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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Plasticity of salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) respiratory phenotypes in response to changes in temperature and oxygen103
Factors affecting the biosynthesis and emission of a Drosophila pheromone93
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour46
Announcing the 2021 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner44
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 flight44
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient40
Featherwing beetles fly with style39
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms38
Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out37
Large spiders don't stop under pressure35
Comparative sound detection abilities of four decapod crustaceans34
Monarchs that fly long, live long32
Barometric pressure decrease induces density-dependent changes in foraging behaviour in a parasitoid fly32
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts32
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)31
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)31
Cold, cheap love songs30
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 tissue29
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running28
Response to ‘Coming up for air’28
What do molecular laws of life mean for species: absolute restrictions or mere suggestions?28
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations28
The enzymatic and neurochemical outcomes of a mutation in Mexican cavefish MAO reveal teleost-specific aspects of brain monoamine homeostasis27
Correction: Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish27
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 th27
Head lice dispose of blood meal fluid through breathing tubules27
ECR Spotlight – Kwanho Ki26
ECR Spotlight – Salvatore Lacava26
First evidence of sex-specific responses to chemical cues in tardigrade mate searching behaviour26
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour26
ECR Spotlight – Derek Campos26
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing25
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert25
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen25
Monarch migration metabolism soars with rising temperatures25
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster24
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers24
Finches can lose weight without dieting or exercising24
The impact of metabolic plasticity on winter energy use models24
Directional biosonar beams allow echolocating harbour porpoises to actively discriminate and intercept closely spaced targets24
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol24
Ontogenetic exposure to light influences seabird vulnerability to light pollution23
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian23
Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans: more questions than answers23
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease23
Maintained mitochondrial integrity without oxygen in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp23
Ultraviolet vision in anemonefish improves colour discrimination23
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading22
Chronic stress and the development of the depression-like neuroendocrine profile in Atlantic salmon22
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds22
Cryptochrome-dependent magnetoreception in a heteropteran insect continues even after 24 h in darkness22
Pulsation waves along the Ciona heart tube reverse by bimodal rhythms expressed by a remote pair of pacemakers22
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent22
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates21
The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology and evolution21
Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish21
Spotted salamanders seek humid habitats to avoid drying out21
How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization20
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana20
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters20
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change20
Field physiology in the aquatic realm: ecological energetics and diving behavior provide context for elucidating patterns and deviations20
Anatomy and mechanisms of vocal production in harvest mice20
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance20
Methamphetamine pollution elicits addiction in wild fish20
Building bridges: allyship as a catalyst for gender diversity and inclusion in experimental biology communities19
Correction: The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)19
Extraordinary creatures: mantis shrimp19
ECR Spotlight – Michael Meece19
Heatwaves inflict reproductive but not survival costs to male insects19
ECR Spotlight – Ralph Lacerda de Albuquerque18
Corroboree frogs get yellower but no thanks to β-carotene18
Cuttlefish mimic 3D environments in a unique way18
Diurnal hawkmoth opsins evolving faster for greener vision18
Different tubular lysosome strategies of male and hermaphrodite C. elegans18
Summer famines could be disastrous for sardines18
ECR Spotlight – Nicholas Barrett18
Unpredictability is key for mussels' seashore resilience18
Hypertonic water reabsorption with a parallel-current system via the glandular and saccular renal tubules of Ruditapes philippinarum18
Hatching: a clever plan17
Consistent changes in muscle phenotype and mitochondrial abundance underlie dive performance across multiple lineages of diving ducks17
True UV color vision in a female butterfly with two UV opsins17
Lens and cornea limit UV vision of birds – a phylogenetic perspective17
Who said that? Fish compare pressure and motion to localize sound17
Dinosaurs weren't so cool17
Chemical manipulation of mitochondrial function affects metabolism of red carotenoids in a marine copepod (Tigriopus californicus)17
Mitochondrial respiration capacity impacts gill tissue regeneration in Atlantic salmon17
Importance of environmental signals for cardiac morphological development in Atlantic salmon17
Blending physiology and RNAseq to provide new insights into regulation of epithelial transport: switching between ion secretion and reabsorption17
Use of videos to measure dynamic body acceleration as a proxy for metabolic costs in coral reef damselfish (Chromis viridis)17
A new theoretical performance landscape for suction feeding reveals adaptive kinematics in a natural population of reef damselfish17
