Journal of Experimental Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Experimental Biology is 5. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Plasticity of salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) respiratory phenotypes in response to changes in temperature and oxygen104
Factors affecting the biosynthesis and emission of a Drosophila pheromone98
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour51
Announcing the 2021 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner45
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 flight40
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient39
Featherwing beetles fly with style38
Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out36
Comparative sound detection abilities of four decapod crustaceans36
Barometric pressure decrease induces density-dependent changes in foraging behaviour in a parasitoid fly35
Monarchs that fly long, live long33
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts33
Cold, cheap love songs32
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)32
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 tissue31
Response to ‘Coming up for air’29
What do molecular laws of life mean for species: absolute restrictions or mere suggestions?29
Head lice dispose of blood meal fluid through breathing tubules28
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 th28
Correction: Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish28
The enzymatic and neurochemical outcomes of a mutation in Mexican cavefish MAO reveal teleost-specific aspects of brain monoamine homeostasis28
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour28
Ultraviolet vision in anemonefish improves colour discrimination27
ECR Spotlight – Kwanho Ki27
ECR Spotlight – Salvatore Lacava27
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)27
ECR Spotlight – Derek Campos27
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen26
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms26
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing26
The impact of metabolic plasticity on winter energy use models25
Directional biosonar beams allow echolocating harbour porpoises to actively discriminate and intercept closely spaced targets25
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert25
Monarch migration metabolism soars with rising temperatures25
Finches can lose weight without dieting or exercising25
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster25
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers24
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian24
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol24
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change23
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading23
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent23
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease23
Cryptochrome-dependent magnetoreception in a heteropteran insect continues even after 24 h in darkness23
Chronic stress and the development of a depression-like neuroendocrine profile in Atlantic salmon23
Pulsation waves along the Ciona heart tube reverse by bimodal rhythms expressed by a remote pair of pacemakers22
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running22
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations22
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds22
Maintained mitochondrial integrity without oxygen in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp22
The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology and evolution21
Spotted salamanders seek humid habitats to avoid drying out21
Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish21
Field physiology in the aquatic realm: ecological energetics and diving behavior provide context for elucidating patterns and deviations20
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana20
Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans: more questions than answers20
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters20
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance20
Heatwaves inflict reproductive but not survival costs to male insects20
Methamphetamine pollution elicits addiction in wild fish20
First evidence of sex-specific responses to chemical cues in tardigrade mate searching behaviour19
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates19
Anatomy and mechanisms of vocal production in harvest mice19
Ontogenetic exposure to light influences seabird vulnerability to light pollution19
Extraordinary creatures: mantis shrimp19
How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization19
Diurnal hawkmoth opsins evolving faster for greener vision18
Correction: The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)18
Unpredictability is key for mussels' seashore resilience18
Different tubular lysosome strategies of male and hermaphrodite C. elegans18
ECR Spotlight – Michael Meece18
ECR Spotlight – Ralph Lacerda de Albuquerque18
ECR Spotlight – Nicholas Barrett18
Building bridges: allyship as a catalyst for gender diversity and inclusion in experimental biology communities18
Summer famines could be disastrous for sardines17
Lens and cornea limit UV vision of birds – a phylogenetic perspective17
Foraging task specialization in honey bees (Apis mellifera): the contribution of floral rewards to the learning performance of pollen and nectar foragers17
Mitochondrial respiration capacity impacts gill tissue regeneration in Atlantic salmon17
Hypertonic water reabsorption with a parallel-current system via the glandular and saccular renal tubules of Ruditapes philippinarum17
Corroboree frogs get yellower but no thanks to β-carotene17
Hatching: a clever plan17
Use of videos to measure dynamic body acceleration as a proxy for metabolic costs in coral reef damselfish (Chromis viridis)17
Chemical manipulation of mitochondrial function affects metabolism of red carotenoids in a marine copepod (Tigriopus californicus)17
Consistent changes in muscle phenotype and mitochondrial abundance underlie dive performance across multiple lineages of diving ducks17
Who said that? Fish compare pressure and motion to localize sound17
Dinosaurs weren't so cool16
Physiological and behavioral evidence for multiple spectral channels in the larval stomatopod visual system16
Head movement gives glimpse into where crows gaze16
A review of the empirical evidence for costs of plasticity in ectothermic animals16
Regional femoral bone blood flow rates in laying and non-laying chickens estimated with fluorescent microspheres16
