OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Science of Nature 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Bryozoans from the Early Ordovician Fenhsiang Formation (Tremadocian) of South China and the early diversification of the phylum	162
A seabird’s eye view: visual fields of some seabirds (Laridae and Procellariidae) from tropical latitudes	27
Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	18
Seasonal formation of ikaite in slime flux jelly on an infected tree (Populus fremontii) wound from the Sonoran Desert	15
Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	15
Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia	14
Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	13
Obstacle negotiation in female desert locust oviposition digging	13
New insights into endolithic palaeocommunity development in mobile hard substrate using CT imaging of bioeroded clasts from the Pliocene (Almería, SE Spain)	13
Impact of genetic relatedness on reproductive behavior in Pelvicachromis pulcher, a biparental cichlid fish with mutual mate choice and ornamentation	13
Florivory can facilitate rain-assisted autogamy in a deceptive tropical orchid	12
Correction to: Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	12
Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider	12
With the dead under the mat: the zombie ant extended phenotype under a new perspective	12
Electrogenic performance and carbon sequestration potential of biophotovoltaics	12
Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades	12
Modeling of the respiratory system of the long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha)	12
Many problems for a solo mother: maternal care efficiency of the ghost spider of new genus Eldar (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae) against new species Pseudogaurax Malloch (Diptera: Chloropidae)	11
The small size of a myrmecophyte and its associated ant colony facilitate ambushing by large Ectatomma tuberculatum workers	10
Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle	10
To roll or not to roll: nyctinastic behavior in young leaves of sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera	9
Correction: Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	9
Fingerprint resemblance amongst siblings and non-siblings — Forensic and anthropological implications	8
Symbiont demand guides resource supply: leaf-cutting ants preferentially deliver their harvested fragments to undernourished fungus gardens	8
Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs	8

Chemical components change along the ontogeny of a bat fruit (Neolamarckia cadamba) with ripening asynchrony in favour of its fruit selection and seed dispersal	8
Arsenic exposure in insects from green spaces near a former copper smelter	7
The maxillary canal of the titanosuchid Jonkeria (Synapsida, Dinocephalia)	7
Morphology, anatomy and sleep movements of Ludwigia sedoides	7
A neotropical mistletoe influences herbivory of its host plant by driving changes in the associated insect community	7
Diet and occurrences of the letter-winged kite in a predation refuge	7
Visual antipredator effects of web flexing in an orb web spider, with special reference to web decorations	7
Biomechanics of nectar feeding explain flower orientation in plants pollinated by long-proboscid flies	7
A new large pantherine and a sabre-toothed cat (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) from the late Miocene hominoid-bearing Khorat sand pits, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand	7
One elephant may sustain 2 million dung beetles in East African savannas on any given day	7
Snake scent gland secretions repel and induce contact toxicity in ants	6
Getting ready for a long bath: skin permeability decreases prior to aquatic breeding in male toads	6
Can nuclear aquatic environmental DNA be a genetic marker for the accurate estimation of species abundance?	6
Cohesion depends on kinship but no permanent leadership in larval societies of a Neotropical butterfly	6
Wild social behavior differs following experimental loss of vision in social hermit crabs	6
First record of a nematode-induced floral gall in Bongardia chrysogonum (L.) Spach (Berberidaceae): its effects on flower structure	6
Spiro’s portrait of Arnold Berliner—a testimonial to a deep friendship	6
Influence of floral traits on visitation patterns in a miniature tropical stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis	6
Temporal stability of fecal cortisol metabolites in mountain-dwelling ungulates	6
Effect of intraspecific seed trait variation on the germination of eight tropical dry forest species	5
A new carcharodontosaurid specimen sheds light on the anatomy of South American giant predatory dinosaurs	5
Social factors drive vocal exchanges in red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)	5
Parasites either reduce or increase host vulnerability to fishing: a case study of a parasitic copepod and its salmonid host	5
The 2023 Arnold Berliner Award for research on spider photoreceptors	5
The complex interaction between plants and acoustic signals: friends or foes?	5
The Arnold Berliner Award 2021 honors research on bombardier beetles	5
Homeotic transformation in a terrestrial isopod: insights into the appendage identity in crustaceans	5
The beneficial roles of poisonous skin secretions in survival strategies of the odorous frog Odorrana andersonii	5
Burrow builders as ecosystem engineers for pit-building antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)	5
Functional importance of the mandibular skeleto-muscular system in the bivalved arthropod Heterocypris incongruens (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae)	5