A clashing colour combination with deadly consequences16
A review of the empirical evidence for costs of plasticity in ectothermic animals16
Total energy expenditure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of different ages16
The role of load-dependent sensory input in the control of balance during gait in rats16
Myogenic contraction of a somatic muscle powers rhythmic flow of hemolymph throughDrosophilaantennae and generates brain pulsations16
Regional femoral bone blood flow rates in laying and non-laying chickens estimated with fluorescent microspheres16
Head movement gives glimpse into where crows gaze16
A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom16
The roles of brain lipids and polar metabolites in the hypoxia tolerance of deep-diving pinnipeds16
Pregnant salmon: the real Olympians16
Foraging task specialization in honey bees (Apis mellifera): the contribution of floral rewards to the learning performance of pollen and nectar foragers16
ECR Spotlight – Haneal Pae16
ECR Spotlight – Jordan Glass16
A novel perspective on the evolutionary loss of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase at the teleost gill16
Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods16
Foxes have an advantage for hunting in the snow16
Physiological and behavioral evidence for multiple spectral channels in the larval stomatopod visual system16
Adolescent prairie voles practice parenting15
A coati conundrum: how variation in levels of arboreality influences gait mechanics among three musteloid species15
How to build a puncture- and breakage-resistant eggshell? Mechanical and structural analyses of avian brood parasites and their hosts15
Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)15
Unraveling the relationships that keep ecosystems healthy15
The functional basis for variable antipredatory behavioral strategies in the chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus15
Dynamic defence? Intertidal triplefin species show better maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential than subtidal species at low oxygen pressures15
Evolution and divergence of teleost adrenergic receptors: why sometimes ‘the drugs don't work’ in fish15
Plasticity in Na+/K+-ATPase thermal kinetics drives variation in the temperature of cold-induced neural shutdown of adult Drosophila melanogaster15
Seasonal cellular stress phenomena and phenotypic plasticity in land snail Helix lucorum populations from different altitudes15
Infected ants prefer protein-packed diet15
Wetting of the tarsal adhesive fluid determines underwater adhesion in ladybird beetles15
Light environment and seasonal variation in the visual system of the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)15
Predicting selection–response gradients of heat tolerance in a widespread reef-building coral15
Biological constraints on configural odour mixture perception15
Dynamics and energetics of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) fluke-and-glide gait15
Climbing parrots achieve pitch stability using forces and free moments produced by axial–appendicular couples14
The added costs of winter ocean warming for metabolism, arm regeneration and survival in the brittle star Ophionereis schayeri14
Mayflies struggle to stay salty when oxygen levels dip14
ECR Spotlight – Luke Flewwelling14
Risk-taking coping style correlates with SERT SNP290 polymorphisms in free-living great tits14
The buzz within: the role of the gut microbiome in honeybee social behavior14
The microbiome buffers tadpole hosts from heat stress: a hologenomic approach to understand host–microbe interactions under warming14
ECR Spotlight – Glenna Clifton14
Fatty acid oxidation: a neglected factor in understanding the adjustment of mitochondrial function to cold temperatures14
Behavioural analysis of swarming mosquitoes reveals high hearing sensitivity in Anopheles coluzzii14
The response of grey mouse lemurs to acute caloric restriction before reproduction supports the ‘thrifty female hypothesis’14
Gut bacteria are an ‘outside’ and an ‘inside’ job14
Shift in distribution of division of labour in chronically stressed honeybee colonies after perturbation14
Low prolactin allows blackbird mums to dispose of imposter cuckoo eggs14
Visual perception and camouflage response to 3D backgrounds and cast shadows in the European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis14
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment14
Gaze tracking of large-billed crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) in a motion capture system14
Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas14
Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris13
Tired fish just keep swimming13
Metabolomic and transcriptomic responses of ticks during recovery from cold shock reveal mechanisms of survival13
ECR Spotlight – Kyle Emerson13
Snowflake morays, Echidna nebulosa, exhibit similar feeding kinematics in terrestrial and aquatic treatments13
Honey bees can store and retrieve independent memory traces after complex experiences that combine appetitive and aversive associations13
ECR Spotlight – Ian Bouyoucos13
ECR Spotlight – Agnès Lewden13
Metabolomic signatures associated with cold adaptation and seasonal acclimation of Drosophila: profiling of 43 species13
Linking whole-body angular momentum and step placement during perturbed human walking13
ECR Spotlight – Bharath Kumar A. K.13
ECR Spotlight – Brendan Gibbs13
Warmer waters make sturgeon think they're sick13
Deoxygenated toadfish turn up gill serotonin degradation to catch breath13
ECR Spotlight – Talia Moore13
ECR Spotlight – William Joyce13
Dynamics of horizontal walking and vertical climbing in the Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea)13
Towards a standard application of the Reynolds number in studies of aquatic animal locomotion13
ECR Spotlight – Kelton Verble and Ellen Keaveny13
Age-dependent perfume development in male orchid bees, Euglossa imperialis13
Three-toed sloths walk differently from their cousins13
ECR Spotlight – William Bugg13
Biomechanical properties of non-flight vibrations produced by bees13
Dynamic movements facilitate extreme gap crossing in flying snakes13
ECR Spotlight – Rachel Thayer13
Understanding the influence of context on real-world walking energetics12
A quantitative genetics perspective on the body-mass scaling of metabolic rate12
Effects of insect pursuit on the Doppler shift compensation in a hipposiderid bat12