The roles of brain lipids and polar metabolites in the hypoxia tolerance of deep-diving pinnipeds16
A novel perspective on the evolutionary loss of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase at the teleost gill16
ECR Spotlight – Jordan Glass16
A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom16
Pregnant salmon: the real Olympians16
Myogenic contraction of a somatic muscle powers rhythmic flow of hemolymph throughDrosophilaantennae and generates brain pulsations16
A clashing colour combination with deadly consequences16
ECR Spotlight – Haneal Pae16
Total energy expenditure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of different ages16
Foxes have an advantage for hunting in the snow16
How to build a puncture- and breakage-resistant eggshell? Mechanical and structural analyses of avian brood parasites and their hosts15
Unraveling the relationships that keep ecosystems healthy15
Adolescent prairie voles practice parenting15
Dynamics and energetics of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) fluke-and-glide gait15
Blending physiology and RNAseq to provide new insights into regulation of epithelial transport: switching between ion secretion and reabsorption15
The role of load-dependent sensory input in the control of balance during gait in rats15
Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods15
Predicting selection–response gradients of heat tolerance in a widespread reef-building coral15
A coati conundrum: how variation in levels of arboreality influences gait mechanics among three musteloid species15
Infected ants prefer protein-packed diet15
The added costs of winter ocean warming for metabolism, arm regeneration and survival in the brittle star Ophionereis schayeri15
Biological constraints on configural odour mixture perception15
A new theoretical performance landscape for suction feeding reveals adaptive kinematics in a natural population of reef damselfish15
The microbiome buffers tadpole hosts from heat stress: a hologenomic approach to understand host–microbe interactions under warming15
Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)15
Seasonal cellular stress phenomena and phenotypic plasticity in land snail Helix lucorum populations from different altitudes15
Dynamic defence? Intertidal triplefin species show better maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential than subtidal species at low oxygen pressures15
The functional basis for variable antipredatory behavioral strategies in the chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus15
Wetting of the tarsal adhesive fluid determines underwater adhesion in ladybird beetles15
Stressed salmon develop hallmarks of depression15
Importance of environmental signals for cardiac morphological development in Atlantic salmon15
Light environment and seasonal variation in the visual system of the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)14
Linking whole-body angular momentum and step placement during perturbed human walking14
The response of grey mouse lemurs to acute caloric restriction before reproduction supports the ‘thrifty female hypothesis’14
A quantitative genetics perspective on the body-mass scaling of metabolic rate14
Climbing parrots achieve pitch stability using forces and free moments produced by axial–appendicular couples14
Mayflies struggle to stay salty when oxygen levels dip14
True UV color vision in a female butterfly with two UV opsins14
ECR Spotlight – Glenna Clifton14
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity14
Behavioural analysis of swarming mosquitoes reveals high hearing sensitivity in Anopheles coluzzii14
Polyphenisms in the reproductive response of male quail to short days are driven by testosterone-independent uncoupling in the photoperiodic TSH-DIO2/DIO3 pathway14
ECR Spotlight – Luke Flewwelling14
Shift in distribution of division of labour in chronically stressed honeybee colonies after perturbation14
Evolution and divergence of teleost adrenergic receptors: why sometimes ‘the drugs don't work’ in fish14
Low prolactin allows blackbird mums to dispose of imposter cuckoo eggs14
Understanding the influence of context on real-world walking energetics14
Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality14
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel metabolism changes profoundly during first year14
Plasticity in Na+/K+-ATPase thermal kinetics drives variation in the temperature of cold-induced neural shutdown of adult Drosophila melanogaster14
Deoxygenated toadfish turn up gill serotonin degradation to catch breath13
Gut bacteria are an ‘outside’ and an ‘inside’ job13
Warmer waters make sturgeon think they're sick13
Honey bees can store and retrieve independent memory traces after complex experiences that combine appetitive and aversive associations13
Age-dependent perfume development in male orchid bees, Euglossa imperialis13
ECR Spotlight – Bharath Kumar A. K.13
ECR Spotlight – Ian Bouyoucos13
ECR Spotlight – William Bugg13
Biomechanical properties of non-flight vibrations produced by bees13
The buzz within: the role of the gut microbiome in honeybee social behavior13
Dynamic movements facilitate extreme gap crossing in flying snakes13
ECR Spotlight – Brendan Gibbs13
ECR Spotlight – Kelton Verble and Ellen Keaveny13
Towards a standard application of the Reynolds number in studies of aquatic animal locomotion13
ECR Spotlight – Talia Moore13
ECR Spotlight – William Joyce13
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment13
Risk-taking coping style correlates with SERT SNP290 polymorphisms in free-living great tits13
ECR Spotlight – Kyle Emerson13
Three-toed sloths walk differently from their cousins13
Metabolomic and transcriptomic responses of ticks during recovery from cold shock reveal mechanisms of survival13
ECR Spotlight – Agnès Lewden13
ECR Spotlight – Rachel Thayer13
Innate visual attraction before, during, and after escape from adverse substrates in carpenter ants12
A novel intramandibular joint facilitates feeding versatility in the sixbar distichodus12
Food and temperature change photoperiodic responses in two vole species12
Relationship between joint shape and function as revealed through ex vivo XROMM12
Dynamics of horizontal walking and vertical climbing in the Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea)12
Patterns of single limb forces during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in rosy-faced lovebirds (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)12
Ultrasound jams echolocation to keep bats safe near wind turbines12
