OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and B is 3. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Expression of Concern: Hans-Joachim Pflüger: scientist, citizen, cosmopolitan	58
Masashi Kawasaki (1955–2025): neuroethologist who explored neural mechanisms of echolocation in bats and of electric behavior in fish	48
The 2024 covers of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A	40
Fluoride alters feeding in lab-bred pond snails but not in wild snails or their progeny	35
Flow development and leading edge vorticity in bristled insect wings	33
Fluoride alters feeding and memory in Lymnaea stagnalis	31
Impact of central complex lesions on innate and learnt visual navigation in ants	29
Neural mechanism of circadian clock-based photoperiodism in insects and snails	26
Polarization vision in terrestrial hermit crabs	21
Correction to: Neuroethology of auditory systems: contributions in memory of Albert S. Feng	20
Stimulator compensation and generation of Gaussian noise stimuli with defined amplitude spectra for studying input–output relations of sensory systems	20
Parallel motion vision pathways in the brain of a tropical bee	19
Avian navigation: the geomagnetic field provides compass cues but not a bicoordinate “map” plus a brief discussion of the alternative infrasound direction-finding hypothesis	19
A versatile recording device for the analysis of continuous daily external activity in colonies of highly eusocial bees	16
Path integration and optic flow in flying insects: a review of current evidence	16
Crickets in the spotlight: exploring the impact of light on circadian behavior	15
Hearing in helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris): audiogram from 2 Hz to 10 kHz and localization acuity for brief noise bursts	15
Chromatic discrimination in fixed saturation levels from tufted capuchin monkeys with different color vision genotypes	14
Male seminal fluid allocation according to socio-sexual context in the South American fruit fly	14
Size matters: individual variation in auditory sensitivity may influence sexual selection in Pacific treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla)	13
Impact of photoperiod and functional clock on male diapause in cryptochrome and pdf mutants in the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus	13
Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour	12
A plea for academic decency	12
Environmental sources of radio frequency noise: potential impacts on magnetoreception	12
Flupyradifurone, imidacloprid and clothianidin disrupt the auditory processing in the locust CNS	12

Integrating electrophysiology, behavioral response, and docking studies to decipher odorant-binding protein function in the brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee	12
Divergent sensory transcriptomic profiles in positive and negative learning in Bicyclus Anynana butterflies	12
Magnetic maps in animal navigation	12
Effects of daylength manipulation on migratory activity and fuelling in a long-distance nocturnal songbird migrant	12
Prediction of a conserved pheromone receptor lineage from antennal transcriptomes of the pine sawyer genus Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)	11
Photoperiodic plasticity of pigment-dispersing factor immunoreactive fibers projecting toward prothoracicotropic hormone neurons in flesh fly Sarcophaga similis larvae	11
Sensation to navigation: a computational neuroscience approach to magnetic field navigation	11
Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of elongated solifuge sensilla to mechanical stimuli	11
Roles for cerebellum and subsumption architecture in central pattern generation	11
A formative journal for a formative career: a personal recollection of how JCPA has inspired and guided my research life	11
Transmitter and receiver of the low frequency horseshoe bat Rhinolophus paradoxolophus are functionally matched for fluttering target detection	11
Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb construction	10
Monaural and dichotic forward masking in the dolphin’s auditory system	10
The olfactory bulbs of homing pigeons are not enlarged compared with other pigeon breeds	9
Vocalization-induced middle ear muscle reflex and auditory fovea do not contribute to the unimpaired auditory sensitivity after intense noise exposure in the CF-FM bat, Hipposideros pratti	9
Contribution of histone acetylation to the serotonin-mediated long-term synaptic plasticity in terrestrial snails	9
“It is becoming increasingly difficult to find reviewers”—myths and facts about peer review	9
The distribution and chemosensory responses of pharyngeal taste buds in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus	8
The cold tolerance of the terrestrial slug, Ambigolimax valentianus	8
Getting a glimpse into the sensory worlds of animals: the Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards 2024	8
Evidence that interval-counting neurons play a critical role in call recognition by Cope’s gray treefrogs	8
Jürgen Boeckh (1934–2023) and Vera Boeckh, née von Zwehl (1928–2022): pioneers of sensory physiology and neuroethology	8
Shelter selection in females of two scorpion species depends on shelter size and scent	8
Neurons sensitive to non-celestial polarized light in the brain of the desert locust	8
An auditory-responsive interneuron descending from the cricket brain: a new element in the auditory pathway	8
Mike Land: a personal remembrance	8
Comparative analysis of the structure and crystallin composition of the lenses of freshwater fish and gastropods with respect to their vision	8
Effect of natural abiotic soil vibrations, rainfall and wind on anuran calling behavior: a test with captive-bred midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans)	8
Essential and nonessential fatty acid composition and use in overwintering monarch butterflies	8
How might magnetic secular variation impact avian philopatry?	7
Circadian entrainment to red-light Zeitgebers and action spectrum for entrainment in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis	7
Centennial issue	7
Ips typographus vision system: a comprehensive study	7
Lineages to circuits: the developmental and evolutionary architecture of information channels into the central complex	7
Population parameters of Drosophila larval cooperative foraging	7
Setting the record straight: a response to Lior Pachter	7
Navigation and dance communication in honeybees: a cognitive perspective	7
My plea for academic decency remains unchanged: a response to Lior Pachter	6
Polarized iridescence of the tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes	6
Photoperiod-driven testicular DNA methylation in gonadotropin and sex steroid receptor promoters in Siberian hamsters	6
