OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Zoological Science is 3. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A Manually Curated Gene Model Set for an Ascidian, Ciona robusta (Ciona intestinalis Type A)	21
Involvement of the Clock Gene Period in the Photoperiodism of the Silkmoth Bombyx mori	20
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Acotylea (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida)	15
Milnesium (Tardigrada: Apochela) in Japan: The First Confirmed Record of Milnesium tardigradum s.s. and Description of Milnesium pacificum sp. nov.	12
Intra- Versus Inter-Sexual Selection on Sexually Dimorphic Traits in Drosophila prolongata	9
Lineid Heteronemerteans (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Sagami Bay, Japan, with Some Proposals for the Family-Level Classification System	9
Wide-Scale Gene Flow, Even in Insects that have Lost their Flight Ability: Presence of Dispersion Due to a Unique Parasitic Ecological Strategy of Piggybacking Hosts	9
Bacteriocytes and Blattabacterium Endosymbionts of the German Cockroach Blattella germanica, the Forest Cockroach Blattella nipponica, and Other Cockroach Species	8
Timeless Plays an Important Role in Compound Eye-Dependent Photic Entrainment of the Circadian Rhythm in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	8
Molecular and Morphological Diversity of Heterodesmus Brady and Its Phylogenetic Position within Cypridinidae (Ostracoda)	8
Photoperiodic Response in the Pars Intercerebralis Neurons, Including Plast-MIP Neurons, in the Brown-Winged Green Bug, Plautia stali	7
Two New Brackish-Water Species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from China and Their Phylogenetic Positions	7
Transcriptomes of Giant Sea Anemones from Okinawa as a Tool for Understanding Their Phylogeny and Symbiotic Relationships with Anemonefish	7
Heterocypris spadix sp. nov. (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Cypridoidea) from Japan, with Information on Its Reproductive Mode	7
Infestation of the Parasitic Isopod Mothocya parvostis on Juveniles of the Black Sea Bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii as an Optional Intermediate Host in Hiroshima Bay	7
Description of a New Hamatipeda Species, with an 18S Molecular Phylogeny (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Typhlotanaidae)	6
Discovery of Two Lineages of Hynobius tsuensis (Amphibia, Caudata) Endemic to Tsushima Island, Japan	6
Environmental Acquisition of Gut Symbiotic Bacteria in the Saw-Toothed Stinkbug, Megymenum gracilicorne (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea: Dinidoridae)	6
Temperature-Dependent Swimming Performance Differs by Species: Implications for Condition-Specific Competition between Stream Salmonids	6
Symbiont Transmission onto the Cell Surface of Early Oocytes in the Deep-Sea Clam Phreagena okutanii	6
Burrowing and Anti-Predator Requirements Determine the Microhabitat Selection of Himalayan Marmot in Zoige Wetland	6
Reproduction of Mesobiotus: Comparison of Morphology and Behavior in the Family Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)	5
Two New Species of the Genus Eucorydia (Blattodea: Corydiidae) from the Nansei Islands in Southwest Japan	5
Epicatechin Alters the Activity of a Neuron Necessary for Long-Term Memory of Aerial Respiratory Behavior in Lymnaea stagnalis	5
Facilitated NaCl Uptake in the Highly Developed Bundle of the Nephron in Japanese Red Stingray Hemitrygon akajei Revealed by Comparative Anatomy and Molecular Mapping	5

Genetic Diversity of Ligidium Isopods in Hokkaido and Niigata, Northern Japan, Based on Mitochondrial DNA Analysis	5
Osteoclastic and Osteoblastic Responses to Hypergravity and Microgravity: Analysis Using Goldfish Scales as a Bone Model	5
A New Species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura) from Sumatra, Indonesia	5
Decreased Diversity and Abundance of Marine Invertebrates at CO2 Seeps in Warm-Temperate Japan	5
Neural Control of Sexual Behavior in Fish	4
Developmental Process of a Heterozooid: Avicularium Formation in a Bryozoan, Bugulina californica	4
Molecular Genetics Supports a Potential Fifth Asian Pangolin Species (Mammalia, Pholidota, Manis)	4
Wide Distribution but Low Differentiation: Phylogenetic Relationships and Phylogeography of Hynobius nigrescens (Amphibia: Caudata)	4
Taxonomic Reappraisal of Lineus longifissus Auct. (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Japan for the First Time in 122 Years	4
Dynamics of Spermatogenesis and Change in Testicular Morphology under ‘Mating’ and ‘Non-Mating’ Conditions in Medaka (Oryzias latipes)	4
