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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Costs of size increase prior to oceanic migration inferred from predation-caused wounds in an anadromous fish	11
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2021	11
Behavioural interactions between a threatened native killifish and the alien invasive Eastern mosquitofish	11
Temporary division of roles in group hunting for fish eggs by a coral reef fish	10
Collective movements during visits to water bodies in wild Asian elephants	9
Day-after impact of simulated rival encounter in the common cuckoo	9
Social parasitism behavior between two species of edible wasps in China	9
Number matters: effect of the number of models on mate-choice copying in female guppies	8
Correction: Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	7
Risk-taking behavior in birds foraging along interurban roads	7
Differential female preferences for male chemical cues in urban and rural crickets	6
Social play and affiliation as possible coping strategies in a group of Maremmana beef cattle	5
Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	5
Stone handling in geladas (Theropithecus gelada): implications for spontaneous drawing-like activity as a playful behavior	5
Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider	4
Sweet mama: affiliative interactions are related to the reproductive success of dominant female Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)	4
The origination events of gametic sexual reproduction and anisogamy	4
Risk-taking behavior of birds in urban environment: assessment using flight initiation distance in Tokyo, Japan	4
Host preference of a symbiotic flatworm and its response to conspecific and host mucus	4
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2022	4
In between the web and the ground: sexual encounters in the South American wolf spider Aglaoctenus oblongus	4
Fight outcome influences male mating success in Drosophila prolongata	4
Responses to artificial selection of dispersal activity in the circadian rhythm of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	4
Onset of estivation in western sand lance Ammodytes japonicus is not solely triggered by elevating water temperature	3
A field-based approach to understand the response to novel resource in sympatric mesocarnivores	3

Beyond noise playback: the effect of an audible and visible sound source on bird flushing behavior	3
Observation of tandem running behavior in dealates of Asian dampwood termite, Hodotermopsis sjostedti	3
Reduced fitness in losers of leg-biting male combat compared to uncontested males in Zophobas atratus	3
Relationships of wingtip shape, song-flight and mating success in male black-headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala	3
A message from new editor-in-chief	3
Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	3
Snake herders: novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes	3
Paternal care in the redhead goby, Elacatinus puncticulatus	3
Correction: Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	3
Mating behavior in the Japanese badger Meles anakuma	2
Ultrasonic communication of potential danger in a lagomorph species, the Daurian pika (Ochotona dauurica)	2
Bigger male Eurasian nuthatches (Sitta europaea) behave more aggressively in playback-simulated territorial intrusion	2
Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)	2
Extreme herding behavior in adult male sub-Antarctic fur seals	2
Learned associations are retained over extended periods and memory performance is influenced by social rank and age in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)	2
Sneaking around: is a dammed environment capable of influencing echolocation behavioral patterns of river dolphins?	2
Correction to: Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)	2
Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo	2
Body movements of the first-instar larva of the endoparasitic insect Blissoxenos esakii (Insecta: Strepsiptera) during host penetration	2
Iberian killer whales assess deep-set fishing lines to detect hooked Atlantic bluefin tuna	2
Perception and discrimination of chemical and visual stimuli in Antillean manatees under human care	2
Do body size and habitat shape call frequencies of Brazilian hylids (Amphibia: Anura)?	2
Squirting ink may play a role in the copulation of the pygmy squid	2
Correction: Fish yawn: the state-change hypothesis in juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	2
Correction: Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	2
Routine metabolic rate correlates with swimming speed in medaka	2
2022 editor’s choice award and editor’s choice articles	2
Large-scale spatial pattern of bird responses to a potential predator suggests that predator-specific mobbing is a plastic trait	2
Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels	2
Multiple vs. single predator effects: differing experimental responses by the spotted fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus maculatus) facing aerial and terrestrial predators	1
Video evidence of unusual antler-gnawing behavior of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in central Japan	1
Video Insights, a new category of paper	1
Protectors, enablers, or signallers? Investigating the effects of Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) flocks on accompanying avifauna in a key wetland area	1
Behavioral manipulation in a cobweb spider: insights from comparisons between parasitized and healthy spiders	1
Correction: Squirting ink may play a role in the copulation of the pygmy squid	1
Deceased calf-carrying by female Arctic killer whale suggests species-wide epimeletic behavior	1
Correction: Optimal pit site selection in antlion larvae: the relationship between prey availability and pit maintenance costs	1
Ritualized male–male combat resulting from intraspecific food competition in three Agkistrodon species	1
Sex differences and contest experience shape walking patterns in the broad-horned flour beetle	1
Constraints on paternal care capacity favor a monogamous mating system in the group-living gobiid fish Trimma marinae	1
Dispersal of oviposition sites by females is not associated with increased offspring number in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	1
Effects of reproductive status and experience on sexual motivation and mate preference in female guppies	1
Fish yawn: the state-change hypothesis in juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	1
Effect of artificial light on activity in frugivorous bats (Pteropodidae)	1
Male guarding behavior of Trypoxylon opacum (Hymenoptera; Crabronidae): an adaptation to maximize its paternity?	1
Effects of human approach directness and path use on small mammal risk perception	1
Female-mimicking spawning by subordinate males of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus—a possible sneaking tactic observed in wild groups	1
Nestling retrieval behavior in two bunting hosts of the common cuckoo	1