OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmen is 2. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Energy and time optimization during exit from torpor in vertebrate endotherms	61
Investigating nitrogen movement in North Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias suckleyi), with focus on UT, Rhp2, and Rhbg mRNA abundance	21
Ammonia excretion by the fish gill: discoveries and ideas that shaped our current understanding	17
Regulation of energy metabolism by non-coding RNAs in livestock species: a review	16
Mammalian birth versus arousal from hibernation: thyroid hormones, common regulators of metabolic transition?	15
Born in the cold: contrasted thermal exchanges and maintenance costs in juvenile and adult snow buntings on their breeding and wintering grounds	13
Adaptation under constant light or dark: a challenge to the pineal	12
Cellular mechanisms of ion and acid-base regulation in teleost gill ionocytes	12
Early onset of urea synthesis and ammonia detoxification pathways in three terrestrially developing frogs	11
Mitochondrial proteomic adaptations to daily torpor in the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)	11
Cardiac mitochondria function in embryonic and 1-year old American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, is not altered by hypoxic incubation or an acute anoxic challenge	11
Multiple ultradian rhythms of metabolism, body temperature and activity in Djungarian hamsters	10
Management of inorganic elements by overwintering physiology of cold hardy larvae of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis, Hbn.)	9
The effect of salt dosing for chytrid mitigation on tadpoles of a threatened frog, Litoria aurea	9
Hematology of East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Southern Gulf of California, Mexico: reference intervals of healthy turtles and intra-population comparisons	9
The rete mirabile: a possible control site for swimbladder function	9
Body fat and circulating leptin levels in the captive short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)	9
Changes in gill neuroepithelial cells and morphology of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) to hypoxia and simulated ocean acidification	9
The effects of dissolved organic carbon and model compounds (DOC analogues) on diffusive water flux, oxygen consumption, nitrogenous waste excretion rates and gill transepithelial potential in Pacific	9
Seasonal patterns of body temperature in response to experimental photoperiod variation in a non-hibernating ground squirrel	8
Structure and function of the larval teleost fish gill	8
Functional interactions between coat structure and colour in the determination of solar heat load on arid living kangaroos in summer: balancing crypsis and thermoregulation	8
Evolution of innate immunity: lessons from mammalian models shaping our current view of insect immunity	8
Nutritional state variations in a tropical seabird throughout its breeding season	7
Control of high-speed jumps in muscle and spring actuated systems: a comparative study of take-off energetics in bush-crickets (Mecopoda elongata) and locusts (Schistocerca gregaria)	7

Hypoxic incubation at 50% of atmospheric levels shifts the cardiovascular response to acute hypoxia in American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis	7
Disaccharidases and alanyl aminopeptidase activities in intestine of a marine estuarine-dependent fish: differential responses to dopamine and histamine in juveniles of Mugil liza (Actiopterygii: Mugi	7
Ion uptake in naturally acidic water	7
Developing rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) lose branchial plasma accessible carbonic anhydrase expression with hatch and the transition to pH-sensitive, adult hemoglobin polymorphs	7
Silencing of ultradian rhythms and metabolic depression during spontaneous daily torpor in Djungarian hamsters	7
Fur removal promotes an earlier expression of involution-related genes in mammary gland of lactating mice	6
Linking digestive efficiency and climate to basal metabolic rate in bats of the family vespertilionidae	6
Influence of stimulation frequency on brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cathepsin-B production in healthy young adults	6
A 108-h total sleep deprivation did not impair fur seal performance in delayed matching to sample task	6
Critical temperatures and aerobic metabolism in post-larvae of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)	6
Intraspecific variation in metabolic responses to diverse environmental conditions in the Malagasy bat Triaenops menamena	6
Oxygen consumption and acid secretion in isolated gas gland cells of the European eel Anguilla anguilla	6
Growth and physio-biochemical responses of genetically improved farmed tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed to hyper-osmotic and hyper-thermal challenges in inland saline waters	6
