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

Article	Citations
Genetic evidence for multiple mating and mixing of sperm from multiple males in the seminal receptacles of female Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)	16
The mitochondrial genome ofIsognomon nucleusand mitogenomics of pteriomorphia (Bivalvia: Autobranchia)	13
Overlooked shell features: asymmetrical columellar folds in volutid gastropods	12
Revision of the British Lower Jurassic Astartinae (Bivalvia)	10
Phylogeny and biogeography of the mountain semi-slugs genus Microparmarion (Gastropoda: Ariophantidae) in northern Borneo	9
Geographic differences in the diet and isotopic niche of Octopus hubbsorum (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the Mexican Pacific	9
Sexual dimorphism and geographic polymorphism in Raphitoma purpurea (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae)	9
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Nassariidae (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)	9
More than meets the eye: characterizing the cryptic species complex and Symbiodiniaceae communities in the reef-dwelling nudibranch Pteraeolidia ‘semperi’ (Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea) fr	8
Molluscan genome assemblies—problems and progress	8
Transcriptomic landscape of the kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia viridis	7
Seven new species of Macellomeniidae Salvini-Plawen, 1978 (Mollusca: Solenogastres) from the North Atlantic	7
On reproduction in the Pacific boreal limpet Erginus (Problacmaea) puniceus Lindberg, 1988 (Patellogastropoda: Rhodopetalidae)	7
Predicted changes in temperature, more than acidification, affect the shell morphology and survival of the girdled dogwhelk,Trochia cingulata(Linnaeus, 1771)	6
Reproductive cycle, fecundity and growth of the freshwater mussel Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Viinijärvi, Finland	6
Shell drilling and gonad biopsies provide a rapid, nonlethal method for in situ assessment of reproductive periodicity in a turbinid gastropod	6
Reproductive activity of an androdioecious population of clams of the genus Corbicula	6
Highly biased sex ratios in the twelve species of the freshwater snail genus Semisulcospira in and around Lake Biwa	5
Reassessment of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of extant Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 species in the Eastern Pacific	4
Estimating a length-at-age relationship for an invasive bivalve with density-determined plastic growth	4
Genetic diversity, demography and connectivity in the marine snail Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832): implications for sustainable fisheries management along the Peruvian coast	4
A window into the effect of ocean acidification on molluscan larval shell development using a quantitative approach	4
Closing the gap: a new phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae with molecular evidence for 73% of living genera	4
Morphology and systematic position of Shaninopsis Isberg, 1934 (Bivalvia: Cryptodonta), from the Boda Limestone (Upper Ordovician), Sweden	4
Congruence in annual energy input into reproduction in siphonariid limpets with planktonic and direct development	4

A confocal microscopy study of the gross morphology and musculature of the copulatory apparatus in Baikalian acroloxids (Mollusca: Hygrophila)	3
First endoparasitic eulimid from Ophiuroidea and its implications for the ecological diversification of the family (Caenogastropoda: Vanikoroidea)	3
Dwarf males of the seven-arm octopus,Haliphron atlanticus:morphology and adaptations	3
Long-term fluctuations and recent decline of mussel populations in an Irish sea lough	3
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)	3
Starvation and dormancy in marine gastropods: taxonomic and ecological patterns, and energetic implications	3
Evolution of ammoniacal buoyancy within oegopsid squids and its relationship with depth	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
Microbial communities associated with endangered West Texas springsnails and their potential roles in conservation	3
Population size and movement ecology of intertidal gastropods on rocky shores and seawalls in Singapore	3
The effect of sampling protocol on spatial patterns in marine bivalve diversity along the eastern coast of India	3
A method of culturing and breeding slugs through several generations	3
Genetic analysis is compatible with recent human-mediated range expansion of Filopaludina from India into the Mesopotamian Plain	3
Molecular survey of Cryptoplax japonica (Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) reveals cryptic lineages in the northwestern Pacific	3
Wnt activation causes shell malformation in lymnaeoidean gastropods	2
Yunfuconcha new genus, a possible stem-archiheterodont bivalve from the Ordovician of Guangdong, South China	2
An observation confirming the geographic distribution of Noah’s giant clam Tridacna noae includes the Great Barrier Reef of Australia	2
Taxonomic revision and conservation assessment of the Southeast Asian freshwater mussel genusChamberlainiaSimpson, 1900	2
The mitogenome of the sunken wood limpetNotocrater youngi: insights into mitogenome evolution in Lepetellida (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)	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
Stress tolerance in neonates of two Pomacea apple snails with contrasting invasive histories	2
Identity of the enigmatic oyster Saccostrea cuccullata (Bivalvia: Ostreidae)	2
Portraits of Galeommatoidea	2
DNA sequence data, multispecies coalescent and morphometrics shed new light on the systematics of Iberian islamiinae springsnails (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae)	2
Mitogenomic analyses shed new light on phylogenetic relationships within the genus Ruditapes (Bivalvia: Veneridae)	2
Towards automatic detection and classification of swimming pectinids behaviour: first developments on great scallops (Pecten maximus)	2
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the living Pleurotomariidae (Vetigastropoda), with the description of a new genus	2
Low abundance but high land snail diversity in montane rainforest on the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador	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
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
Guardians of the clams: a decadal monitoring effort of endangered giant clams by citizen scientists	2
Egg production in Arion vulgaris: density dependence in A. vulgaris and interspecific effects of Limax maximus	2
Exceptional among the exceptional: a new species of Stenogyropsis Möllendorff, 1899 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae), with a review of the free last whorl in terrestrial gastropods	2
Testing for allocation strategies and evolutionary tradeoffs in the bivalve shell	2
Under-documented micro species and the end of Carolinian endemism: bivalves of the Waccamaw Formation (basal Pleistocene, S.E. USA)	2
Late Quaternary land snail faunas of the Desertas Islands (Madeira): high diversity and endemism followed by recent impoverishment and extinction	2
Molluscs and Mollicutes: evidence of codiversification	2
Land snail assemblages along altitudinal gradients on Mount Semeru, the highest montane forest in Java, Indonesia	2
Unravelling morphological overlap of the rock-dwelling snails Pyramidula saxatilis (Hartmann, 1842) and P. pusilla (Vallot, 1801)	2