OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Molluscan Studies 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The mitochondrial genome ofIsognomon nucleusand mitogenomics of pteriomorphia (Bivalvia: Autobranchia)	28
Revision of the British Lower Jurassic Astartinae (Bivalvia)	15
Overlooked shell features: asymmetrical columellar folds in volutid gastropods	13
Genetic evidence for multiple mating and mixing of sperm from multiple males in the seminal receptacles of female Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)	11
Sexual dimorphism and geographic polymorphism in Raphitoma purpurea (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae)	9
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Nassariidae (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)	8
Geographic differences in the diet and isotopic niche of Octopus hubbsorum (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the Mexican Pacific	8
Transcriptomic landscape of the kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia viridis	7
Predicted changes in temperature, more than acidification, affect the shell morphology and survival of the girdled dogwhelk,Trochia cingulata(Linnaeus, 1771)	7
Shell drilling and gonad biopsies provide a rapid, nonlethal method for in situ assessment of reproductive periodicity in a turbinid gastropod	7
On reproduction in the Pacific boreal limpet Erginus (Problacmaea) puniceus Lindberg, 1988 (Patellogastropoda: Rhodopetalidae)	7
Reproductive activity of an androdioecious population of clams of the genus Corbicula	7
More than meets the eye: characterizing the cryptic species complex and Symbiodiniaceae communities in the reef-dwelling nudibranch Pteraeolidia ‘semperi’ (Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea) fr	7
Closing the gap: a new phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae with molecular evidence for 73% of living genera	7
Estimating a length-at-age relationship for an invasive bivalve with density-determined plastic growth	7
Highly biased sex ratios in the twelve species of the freshwater snail genus Semisulcospira in and around Lake Biwa	6
Reproductive cycle, fecundity and growth of the freshwater mussel Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Viinijärvi, Finland	6
Microbial communities associated with endangered West Texas springsnails and their potential roles in conservation	5
Morphology and systematic position of Shaninopsis Isberg, 1934 (Bivalvia: Cryptodonta), from the Boda Limestone (Upper Ordovician), Sweden	5
Population size and movement ecology of intertidal gastropods on rocky shores and seawalls in Singapore	5
Genetic diversity, demography and connectivity in the marine snail Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832): implications for sustainable fisheries management along the Peruvian coast	5
Molecular survey of Cryptoplax japonica (Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) reveals cryptic lineages in the northwestern Pacific	5
The shell phenotypic variability of the keyhole limpetFissurella latimarginata: insights from an experimental approach using a water flow flume	5
Long-term fluctuations and recent decline of mussel populations in an Irish sea lough	4
A time-lapse observational study of the activity patterns and feeding behaviour of urban terrestrial gastropods on carcasses of the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)	4

Towards automatic detection and classification of swimming pectinids behaviour: first developments on great scallops (Pecten maximus)	4
Exceptional among the exceptional: a new species of Stenogyropsis Möllendorff, 1899 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae), with a review of the free last whorl in terrestrial gastropods	4
An observation confirming the geographic distribution of Noah’s giant clam Tridacna noae includes the Great Barrier Reef of Australia	3
Testing for allocation strategies and evolutionary tradeoffs in the bivalve shell	3
Integrating morphological and genetic data at different climate and geographic scales in an endangered freshwater musselUnio durieui(Bivalvia: Unionidae) endemic to northern Tunisia	3
A method of culturing and breeding slugs through several generations	3
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the living Pleurotomariidae (Vetigastropoda), with the description of a new genus	3
Genetic analysis is compatible with recent human-mediated range expansion of Filopaludina from India into the Mesopotamian Plain	3
Plant diets of land snail community members are similar in composition but differ in richness	3
Mitogenomic analyses shed new light on phylogenetic relationships within the genus Ruditapes (Bivalvia: Veneridae)	3
Dwarf males of the seven-arm octopus,Haliphron atlanticus:morphology and adaptations	3
The mitogenome of the sunken wood limpetNotocrater youngi: insights into mitogenome evolution in Lepetellida (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)	3
Guardians of the clams: a decadal monitoring effort of endangered giant clams by citizen scientists	2
Late Quaternary land snail faunas of the Desertas Islands (Madeira): high diversity and endemism followed by recent impoverishment and extinction	2
Egg production in Arion vulgaris: density dependence in A. vulgaris and interspecific effects of Limax maximus	2
DNA sequence data, multispecies coalescent and morphometrics shed new light on the systematics of Iberian islamiinae springsnails (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae)	2
Identity of the enigmatic oyster Saccostrea cuccullata (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)	2
Egg masses and larval development of the Antarctic cephalaspidean snail Waegelea antarctica (Cephalaspidea: Antarctophilinidae), with notes on egg masses of the related Antarctophiline alata	2
Sexual dimorphism in the East Asian freshwater snail Semisulcospira libertina	2
Transcriptomic analysis identifies candidate genes for shell colour formation in the Venus clamCyclina sinensis	2
Under-documented micro species and the end of Carolinian endemism: bivalves of the Waccamaw Formation (basal Pleistocene, S.E. USA)	2
Unravelling morphological overlap of the rock-dwelling snails Pyramidula saxatilis (Hartmann, 1842) and P. pusilla (Vallot, 1801)	2
Taxonomic revision and conservation assessment of the Southeast Asian freshwater mussel genusChamberlainiaSimpson, 1900	2
Characterization of the hidden break in giant clam 28S ribosomal RNA	2
Light and shade of citizen science for less charismatic invertebrate groups: quality assessment of iNaturalist nonmarine mollusc observations in central Italy	2
Comparative analysis of three families of hygrophilid snails shows that the egg mass fluid protein haemocyanin-like 1 (Hcl-1) is unique to planorbids	2
First record of bipedal locomotion in Callistoctopus furvus	2
Portraits of Galeommatoidea	2
Low abundance but high land snail diversity in montane rainforest on the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador	2
Wnt activation causes shell malformation in lymnaeoidean gastropods	2
Land snail assemblages along altitudinal gradients on Mount Semeru, the highest montane forest in Java, Indonesia	2
Yunfuconcha new genus, a possible stem-archiheterodont bivalve from the Ordovician of Guangdong, South China	2
Effect of culture depth on the shell thickness of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis: a practical case study comparing direct and indirect methods of measurement	2
Using two- and three-dimensional landmark data to examine the shape variation of Elliptio complanata from two heavily impounded rivers in northern New York (USA)	2
Long-term relationships between the abundance of pest molluscs and weather in agricultural fields in South Australia	2