OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behavioural Processes is 4. 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
Aroma-dillo or Area-dillo? An examination of armadillos’ sensory modality bias	42
Daily running trials increase sprint speed in endangered lizards (Gallotia simonyi)	33
1-Back reinforcement matching and mismatching by pigeons: Implicit or explicit learning?	26
Acute caffeine enhances sign-tracking in male Sprague-Dawley rats	22
ABA, AAB and ABC renewal with Pavlovian Conditioning of Tentacle Lowering procedure in the snail Cornu aspersum	22
Irrational behavior in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): A violation of independence from irrelevant alternatives	18
Chronic high-dose testosterone impairs economic decision making, but has no effect on memory in male rats	17
Behavioural changes of native freshwater prawn in the presence of a predator fish	16
Not just for males: Flehmen as a tool for detection of reproductive status and individual recognition across sexes in four African equid species	16
Modeling resurgence with an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics	16
Behavioral responses to predator and heterospecific alarm calls are habitat-specific in Eurasian tree sparrows	16
Light, camera, action: Behavioral responses of the yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus to different lights	14
Three methods of behavioural testing to measure anxiety – A review	14
Learning about reward identities and time	14
A Pavlovian, conditioned-reinforcement approach to reducing impulsive choice	14
Unpredictable mealtimes rather than social jetlag affects acquisition and retention of hippocampal dependent memory	14
Pigeon leadership hierarchies are not dependent on environmental contexts or individual phenotypes	13
Social isolation interaction with the feeding regime differentially affects survival and results in a hump-shaped pattern in movement activity	13
Prepulse inhibition deficits in inbred and outbred rats and between-strain differences in startle habituation do not depend on startle reactivity levels	12
Time, uncertainty, and suboptimal choice	12
A test of the role of stimulus-response and stimulus-outcome associations in the effects of intermittent-access training	12
An evaluation of hedonic responses in taste-potentiated odor aversion using the analysis of licking microstructure and orofacial reactivity	12
Influence of web traits, height, and daily periods of exposition on prey captured by orb-weaver spiders	12
An investigation of population variation in maze exploration and its predictors in wild Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)	12
Evaluation of temperament traits and its association with visual lateralisation in oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)	11

Responses to environmental enrichment are associated with personality characteristics in chestnut-bellied seed finches (Sporophila angolensis)	10
Activity vs exploration: Locomotion in a known and unknown environment differs in Atlantic cod juveniles (Gadus morhua)	10
Individual differences in degree of discounting: Do different procedures and measures assess the same construct?	10
Does predation environment affect repeated responses to predation cues in the fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora?	9
Interference of same/different learning by a spatial discrimination	9
Climatic factors impacting thermoregulatory behaviours of coastal and inland rattlesnakes	9
Effects of individual or common resources availability in choosing individual or shared contingencies	9
SQAB 2021: Translational research using computation approaches	9
Environmental conditions shape learning in larval zebrafish	9
May unpredictable events affect monkey welfare under human care?	9
Choice reaction time in pigeons fails to increase as predicted by Hick’s law	8
Training primates to forage in virtual 3D environments	8
No evidence of the choice overload effect in a computerized paradigm with rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella)	8
A preliminary evaluation of habituation and dishabituation of operant responding in mice	8
Extrinsic traits consistently drive microhabitat decisions of an arboreal snake, independently of sex and personality	8
Fins of Fury or Fainéant: Fluoxetine impacts the aggressive behavior of fighting fish (Betta splendens)	8
Contextualising courtship: Exploring male body odour effects on vocal modulation	8
Characteristics influencing local enhancement in free-living striped mice	8
Non-invasive, real-time stress measurement: Vocalization compared with thermal imaging in kittens of the domestic cat in response to social separation	8
Environmental enrichment accelerates the acquisition of schedule-induced drinking in rats	8
Effects of inter-trial interval on sign-tracking and conditioned reinforcer efficacy in female rats	8
Female Java sparrows prefer high exploratory males without assortative mating	8
Comparison of ultrasonic isolation calls of pure-breeding and interspecies hybrid Phodopus dwarf hamster pups	7
Resurgence increases with repetition	7
Covariation among behavioral traits and hatching time in zebrafish	7
Preliminary evidence for timing abnormalities in the CNTNAP2 knockout rat	7
