OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Evolutionary Biology is 6. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Not Merely a Constraint: How the Constrained Lever Model Shapes Mandibular Evolution via Integration	44
Correction: Interrogating Random and Systematic Measurement Error in Morphometric Data	22
Morphological and Genetic Divergence in a Gill Monogenean Parasitizing Distant Cichlid Lineages of Lake Tanganyika: Cichlidogyrus nshomboi (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Representatives of Boulenger	18
Climatic Niche Divergence and Conservatism Promote Speciation in Snake-Eyed Skinks (Sauria: Scincidae): New Insight into the Evolution and Diversification of Ablepharus Species	17
A Hypothesis of Chaos Theory in Evolutionary Processes: Five Proposed Principles of Chaotic Evolutionary Systems	16
Should Comparative Models Be Weighted when Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty?	16
The Predictable Complexity of Evolutionary Allometry	15
Shape and Size Variation in Elapid Snake Fangs and the Effects of Phylogeny and Diet	15
Correction: Navigating Through the Noise: A Roadmap for Combining Interdisciplinary High Dimensional Data in Biological Systems	13
Correction to: The Role of Vicariance and Paleoclimatic Shifts in the Diversification of Uranoscodon superciliosus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) of the Amazonian Floodplains	11
Integration, Modularity, and Homoplasy in the Forelimbs of Apes	9
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	8
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	8
Navigating Through the Noise: A Roadmap for Combining Interdisciplinary High Dimensional Data in Biological Systems	7
Ecomorphology of the Locomotor Apparatus in the Genus Cyrtodactylus (Gekkota, Squamata)	7
A Non-linear Response to Hedgehog Signalling Provides a Mechanism for Novel Directions of Shape Change During Development	7
Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of the Human-Gut Microbiota Symbiosis in a Changing Nutritional Environment	7
Parallel Evolution of Skull Form in Three Rodent Genera Inhabiting Steep Elevational Gradients of Ethiopian Highlands	7
Interrogating Random and Systematic Measurement Error in Morphometric Data	6
Colonization of a Novel Host Plant Reduces Phenotypic Variation	6
Variation of Tooth Traits in Ecologically Specialized and Sympatric Morphs	6
Meta-analysis of Behavioural Research in Lizards Reveals that Viviparity Contributes Better to Animal Personality than Secretory Glands	6
Evolutionary History of Hedgehog Signaling Genes and Smoothened Dose Sensitivity in Teleosts	6
Decoupled Patterns of Diversity and Disparity Characterize an Ecologically Specialized Lineage of Neotropical Cricetids	6

Mutational Selection: Fragile Sites, Replicative Stress, and Genome Evolution	6
Can Patterns of Static Allometry be Inferred from Regimes of Sexual Selection in the Japanese Beetle?	6