OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science of Nature is 4. 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
Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia	13
Impact of genetic relatedness on reproductive behavior in Pelvicachromis pulcher, a biparental cichlid fish with mutual mate choice and ornamentation	13
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
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
Modeling of the respiratory system of the long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha)	11
Electrogenic performance and carbon sequestration potential of biophotovoltaics	11
With the dead under the mat: the zombie ant extended phenotype under a new perspective	11
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
To roll or not to roll: nyctinastic behavior in young leaves of sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera	10
Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs	9
The maxillary canal of the titanosuchid Jonkeria (Synapsida, Dinocephalia)	9
Symbiont demand guides resource supply: leaf-cutting ants preferentially deliver their harvested fragments to undernourished fungus gardens	8

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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