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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Expression of Concern: Hans-Joachim Pflüger: scientist, citizen, cosmopolitan	47
The 2024 covers of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A	44
Fluoride alters feeding in lab-bred pond snails but not in wild snails or their progeny	32
Fluoride alters feeding and memory in Lymnaea stagnalis	32
Birth temperature followed by a visual critical period determines cooperative group membership	27
Flow development and leading edge vorticity in bristled insect wings	27
Impact of central complex lesions on innate and learnt visual navigation in ants	25
Masashi Kawasaki (1955–2025): neuroethologist who explored neural mechanisms of echolocation in bats and of electric behavior in fish	22
Neural mechanism of circadian clock-based photoperiodism in insects and snails	20
Polarization vision in terrestrial hermit crabs	19
A versatile recording device for the analysis of continuous daily external activity in colonies of highly eusocial bees	18
Correction to: Neuroethology of auditory systems: contributions in memory of Albert S. Feng	18
Stimulator compensation and generation of Gaussian noise stimuli with defined amplitude spectra for studying input–output relations of sensory systems	17
Path integration and optic flow in flying insects: a review of current evidence	16
Avian navigation: the geomagnetic field provides compass cues but not a bicoordinate “map” plus a brief discussion of the alternative infrasound direction-finding hypothesis	15
Male seminal fluid allocation according to socio-sexual context in the South American fruit fly	14
A plea for academic decency	14
Crickets in the spotlight: exploring the impact of light on circadian behavior	14
Parallel motion vision pathways in the brain of a tropical bee	14
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
Chromatic discrimination in fixed saturation levels from tufted capuchin monkeys with different color vision genotypes	12
Hearing in helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris): audiogram from 2 Hz to 10 kHz and localization acuity for brief noise bursts	11
Spatial resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis	11
Flupyradifurone, imidacloprid and clothianidin disrupt the auditory processing in the locust CNS	11

Environmental sources of radio frequency noise: potential impacts on magnetoreception	11
Size matters: individual variation in auditory sensitivity may influence sexual selection in Pacific treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla)	11
Prediction of a conserved pheromone receptor lineage from antennal transcriptomes of the pine sawyer genus Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)	10
Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb construction	10
Roles for cerebellum and subsumption architecture in central pattern generation	10
Magnetic maps in animal navigation	10
A formative journal for a formative career: a personal recollection of how JCPA has inspired and guided my research life	10
“It is becoming increasingly difficult to find reviewers”—myths and facts about peer review	9
Photoperiodic plasticity of pigment-dispersing factor immunoreactive fibers projecting toward prothoracicotropic hormone neurons in flesh fly Sarcophaga similis larvae	9
Sensation to navigation: a computational neuroscience approach to magnetic field navigation	9
Monaural and dichotic forward masking in the dolphin’s auditory system	9
Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of elongated solifuge sensilla to mechanical stimuli	9
The olfactory bulbs of homing pigeons are not enlarged compared with other pigeon breeds	9
Contribution of histone acetylation to the serotonin-mediated long-term synaptic plasticity in terrestrial snails	9
Transmitter and receiver of the low frequency horseshoe bat Rhinolophus paradoxolophus are functionally matched for fluttering target detection	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	8
Shelter selection in females of two scorpion species depends on shelter size and scent	8
The distribution and chemosensory responses of pharyngeal taste buds in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus	8
Mike Land: a personal remembrance	8
Jürgen Boeckh (1934–2023) and Vera Boeckh, née von Zwehl (1928–2022): pioneers of sensory physiology and neuroethology	8
Neurons sensitive to non-celestial polarized light in the brain of the desert locust	7
Optocollic responses in adult barn owls (Tyto furcata)	7
Centennial issue	7
Lineages to circuits: the developmental and evolutionary architecture of information channels into the central complex	7
Comparative analysis of the structure and crystallin composition of the lenses of freshwater fish and gastropods with respect to their vision	7
Getting a glimpse into the sensory worlds of animals: the Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards 2024	7
Essential and nonessential fatty acid composition and use in overwintering monarch butterflies	7
Circadian entrainment to red-light Zeitgebers and action spectrum for entrainment in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis	7
Effect of natural abiotic soil vibrations, rainfall and wind on anuran calling behavior: a test with captive-bred midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans)	7
The cold tolerance of the terrestrial slug, Ambigolimax valentianus	7
An auditory-responsive interneuron descending from the cricket brain: a new element in the auditory pathway	7
Navigation and dance communication in honeybees: a cognitive perspective	7
Ips typographus vision system: a comprehensive study	7
How might magnetic secular variation impact avian philopatry?	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
Population parameters of Drosophila larval cooperative foraging	6
Insect magnetoreception: a Cry for mechanistic insights	6
Flat on its back: the impact of substrate on righting methods of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys	6
A perspective on neuroethology: what the past teaches us about the future of neuroethology	6
The influence of stimulus history on directional coding in the monarch butterfly brain	5
Hearing in African pygmy hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris): audiogram, sound localization, and ear anatomy	5
Hydrofoil-like legs help stream mayfly larvae to stay on the ground	5
An LC-MS/MS-based approach for monitoring monoaminergic status in lizard brains: method development and real-samples application	5