A thermodynamic-based approach to model the entry into metabolic depression by mammals and birds	6
Prejuveniles of Mugil liza (Actinopterygii; Fam. Mugilidae) show digestive and metabolic flexibility upon different postprandial times and refeeding	6
Morphologic and physiologic characteristics of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings in southeastern Florida, USA	5
Steroid hormone-dependent changes in trehalose physiology in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	5
Effects of structural remodelling on gill physiology	5
Life in the slow lane: low rates of ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis in the heterothermic and heterometabolic tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus	5
Biomineralisation and metal sequestration in a crustacean ectoparasite infecting the gills of a freshwater fish	5
Interactive effects of food deprivation state and hypoxia on the respiratory responses of postprandial rock crabs, Cancer irroratus	5
Causes and consequences of gas bubble trauma on fish gill function	5
100 years Journal of Comparative Physiology	5
Electrophysiological evidence for the right atrioventricular pacemaker ring in the reptile heart	5
Effects of low temperature on growth and metabolism of larval green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) across early ontogeny	5
Correction to: Mitochondrial volume density and evidence for its role in adaptive divergence in response to thermal tolerance in threespine stickleback	4
The implications of exercise in Drosophila melanogaster: insights into Akt/p38 MAPK/Nrf2 pathway associated with Hsp70 regulation in redox balance maintenance	4
The roles of plasma accessible and cytosolic carbonic anhydrases in bicarbonate (HCO3−) excretion in Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii)	4
Do extreme postprandial levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and ammonia in the digestive tract equilibrate with the bloodstream in the freshwater rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)?	4
Age-related changes in the gut melatonin levels and its possible role in the regulation of feeding and digestibility, with the development of the gut from fingerling to adult stages of carp, Catla cat	4
Impact of absolute food deprivation on the reproductive system in male goldfish exposed to sex steroids	4
Prolonged 5-week and 12-week chronic stress differentially modulates CNS expression of pro- and anti-neuroinflammatory biomarkers, brain monoamines and affective behavior in adult zebrafish	4
An atlas of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase availability in the model teleost, the rainbow trout	4
Gill surface area allometry does not constrain the body mass scaling of maximum oxygen uptake rate in the tidepool sculpin, Oligocottus maculosus	4
State dependence of arousal from torpor in brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus)	4
How the green crab Carcinus maenas copes physiologically with a range of salinities	4
Male blue wildebeest increase activity during the rut, but not at the expense of rest	4
Thermal sensitivity of respiration and ROS emission of muscle mitochondria in deer mice	4
Involvement of sodium–glucose cotransporter-1 activities in maintaining oscillatory Cl− currents from mouse submandibular acinar cells	4
Developmental, physiologic and phylogenetic perspectives on the expression and regulation of myosin heavy chains in mammalian skeletal muscles	4
De novo transcriptome assembly of the midgut glands of herbivorous land crabs, Chiromantes haematocheir, and identification of laccase genes involved in lignin degradation	4
Mitochondrial respiration in rats during hypothermia resulting from central drug administration	4
Metabolic differentiation of brushtail possum populations resistant and susceptible to plant toxins revealed via differential gene expression	4
Unique properties of prothrombin in the bullhead shark Heterodontus japonicus: the first report of purification and characterization of a blood coagulation factor in Chondrichthyes	4
Housing conditions modify seasonal changes in basal metabolism and body mass of the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus	3
Transcriptomic insights into the low-salinity tolerance of the sea louse Caligus elongatus	3
The physiological significance of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase in the respiratory systems of fishes	3
Hypoxic and hypercapnic burrow conditions lead to downregulation of free triiodothyronine and hematocrit in Ansell’s mole-rats (Fukomys anselli)	3
Proteostasis in ice: the role of heat shock proteins and ubiquitin in the freeze tolerance of the intertidal mussel, Mytilus trossulus	3
The growth performance in different seasons of Homatula variegata (Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) in Northern Guizhou, China	3

Circadian gene transcription plays a role in cellular metabolism in hibernating brown bears, Ursus arctos	3
