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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Subscription and Copyright Information	456
On the biological concept of stress	397
Subscription and Copyright Information	245
Subscription and Copyright Information	237
Advisory Board and Contents	226
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research	199
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest	187
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?	181
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology	178
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions	139
How do big brains evolve?	123
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?	118
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns	116
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process	113
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands	112
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity	109
Conservation changed but not divided	109
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome	108
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics	108
Questioning the sixth mass extinction	107
Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions	105
The sociality of sleep in animal groups	104
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world	100
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture	100
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning	99

Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects	99
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments	96
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics	89
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau	88
Subscription and Copyright Information	88
Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective	86
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database	83
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy	82
Disability in ecology and evolution	81
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2022	79
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales	79
3D animal camouflage	79
A call for flexpert ecologists	79
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2025	76
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change	74
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions	74
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change	74
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community	72
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities	71
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration	68
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others	68
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews	68
Advisory Board and Contents	66
Subscription and Copyright Information	66
Advisory Board and Contents	66
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?	64
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands	61
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology	60
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory	60
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum	59
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions	59
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data	58