Journal of Experimental Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Experimental Biology is 1. 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.)
ArticleCitations
ECR Spotlight – Alexis Kazen111
An early-life perspective is needed to explain the impact of gut microbiota on wild vertebrate phenotypes104
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)55
Announcing the 2021 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner49
How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization44
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading42
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing41
Comparative sound detection abilities of four decapod crustaceans36
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts35
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change35
Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans: more questions than answers35
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease33
Response to ‘Coming up for air’31
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running30
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 tubules29
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster29
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 flight29
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters29
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent28
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen28
Featherwing beetles fly with style28
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations28
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol27
Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish27
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert27
Cryptochrome-dependent magnetoreception in a heteropteran insect continues even after 24 h in darkness27
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds26
Heatwaves inflict reproductive but not survival costs to male insects26
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian26
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates25
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers25
Monarchs that fly long, live long25
ECR Spotlight – Kwanho Ki25
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana25
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour25
Ontogenetic exposure to light influences seabird vulnerability to light pollution24
Spotted salamanders seek humid habitats to avoid drying out24
The enzymatic and neurochemical outcomes of a mutation in Mexican cavefish MAO reveal teleost-specific aspects of brain monoamine homeostasis24
Factors affecting the biosynthesis and emission of a Drosophila pheromone23
Plasticity of salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) respiratory phenotypes in response to changes in temperature and oxygen23
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient23
First evidence of sex-specific responses to chemical cues in tardigrade mate searching behaviour23
Ultraviolet vision in anemonefish improves colour discrimination22
Correction: Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish22
Finches can lose weight without dieting or exercising22
Directional biosonar beams allow echolocating harbour porpoises to actively discriminate and intercept closely spaced targets21
Anatomy and mechanisms of vocal production in harvest mice21
Pulsation waves along the Ciona heart tube reverse by bimodal rhythms expressed by a remote pair of pacemakers21
Maintained mitochondrial integrity without oxygen in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp21
Effects of ocean acidification over successive generations decrease resilience of larval European sea bass to ocean acidification and warming but juveniles could benefit from higher temperatures in th20
Obligatory homeothermy of mesic habitat-adapted African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, is governed by seasonal basal metabolism and year-round ‘thermogenic readiness’ of brown adipose tissue20
Monarch migration metabolism soars with rising temperatures20
What do molecular laws of life mean for species: absolute restrictions or mere suggestions?20
Cold, cheap love songs20
The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology and evolution20
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms19
Field physiology in the aquatic realm: ecological energetics and diving behavior provide context for elucidating patterns and deviations19
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour19
ECR Spotlight – Derek Campos19
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance19
The impact of metabolic plasticity on winter energy use models18
Foxes have an advantage for hunting in the snow18
Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out18
Barometric pressure decrease induces density-dependent changes in foraging behaviour in a parasitoid fly18
ECR Spotlight – Salvatore Lacava18
Chronic stress and the development of a depression-like neuroendocrine profile in Atlantic salmon18
ECR Spotlight – Haneal Pae17
Importance of environmental signals for cardiac morphological development in Atlantic salmon17