Peculiar structural features of midgut symbiotic organ in the early development of the stinkbug Plautia stali Scott, 1874 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)	4
Unsuspected diversity and multiple origins of the frog legs imported to Switzerland for human consumption, as determined by DNA barcoding and morphology	4
Branched tyramides from males of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius	4
Revisiting the chondrichthyan egg capsules inventory from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) of Belgium: new data and perspectives	4
How does the life cycle of Clinodiplosis profusa (Cecidomyiidae) adjust to phenological variations of the host plant Eugenia uniflora (Myrtaceae) in sun and shade?	4
Plant–plant interaction by Aster leiophyllus affects herbivory by Sika deer, Cervus nippon	4
Importance of the morphological plasticity of Cervus elaphus in the biochronology of the Middle and Late Pleistocene of the Italian peninsula	4
Quasispecies productivity	4
Modelling the effects of climate and land-cover changes on the potential distribution and landscape connectivity of three earth snakes (Genus Conopsis, Günther 1858) in central Mexico	4
The left–right-handedness of the cylindrical spathe correlates with the phyllotactic spiral direction in Arisaema (Araceae)	4
Exploring the potential of essential oils against airborne fungi from cultural heritage conservation premises	4
Complex preference relationships between native and non-native angiosperms and foraging insect visitors in a suburban greenspace under field and laboratory conditions	4
A quick and non-destructive approach to combat timber adulteration using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics	4
Obituary: Dr. Margaretha Pangau-Adam	3
Development, detection and decipherment of obfuscated fingerprints in humans: Implications for forensic casework	3
Wetland butterfly thriving in abandoned jungle: Neptis rivularis in the Czech Republic	3
Eggs in faeces: defensive mechanisms and effects of faecal coating by a water scavenger beetle, Coelostoma stultum (Coleopterea: Hydrophilidae)	3
Phoretic behavior of the pseudoscorpion Megachernes ryugadensis on the Japanese wood mouse Apodemus speciosus	3
Drivers of flower visit and resource sharing between the honeybee and native bees in Neotropical coastal sand dunes	3
Ontogenetic colour change of a sexual ornament in males of a damselfly: female mimicry, crypsis or both?	3

Alternative reproductive strategies in two cryptic species of the European earwig complex	3
Animals evoking fear in the Cradle of Humankind: snakes, scorpions, and large carnivores	3
Host associations of Brazilian Darwin wasps: current knowledge and the IchHostBR dataset	3
Effects of neural stem cell-derived exosomes on MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease in mice	3
Ant-following behavior is correlated with plumage traits in African understory birds	3
Irrupting prey populations in the absence of a mammalian apex predator drive shifts in prey selection by eagles	3
Bombus terrestris terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) and hybrids with the endemic Bombus xanthopus spotted on Capraia Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy): some conservation management implications	3
Post-fire phenology of the tree fern Cyathea mexiae at the edge of a semideciduous Forest in Brazil	3
Do exophytic microorganisms affect in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth in Camellia sinensis?	3
Structural plasticity in roots of the hemiepiphyte Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae): a relationship between environment and function	3
Comparative buccopharyngeal morphology of tadpoles of Sphaenorhynchini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae)	3
A novel approach using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometric analysis to distinguish male and female human hair samples	3
Temporal variation in the effect of ants on the fitness of myrmecophilic plants: seasonal effect surpasses periodic benefits	2
Larger particle size distribution of environmental RNA compared to environmental DNA: a case study targeting the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene in zebrafish (Danio rerio) using experimental aquariums	2
Fields of flowers with few strikes: how oligolectic bees manage their foraging behavior on Calibrachoa elegans (Solanaceae)	2
Climate change risk to pheromone application in pest management	2
Hydrocarbons in Formicidae: influence of chemical footprints on ant behavioral strategies	2
Unveiling a novel morphometric approach in claws and canines for species discrimination and age stratification in leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)	2
Competition through ritualized aggressive interactions between sympatric colonies in solitary foraging neotropical ants	2
Camera traps reveal interspecific differences in the diel and seasonal patterns of cicada nymph predation	2
Correction: Social factors drive vocal exchanges in red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)	2
Harlequin frog tadpoles—comparative buccopharyngeal morphology in the gastromyzophorous tadpoles of the genus Atelopus (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae), with discussion on the phylogenetic and evolutionar	2
Reproduction-related interactions and loads induce continuous turn alternation leading to linearity in a terrestrial isopod	2
Müllerian mimicry between oil-producing orchids and Malpighiaceae? An old hypothesis finally tested	2
A parasitoid’s dilemma between food and host resources: the role of volatiles from nectar-providing marigolds and host-infested plants attracting Aphidius platensis	2
