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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Size-dependent predation risk in cryptic prey	9
The relationship between personality and the collective motion of schooling fish	8
Age and body mass are more important than horns to determine the social position of dairy cows	8
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	8
Female cuckoo calls elicit anti-predatory behavior in birds	8
A mathematical model of herding in horse-harem group	7
Locomotion and flow speed preferences in natural habitats by large water striders, Ptilomera tigrina, with micro-morphological adaptations for rowing	7
Reddish male swallows have short sperm	6
An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	6
Testing traditional hypotheses about prey capture efficiency in orb-web spiders	5
Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca) exhibit pre-copulatory behavior particularly under specific experimental setups	5
Behavioural changes in Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1876) (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) exposed to a pyrethroid insecticide	5
Qualitative description of the submission and agonistic behavior of the Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii, Spix 1824), with special reference to the displacement displays	5
Intestinal eversion in a pelagic shark evokes chase and bite attempts by large-bodied carangid fish	4
Predation behaviour of the European squid Loligo vulgaris	4
Winner and loser effects of juvenile cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	4
Male body size does not affect the refractory period of females in the West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the seed bug Togo hemipterus (	4
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	4
Cryptic bachelor sex change in haremic colonial groups of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus	4
Weak swimming response of a bdelloid rotifer to chemical cues of a native copepod predator	4
Factors influencing the duration of death feigning in Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	4
Arousal from death feigning by vibrational stimuli: comparison of Tribolium species	4
Differences in predatory behavior among three bird species when attacking chemically defended and undefended prey	4
Fight outcome influences male mating success in Drosophila prolongata	3
Responses to artificial selection of dispersal activity in the circadian rhythm of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	3

Communication sounds produced by captive narrow-ridged finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)	3
Magnetic compass orientation in common midwife toad tadpoles, Alytes obstetricans (Anura, Alytidae)	3
Frequency of carcass burial in animal burrows for reproduction by Nicrophorus concolor (Coleoptera: Silphidae)	3
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	3
Trade-off between mate choice speed and decision accuracy under mating competition in female sand gobies	3
Season does not influence the response of great tits (Parus major) to allopatric mobbing calls	3
Observation of yawn-like behavior in a dugong (Dugong dugon)	3
Does food play a prominent role in visual attention to disgusting stimuli?	3
Flipper rubbing reciprocity and partner choice in common bottlenose dolphins	3
Fish yawn: the state-change hypothesis in juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	3
Navigating from live to virtual social interactions: looking at but not manipulating smartphones provokes a spontaneous mimicry response in the observers	3
Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	3
Performance of cyprinids in non-reversing mirrors versus regular mirrors in tests of aggressiveness	3
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	2
Lack of discrimination of sex and maturity of conspecifics in the copulation attempts of the male stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala detrahens (Diptera: Diopsidae)	2
Subjective resource value affects aggressive behavior independently of resource-holding-potential and color morphs in male common wall lizard	2
Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)	2
Does Liolaemus lemniscatus eavesdrop on the distress calls of the sympatric weeping lizard?	2
The origination events of gametic sexual reproduction and anisogamy	2
Geotropic, hydrokinetic and random walking differ between sympatric tick species: the deer tick Ixodes scapularis and the lone star tick Ambylomma americanum	2
Behavioral patterns that determine the mating rates in a wing dimorphic riffle bug, Microvelia horvathi Lundblad, 1933 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)	2
Stone handling in geladas (Theropithecus gelada): implications for spontaneous drawing-like activity as a playful behavior	2
Optimal pit site selection in antlion larvae: the relationship between prey availability and pit maintenance costs	2
Social play and affiliation as possible coping strategies in a group of Maremmana beef cattle	2
Dendropsophus minutus (Hylidae) tadpole evaluation of predation risk by fishing spiders (Thaumasia sp.: Pisauridae) is modulated by size and social environment	2
Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)	2
Inter-population variation and phenotypic plasticity in kairomone use by a poly-specialist spider-eating predator	2
Spatial cognitive abilities of a tide-pool fish show resilience to noise pollution	2
Effects of habitat conditions on the boldness and sociability of wild-caught fish (Zacco platypus) along a river	2
Non-mimetic jumping spider responses towards three species of ants and their mimics	2
Antibiotics affect migratory restlessness orientation	2
Adaptive foraging tactics of greater short-nosed fruit bats on a spiny shrub and its effect on seed dispersal	2
Overwintering strategy and longevity of European small carpenter bees (Ceratina)	2
Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica	2
Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	2
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	2
Nocturnal light-specific temporal partitioning facilitates coexistence for a small mesopredator, the eastern spotted skunk	2
Monogamy and protandry caused by exclusion of the same sex and random pairing in anemonefishes: a simulation model and aquarium experiments	2
Cost of defensive spraying by larval Osmylus hyalinatus (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) for post-larval development	2
Similarities in expression of territorial aggression in breeding pairs of northern cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis	1
The use of social information about predation risk by foraging house sparrows: a feeder experiment	1
Another usage of autotomized penis	1
Signal response is context-dependent in Polistes dominula	1
Sexual horn dimorphism predicts the expression of active personality trait: males perform better only in the sexually horn dimorphic Onthophagus dung beetle	1
Nest defence by woodpeckers from inside vs. outside the cavity against the intruder	1
Small males of the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa court more in the off-peak breeding period when large males court less	1
Association between visual cues and time of day in an ant	1
European badger's mating activities associated with moon phase	1
Predation strategy of the brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 against prey with different defensive mechanisms	1
Male procurement of breeding site is valued over male size by monogamous female convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciata)	1

Relationship between death-feigning behavior and population density in a beetle	1
Black-headed gulls are more wary of people dressed in red: a test of the concealment color hypothesis	1
Basking aggregations in the adder (Vipera berus): attraction to conspecific cues or to scarce suitable microhabitats?	1
Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo	1
Movement orders in spontaneous group movements in cattle: 6-year monitoring of a beef cow herd with changing composition	1
Carpe diem: winner and loser effects are constrained to same-day competitions in collegiate baseball	1
Characterization of the reproductive behaviour of the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)	1
Female–female mounting in pumas	1
Correction to: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	1
Observations of flipper rubbing in mother–calf pairs of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) suggest a body-surface care function	1
Preference for supernormal stimuli tends to override initially learned associations for conspicuous prey traits: implications from a laboratory study	1