OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Ethology is 0. 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
Behavioural interactions between a threatened native killifish and the alien invasive Eastern mosquitofish	9
Correction to: Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	9
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2021	9
Temporary division of roles in group hunting for fish eggs by a coral reef fish	8
Observations of flipper rubbing in mother–calf pairs of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) suggest a body-surface care function	8
Correction to: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	7
Does a roosting flock of migratory birds also echelon in high winds?	7
Collective movements during visits to water bodies in wild Asian elephants	6
Social parasitism behavior between two species of edible wasps in China	6
Risk-taking behavior in birds foraging along interurban roads	5
Day-after impact of simulated rival encounter in the common cuckoo	5
Lack of discrimination of sex and maturity of conspecifics in the copulation attempts of the male stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala detrahens (Diptera: Diopsidae)	4
Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider	4
Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	4
Stone handling in geladas (Theropithecus gelada): implications for spontaneous drawing-like activity as a playful behavior	4
Season does not influence the response of great tits (Parus major) to allopatric mobbing calls	4
Social play and affiliation as possible coping strategies in a group of Maremmana beef cattle	4
Correction: Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	4
In between the web and the ground: sexual encounters in the South American wolf spider Aglaoctenus oblongus	4
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2022	3
Geotropic, hydrokinetic and random walking differ between sympatric tick species: the deer tick Ixodes scapularis and the lone star tick Ambylomma americanum	3
Fight outcome influences male mating success in Drosophila prolongata	3
The origination events of gametic sexual reproduction and anisogamy	3
Responses to artificial selection of dispersal activity in the circadian rhythm of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	3
Association between visual cues and time of day in an ant	3

Differences in mating tactics performed by males of two local populations of the Japanese scorpionfly Panorpa japonica	3
Host preference of a symbiotic flatworm and its response to conspecific and host mucus	3
Flipper rubbing reciprocity and partner choice in common bottlenose dolphins	3
Sweet mama: affiliative interactions are related to the reproductive success of dominant female Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)	3
Reduced fitness in losers of leg-biting male combat compared to uncontested males in Zophobas atratus	3
Snake herders: novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes	3
A message from new editor-in-chief	2
Effect of diet quality on food consumption and body mass in Microtus pennsylvanicus	2
Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Do body size and habitat shape call frequencies of Brazilian hylids (Amphibia: Anura)?	2
Correction: Fish yawn: the state-change hypothesis in juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	2
Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo	2
Correction to: Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)	2
Paternal care in the redhead goby, Elacatinus puncticulatus	2
Onset of estivation in western sand lance Ammodytes japonicus is not solely triggered by elevating water temperature	2
Mating behavior in the Japanese badger Meles anakuma	2
Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels	2
Large-scale spatial pattern of bird responses to a potential predator suggests that predator-specific mobbing is a plastic trait	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
Correction: Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Relationships of wingtip shape, song-flight and mating success in male black-headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala	2
Squirting ink may play a role in the copulation of the pygmy squid	2
Behavioral patterns that determine the mating rates in a wing dimorphic riffle bug, Microvelia horvathi Lundblad, 1933 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)	2
Ant nesting site selection mediated by insects frass	2
Learned associations are retained over extended periods and memory performance is influenced by social rank and age in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)	2
Observation of tandem running behavior in dealates of Asian dampwood termite, Hodotermopsis sjostedti	2
Extreme herding behavior in adult male sub-Antarctic fur seals	1
Effect of artificial light on activity in frugivorous bats (Pteropodidae)	1
Effects of reproductive status and experience on sexual motivation and mate preference in female guppies	1
Perception and discrimination of chemical and visual stimuli in Antillean manatees under human care	1
Routine metabolic rate correlates with swimming speed in medaka	1
Cryptic bachelor sex change in haremic colonial groups of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus	1
Bigger male Eurasian nuthatches (Sitta europaea) behave more aggressively in playback-simulated territorial intrusion	1
Ritualized male–male combat resulting from intraspecific food competition in three Agkistrodon species	1
2021 Editor's Choice Award and Editor's Choice Articles	1
Correction: Optimal pit site selection in antlion larvae: the relationship between prey availability and pit maintenance costs	1
Observation of yawn-like behavior in a dugong (Dugong dugon)	1
2022 editor’s choice award and editor’s choice articles	1
Video Insights, a new category of paper	1
Fish yawn: the state-change hypothesis in juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	1
Multiple vs. single predator effects: differing experimental responses by the spotted fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus maculatus) facing aerial and terrestrial predators	1
Inter-population variation and phenotypic plasticity in kairomone use by a poly-specialist spider-eating predator	1
Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)	1
Male guarding behavior of Trypoxylon opacum (Hymenoptera; Crabronidae): an adaptation to maximize its paternity?	0
Behavioral manipulation in a cobweb spider: insights from comparisons between parasitized and healthy spiders	0
Effects of group composition on social foraging in cattle: inclusion of a leader cow in replacement of a follower facilitates expansion of grazing distribution patterns of beef cows	0
Correction to: Another usage of autotomized penis	0
Protectors, enablers, or signallers? Investigating the effects of Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) flocks on accompanying avifauna in a key wetland area	0