Diurnal hawkmoth opsins evolving faster for greener vision17
How to build a puncture- and breakage-resistant eggshell? Mechanical and structural analyses of avian brood parasites and their hosts17
Physiological and behavioral evidence for multiple spectral channels in the larval stomatopod visual system17
Plasticity in Na+/K+-ATPase thermal kinetics drives variation in the temperature of cold-induced neural shutdown of adult Drosophila melanogaster17
The microbiome buffers tadpole hosts from heat stress: a hologenomic approach to understand host–microbe interactions under warming17
A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom17
Dinosaurs weren't so cool17
A clashing colour combination with deadly consequences17
Building bridges: allyship as a catalyst for gender diversity and inclusion in experimental biology communities17
Regional femoral bone blood flow rates in laying and non-laying chickens estimated with fluorescent microspheres17
Evolution and divergence of teleost adrenergic receptors: why sometimes ‘the drugs don't work’ in fish16
The functional basis for variable antipredatory behavioral strategies in the chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus16
ECR Spotlight – Michael Meece16
Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)16
Predicting selection–response gradients of heat tolerance in a widespread reef-building coral16
Wetting of the tarsal adhesive fluid determines underwater adhesion in ladybird beetles16
Seasonal cellular stress phenomena and phenotypic plasticity in land snail Helix lucorum populations from different altitudes16
A review of the empirical evidence for costs of plasticity in ectothermic animals16
The roles of brain lipids and polar metabolites in the hypoxia tolerance of deep-diving pinnipeds16
Dynamic defence? Intertidal triplefin species show better maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential than subtidal species at low oxygen pressures16
ECR Spotlight – Ralph Lacerda de Albuquerque16
Unraveling the relationships that keep ecosystems healthy16
A novel perspective on the evolutionary loss of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase at the teleost gill16
Different tubular lysosome strategies of male and hermaphrodite C. elegans16
Who said that? Fish compare pressure and motion to localize sound16
Use of videos to measure dynamic body acceleration as a proxy for metabolic costs in coral reef damselfish (Chromis viridis)16
Lens and cornea limit UV vision of birds – a phylogenetic perspective16
ECR Spotlight – Nicholas Barrett16
Corroboree frogs get yellower but no thanks to β-carotene16
Myogenic contraction of a somatic muscle powers rhythmic flow of hemolymph throughDrosophilaantennae and generates brain pulsations15
Foraging task specialization in honey bees (Apis mellifera): the contribution of floral rewards to the learning performance of pollen and nectar foragers15
Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods15
Extraordinary creatures: mantis shrimp15
Mitochondrial respiration capacity impacts gill tissue regeneration in Atlantic salmon15
A new theoretical performance landscape for suction feeding reveals adaptive kinematics in a natural population of reef damselfish15
Infected ants prefer protein-packed diet15
Total energy expenditure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of different ages15
Adolescent prairie voles practice parenting15
The role of load-dependent sensory input in the control of balance during gait in rats15
Stressed salmon develop hallmarks of depression15
Hatching: a clever plan15
Summer famines could be disastrous for sardines15
Light environment and seasonal variation in the visual system of the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)15
Correction: The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)15
Hypertonic water reabsorption with a parallel-current system via the glandular and saccular renal tubules of Ruditapes philippinarum15
Blending physiology and RNAseq to provide new insights into regulation of epithelial transport: switching between ion secretion and reabsorption15
A coati conundrum: how variation in levels of arboreality influences gait mechanics among three musteloid species14
Consistent changes in muscle phenotype and mitochondrial abundance underlie dive performance across multiple lineages of diving ducks14
Get a grip: evaluating the importance of different beetle tarsal structures in landing attachment14
ECR Spotlight – Patrícia Ferreira14
Climbing parrots achieve pitch stability using forces and free moments produced by axial–appendicular couples14
Biological constraints on configural odour mixture perception14
Shift in distribution of division of labour in chronically stressed honeybee colonies after perturbation14
ECR Spotlight – Jordan Glass14
Head movement gives glimpse into where crows gaze14
Unpredictability is key for mussels' seashore resilience14
Gut microbial contributions to thermogenesis14
Towards a standard application of the Reynolds number in studies of aquatic animal locomotion14