Oxidative stress across multiple tissues in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) acclimated to warm, stable cold, and unpredictable cold thermal treatments	3
Seasonal patterns in behavior and glucocorticoid secretion of a specialist Holarctic tree squirrel (Sciurus aberti)	3
Thermoregulation in the wild boar (Sus scrofa)	3
Changing lanes: seasonal differences in cellular metabolism of adipocytes in grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)	3
Phenotypic plasticity to chronic cold exposure in two species of Peromyscus from different environments	3
Torpid 13-lined ground squirrel liver mitochondria resist anoxia-reoxygenation despite high levels of protein damage	3
A review of the effects of incubation conditions on hatchling phenotypes in non-squamate reptiles	3
An investigation of gill and blood carbonic anhydrase characteristics in three basal actinopterygian species: alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula), white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and Senegal	3
The intersection of sleep and synaptic translation in synaptic plasticity deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders	3
Seasonal variation in sleep time: jackdaws sleep when it is dark, but do they really need it?	3
Introduction and reflections on the comparative physiology of sleep and circadian rhythms	3
The evolution of human fatigue resistance	3
Structure and permeability of the egg capsule of the placental Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori	3
Flexible energy-saving strategies in female temperate-zone bats	3
Adult male Xenopus laevis can tolerate months of fasting by catabolizing carbohydrates and lipids	3
Comparative metabolomics analysis investigating the impact of melatonin-enriched diet on energy metabolism in the crayfish, Cherax destructor	2
Low temperature and short photoperiod exerted different influences on hematological parameters, innate immunity, and cytokines in female striped hamsters	2
Telomere dynamics during hibernation in a tropical primate	2
Retention of larval skin traits in adult amphibious killifishes: a cross-species investigation	2
Comparative mechanisms for O2 storage and metabolism in two Florida diving birds: the anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) and the double-crested cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)	2
Oxidative damages and antioxidant defences after feeding a single meal in rainbow trout	2
Habitat aridity as a determinant of the trade-off between water conservation and evaporative heat loss in bats	2
Expression patterns of heat-shock genes during stopover and the trade-off between refueling and stress response in a passerine migrant	2
Platelets from 13-lined ground squirrels are resistant to cold storage lesions	2
A comparative and ontogenetic examination of mitochondrial function in Antarctic notothenioid species	2
The role of octopamine and crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) in branchial acid–base regulation in the European green crab, Carcinus maenas	2
On the significance of aspartate aminotransferase and creatine kinase in wild reptile health studies	2
Evidence for transporter-mediated uptake of environmental l-glutamate in a freshwater sponge, Ephydatia muelleri	2
Metabolic effects of physical exercise on zebrafish (Danio rerio) fed a high-fat diet	2
Peculiar sleep features in sympatric species may contribute to the temporal segregation	2
Correction to: Impacts of low salinity exposure and antibiotic application on gut transport activity in the Pacific spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias suckleyi	2
Prenatal caloric restriction adjusts the energy homeostasis and behavior in response to acute and chronic variations in food availability in adulthood	2
Characterisation of intestinal amino acid and oleic acid absorption and their interaction in the Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi)	2
Evaluation of haemolymph phenoloxidase activity from the grub of Zophobas morio as a predictor of immune response	2
Differences in the regulatory mechanism of blood flow in the orofacial area mediated by neural and humoral systems	2
Function of left ventricle mitochondria in highland deer mice and lowland mice	2
Comparative transcriptomics reveal tissue level specialization towards diet in prickleback fishes	2
Ontogeny and social context regulate the circadian activity patterns of Lake Malawi cichlids	2
Ultrasonic vocalisation rate tracks the diurnal pattern of activity in winter phenotype Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)	2
Cardiorespiratory patterns of male South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) resting on land	2
Mass scaling of standard metabolic rate within and among individuals in Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)	2
Fish gill chemosensing: knowledge gaps and inconsistencies	2