OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 57. 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
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest	504
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?	278
Subscription and Copyright Information	268
Advisory Board and Contents	212
On the biological concept of stress	207
Subscription and Copyright Information	164
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Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions	144
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns	137
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world	134
Conservation changed but not divided	132
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology	131
Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory	125
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research	121
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process	116
Questioning the sixth mass extinction	111
The sociality of sleep in animal groups	109
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects	109
How do big brains evolve?	109
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions	107
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics	102
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics	96
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?	93
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands	91
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome	90

Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning	90
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity	89
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture	89
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments	88
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2025	84
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2022	84
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others	83
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities	83
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration	82
3D animal camouflage	81
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change	80
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change	78
Disability in ecology and evolution	74
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales	72
A call for flexpert ecologists	72
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy	71
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau	70
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Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews	68
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database	67
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions	66
Subscription and Copyright Information	64
Advisory Board and Contents	62
The Janzen–Connell hypothesis and seed masting	62
Advisory Board and Contents	60
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?	60
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands	59
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory	58
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology	58
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions	57
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data	57
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs	57
Subscription and Copyright Information	57
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum	57