The added costs of winter ocean warming for metabolism, arm regeneration and survival in the brittle star Ophionereis schayeri14
Chemical manipulation of mitochondrial function affects metabolism of red carotenoids in a marine copepod (Tigriopus californicus)14
Dynamics and energetics of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) fluke-and-glide gait14
True UV color vision in a female butterfly with two UV opsins14
Beyond ecology: the importance of gut motility in predicting the responses of species to climate change14
ECR Spotlight – Luke Flewwelling14
Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception13
Understanding the influence of context on real-world walking energetics13
Dynamic gap crossing in Dendrelaphis, the sister taxon of flying snakes13
Dynamics of horizontal walking and vertical climbing in the Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea)13
Linking whole-body angular momentum and step placement during perturbed human walking13
Integration of proteomic and genetic approaches to assess developmental muscle atrophy13
The buzz within: the role of the gut microbiome in honeybee social behavior13
Relationship between joint shape and function as revealed through ex vivo XROMM13
ECR Spotlight – William Bugg13
Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas13
Food and temperature change photoperiodic responses in two vole species13
ECR Spotlight – Kelton Verble and Ellen Keaveny13
Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris13
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity13
Effects of insect pursuit on the Doppler shift compensation in a hipposiderid bat13
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment13
Body temperature flexibility in Temminck's pangolins helps beat the heat13
Age-dependent perfume development in male orchid bees, Euglossa imperialis13
ECR Spotlight – Agnès Lewden13
Metabolomic signatures associated with cold adaptation and seasonal acclimation of Drosophila: profiling of 43 species13
Dynamic movements facilitate extreme gap crossing in flying snakes13
Gaze tracking of large-billed crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) in a motion capture system13
Selective recruitment for pollen and nectar sources in honeybees13
Honey bees can store and retrieve independent memory traces after complex experiences that combine appetitive and aversive associations13
Gut bacteria are an ‘outside’ and an ‘inside’ job13
Long-term stress induced cortisol downregulation, growth reduction and cardiac remodeling in Atlantic salmon13
Measuring maximum heart rate to study cardiac thermal performance and heat tolerance in fishes13
Risk-taking coping style correlates with SERT SNP290 polymorphisms in free-living great tits13
The response of grey mouse lemurs to acute caloric restriction before reproduction supports the ‘thrifty female hypothesis’12
Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem12
ECR Spotlight – Ian Bouyoucos12
Biomechanical properties of non-flight vibrations produced by bees12
Energy expenditure of southern right whales varies with body size, reproductive state and activity level12
Deoxygenated toadfish turn up gill serotonin degradation to catch breath12
ECR Spotlight – Kyle Emerson12
Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality12
ECR Spotlight – William Joyce12
A novel intramandibular joint facilitates feeding versatility in the sixbar distichodus12
ECR Spotlight – Glenna Clifton12
Behavioural analysis of swarming mosquitoes reveals high hearing sensitivity in Anopheles coluzzii12
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel metabolism changes profoundly during first year12
ECR Spotlight – Talia Moore12
Innate visual attraction before, during and after escape from adverse substrates in carpenter ants12
ECR Spotlight – Bharath Kumar A. K.12
Temperature dependence of regional heterothermy in a diminutive ectotherm12
Three-toed sloths walk differently from their cousins12
Behavior and neural activation patterns of non-redundant visual and acoustic signaling during courtship in an African cichlid fish12
ECR Spotlight – Rachel Thayer12
Low prolactin allows blackbird mums to dispose of imposter cuckoo eggs12
Energetic costs of ectoparasite infection in Atlantic salmon12
Accelerated abdominal lipid depletion from pesticide treatment alters honey bee pollen foraging strategy, but not onset, in worker honey bees12
Metabolomic and transcriptomic responses of ticks during recovery from cold shock reveal mechanisms of survival12
ECR Spotlight – Brendan Gibbs12
c-fos expression in the olfactory epithelium of the East African cichlid (Haplochromis chilotes) in response to odorant exposure12
A quantitative genetics perspective on the body-mass scaling of metabolic rate12
Warmer waters make sturgeon think they're sick12
How diving flies navigate in for the kill11
Climate change leaves urchins on a rock in a hard place to live11
Walking with increased step length variability increases the metabolic cost of walking in young adults11
Effects of heat acclimation on cardiac function in the intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus: can laboratory-based indices predict survival in the field?11