Metabolomic signatures associated with cold adaptation and seasonal acclimation of Drosophila: profiling of 43 species12
Measuring maximum heart rate to study cardiac thermal performance and heat tolerance in fishes12
Behavior and neural activation patterns of non-redundant visual and acoustic signaling during courtship in an African cichlid fish12
Fatty acid oxidation: a neglected factor in understanding the adjustment of mitochondrial function to cold temperatures12
Effects of insect pursuit on the Doppler shift compensation in a hipposiderid bat12
Selective recruitment for pollen and nectar sources in honeybees12
Temperature dependence of regional heterothermy in a diminutive ectotherm12
Body temperature flexibility in Temminck's pangolins helps beat the heat12
Tired fish just keep swimming12
Dynamic gap crossing in Dendrelaphis, the sister taxon of flying snakes12
Pseudoscorpions tweak quartet footfalls when hanging, reversing and simply moving forward12
Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas12
Gaze tracking of large-billed crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) in a motion capture system12
Long-term stress induced cortisol downregulation, growth reduction and cardiac remodeling in Atlantic salmon12
Energetic costs of ectoparasite infection in Atlantic salmon12
A birds’ eye view is made possible by… sugar?12
Accelerated abdominal lipid depletion from pesticide treatment alters honey bee pollen foraging strategy, but not onset, in worker honey bees12
Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem12
Integration of proteomic and genetic approaches to assess developmental muscle atrophy12
c-fos expression in the olfactory epithelium of the East African cichlid (Haplochromis chilotes) in response to odorant exposure12
Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris12
Energy expenditure of southern right whales varies with body size, reproductive state and activity level12
Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception12
Superinvasive Argentine ants’ size fends off dehydration12
How Cape fur seal mums and pups reunite by ear11
Pupil dilation and constriction in the skate Leucoraja erinacea in a simulated natural light field11
Drink safely: common swifts (Apus apus) dissipate mechanical energy to decrease flight speed before touch-and-go drinking11
Dinosaurs break the rules anywhere not anytime11
Elephants hoover up their dinner11
How diving flies navigate in for the kill11
Porpoises adjust echolocation clicks to distinguish objects from clutter11
High-carb diet gives migrating locusts a head start11
Coil tweaks give flying snakes a lift11
Social stimuli increase activity of adult-born cells in the telencephalon of zebrafish (Danio rerio)11
Directional web strikes are performed by ray spiders in response to airborne prey vibrations11
The active space of sperm whale codas allows for communication within and between social units11
A novel comparison of southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) fur buoyancy across ontogeny11
A new conceptual framework for the musculoskeletal biomechanics and physiology of ray-finned fishes11
In the field: an interview with Sönke Johnsen11
Motion-sensitive neurons help mudflat crabs decide to freeze or flee11
Mitochondria directly boost copepods’ rosy hue11
ECR Spotlight – David Matthews11
Evidence for multi-scale power amplification in skeletal muscle11
Determinants of climbing energetic costs in humans11
The mechanical and morphological properties of systemic and pulmonary arteries differ in the Madagascar ground boa, a snake without ventricular pressure separation11
Telomeres could tell the tale of longer lizard lifespan11
Visualization of the chemical defense molecule formoside binding to sensory structures in a model fish predator11
Correction: Rapid maturation of the muscle biochemistry that supports diving in Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)11
Correction: Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner11
Time-varying motor control strategy for proximal-to-distal sequential energy distribution: insights from baseball pitching11
Gigantic whales find it easier than dolphins and porpoises to stay warm10
Tenrecs deal with poor air quality like reptiles10
Female red postman butterflies see UV shades that males can't10
Pacu's teeth just right for fruit crushing10
Two stressors are worse than one: combined heatwave and drought affect hydration state and glucocorticoid levels in a temperate ectotherm10
Turtle hearts can cope with having low oxygen10
Climate change leaves urchins on a rock in a hard place to live10
European common frogs determine migratory direction by inclination magnetic compass and show diurnal variation in orientation10
Small-spotted catsharks cope with marine heatwaves, for now10
Correction: Dynamic movements facilitate extreme gap crossing in flying snakes10
Correction: Genetic variation in haemoglobin is associated with evolved changes in breathing in high-altitude deer mice10
ECR Spotlight – Nicole Schwartz10
The (virtual) flight of the fruit fly10
Dental microwear texture gradients in guinea pigs reveal that material properties of the diet affect chewing behaviour10
Neurotransmitters trigger water vole testes growth as days get longer10
Membrane muscles tension bat wings for faster flight10
Subtractive colour mixing with bile pigments creates the rich wing palette of Graphium weiskei butterflies10
Looking beyond the mean: quantile regression for comparative physiologists10
Time-compensated sun compass in juvenile sprat (Sprattus sprattus) reveals the onset of migratory readiness10
Scorching sun makes it harder for bees to keep cool10
Keeping warm is harder for tree swallows when it's damp10
Time tweaks rodents’ subterranean hearing10
How crosswind-battling bumblebees set down successfully10
A comparison of seasonal flexibility in pectoralis muscle fiber type and enzyme activity in migratory and resident sparrow species10
Microinjection-based CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis in the decapoda crustaceans Neocaridina heteropoda and Eriocheir sinensis10
ECR Spotlight – Juan Zuluaga10
ECR Spotlight – Sarah Little-Letsinger10
Kinematics and muscle activity of pectoral fins in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) station holding in turbulent flow10
Spider egg sacs reveal how pockets of air can be used to conserve water10
Expression of Concern: Honeybee navigation en route to the goal: visual flight control and odometry10
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