OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Evolutionary Biology 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction: Interrogating Random and Systematic Measurement Error in Morphometric Data	40
Comparative Quantitative Genetics of the Pelvis in Four-Species of Rodents and the Conservation of Genetic Covariance and Correlation Structure	17
Climatic Niche Divergence and Conservatism Promote Speciation in Snake-Eyed Skinks (Sauria: Scincidae): New Insight into the Evolution and Diversification of Ablepharus Species	16
Morphological and Genetic Divergence in a Gill Monogenean Parasitizing Distant Cichlid Lineages of Lake Tanganyika: Cichlidogyrus nshomboi (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Representatives of Boulenger	15
Not Merely a Constraint: How the Constrained Lever Model Shapes Mandibular Evolution via Integration	15
A Hypothesis of Chaos Theory in Evolutionary Processes: Five Proposed Principles of Chaotic Evolutionary Systems	14
Should Comparative Models Be Weighted when Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty?	14
The Predictable Complexity of Evolutionary Allometry	13
Shape and Size Variation in Elapid Snake Fangs and the Effects of Phylogeny and Diet	13
Correction: Navigating Through the Noise: A Roadmap for Combining Interdisciplinary High Dimensional Data in Biological Systems	13
Procrustes Shape Cannot be Analyzed, Interpreted or Visualized one Landmark at a Time	12
Integration, Modularity, and Homoplasy in the Forelimbs of Apes	10
Correction to: The Role of Vicariance and Paleoclimatic Shifts in the Diversification of Uranoscodon superciliosus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) of the Amazonian Floodplains	10
Urban Life Affects Differentiation and Phenotypic Variation but not Asymmetry in a Fully Terrestrial Salamander	8
Genetic Foundations of Human Brain Evolution: A Study of IRX3-Associated Human Accelerated Enhancer and the P422L Mutation	7
Ecomorphology of the Locomotor Apparatus in the Genus Cyrtodactylus (Gekkota, Squamata)	7
Navigating Through the Noise: A Roadmap for Combining Interdisciplinary High Dimensional Data in Biological Systems	7
Connectivity Patterns of the Hindlimb Musculoskeletal System in Living and Fossil Diving Birds	7
The Tyrant Lizard King, Queen and Emperor: Multiple Lines of Morphological and Stratigraphic Evidence Support Subtle Evolution and Probable Speciation Within the North American Genus Tyrannosaurus	7
Genes that are Used Together are More Likely to be Fused Together in Evolution by Mutational Mechanisms: A Bioinformatic Test of the Used-Fused Hypothesis	7
Meta-analysis of Behavioural Research in Lizards Reveals that Viviparity Contributes Better to Animal Personality than Secretory Glands	6
Parallel Evolution of Skull Form in Three Rodent Genera Inhabiting Steep Elevational Gradients of Ethiopian Highlands	6
Decoupled Patterns of Diversity and Disparity Characterize an Ecologically Specialized Lineage of Neotropical Cricetids	6
Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of the Human-Gut Microbiota Symbiosis in a Changing Nutritional Environment	6
Can Patterns of Static Allometry be Inferred from Regimes of Sexual Selection in the Japanese Beetle?	5

Interrogating Random and Systematic Measurement Error in Morphometric Data	5
Key Adaptive Trait Promotes Contrasting Modes of Diversification in a Bivalve Clade	5
Mutational Selection: Fragile Sites, Replicative Stress, and Genome Evolution	5
Mosaic Evolution of Grasping and Genital Traits in Two Sympatric Scorpion Species with Reproductive Interference	5
The Evolution of Brain Size in Ectothermic Tetrapods: Large Brain Mass Trades-Off with Lifespan in Reptiles	5
The Dynamic Ontogenetic Shape Patterns of Adaptive Divergence and Sexual Dimorphism	5
Colonization of a Novel Host Plant Reduces Phenotypic Variation	5
Contemporary Body Size Variation of Neotropical Rodents: Environmental and Genetic Effects	5
Evolutionary History of Hedgehog Signaling Genes and Smoothened Dose Sensitivity in Teleosts	5