OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 59. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest	251
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?	191
Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions	182
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns	169
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world	156
Subscription and Copyright Information	152
Advisory Board and Contents	150
Subscription and Copyright Information	144
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Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research	125
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology	116
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture	112
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects	110
How do big brains evolve?	108
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics	107
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands	104
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions	100
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?	98
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome	96
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics	95
Subscription and Copyright Information	91
Hitchhiking of deleterious mutations within chromosomal inversions	91
Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory	86
The sociality of sleep in animal groups	83
Conservation changed but not divided	83

Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity	83
On the biological concept of stress	82
Questioning the sixth mass extinction	81
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments	78
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions	77
Disability in ecology and evolution	77
A call for flexpert ecologists	77
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy	76
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A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2025	73
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change	71
Second thoughts about first principles in biology	71
Double-edged dispersal: animal-mediated transport in the Anthropocene	70
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews	70
Mechanical impacts of coral-associated invertebrates on tropical reefs	69
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database	69
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales	68
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities	67
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration	66
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others	65
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change	65
3D animal camouflage	64
Subscription and Copyright Information	63
The Janzen–Connell hypothesis and seed masting	63
Advisory Board and Contents	63
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs	62
Advisory Board and Contents	62
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology	61
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands	61
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum	60
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?	60
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions	60
Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition	59
Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation	59
Subscription and Copyright Information	59