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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Discrepancies in the number of lines of arrested growth (LAG) in the tissues of the humerus and phalanx of sea turtles	125
Developmental basis of natural tooth shape variation in cichlid fishes	28
Morphological and DNA analysis of pollen grains on butterfly individuals reveal their flower visitation history	24
Dynamic environments do not appear to constrain spider web building behaviour	22
Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	16
Functional importance of the mandibular skeleto-muscular system in the bivalved arthropod Heterocypris incongruens (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae)	13
The first healed injury in a hyolith operculum	12
Effect of intraspecific seed trait variation on the germination of eight tropical dry forest species	12
A seabird’s eye view: visual fields of some seabirds (Laridae and Procellariidae) from tropical latitudes	12
Live birth in a 47-million-year-old snake	12
Drivers of flower visit and resource sharing between the honeybee and native bees in Neotropical coastal sand dunes	12
Energy storage in salamanders’ tails: the role of sex and ecology	12
A parasitoid’s dilemma between food and host resources: the role of volatiles from nectar-providing marigolds and host-infested plants attracting Aphidius platensis	11
Hooding cobras can get ahead of other snakes in the ability to evoke human fear	11
A new carcharodontosaurid specimen sheds light on the anatomy of South American giant predatory dinosaurs	11
Ant-following behavior is correlated with plumage traits in African understory birds	11
The long proboscis of the aphid Stomaphis yanonis (Aphididae Lachninae) is advantageous for avoiding predation by tending ants	11
Individual identity of alarm calls in wild-living Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)	10
The 2023 Arnold Berliner Award for research on spider photoreceptors	9
Phoretic behavior of the pseudoscorpion Megachernes ryugadensis on the Japanese wood mouse Apodemus speciosus	9
Hydrocarbons in Formicidae: influence of chemical footprints on ant behavioral strategies	9
Size-related increase in inducible mechanical variability of major ampullate silk in a huntsman spider (Araneae: Sparassidae)	8
Wings are not perfect: increased wing asymmetry in a tropical butterfly as a response to forest fragmentation	8
A new short-faced archosauriform from the Upper Triassic Placerias/Downs’ quarry complex, Arizona, USA, expands the morphological diversity of the Triassic archosauriform radiation	8
Bryozoans from the Early Ordovician Fenhsiang Formation (Tremadocian) of South China and the early diversification of the phylum	8

A novel approach using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometric analysis to distinguish male and female human hair samples	8
Carrion insects living within the bones of large mammals: insect conservation and forensic entomology implications	7
Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	7
Homeotic transformation in a terrestrial isopod: insights into the appendage identity in crustaceans	7
Chemical signatures of egg maternity and Dufour’s gland in Vespine wasps	7
Seasonal formation of ikaite in slime flux jelly on an infected tree (Populus fremontii) wound from the Sonoran Desert	7
The beneficial roles of poisonous skin secretions in survival strategies of the odorous frog Odorrana andersonii	7
Fungal heat shock proteins: molecular phylogenetic insights into the host takeover	7
Should I stay or should I fly? Migration phenology, individual-based migration decision and seasonal changes in foraging behaviour of Common Woodpigeons	6
Methods of forensic facial reconstruction and human identification: historical background, significance, and limitations	6
Eurasian beavers in Central Italy: perceptions in the local community	6
Soil-adhesive or water repellent properties of the surface of cicada exuviae	6
Behavioral corroboration that Saitis barbipes jumping spiders cannot discriminate between males’ red and black ornaments	5
The effectiveness of pollinators and their foraging behavior on Neustanthus phaseoloides (Fabaceae)	5
Correction to: Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	5
Correlation between pollen morphology, karyotype, floral pigments, and scent components and morphological classification of 15 species and hybrids of Syringa L	5
Branched tyramides from males of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius	5
Revisiting the neuroanatomy of Massetognathus pascuali (Eucynodontia: Cynognathia) from the early Late Triassic of South America using Neutron Tomography	5
Mandibular anatomy of a new specimen of a prozostrodontian cynodont (Eucynodontia: Probainognathia) from the Upper Triassic of Brazil	5
Climate change risk to pheromone application in pest management	5
Methyl acetate, a highly volatile floral semiochemical mediating specialized plant-beetle interactions	5
Correction: The long proboscis of the aphid Stomaphis yanonis (Aphididae Lachninae) is advantageous for avoiding predation by tending ants	5
The Arnold Berliner Award 2021 honors research on bombardier beetles	4
