OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science of Nature is 3. 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
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
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
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
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
Individual identity of alarm calls in wild-living Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)	10
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
The 2023 Arnold Berliner Award for research on spider photoreceptors	9
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
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
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
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
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
Should I stay or should I fly? Migration phenology, individual-based migration decision and seasonal changes in foraging behaviour of Common Woodpigeons	6
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
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
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 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
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

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