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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Bryozoans from the Early Ordovician Fenhsiang Formation (Tremadocian) of South China and the early diversification of the phylum	147
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	27
Seasonal formation of ikaite in slime flux jelly on an infected tree (Populus fremontii) wound from the Sonoran Desert	18
Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	15
Impact of genetic relatedness on reproductive behavior in Pelvicachromis pulcher, a biparental cichlid fish with mutual mate choice and ornamentation	14
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
Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades	13
New insights into endolithic palaeocommunity development in mobile hard substrate using CT imaging of bioeroded clasts from the Pliocene (Almería, SE Spain)	13
Modeling of the respiratory system of the long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha)	12
Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle	12
With the dead under the mat: the zombie ant extended phenotype under a new perspective	12
Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider	12
Correction to: Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	12
Florivory can facilitate rain-assisted autogamy in a deceptive tropical orchid	12
Electrogenic performance and carbon sequestration potential of biophotovoltaics	12
The small size of a myrmecophyte and its associated ant colony facilitate ambushing by large Ectatomma tuberculatum workers	11
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)	10
Obstacle negotiation in female desert locust oviposition digging	10
Correction: Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	9
Short-term plasticity and variation in acacia ant-rewards under different conditions of ant occupancy and herbivory	9
The maxillary canal of the titanosuchid Jonkeria (Synapsida, Dinocephalia)	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
Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs	8

Fingerprint resemblance amongst siblings and non-siblings — Forensic and anthropological implications	8
To roll or not to roll: nyctinastic behavior in young leaves of sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera	8
Morphology, anatomy and sleep movements of Ludwigia sedoides	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
Symbiont demand guides resource supply: leaf-cutting ants preferentially deliver their harvested fragments to undernourished fungus gardens	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
A neotropical mistletoe influences herbivory of its host plant by driving changes in the associated insect community	7
Snake scent gland secretions repel and induce contact toxicity in ants	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
Biomechanics of nectar feeding explain flower orientation in plants pollinated by long-proboscid flies	6
Getting ready for a long bath: skin permeability decreases prior to aquatic breeding in male toads	6
Parasites either reduce or increase host vulnerability to fishing: a case study of a parasitic copepod and its salmonid host	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
Temporal stability of fecal cortisol metabolites in mountain-dwelling ungulates	6
Homeotic transformation in a terrestrial isopod: insights into the appendage identity in crustaceans	5
The Arnold Berliner Award 2021 honors research on bombardier beetles	5
Functional importance of the mandibular skeleto-muscular system in the bivalved arthropod Heterocypris incongruens (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae)	5
The 2023 Arnold Berliner Award for research on spider photoreceptors	5
Burrow builders as ecosystem engineers for pit-building antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)	5
Branched tyramides from males of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius	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
Social factors drive vocal exchanges in red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)	5
The complex interaction between plants and acoustic signals: friends or foes?	5
Can nuclear aquatic environmental DNA be a genetic marker for the accurate estimation of species abundance?	5
Effect of intraspecific seed trait variation on the germination of eight tropical dry forest species	5
Unsuspected diversity and multiple origins of the frog legs imported to Switzerland for human consumption, as determined by DNA barcoding and morphology	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
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
Obituary: Dr. Margaretha Pangau-Adam	4
Alternative reproductive strategies in two cryptic species of the European earwig complex	4
The left–right-handedness of the cylindrical spathe correlates with the phyllotactic spiral direction in Arisaema (Araceae)	4
Revisiting the chondrichthyan egg capsules inventory from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) of Belgium: new data and perspectives	4
Quasispecies productivity	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
Animals evoking fear in the Cradle of Humankind: snakes, scorpions, and large carnivores	4
A quick and non-destructive approach to combat timber adulteration using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics	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
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
Bombus terrestris terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) and hybrids with the endemic Bombus xanthopus spotted on Capraia Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy): some conservation management implications	4
Development, detection and decipherment of obfuscated fingerprints in humans: Implications for forensic casework	4