What view information is most important in the homeward navigation of an Australian bull ant, Myrmecia midas?	5
Artemin sensitises mouse (Mus musculus) and naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) sensory neurons in vitro	5
3D escape: an alternative paradigm for spatial orientation studies in insects	5
Diversity of temporal response patterns in midbrain auditory neurons of frogs Batrachyla and its relevance for male vocal responses	5
Spectral responses across a dorsal–ventral array of dermal sensilla in the medicinal leech	5
Contribution of cryptochromes and photolyases for insect life under sunlight	5

Non-invasive auditory brainstem responses to FM sweeps in awake big brown bats	5
The relative sizes of nuclei in the oculomotor complex vary by order and behaviour in birds	5
Optic flow based spatial vision in insects	5
Contact chemoreception in multi-modal sensing of prey by Octopus	5
Werner Nachtigall (1934–2024)	5
Integration of photoperiodic and temperature cues by the circadian clock to regulate insect seasonal adaptations	5
Functional compliance and protective stiffness: cross-veins in the hind wing of locust Locusta migratoria	5
Visual physiology of Australian stingless bees	5
The Journal of Comparative Physiology A: rooted in great tradition, committed to innovation and discovery	4
Jumping of flea beetles onto inclined platforms	4
The incomparable fascination of comparative physiology: 40 years with animals in the field and laboratory	4
Echo feedback mediates noise-induced vocal modifications in flying bats	4
Visual learning in tethered bees modifies flight orientation and is impaired by epinastine	4
Effects of serta and sertb knockout on aggression in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	4
Physiological properties of the visual system in the Green Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina	4
Butterfly blues and greens caused by subtractive colour mixing of carotenoids and bile pigments	4
One seasonal clock fits all?	4
Performance of polarization-sensitive neurons of the locust central complex at different degrees of polarization	4
Chemosensory detection of glucosinolates as token stimuli for specialist insects on brassicaceous plants: discovery and impact	4
Unraveling the neural basis of spatial orientation in arthropods	4
Investigating the impact of weak geomagnetic fluctuations on pigeon races	4
The Presidential Symposium at the International Congress of Neuroethology 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal	4
The role of learning-walk related multisensory experience in rewiring visual circuits in the desert ant brain	4
Note similarities affect syntactic stability in zebra finches	4
Global inhibition in head-direction neural circuits: a systematic comparison between connectome-based spiking neural circuit models	4
Five papers that defined the course of history of neuroscience	4
8-OH-DPAT enhances dopamine D2-induced maternal disruption in rats	4
Understanding daily rhythms in weakly electric fish: the role of melatonin on the electric behavior of Brachyhypopomus gauderio	4
Views from ‘crabworld’: the spatial distribution of light in a tropical mudflat	4
Same same, but different: exploring the enigmatic role of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in invertebrate physiology	4
The relative landmark shift during free movement on a treadmill may enhance visual learning for ant foragers	4
Waterfall low-frequency vibrations and infrasound: implications for avian migration and hazard detection	4
The effects of doxapram and its potential interactions with K2P channels in experimental model preparations	4
The sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust	4
One hundred years of excellence: the top one hundred authors of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A	3
From mechanoecology to sensory physiology to olfactory navigation: the Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards 2025	3
Comparative psychophysics of Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and stingless bee (Tetragonula carbonaria) colour purity and intensity perception	3
Erwin Bünning and Wolfgang Engelmann: establishing the involvement of the circadian clock in photoperiodism	3
Investigating the interactions between multiple memory stores in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis	3
Magnetotactic bacteria: concepts, conundrums, and insights from a novel in situ approach using digital holographic microscopy (DHM)	3
Do wild-caught fly larvae cooperatively forage?	3
Ventral wing hairs provide tactile feedback for aerial prey capture in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus	3
Song system neuroanatomy, and immediate early gene expression in a finch species with extensive male and female song	3
Neuroethology of auditory systems: contributions in memory of Albert S. Feng	3
Inflight head stabilization associated with wingbeat cycle and sonar emissions in the lingual echolocating Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus	3
The circadian and photoperiodic clock of the pea aphid	3
The potential underlying mechanisms during learning flights	3
Male antiphonal calls and phonotaxis evoked by female courtship calls in the large odorous frog (Odorrana graminea)	3
Phobic responses of bull ants (Myrmecia midas) to odours introduced on their foraging route	3
Suggested reviewers: friends or foes?	3
Honeybee queen mandibular pheromone fails to regulate ovary activation in the common wasp	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
Effects of prenatal testosterone on cumulative markers of oxidative damage to organs of young adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)	3
Five-minute exposure to a novel appetitive food substance is sufficient time for a microRNA-dependent long-term memory to form	3
What do oysters smell? Electrophysiological evidence that the bivalve osphradium is a chemosensory organ in the oyster, Magallana gigas	3
Scanning behaviour in ants: an interplay between random-rate processes and oscillators	3
Correction to: Intragenus F1-hybrids of African weakly electric fish (Mormyridae: Campylomormyrus tamandua ♂ × C. compressirostris ♀) are fertile	3
On the origin and evolution of the dual oscillator model underlying the photoperiodic clockwork in the suprachiasmatic nucleus	3
Novel nerve regeneration assessment method using adult zebrafish with crush spinal cord injury	3
Magnetosensation	3
Properties of an attention-grabbing motion signal: a comparison of tail and body movements in a lizard	3
Spatial tuning of translational optic flow responses in hawkmoths of varying body size	3