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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Bryozoans from the Early Ordovician Fenhsiang Formation (Tremadocian) of South China and the early diversification of the phylum	143
A seabird’s eye view: visual fields of some seabirds (Laridae and Procellariidae) from tropical latitudes	28
Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	26
Seasonal formation of ikaite in slime flux jelly on an infected tree (Populus fremontii) wound from the Sonoran Desert	17
Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	15
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)	14
Impact of genetic relatedness on reproductive behavior in Pelvicachromis pulcher, a biparental cichlid fish with mutual mate choice and ornamentation	13
Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia	13
Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	12
Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades	12
Florivory can facilitate rain-assisted autogamy in a deceptive tropical orchid	12
Obstacle negotiation in female desert locust oviposition digging	12
Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle	12
Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider	12
New insights into endolithic palaeocommunity development in mobile hard substrate using CT imaging of bioeroded clasts from the Pliocene (Almería, SE Spain)	12
Short-term plasticity and variation in acacia ant-rewards under different conditions of ant occupancy and herbivory	12
With the dead under the mat: the zombie ant extended phenotype under a new perspective	11
Modeling of the respiratory system of the long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha)	11
Electrogenic performance and carbon sequestration potential of biophotovoltaics	11
To roll or not to roll: nyctinastic behavior in young leaves of sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera	10
Correction: Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	10
Correction to: Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	10
The maxillary canal of the titanosuchid Jonkeria (Synapsida, Dinocephalia)	9
Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs	9
Fingerprint resemblance amongst siblings and non-siblings — Forensic and anthropological implications	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
Symbiont demand guides resource supply: leaf-cutting ants preferentially deliver their harvested fragments to undernourished fungus gardens	8
Morphology, anatomy and sleep movements of Ludwigia sedoides	7
Diet and occurrences of the letter-winged kite in a predation refuge	7
One elephant may sustain 2 million dung beetles in East African savannas on any given day	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
Visual antipredator effects of web flexing in an orb web spider, with special reference to web decorations	7
Temporal stability of fecal cortisol metabolites in mountain-dwelling ungulates	6
Cohesion depends on kinship but no permanent leadership in larval societies of a Neotropical butterfly	6
A neotropical mistletoe influences herbivory of its host plant by driving changes in the associated insect community	6
Wild social behavior differs following experimental loss of vision in social hermit crabs	6
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
Spiro’s portrait of Arnold Berliner—a testimonial to a deep friendship	6
Biomechanics of nectar feeding explain flower orientation in plants pollinated by long-proboscid flies	6
Influence of floral traits on visitation patterns in a miniature tropical stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis	5
Effect of intraspecific seed trait variation on the germination of eight tropical dry forest species	5
The complex interaction between plants and acoustic signals: friends or foes?	5
Social factors drive vocal exchanges in red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)	5
Can nuclear aquatic environmental DNA be a genetic marker for the accurate estimation of species abundance?	5
Functional importance of the mandibular skeleto-muscular system in the bivalved arthropod Heterocypris incongruens (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae)	5
Homeotic transformation in a terrestrial isopod: insights into the appendage identity in crustaceans	5
Burrow builders as ecosystem engineers for pit-building antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)	5
The 2023 Arnold Berliner Award for research on spider photoreceptors	5
Parasites either reduce or increase host vulnerability to fishing: a case study of a parasitic copepod and its salmonid host	5
A new carcharodontosaurid specimen sheds light on the anatomy of South American giant predatory dinosaurs	5
The beneficial roles of poisonous skin secretions in survival strategies of the odorous frog Odorrana andersonii	5
Complex preference relationships between native and non-native angiosperms and foraging insect visitors in a suburban greenspace under field and laboratory conditions	5