The Compound Eye Possesses a Self-Sustaining Circadian Oscillator in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	4
Distribution and Genetic Divergence of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Copepods (Dirivultidae: Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) in the Northwestern Pacific	4
Wettability and Substrate Selection in the Larval Settlement of the Solitary Ascidian Phallusia philippinensis (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae)	4
Exumbrellar Surface of Jellyfish: A Comparative Fine Structure Study with Remarks on Surface Reflectance	4
Gut Morphometry Represents Diet Preference to Indigestible Materials in the Largest Freshwater Fish, Mekong Giant Catfish (Pangasianodon gigas)	4
Differences of Extracellular Cues and Ca2+ Permeable Channels in the Signaling Pathways for Inducing Amphibian Sperm Motility	4
Phylogenetic Separation of Holotrichia Species (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) Exhibiting Circadian Rhythm and Circa‘bi’dian Rhythm	4
Nemertean Larval Dispersion Across Biogeographic Provinces of Southwest Atlantic	4
Molecular Phylogeny of the Subgenus Karstomys Reveals Genetic Signature of Post-Glacial Colonization of Apodemus mystacinus (Rodentia: Muridae) in the Zagros Mountains from Different Refugia	3
Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Alternative Splicing Changes in the Immune-Related Genes of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), in Response to the Canine Distemper Vaccine	3
Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) at Tuleny Island, Russia in Autumn 2018: Abundance, Composition, and Entanglement	3
Hybridization of Two Species of Japanese Toads, Bufo torrenticola and Bufo japonicus formosus, in the Central Part of Japan	3
Molecular Phylogeny of Thoracotreme Crabs Including Nine Newly Determined Mitochondrial Genomes	3
Flexible Behavior of the Black-Tailed Godwit Limosa limosa is Key to Successful Refueling during Staging at Rice Paddy Fields in Midwestern Korea	3
Effects of Acclimation to Diluted Seawater on Metabolic and Growth Parameters of Underyearling Masu Salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)	3
Kulikovia alborostrata and Kulikovia fulva comb. nov. (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) are Sister Species with Prezygotic Isolating Barriers	3
Global Distribution and Variation of the Invasive Cheilostome Bryozoan Cribrilina mutabilis	3
Ascending Visual Pathways to the Telencephalon in Teleosts with Special Focus on Forebrain Visual Centers, Associated Neural Circuitries, and Evolution	3
Observing Phylum-Level Metazoan Diversity by Environmental DNA Analysis at the Ushimado Area in the Seto Inland Sea	3
ECM-Body: A Cell-Free 3D Biomimetic Scaffold Derived from Intact Planarian Body	3
Plain-Body Octopus's (Callistoctopus aspilosomatis) Learning about Objects via Both Visual and Tactile Sensory Inputs: A Pilot Study	3
Phylogeographic Patterns in a Semi-Lithophilous Burrowing Scorpion, Opistophthalmus pallipes, from South Africa	3
First Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Tanaidacean Crustacean (Arctotanais alascensis)	3
Variation in Mating Behaviors Between a Tropical and a Temperate Species of Medaka Fishes	3
Dynamics of Laterality in Relation to the Predator–Prey Interaction between the Piscivorous Chub “Hasu” and Its Prey “Ayu” in Lake Biwa	3
First in Situ Observations of Behavior in Deep-Sea Tanaidacean Crustaceans	3
Identification of Novel Proteins in Foam Nests of the Japanese Forest Green Tree Frog, Rhacophorus arboreus	3
Cryptic Speciation of the Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica on Oceanic Islands	3
Sinking Down or Floating Up? Current State of Taxonomic Studies on Marine Invertebrates in Japan Inferred from the Number of New Species Published between the Years 2003 and 2020	3
Fusceulimoides kohtsukai gen. et sp. nov., a Minute Eulimid Gastropod Parasitic on the Little Brittle Star Ophiactis savignyi in Central Japan	3
A New Species of Small Water Strider in the Genus Microvelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan	3
A New Species of Pseudostrandesia Savatenalinton and Martens, 2009 (Ostracoda, Crustacea) Collected from Two Pet Shops in Central Japan: an Alien Species?	3
Inbreeding between Deep-Sea Snailfishes Careproctus pellucidus and Careproctus rastrinus in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean	3
Cinusa nippon n. sp. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) Parasitic in the Buccal Cavity of Coastal Puffers (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Japan, with the First Specimen-Based Record of the Isopod Genus f	3