OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Ethology is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Behavioural interactions between a threatened native killifish and the alien invasive Eastern mosquitofish	11
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2021	10
An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	9
Snake herders: novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes	9
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	7
Black-headed gulls are more wary of people dressed in red: a test of the concealment color hypothesis	6
Chemical compounds of a Neotropical plant constrain the anti-predator behaviour of sympatric tadpoles	6
Bigger male Eurasian nuthatches (Sitta europaea) behave more aggressively in playback-simulated territorial intrusion	6
Correction: Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	5
Behavioral responses of the Japanese freshwater crab, Geothelphusa dehaani, to the leech, Myxobdella sinanensis	5
Relationships of wingtip shape, song-flight and mating success in male black-headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala	5
Video evidence of unusual antler-gnawing behavior of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in central Japan	4
A theory of spawning habitat selection in anurans	4
Basking aggregations in the adder (Vipera berus): attraction to conspecific cues or to scarce suitable microhabitats?	4
Small males of the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa court more in the off-peak breeding period when large males court less	4
Home range use in the West Australian seahorse Hippocampus subelongatus is influenced by sex and partner’s home range but not by body size or paired status	4
Shorter-legged males start breeding earlier in the barn swallow	4
Correction to: Wing‑waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica	3
Differences in mating tactics performed by males of two local populations of the Japanese scorpionfly Panorpa japonica	3
Effect of diet quality on food consumption and body mass in Microtus pennsylvanicus	3
Inter-population variation and phenotypic plasticity in kairomone use by a poly-specialist spider-eating predator	3
Does a roosting flock of migratory birds also echelon in high winds?	3
Reproductive behavior of endangered spined loach Cobitis magnostriata in the field	3
Does food play a prominent role in visual attention to disgusting stimuli?	3
Correction to: Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	3

Temporary division of roles in group hunting for fish eggs by a coral reef fish	3
Nest defence by woodpeckers from inside vs. outside the cavity against the intruder	3
Aggregation pheromone interrupts death feigning in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	3
Observations of flipper rubbing in mother–calf pairs of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) suggest a body-surface care function	3
Are two South-Western Atlantic wrasses involved in a case of social mimicry?	3
Mate search or predation avoidance? Sex pheromone interrupts death feigning of males in the sweet potato weevil Cylas formicarius	3
Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	3
Correction to: An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	3
Correction to: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	2
Complex object manipulations in an innovative extractive foraging of coconut by an adult male long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis (Raffles, 1821) in Southern Philippines	2
Sexual horn dimorphism predicts the expression of active personality trait: males perform better only in the sexually horn dimorphic Onthophagus dung beetle	2
Routine metabolic rate correlates with swimming speed in medaka	2
Cryptic bachelor sex change in haremic colonial groups of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus	2
Social play and affiliation as possible coping strategies in a group of Maremmana beef cattle	2
Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	2
Onset of estivation in western sand lance Ammodytes japonicus is not solely triggered by elevating water temperature	2
Social parasitism behavior between two species of edible wasps in China	2
Group definition for underwater observation of wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins	2
Correction: Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Correction: Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)	2
Day-after impact of simulated rival encounter in the common cuckoo	2
Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Collective movements during visits to water bodies in wild Asian elephants	2
A message from new editor-in-chief	2
No trans-generational maternal effects of early-life corticosterone exposure on neophobia and antipredator behaviour in the house sparrow	2
Risk-taking behavior in birds foraging along interurban roads	2
Effects of human approach directness and path use on small mammal risk perception	2
Paternal care in the redhead goby, Elacatinus puncticulatus	2
Correction: Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	1
Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica	1
Relationship between death-feigning behavior and population density in a beetle	1
Correction: Optimal pit site selection in antlion larvae: the relationship between prey availability and pit maintenance costs	1
Nestling retrieval behavior in two bunting hosts of the common cuckoo	1
2022 editor’s choice award and editor’s choice articles	1
Interspecific variability of the external female genital mutilation rate and its relationship with female aggression and sexual cannibalism in Cyclosa spiders	1
Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)	1
Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	1
Observation of yawn-like behavior in a dugong (Dugong dugon)	1
Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)	1
Correction: Sexual horn dimorphism predicts the expression of active personality trait: males perform better only in the sexually horn dimorphic Onthophagus dung beetle	1
Video Insights, a new category of paper	1
In between the web and the ground: sexual encounters in the South American wolf spider Aglaoctenus oblongus	1
Correction: Reddish male swallows have short sperm	1
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2023	1
Locomotion and flow speed preferences in natural habitats by large water striders, Ptilomera tigrina, with micro-morphological adaptations for rowing	1
Optimal pit site selection in antlion larvae: the relationship between prey availability and pit maintenance costs	1
Mating behavior in the Japanese badger Meles anakuma	1
Female cuckoo calls elicit anti-predatory behavior in birds	1
Squirting ink may play a role in the copulation of the pygmy squid	1