Correction to: Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	4
Short-term plasticity and variation in acacia ant-rewards under different conditions of ant occupancy and herbivory	4
Negative effects of light pollution on pollinator visits are outweighed by positive effects on the reproductive success of a bat-pollinated tree	4
Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider	4
Growth constraints set an upper limit to theropod dinosaur body size	4
The jumping spider Saitis barbipes lacks a red photoreceptor to see its own sexually dimorphic red coloration	4
Extranuptial nectaries in bromeliads: a new record for Pitcairnia burchellii and perspectives for Bromeliaceae	4
Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia	4
Müllerian mimicry between oil-producing orchids and Malpighiaceae? An old hypothesis finally tested	4
Florivory can facilitate rain-assisted autogamy in a deceptive tropical orchid	4
Importance of the morphological plasticity of Cervus elaphus in the biochronology of the Middle and Late Pleistocene of the Italian peninsula	4
Vocal phenotype of male rutting roars and genetic markers delineate East European red deer (Cervus elaphus) from Central and West European populations	4
Do calcium oxalate crystals protect against herbivory?	4
Skin structure, coloration, and habitat utilization in typical and melanistic morphs of the grass snake (Natrix natrix)	4
The protective effects of Zingiber zerumbet rhizome against fevers in rats	4
The damping properties of the foam-filled shaft of primary feathers of the pigeon Columba livia	3
Complex preference relationships between native and non-native angiosperms and foraging insect visitors in a suburban greenspace under field and laboratory conditions	3
Using your head — cranial steering in pterosaurs	3
Life in a Central European warm-temperate to subtropical open forest: Paleoecology of the rhinocerotids from Ulm-Westtangente (Aquitanian, Early Miocene, Germany)	3
Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades	3
Modeling of the respiratory system of the long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha)	3
Passive dispersal potential of medaka eggs by attaching to waterbirds	3
Intermittent and temporally variable bioturbation by some terrestrial invertebrates: implications for ichnology	3
Sexual dimorphism and topological variability in fingerprint ridge density in a north-west Indian population	3
Mid-flight prey switching in the fringed-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus)	3
Burrow builders as ecosystem engineers for pit-building antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)	3
With the dead under the mat: the zombie ant extended phenotype under a new perspective	3

The ontogeny of elements: distinct ontogenetic patterns in the radular tooth mineralization of gastropods	3
Plumage and eggshell colouration covary with the level of sex-specific parental contributions to nest building in birds	3
Pygidial glands of the blue ground beetle Carabus intricatus: chemical composition of the secretion and its antimicrobial activity	3
Is it possible to estimate sex from signatures and handwriting? A review of literature, observations, and future perspectives	3
Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle	3
Discovery of a novel ejaculation mechanism in danceflies (Diptera: Empididae), with implications for genital elongation	3
New insights into endolithic palaeocommunity development in mobile hard substrate using CT imaging of bioeroded clasts from the Pliocene (Almería, SE Spain)	3
Reproduction-related interactions and loads induce continuous turn alternation leading to linearity in a terrestrial isopod	3
Human life expectancy and season of birth in Taiwan: A retrospective cohort study	2
Pollination generalization and reproductive assurance by selfing in a tropical montane ecosystem	2
Electrogenic performance and carbon sequestration potential of biophotovoltaics	2
Postdoctoral struggles in the Global South: insights from India	2
Anatomical, histochemical, and developmental approaches reveal the long-term functioning of the floral nectary in Tocoyena formosa (Rubiaceae)	2
Changes in physico-mechanical properties of water caltrop fruit (Trapa natans L.) during the drying process	2
Symbiont demand guides resource supply: leaf-cutting ants preferentially deliver their harvested fragments to undernourished fungus gardens	2
A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany	2
Novel alkaloids from the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata	2
Correction: Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	2
Material gradients in gastropod radulae and their biomechanical significance: a combined approach on the paludomid Lavigeria grandis	2
Social factors drive vocal exchanges in red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)	2
Fingerprint resemblance amongst siblings and non-siblings — Forensic and anthropological implications	2
Animal family discrimination from hair using ATR-FTIR and machine learning methods for applications in illegal wildlife trafficking	2
