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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest	245
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?	223
Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions	185
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns	172
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world	162
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Advisory Board and Contents	145
On the biological concept of stress	144
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Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research	122
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology	114
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture	110
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects	107
Questioning the sixth mass extinction	103
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics	103
How do big brains evolve?	102
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics	96
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands	96
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?	94
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions	94
Conservation changed but not divided	93
Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory	89
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity	85
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments	83

The sociality of sleep in animal groups	81
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome	81
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others	81
Disability in ecology and evolution	80
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions	79
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy	75
A call for flexpert ecologists	75
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau	73
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Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration	72
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change	71
Mechanical impacts of coral-associated invertebrates on tropical reefs	69
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2025	68
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities	68
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales	67
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database	67
3D animal camouflage	65
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change	65
The Janzen–Connell hypothesis and seed masting	64
Advisory Board and Contents	64
Subscription and Copyright Information	64
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews	64
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs	64
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum	63
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?	62
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands	62
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology	62
Advisory Board and Contents	62
Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation	60
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Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition	60
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions	60
Living together	59
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