OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Ethology is 2. 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
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
The relationship between personality and the collective motion of schooling fish	8
Locomotion and flow speed preferences in natural habitats by large water striders, Ptilomera tigrina, with micro-morphological adaptations for rowing	7
A mathematical model of herding in horse-harem group	7
An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	6
Reddish male swallows have short sperm	6
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
Testing traditional hypotheses about prey capture efficiency in orb-web spiders	5
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
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
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
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
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
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