Selective recruitment for pollen and nectar sources in honeybees12
Correction: Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner12
Energy expenditure of southern right whales varies with body size, reproductive state and activity level12
Pseudoscorpions tweak quartet footfalls when hanging, reversing and simply moving forward12
Accelerated abdominal lipid depletion from pesticide treatment alters honey bee pollen foraging strategy, but not onset, in worker honey bees12
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity12
Long-term stress induced cortisol downregulation, growth reduction and cardiac remodeling in Atlantic salmon12
Behavior and neural activation patterns of non-redundant visual and acoustic signaling during courtship in an African cichlid fish12
Integration of proteomic and genetic approaches to assess developmental muscle atrophy12
A birds’ eye view is made possible by… sugar?12
Measuring maximum heart rate to study cardiac thermal performance and heat tolerance in fishes12
Ultrasound jams echolocation to keep bats safe near wind turbines12
Motion-sensitive neurons help mudflat crabs decide to freeze or flee12
Superinvasive Argentine ants’ size fends off dehydration12
Energetic costs of ectoparasite infection in Atlantic salmon12
c-fos expression in the olfactory epithelium of the East African cichlid (Haplochromis chilotes) in response to odorant exposure12
Polyphenisms in the reproductive response to short days of male quail are driven by testosterone-independent uncoupling at the photoperiodic TSH-DIO2/DIO3 pathway12
Relationship between joint shape and function as revealed through ex vivo XROMM12
Temperature dependence of regional heterothermy in a diminutive ectotherm12
Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem12
Patterns of single limb forces during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in rosy-faced lovebirds (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)12
Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality12
Coil tweaks give flying snakes a lift12
Porpoises adjust echolocation clicks to distinguish objects from clutter12
Correction: Rapid maturation of the muscle biochemistry that supports diving in Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)12
Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception12
Food and temperature change photoperiodic responses in two vole species12
Low repeatability of aversive learning in zebrafish (Danio rerio)12
A novel intramandibular joint facilitates feeding versatility in the sixbar distichodus12
Body temperature flexibility in Temminck's pangolins helps beat the heat12
Dynamic gap crossing in Dendrelaphis, the sister taxon of flying snakes12
Visualization of the chemical defense molecule formoside binding to sensory structures in a model fish predator11
ECR Spotlight – David Matthews11
Social stimuli increase activity of adult-born cells in the telencephalon of zebrafish (Danio rerio)11
Alligators employ intermetatarsal reconfiguration to modulate plantigrade ground contact11
Kinematics and muscle activity of pectoral fins in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) station holding in turbulent flow11
Determinants of climbing energetic costs in humans11
High-carb diet gives migrating locusts a head start11
Elephants hoover up their dinner11
In the field: an interview with Sönke Johnsen11
A new conceptual framework for the musculoskeletal biomechanics and physiology of ray-finned fishes11
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
Pupil dilation and constriction in the skate Leucoraja erinacea in a simulated natural light field11
Climate change leaves urchins on a rock in a hard place to live11
How Cape fur seal mums and pups reunite by ear11
How diving flies navigate in for the kill11
Telomeres could tell the tale of longer lizard lifespan11
Mitochondria directly boost copepods’ rosy hue11
Dinosaurs break the rules anywhere not anytime11
Drink safely: common swifts (Apus apus) dissipate mechanical energy to decrease flight speed before touch-and-go drinking11
Directional web strikes are performed by ray spiders in response to airborne prey vibrations11
Evidence for multi-scale power amplification in skeletal muscle11
The mechanical and morphological properties of systemic and pulmonary arteries differ in the Madagascar ground boa, a snake without ventricular pressure separation11
Time-varying motor control strategy for proximal-to-distal sequential energy distribution: insights from baseball pitching11
Time-compensated sun compass in juvenile sprat (Sprattus sprattus) reveals the onset of migratory readiness11
ECR Spotlight – Danilo Giacometti10
ECR Spotlight – Sarah Little-Letsinger10
Correction: Genetic variation in haemoglobin is associated with evolved changes in breathing in high-altitude deer mice10
ECR Spotlight – Nicole Schwartz10
‘Fight or flight’ dates back to ancient ancestors10
ECR Spotlight – Juan Zuluaga10
Microinjection-based CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis in the decapoda crustaceans Neocaridina heteropoda and Eriocheir sinensis10
Membrane muscles tension bat wings for faster flight10
European common frogs determine migratory direction by inclination magnetic compass and show diurnal variation in orientation10
High latitude northern bats (Eptesicus nilssonii) reveal adaptations to both high and low ambient temperatures10
Keeping warm is harder for tree swallows when it's damp10
Flexible locomotion in complex environments: the influence of species, speed and sensory feedback on panarthropod inter-leg coordination10
A comparison of seasonal flexibility in pectoralis muscle fiber type and enzyme activity in migratory and resident sparrow species10
Time tweaks rodents’ subterranean hearing10
Avian color expression and perception: is there a carotenoid link?10
A hyperpolarizing rod bipolar cell in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus10
Life in the slow lane: field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) modelled using archival biologgers10
Neurotransmitters trigger water vole testes growth as days get longer10
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
Turtle hearts can cope with having low oxygen10
Two stressors are worse than one: combined heatwave and drought affect hydration state and glucocorticoid levels in a temperate ectotherm10
Biomechanics of the jaws of spotted ratfish10
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