Public perception and acceptance of coypu Myocastor coypus removal in urban areas: influences of age and education	2
Unveiling a novel morphometric approach in claws and canines for species discrimination and age stratification in leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)	2
Permanent deformation of triangle weaver silk enables ultrafast tangle-free release of spider webs	2
The maxillary canal of the titanosuchid Jonkeria (Synapsida, Dinocephalia)	2
To roll or not to roll: nyctinastic behavior in young leaves of sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera	2
Release of ice-nucleating particles from leaves during rainfall	2
Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	2
Obstacle negotiation in female desert locust oviposition digging	2
Investigating the reproductive strategies of Deuterocohnia meziana (Bromeliaceae), an endangered and restricted species from South American rocky outcrops	2
Impact of genetic relatedness on reproductive behavior in Pelvicachromis pulcher, a biparental cichlid fish with mutual mate choice and ornamentation	2
Cypress terpenes in sawfly larva of Susana cupressi (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinoidea)	2
Unsuspected diversity and multiple origins of the frog legs imported to Switzerland for human consumption, as determined by DNA barcoding and morphology	2
A new species of jewel beetle (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilus) triggers the production of the Brazilian red propolis	2
Spatially associated or composite life traces from Holocene paleosols and dune sands provide evidence for past biotic interactions	2
Quasispecies productivity	1
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
Extracts from the leaves of knotweeds (Reynoutria spp.) have a stimulating effect on the germination and initial growth of wheat grains	1
Chemical components change along the ontogeny of a bat fruit (Neolamarckia cadamba) with ripening asynchrony in favour of its fruit selection and seed dispersal	1
Diet composition of wild columbiform birds: next-generation sequencing of plant and metazoan DNA in faecal samples	1
Evidence of a thoracic crop in workers, soldiers, and queens of Carebara perpusilla ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)	1
Chemical composition of cell wall changes during developmental stages of galls on Matayba guianensis (Sapindaceae): perspectives obtained by immunocytochemistry analysis	1
A quick and non-destructive approach to combat timber adulteration using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics	1
Innate floral object identification in a solitary pollinator employs a combination of both visual and olfactory cues	1
Breeding behaviour, visual communication and male combat of Philothamnus occidentalis and Philothamnus natalensis	1
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	1
Epidermal and subepidermal changes during the formation of hairy galls induced by Eriophyidae on Avicennia schaueriana leaves	1
Competition through ritualized aggressive interactions between sympatric colonies in solitary foraging neotropical ants	1
The first fossil longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Australia	1
Revisiting the chondrichthyan egg capsules inventory from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) of Belgium: new data and perspectives	1
First Neotropical record of the association between brown sclerotium-forming fungi and termite eggs in a nest of Coptotermes gestroi (Blattaria, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)	1
Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs	1
The left–right-handedness of the cylindrical spathe correlates with the phyllotactic spiral direction in Arisaema (Araceae)	1
Antifungal capabilities of gut microbial communities of three dung beetle species (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)	1
Polarized vision in the eyes of the most effective predators: dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)	1
Life in the dead shell: utilization of dead Pinna shells by the blenny fish Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1849 (Blennidae)	1
Rapid decline of male honey bees in summer: the potential impact of Japanese barn swallows on high male loss	1
Discovering spider fly (Diptera: Acroceridae) hosts and their biology using citizen science	1
Function of snail shell hairs in anti-predator defense	1
Subterranean termites raise the alarm when their anti-fungal weapon falters	1
Fields of flowers with few strikes: how oligolectic bees manage their foraging behavior on Calibrachoa elegans (Solanaceae)	1
Pigmentary colouration of hairy carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa	1
New data on Propyrotherium (Mammalia, Pyrotheria) from the middle Eocene age (Chubut, Argentina): anatomy, age constraints, and phylogeny	1
Inferring the lifestyles of extinct Crocodyliformes using osteoderm ornamentation	1
Plant–plant interaction by Aster leiophyllus affects herbivory by Sika deer, Cervus nippon	1
An evaluation of the three-component pubic symphyseal human age estimation method: a CT-based exploration in an Indian population	1
Direct repeats found in the vicinity of intron splice sites	1