OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 58. 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
Subscription and Copyright Information	415
On the biological concept of stress	361
Subscription and Copyright Information	227
Subscription and Copyright Information	212
Advisory Board and Contents	202
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research	183
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?	173
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest	173
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology	165
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?	162
Questioning the sixth mass extinction	127
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions	121
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics	113
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands	112
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns	105
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world	102
Conservation changed but not divided	102
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning	100
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity	97
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture	96
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome	96
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process	94
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments	93
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects	91
How do big brains evolve?	90

Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics	89
The sociality of sleep in animal groups	89
Subscription and Copyright Information	83
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau	82
Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective	82
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database	80
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2025	76
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others	75
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy	75
Disability in ecology and evolution	74
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities	74
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions	73
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration	73
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change	72
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews	72
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales	70
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2022	69
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community	67
3D animal camouflage	67
Subscription and Copyright Information	66
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data	66
Advisory Board and Contents	66
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands	66
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs	65
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?	64
Advisory Board and Contents	63
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum	63
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory	61
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology	61
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions	60
Environmental RNA: A Revolution in Ecological Resolution?	59
Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments	59
The Scope for Postmating Sexual Selection in Plants	58
The cold range limit of trees	58