detection abilities of four decapod crustaceans	36
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change	35
Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans: more questions than answers	35
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts	35
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease	33
Response to ‘Coming up for air’	31
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running	30
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters	29
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)	29
Head lice dispose of blood meal fluid through breathing tubules	29
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster	29
Time-energy budgets outperform dynamic body acceleration in predicting daily energy expenditure in kittiwakes, and estimate a very low cost of gliding flight relative to flapping flight	29
Featherwing beetles fly with style	28
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations	28
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent	28
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen	28
Cryptochrome-dependent magnetoreception in a heteropteran insect continues even after 24 h in darkness	27
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol	27

Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish	27
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert	27