Optic flow based spatial vision in insects	6
Insect magnetoreception: a Cry for mechanistic insights	6
The influence of stimulus history on directional coding in the monarch butterfly brain	6
Hearing in African pygmy hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris): audiogram, sound localization, and ear anatomy	6
A perspective on neuroethology: what the past teaches us about the future of neuroethology	6
Diversity of temporal response patterns in midbrain auditory neurons of frogs Batrachyla and its relevance for male vocal responses	5
An LC-MS/MS-based approach for monitoring monoaminergic status in lizard brains: method development and real-samples application	5
Artemin sensitises mouse (Mus musculus) and naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) sensory neurons in vitro	5
What view information is most important in the homeward navigation of an Australian bull ant, Myrmecia midas?	5
The relative landmark shift during free movement on a treadmill may enhance visual learning for ant foragers	5

3D escape: an alternative paradigm for spatial orientation studies in insects	5
Effects of serta and sertb knockout on aggression in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	5
Visual learning in tethered bees modifies flight orientation and is impaired by epinastine	5
The incomparable fascination of comparative physiology: 40 years with animals in the field and laboratory	5
Non-invasive auditory brainstem responses to FM sweeps in awake big brown bats	5
Contact chemoreception in multi-modal sensing of prey by Octopus	5
Views from ‘crabworld’: the spatial distribution of light in a tropical mudflat	5
Integration of photoperiodic and temperature cues by the circadian clock to regulate insect seasonal adaptations	5
Electrophysiological responses of the clam (Ruditapes decussatus) osphradium to amino acids and alarm cues	5
The relative sizes of nuclei in the oculomotor complex vary by order and behaviour in birds	5
Same same, but different: exploring the enigmatic role of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in invertebrate physiology	5
Functional compliance and protective stiffness: cross-veins in the hind wing of locust Locusta migratoria	5
Werner Nachtigall (1934–2024)	5
Photoperiodic history modulates the response of the saccus vasculosus transcriptome to seawater exposure in Atlantic salmon	5
Visual physiology of Australian stingless bees	5
Contribution of cryptochromes and photolyases for insect life under sunlight	5
The Presidential Symposium at the International Congress of Neuroethology 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal	5
Hydrofoil-like legs help stream mayfly larvae to stay on the ground	5
Echo feedback mediates noise-induced vocal modifications in flying bats	5
Investigating the impact of weak geomagnetic fluctuations on pigeon races	5
Note similarities affect syntactic stability in zebra finches	5
Global inhibition in head-direction neural circuits: a systematic comparison between connectome-based spiking neural circuit models	4
Honeybee queen mandibular pheromone fails to regulate ovary activation in the common wasp	4
8-OH-DPAT enhances dopamine D2-induced maternal disruption in rats	4
Butterfly blues and greens caused by subtractive colour mixing of carotenoids and bile pigments	4
The effects of doxapram and its potential interactions with K2P channels in experimental model preparations	4
Understanding daily rhythms in weakly electric fish: the role of melatonin on the electric behavior of Brachyhypopomus gauderio	4
Synchronous waving in a dotillid crab Ilyoplax pusilla: behavioral analyses using a robotic model	4
Suggested reviewers: friends or foes?	4
Five papers that defined the course of history of neuroscience	4
Unraveling the neural basis of spatial orientation in arthropods	4
Physiological properties of the visual system in the Green Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina	4
Chemosensory detection of glucosinolates as token stimuli for specialist insects on brassicaceous plants: discovery and impact	4
One seasonal clock fits all?	4
Performance of polarization-sensitive neurons of the locust central complex at different degrees of polarization	4
Properties of an attention-grabbing motion signal: a comparison of tail and body movements in a lizard	4
The role of learning-walk related multisensory experience in rewiring visual circuits in the desert ant brain	4
Jumping of flea beetles onto inclined platforms	4
The Journal of Comparative Physiology A: rooted in great tradition, committed to innovation and discovery	4
The sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust	4
Magnetotactic bacteria: concepts, conundrums, and insights from a novel in situ approach using digital holographic microscopy (DHM)	3
Male antiphonal calls and phonotaxis evoked by female courtship calls in the large odorous frog (Odorrana graminea)	3
Ventral wing hairs provide tactile feedback for aerial prey capture in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus	3
On the origin and evolution of the dual oscillator model underlying the photoperiodic clockwork in the suprachiasmatic nucleus	3
Song system neuroanatomy, and immediate early gene expression in a finch species with extensive male and female song	3
Erwin Bünning and Wolfgang Engelmann: establishing the involvement of the circadian clock in photoperiodism	3
What goes down may come up: regurgitative behaviors and their underlying gut–brain axes—insights from genetic models and related pathologies	3
Do wild-caught fly larvae cooperatively forage?	3
Spatial tuning of translational optic flow responses in hawkmoths of varying body size	3
Phobic responses of bull ants (Myrmecia midas) to odours introduced on their foraging route	3
From mechanoecology to sensory physiology to olfactory navigation: the Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards 2025	3
The circadian and photoperiodic clock of the pea aphid	3
Effects of prenatal testosterone on cumulative markers of oxidative damage to organs of young adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)	3
Magnetosensation	3
Is it a bat or a male? A female moth (Syntomeida epilais, Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) adapts its acoustic signals for defense or courtship	3
Investigating the interactions between multiple memory stores in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis	3
The potential underlying mechanisms during learning flights	3
Scanning behaviour in ants: an interplay between random-rate processes and oscillators	3
A plea for academic truth	3
Novel nerve regeneration assessment method using adult zebrafish with crush spinal cord injury	3