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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	11
Correction to: Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	10
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2021	9
Behavioural interactions between a threatened native killifish and the alien invasive Eastern mosquitofish	9
Observations of flipper rubbing in mother–calf pairs of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) suggest a body-surface care function	9
Temporary division of roles in group hunting for fish eggs by a coral reef fish	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
Relationship between death-feigning behavior and population density in a beetle	5
Social parasitism behavior between two species of edible wasps in China	5
Correction: Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	5
Day-after impact of simulated rival encounter in the common cuckoo	5
Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	5
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2022	4
Stone handling in geladas (Theropithecus gelada): implications for spontaneous drawing-like activity as a playful behavior	4
Social play and affiliation as possible coping strategies in a group of Maremmana beef cattle	4
Season does not influence the response of great tits (Parus major) to allopatric mobbing calls	4
Lack of discrimination of sex and maturity of conspecifics in the copulation attempts of the male stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala detrahens (Diptera: Diopsidae)	4
In between the web and the ground: sexual encounters in the South American wolf spider Aglaoctenus oblongus	4
Risk-taking behavior in birds foraging along interurban roads	4
Relationships of wingtip shape, song-flight and mating success in male black-headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala	3
Differences in mating tactics performed by males of two local populations of the Japanese scorpionfly Panorpa japonica	3
Association between visual cues and time of day in an ant	3
Sweet mama: affiliative interactions are related to the reproductive success of dominant female Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)	3

Fight outcome influences male mating success in Drosophila prolongata	3
Shorter-legged males start breeding earlier in the barn swallow	3
Flipper rubbing reciprocity and partner choice in common bottlenose dolphins	3
Geotropic, hydrokinetic and random walking differ between sympatric tick species: the deer tick Ixodes scapularis and the lone star tick Ambylomma americanum	3
Host preference of a symbiotic flatworm and its response to conspecific and host mucus	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
Reduced fitness in losers of leg-biting male combat compared to uncontested males in Zophobas atratus	3
Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica	2
Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Onset of estivation in western sand lance Ammodytes japonicus is not solely triggered by elevating water temperature	2
Squirting ink may play a role in the copulation of the pygmy squid	2
Ant nesting site selection mediated by insects frass	2
Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo	2
Does food play a prominent role in visual attention to disgusting stimuli?	2
Correction: Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Snake herders: novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes	2
Correction to: Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)	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
Correction: Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	2
Behavioral patterns that determine the mating rates in a wing dimorphic riffle bug, Microvelia horvathi Lundblad, 1933 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)	2
Mating behavior in the Japanese badger Meles anakuma	2
A message from new editor-in-chief	2
Effect of diet quality on food consumption and body mass in Microtus pennsylvanicus	2
Paternal care in the redhead goby, Elacatinus puncticulatus	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
Bigger male Eurasian nuthatches (Sitta europaea) behave more aggressively in playback-simulated territorial intrusion	2
2021 Editor's Choice Award and Editor's Choice Articles	1
Video evidence of unusual antler-gnawing behavior of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in central Japan	1
2022 editor’s choice award and editor’s choice articles	1
Cryptic bachelor sex change in haremic colonial groups of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus	1
Video Insights, a new category of paper	1
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2020	1
Fish yawn: the state-change hypothesis in juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	1
Perception and discrimination of chemical and visual stimuli in Antillean manatees under human care	1
Reproductive behavior of endangered spined loach Cobitis magnostriata in the field	1
Female cuckoo calls elicit anti-predatory behavior in birds	1
Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)	1
Inter-population variation and phenotypic plasticity in kairomone use by a poly-specialist spider-eating predator	1
Routine metabolic rate correlates with swimming speed in medaka	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
Multiple vs. single predator effects: differing experimental responses by the spotted fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus maculatus) facing aerial and terrestrial predators	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
Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	1
Extreme herding behavior in adult male sub-Antarctic fur seals	1
Ritualized male–male combat resulting from intraspecific food competition in three Agkistrodon species	1