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
Peculiar structural features of midgut symbiotic organ in the early development of the stinkbug Plautia stali Scott, 1874 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)	4
Post-fire phenology of the tree fern Cyathea mexiae at the edge of a semideciduous Forest in Brazil	4
Wetland butterfly thriving in abandoned jungle: Neptis rivularis in the Czech Republic	4
Exploring the potential of essential oils against airborne fungi from cultural heritage conservation premises	4
Plant–plant interaction by Aster leiophyllus affects herbivory by Sika deer, Cervus nippon	4
The Arnold Berliner Award 2021 honors research on bombardier beetles	4
Bombus terrestris terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) and hybrids with the endemic Bombus xanthopus spotted on Capraia Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy): some conservation management implications	4
Obituary: Dr. Margaretha Pangau-Adam	4
Development, detection and decipherment of obfuscated fingerprints in humans: Implications for forensic casework	4
A quick and non-destructive approach to combat timber adulteration using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics	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
Animals evoking fear in the Cradle of Humankind: snakes, scorpions, and large carnivores	4
Wild non-eusocial bees learn a colour discrimination task in response to simulated predation events	4
The left–right-handedness of the cylindrical spathe correlates with the phyllotactic spiral direction in Arisaema (Araceae)	4
Quasispecies productivity	4
Importance of the morphological plasticity of Cervus elaphus in the biochronology of the Middle and Late Pleistocene of the Italian peninsula	4
Host associations of Brazilian Darwin wasps: current knowledge and the IchHostBR dataset	3
A re-assessment of the oldest therapsid Raranimus confirms its status as a basal member of the clade and fills Olson’s gap	3

Phoretic behavior of the pseudoscorpion Megachernes ryugadensis on the Japanese wood mouse Apodemus speciosus	3
A parasitoid’s dilemma between food and host resources: the role of volatiles from nectar-providing marigolds and host-infested plants attracting Aphidius platensis	3
Hydrocarbons in Formicidae: influence of chemical footprints on ant behavioral strategies	3
Structural plasticity in roots of the hemiepiphyte Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae): a relationship between environment and function	3
Eggs in faeces: defensive mechanisms and effects of faecal coating by a water scavenger beetle, Coelostoma stultum (Coleopterea: Hydrophilidae)	3
Ant-following behavior is correlated with plumage traits in African understory birds	3
Fungal heat shock proteins: molecular phylogenetic insights into the host takeover	3
Irrupting prey populations in the absence of a mammalian apex predator drive shifts in prey selection by eagles	3
A novel approach using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometric analysis to distinguish male and female human hair samples	3
Ontogenetic colour change of a sexual ornament in males of a damselfly: female mimicry, crypsis or both?	3
Morphological and DNA analysis of pollen grains on butterfly individuals reveal their flower visitation history	3
Drivers of flower visit and resource sharing between the honeybee and native bees in Neotropical coastal sand dunes	3
New data on Propyrotherium (Mammalia, Pyrotheria) from the middle Eocene age (Chubut, Argentina): anatomy, age constraints, and phylogeny	2
The ontogeny of elements: distinct ontogenetic patterns in the radular tooth mineralization of gastropods	2
Müllerian mimicry between oil-producing orchids and Malpighiaceae? An old hypothesis finally tested	2
Reproduction-related interactions and loads induce continuous turn alternation leading to linearity in a terrestrial isopod	2
Coping with the ‘Indian summer’: unique nesting cycle and nest architecture of the paper wasp, Polistes wattii	2
Circadian rhythms of insect pheromone titer, calling, emission, and response: a review	2
Correction: Social factors drive vocal exchanges in red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)	2
Testing individual variations of horses’ tactile reactivity: when, where, how?	2
Hot males: thermal biology of males and females during coercive mating in water striders Gerris lacustris	2
Novel alkaloids from the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata	2
Fields of flowers with few strikes: how oligolectic bees manage their foraging behavior on Calibrachoa elegans (Solanaceae)	2
Animal family discrimination from hair using ATR-FTIR and machine learning methods for applications in illegal wildlife trafficking	2
Temporal variation in the effect of ants on the fitness of myrmecophilic plants: seasonal effect surpasses periodic benefits	2