Animal family discrimination from hair using ATR-FTIR and machine learning methods for applications in illegal wildlife trafficking	2
Novel alkaloids from the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata	2
When the “satisficing” is the new “fittest”: how a proscriptive definition of adaptation can change our view of cognition and culture	2
Are males just passive? Coupling mechanism of the Brazilian cave insects with inverted genitalia	2
Hot males: thermal biology of males and females during coercive mating in water striders Gerris lacustris	2
The ontogeny of elements: distinct ontogenetic patterns in the radular tooth mineralization of gastropods	2
Fungal heat shock proteins: molecular phylogenetic insights into the host takeover	2
Morphological and DNA analysis of pollen grains on butterfly individuals reveal their flower visitation history	2
Function of snail shell hairs in anti-predator defense	2
New data on Propyrotherium (Mammalia, Pyrotheria) from the middle Eocene age (Chubut, Argentina): anatomy, age constraints, and phylogeny	2
Coping with the ‘Indian summer’: unique nesting cycle and nest architecture of the paper wasp, Polistes wattii	2
Testing individual variations of horses’ tactile reactivity: when, where, how?	2
Anatomical, histochemical, and developmental approaches reveal the long-term functioning of the floral nectary in Tocoyena formosa (Rubiaceae)	1
Antifungal capabilities of gut microbial communities of three dung beetle species (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)	1
Correlation between pollen morphology, karyotype, floral pigments, and scent components and morphological classification of 15 species and hybrids of Syringa L	1
Anti-icing strategies of plant surfaces: the ice formation on leaves visualized by Cryo-SEM experiments	1
Passive dispersal potential of medaka eggs by attaching to waterbirds	1
Permanent deformation of triangle weaver silk enables ultrafast tangle-free release of spider webs	1
Individual identity of alarm calls in wild-living Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)	1
Live birth in a 47-million-year-old snake	1
Nano-pulsed discharge plasma-induced abiotic oligopeptide formation from diketopiperazine	1
The protective effects of Zingiber zerumbet rhizome against fevers in rats	1
Soil microbial decomposition capacity and soil properties under moderate warming in a natural forest in the Asian monsoon region	1
Phenotypic and functional trait variation in Malvastrum coromandelianum under different tree plantations in Pakistan	1
Neither nectar nor deception: the role of floral rewards in the pollination system of Laelia (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae)	1
Methyl benzoate and nerolidol attract the cyclocephaline beetle Cyclocephala paraguayensis to trumpet flowers	1
Intermittent and temporally variable bioturbation by some terrestrial invertebrates: implications for ichnology	1
Inferring the lifestyles of extinct Crocodyliformes using osteoderm ornamentation	1
Behavioral corroboration that Saitis barbipes jumping spiders cannot discriminate between males’ red and black ornaments	1
Discovering spider fly (Diptera: Acroceridae) hosts and their biology using citizen science	1
Correction to: Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	1
Pigmentary colouration of hairy carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa	1
Eurasian beavers in Central Italy: perceptions in the local community	1
Developmental basis of natural tooth shape variation in cichlid fishes	1
Unexpected discovery: an enclave of East-Siberian plants in Northern Europe	1
Unique pathological phalangeal fusion in the chalicothere subfamily Chalicotheriinae and the interphalangeal immobilization in chalicotheres	1
Sexually dimorphic galls induced on leaflets of Matayba guianensis (Sapindaceae): a rare phenomenon occurring in Diptera (Cecidomyiidae)	1
On the way from Asia to America: eutriconodontan mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Yakutia, Russia	1
Craniofacial lesions in the earliest predatory dinosaurs indicate intraspecific agonistic behaviour at the dawn of the dinosaur era	1
Feel the beat: cape fur seal males encode their arousal state in their bark rate	1
Growth constraints set an upper limit to theropod dinosaur body size	1
Using ensemble modeling to predict the current distribution of Pistacia atlantica Desf. in Algeria	1
Mandibular anatomy of a new specimen of a prozostrodontian cynodont (Eucynodontia: Probainognathia) from the Upper Triassic of Brazil	1
Evidence of a thoracic crop in workers, soldiers, and queens of Carebara perpusilla ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)	1
Using your head — cranial steering in pterosaurs	1
Fine-scale habitat selection in tree-dwelling spiders: an experimental approach	1
Chemical signatures of egg maternity and Dufour’s gland in Vespine wasps	1
Effects of 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone (6-MBOA) on animals: state of knowledge and open questions	1
Public perception and acceptance of coypu Myocastor coypus removal in urban areas: influences of age and education	1
Negative effects of light pollution on pollinator visits are outweighed by positive effects on the reproductive success of a bat-pollinated tree	1
Experience-expectant brain plasticity corresponds to caste-specific abiotic challenges in dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and Z. nevadensis)	1
Reflections upon a new definition of life	1
Pomphorhynchus laevis host manipulation regardless of presence of gammarid conspecifics or predator cues	1