OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science of Nature is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Side-effects of pesticides on non-target insects in agriculture: a mini-review	50
Arthropod biomass increase in spring correlates with NDVI in grassland habitat	32
Circadian rhythms of insect pheromone titer, calling, emission, and response: a review	18
The role of mucilage envelope in the endozoochory of selected plant taxa	18
Global population trends in shorebirds: migratory behaviour makes species at risk	16
Do calcium oxalate crystals protect against herbivory?	16
New record of a Mesozoic gondwanatherian mammaliaform from Southern Patagonia	15
Material gradients in gastropod radulae and their biomechanical significance: a combined approach on the paludomid Lavigeria grandis	13
New theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia sheds light on the paravian radiation in Gondwana	13
Are physiological and behavioural responses to stressors displayed concordantly by wild urban rodents?	11
The jumping spider Saitis barbipes lacks a red photoreceptor to see its own sexually dimorphic red coloration	11
A reappraisal of Paleozoic horseshoe crabs from Russia and Ukraine	11
The dynamic eggs of the Phasmatodea and their apparent convergence with plants	10
Wild non-eusocial bees learn a colour discrimination task in response to simulated predation events	10
Melanism, body size, and sex ratio in snakes—new data on the grass snake (Natrix natrix) and synthesis	10
Biogeomorphological eco-evolutionary feedback between life and geomorphology: a theoretical framework using fossorial mammals	10
The beneficial roles of poisonous skin secretions in survival strategies of the odorous frog Odorrana andersonii	10
Antiquity and fundamental processes of the antler cycle in Cervidae (Mammalia)	9
Studying phenotypic variation and DNA methylation across development, ecology and evolution in the clonal marbled crayfish: a paradigm for investigating epigenotype-phenotype relationships in macro-in	9
Biosynthetic origin of benzoquinones in the explosive discharge of the bombardier beetle Brachinus elongatulus	9
Female-female aggression and male responses to the two colour morphs of female common cuckoos	9
Material heterogeneity of male genitalia reduces genital damage in a bushcricket during sperm removal behaviour	9
Pheromone communication among sexes of the garden cross spider Araneus diadematus	8
Anti-icing strategies of plant surfaces: the ice formation on leaves visualized by Cryo-SEM experiments	8
Reduced ectoparasite load, body mass and blood haemolysis in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) along an urban–rural gradient	8

Ecosystem engineering by leaf-rolling mites enhances arthropod diversity	8
The effect of nest topology on spatial organization and recruitment in the red ant Myrmica rubra	8
Tap dancers in the wild: field observations of multimodal courtship displays in socially monogamous songbirds	8
A genotype:phenotype approach to testing taxonomic hypotheses in hominids	7
Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	7
Spiders in space—orb-web-related behaviour in zero gravity	7
Can nuclear aquatic environmental DNA be a genetic marker for the accurate estimation of species abundance?	7
Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia	7
Museum records indicate male bias in pollinators of sexually deceptive orchids	6
Experience-expectant brain plasticity corresponds to caste-specific abiotic challenges in dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and Z. nevadensis)	6
A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany	6
Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	6
First arrived, first served: competition between codons for codon-amino acid stereochemical interactions determined early genetic code assignments	6
Limits of piriform silk adhesion—similar effects of substrate surface polarity on silk anchor performance in two spider species with disparate microhabitat use	6
Temporal variation in the effect of ants on the fitness of myrmecophilic plants: seasonal effect surpasses periodic benefits	6
Pollination generalization and reproductive assurance by selfing in a tropical montane ecosystem	6
Neotropical Melyroidea group cockroaches reveal various degrees of (eu)sociality	6
Does leaf flushing in the dry season affect leaf traits and herbivory in a tropical dry forest?	6
A re-assessment of the oldest therapsid Raranimus confirms its status as a basal member of the clade and fills Olson’s gap	6
Diversity and substrate-specificity of green algae and other micro-eukaryotes colonizing amphibian clutches in Germany, revealed by DNA metabarcoding	6
A simplified approach to detect a significant carbon dioxide reduction by phytoplankton in lakes and rivers on a regional and global scale	6
The damping properties of the foam-filled shaft of primary feathers of the pigeon Columba livia	6
Climate change risk to pheromone application in pest management	6
Defense of bombardier beetles against avian predators	5
Chemical composition of cell wall changes during developmental stages of galls on Matayba guianensis (Sapindaceae): perspectives obtained by immunocytochemistry analysis	5
The ontogeny of elements: distinct ontogenetic patterns in the radular tooth mineralization of gastropods	5
Eurasian beavers in Central Italy: perceptions in the local community	5
The involvement of a floral scent in plant-honeybee interaction	5
Bumblebee electric charge stimulates floral volatile emissions in Petunia integrifolia but not in Antirrhinum majus	5
Negative effects of light pollution on pollinator visits are outweighed by positive effects on the reproductive success of a bat-pollinated tree	5
A new species of the deuterostome Herpetogaster from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota of South China	5
Camera traps reveal interspecific differences in the diel and seasonal patterns of cicada nymph predation	5
Epicormic bud protection traits vary along a latitudinal gradient in a neotropical savanna	5
Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle	5
The smallest eating the largest: the oldest mammalian feeding traces on dinosaur bone from the Late Jurassic of the Junggar Basin (northwestern China)	5