A birds’ eye view is made possible by… sugar?11
Fatty acid oxidation: a neglected factor in understanding the adjustment of mitochondrial function to cold temperatures11
Mayflies struggle to stay salty when oxygen levels dip11
Spider egg sacs reveal how pockets of air can be used to conserve water11
Pseudoscorpions tweak quartet footfalls when hanging, reversing and simply moving forward11
Life in the slow lane: field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) modelled using archival biologgers11
The role of plumage and heat dissipation areas in thermoregulation in doves11
Pacu's teeth just right for fruit crushing11
High-carb diet gives migrating locusts a head start11
Daily activity rhythms, sleep, and pregnancy are fundamentally related in the Pacific beetle mimic cockroach, Diploptera punctata11
Tired fish just keep swimming11
Polyphenisms in the reproductive response of male quail to short days are driven by testosterone-independent uncoupling in the photoperiodic TSH-DIO2/DIO3 pathway11
Time-compensated sun compass in juvenile sprat (Sprattus sprattus) reveals the onset of migratory readiness11
Superinvasive Argentine ants’ size fends off dehydration11
Correction: Rapid maturation of the muscle biochemistry that supports diving in Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)11
Protective role of trehalose in the Namib desert ant, Ocymyrmex robustior11
Dinosaurs break the rules anywhere not anytime11
A new conceptual framework for the musculoskeletal biomechanics and physiology of ray-finned fishes11
Microinjection-based CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis in the decapoda crustaceans Neocaridina heteropoda and Eriocheir sinensis11
Porpoises adjust echolocation clicks to distinguish objects from clutter11
Damselfish in distress after consuming plastic11
Patterns of single limb forces during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in rosy-faced lovebirds (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)11
Biomechanics of the jaws of spotted ratfish11
In the field: an interview with Sönke Johnsen11
Evolution of plasticity: metabolic compensation for fluctuating energy demands at the origin of life11
Elephants hoover up their dinner11
Correction: Critical thermal maxima and oxygen uptake in Elysia viridis, a sea slug that steals chloroplasts to photosynthesize10
Evidence for multi-scale power amplification in skeletal muscle10
The active space of sperm whale codas allows for communication within and between social units10
Ultrasound jams echolocation to keep bats safe near wind turbines10
Correction: Neuroethology of number sense across the animal kingdom10
A thermal performance curve perspective explains decades of disagreements over how air temperature affects the flight metabolism of honey bees10
Directional web strikes are performed by ray spiders in response to airborne prey vibrations10
ECR Spotlight – Bella Xu Ying10
Mitochondria directly boost copepods’ rosy hue10
Pupil dilation and constriction in the skate Leucoraja erinacea in a simulated natural light field10
Two stressors are worse than one: combined heatwave and drought affect hydration state and glucocorticoid levels in a temperate ectotherm10
Visualization of the chemical defense molecule formoside binding to sensory structures in a model fish predator10
ECR Spotlight – David Matthews10
Flexible locomotion in complex environments: the influence of species, speed and sensory feedback on panarthropod inter-leg coordination10
The mechanical and morphological properties of systemic and pulmonary arteries differ in the Madagascar ground boa, a snake without ventricular pressure separation10
Telomeres could tell the tale of longer lizard lifespan10
Kinematics and muscle activity of pectoral fins in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) station holding in turbulent flow10
Some honeybees make fast decisions, but at a cost10
Soft skeletons transmit force with variable gearing10
Time-varying motor control strategy for proximal-to-distal sequential energy distribution: insights from baseball pitching10
ECR Spotlight – Danilo Giacometti10
European common frogs determine migratory direction by inclination magnetic compass and show diurnal variation in orientation10
A novel comparison of southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) fur buoyancy across ontogeny10
How Cape fur seal mums and pups reunite by ear10
A hyperpolarizing rod bipolar cell in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus10
ECR Spotlight – Sarah Little-Letsinger10
Motion-sensitive neurons help mudflat crabs decide to freeze or flee10
Looking beyond the mean: quantile regression for comparative physiologists10
Correction: Dynamic movements facilitate extreme gap crossing in flying snakes10
An evaluation of a biophysical model for predicting avian thermoregulation in the heat10
Drink safely: common swifts (Apus apus) dissipate mechanical energy to decrease flight speed before touch-and-go drinking10
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