Sexual horn dimorphism predicts the expression of active personality trait: males perform better only in the sexually horn dimorphic Onthophagus dung beetle	0
Reddish male swallows have short sperm	0

Correction to: Effects of habitat conditions on the boldness and sociability of wild‑caught fish (Zacco platypus) along a river	0
Communal roosting in the Japanese toad Bufo japonicus	0
Behavioral responses of the Japanese freshwater crab, Geothelphusa dehaani, to the leech, Myxobdella sinanensis	0
Breeding spatial behavior of an Iberian dimorphic raptor (Circus cyaneus) based on GPS tracking	0
Correction to: Wing‑waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica	0
Contest competition and injury in adult male sub-Antarctic fur seals	0
A preliminary study on habitat selection of the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) at two temporal scales, season and time of day, in a montane forest	0
Chemical compounds of a Neotropical plant constrain the anti-predator behaviour of sympatric tadpoles	0
Leg-biting fights reduce the number of sperm transferred by the loser and in draws in Zophobas atratus	0
Carpe diem: winner and loser effects are constrained to same-day competitions in collegiate baseball	0
Correction: Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)	0
Why was he murdered? The first report of the motive for conspecific killing in a flock of captive tree sparrows (Passer montanus) through direct video surveillance	0
European badger's mating activities associated with moon phase	0
Female preference for exaggerated waving signals in the dotillid crab Ilyoplax pusilla: a conflict between sexual selection and species recognition	0
Optimal pit site selection in antlion larvae: the relationship between prey availability and pit maintenance costs	0
Correction: Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels	0
Video evidence of unusual antler-gnawing behavior of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in central Japan	0
Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)	0
Small-scale migratory behavior of three facultative soaring raptors approaching a water body: a radar study investigating the effect of weather, topography and flock size	0
Predation strategy of the brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 against prey with different defensive mechanisms	0
Correction: Mate search or predation avoidance? Sex pheromone interrupts death feigning of males in the sweet potato weevil Cylas formicarius	0
Acoustic interactions between free-living mother–calf Antillean manatees, Trichechus manatus manatus	0
Tales from the tail: unravelling the role of the tail in the emblematic giant anteater	0
Unveiling anti-predator responses of river lapwing, Vanellus duvaucelii (Lesson, 1826)	0
Labidochromis caeruleus cichlid preference for background colour varied between individuals and groups but did not vary for body colour of other fish	0
Communication sounds produced by captive narrow-ridged finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)	0
Symbiotic cleaning relationship between a sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) and remoras (Remora osteochir)	0
Correction: Sexual horn dimorphism predicts the expression of active personality trait: males perform better only in the sexually horn dimorphic Onthophagus dung beetle	0
Mate search or predation avoidance? Sex pheromone interrupts death feigning of males in the sweet potato weevil Cylas formicarius	0
Incomplete genital mutilation ensures nearly perfect paternity in an orb-web spider	0
2023 Editor’s Choice Award and Editor’s Choice articles	0
Group definition for underwater observation of wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins	0
The relationship of activity patterns between brown bears and humans in eastern Hokkaido	0
Great tits alter incubation behaviour in noisy environments	0
Fish yawn: interpopulation variation in yawning characteristics of juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	0
Antibiotics affect migratory restlessness orientation	0
Nest-relief behaviors and usage of call types in the Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)	0
Nocturnal light-specific temporal partitioning facilitates coexistence for a small mesopredator, the eastern spotted skunk	0
Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the New World tarantula Neoholothele incei (Araneae: Theraphosidae)	0
Correction to: An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	0
Female-mimicking spawning by subordinate males of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus—a possible sneaking tactic observed in wild groups	0
Effects of human approach directness and path use on small mammal risk perception	0
Comparison of mortality and feeding behavior of the false cleanerfish Aspidontus taeniatus and the lance blenny A. dussumieri regarding the effects of mimicry	0
Nestling retrieval behavior in two bunting hosts of the common cuckoo	0
Left-handed mating: lateralized mating behavior in a termite-associated rove beetle	0
Factors influencing the duration of death feigning in Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	0
Subterranean to submarine: stress-induced locomotor repertoire expansion and aquatic escape in the Anatolian mole rat (Nannospalax xanthodon) under risk of predation	0
2024 Editor’s Choice Award and Editor’s Choice Articles	0
A theory of spawning habitat selection in anurans	0
Reproductive behavior of endangered spined loach Cobitis magnostriata in the field	0
Correction: Lack of discrimination of sex and maturity of conspecifics in the copulation attempts of the male stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala detrahens (Diptera: Diopsidae)	0
Black-headed gulls are more wary of people dressed in red: a test of the concealment color hypothesis	0
Interspecific variability of the external female genital mutilation rate and its relationship with female aggression and sexual cannibalism in Cyclosa spiders	0
Aggregation pheromone interrupts death feigning in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	0
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2023	0
Ants’ capability of associating odors with time periods of the day	0
Locomotion and flow speed preferences in natural habitats by large water striders, Ptilomera tigrina, with micro-morphological adaptations for rowing	0
Correction to: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	0
Cost of defensive spraying by larval Osmylus hyalinatus (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) for post-larval development	0
Complex object manipulations in an innovative extractive foraging of coconut by an adult male long-tailed macaque Macaca fascicularis (Raffles, 1821) in Southern Philippines	0
Correction: Reddish male swallows have short sperm	0
Dropping of apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata) by carrion crows (Corvus corone)	0
Monogamy and protandry caused by exclusion of the same sex and random pairing in anemonefishes: a simulation model and aquarium experiments	0