The erroneous chondrichthyan egg case assignments from the Devonian: implications for the knowledge on the evolution of the reproductive strategy within chondrichthyans	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
When the “satisficing” is the new “fittest”: how a proscriptive definition of adaptation can change our view of cognition and culture	2
Competition through ritualized aggressive interactions between sympatric colonies in solitary foraging neotropical ants	2
Climate change risk to pheromone application in pest management	2
Unveiling a novel morphometric approach in claws and canines for species discrimination and age stratification in leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)	2
Function of snail shell hairs in anti-predator defense	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
Are males just passive? Coupling mechanism of the Brazilian cave insects with inverted genitalia	2
Camera traps reveal interspecific differences in the diel and seasonal patterns of cicada nymph predation	2
Anti-icing strategies of plant surfaces: the ice formation on leaves visualized by Cryo-SEM experiments	1
Using ensemble modeling to predict the current distribution of Pistacia atlantica Desf. in Algeria	1
Pigmentary colouration of hairy carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa	1
Public perception and acceptance of coypu Myocastor coypus removal in urban areas: influences of age and education	1
Using your head — cranial steering in pterosaurs	1
Chemical signatures of egg maternity and Dufour’s gland in Vespine wasps	1
Live birth in a 47-million-year-old snake	1
Effects of 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone (6-MBOA) on animals: state of knowledge and open questions	1
Developmental basis of natural tooth shape variation in cichlid fishes	1
Methyl benzoate and nerolidol attract the cyclocephaline beetle Cyclocephala paraguayensis to trumpet flowers	1
Neither nectar nor deception: the role of floral rewards in the pollination system of Laelia (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae)	1
Fine-scale habitat selection in tree-dwelling spiders: an experimental approach	1
Reflections upon a new definition of life	1
Evidence of a thoracic crop in workers, soldiers, and queens of Carebara perpusilla ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)	1
Eurasian beavers in Central Italy: perceptions in the local community	1
Negative effects of light pollution on pollinator visits are outweighed by positive effects on the reproductive success of a bat-pollinated tree	1
Correction to: Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	1
The protective effects of Zingiber zerumbet rhizome against fevers in rats	1
Unexpected discovery: an enclave of East-Siberian plants in Northern Europe	1
A new short-faced archosauriform from the Upper Triassic Placerias/Downs’ quarry complex, Arizona, USA, expands the morphological diversity of the Triassic archosauriform radiation	1
Nano-pulsed discharge plasma-induced abiotic oligopeptide formation from diketopiperazine	1
Anatomical, histochemical, and developmental approaches reveal the long-term functioning of the floral nectary in Tocoyena formosa (Rubiaceae)	1
Correlation between pollen morphology, karyotype, floral pigments, and scent components and morphological classification of 15 species and hybrids of Syringa L	1
On the way from Asia to America: eutriconodontan mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Yakutia, Russia	1
Antifungal capabilities of gut microbial communities of three dung beetle species (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)	1
Inferring the lifestyles of extinct Crocodyliformes using osteoderm ornamentation	1
Permanent deformation of triangle weaver silk enables ultrafast tangle-free release of spider webs	1
Passive dispersal potential of medaka eggs by attaching to waterbirds	1
Discovering spider fly (Diptera: Acroceridae) hosts and their biology using citizen science	1
Intermittent and temporally variable bioturbation by some terrestrial invertebrates: implications for ichnology	1
Mandibular anatomy of a new specimen of a prozostrodontian cynodont (Eucynodontia: Probainognathia) from the Upper Triassic of Brazil	1
Individual identity of alarm calls in wild-living Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)	1
Earliest migratory cephalic NC cells are potent to differentiate into dental ectomesenchyme of the two lungfish dentitions: tetrapodomorph ancestral condition of unconstrained capability of mesencepha	1
Behavioral corroboration that Saitis barbipes jumping spiders cannot discriminate between males’ red and black ornaments	1
Growth constraints set an upper limit to theropod dinosaur body size	1
Pomphorhynchus laevis host manipulation regardless of presence of gammarid conspecifics or predator cues	1
Feel the beat: cape fur seal males encode their arousal state in their bark rate	1