Effects of domestication on neophobia: A comparison between the domesticated Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica) and its wild ancestor, the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata)	7
Topographical aspects of brief-stimulus presentations: A re-examination of the problem of conditioned reinforcement	7
Persistent fine-tuning of egg rejection based on parasitic timing in a cuckoo host even after relaxation of parasitism pressure	7
Altruism, reciprocity, and probability: Examining relations through a discounting framework	7
Effects of external cues and group mate body size on the collective behavior of shoaling crucian carp	7
Trap versus net: Behavioural sampling bias caused by capture method in three-spined sticklebacks	7
Examining resurgence and repetition with the evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics	7
Editorial Board	7
Consummatory successive positive contrast with aversive solutions in infant rats: Replication and generalization to a higher concentration of a bitter solution	7
Ontogeny of pup isolation-induced ultrasonic calls in a highly social rodent, the Harting’s vole (Microtus hartingi)	7
Trained dogs do not give up: Effects of advanced training on the persistence of domestic dogs	7
Some properties of habituation of siphon withdrawal in the slimy clam (Ruditapes decussatus)	7
Choices about whether to wait: Changes in delay discounting without changes in time perception	6
Observation of female-male mounting in the carrion crow	6
Editorial Board	6
Never smile at a crocodile: Gaping behaviour in the Nile crocodile at Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa	6
Domestication and social environment modulate fear responses in young chickens	6
Extra-experimental scarcity impacts hypothetical operant demand: A natural SARS-CoV-2 eperiment	6
Alcohol exposure and environmental enrichment effects on contextual fear conditioning in zebrafish	6
Autoshaped impulsivity: Some explorations with a neural network model	6
Coup in the coop: Rank changes in chicken dominance hierarchies over maturation	6
Effects of housing density on anxiety-like behavior of zebrafish in the plus maze with ramp	6
Editorial Board	6
Chicks make stochastic decisions based on gain rates of different time constants	6

Ejaculation latency determines susceptibility to stress in the male rat	6
Motivational state-dependent renewal and reinstatement of operant responding under food and water deprivation states	6
Generalizability of time-based interventions: Effects of choice procedure and smaller-sooner delay	6
Editorial Board	6
Contextual control of the retardation of flavour aversion learning by preexposure to the unconditioned stimulus: Acquisition or retrieval deficit?	6
Female aggression towards same-sex rivals depends on context in a tropical songbird	6
Instructional control in choice tasks: The relation between type of schedule and relative expected values	6
Applying an eye tracking technique to gibbons: First study using scanpath measurements for visual stimuli	6
Stag beetle Cyclommatus mniszechi employs both mutual- and self-assessment strategies in male-male combat	6
Nearest neighbour distance does not affect escape behaviour in urban hooded crows	6
Reproductive consequences of material use in avian nest construction	6
Matching is acquired faster than mismatching by pigeons when salient stimuli are presented manually	6
Attention bias and novel object test in rams (Ovis aries) under intensive farming	6
Degrading stimuli by reducing image resolution impairs performance in a rodent continuous performance test	5
Reducing impulsive choice: VIII. Effects of delay-exposure training in female rats	5
Analixity: An open source, low-cost analysis system for the elevated plus maze test, based on computer vision techniques	5
Exploring innovative problem-solving in African lions (Panthera leo) and snow leopards (Panthera uncia)	5
Ecology of acoustic partitioning in insect assemblages	5
Hand preference for a bimanual coordinated task in captive hatinh langurs (Trachypithecus hatinhensis) and grey-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix cinerea)	5
Abbreviated fixed-interval interventions promote self-control in rats	5
Maternal deprivation effect on morphine-induced CPP is related to changes in opioid receptors in selected rat brain regions (hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and nucleus accumbens)	5
Individual vocal identity may be obscured following colony assembly in captive black-capped chickadees	5
Overmatching under food uncertainty in foraging pigeons	5
Primacy and recency effects in hierarchical renewal in rats	5
Patrolling the area, not ousting intruders, relates to reproductive success for territorial male Leon Springs pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus	5
Evaluating effects of context changes on resurgence in humans	5
Context-dependent use of visual cues in the shell selection behaviour of the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus	5
Effects of water restriction and dirt on grooming behavior in neotropical rodents (Trinomys setosus and T. yonenagae) (Echimyidae)	5
Can a traditional partner preference test quantify monogamous behavior in captive coyotes?	5
Removing the opportunity to respond induces resurgence	5
Sex-based differences, diurnal and seasonal trends in thermoregulatory behaviour of nesting Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)	5
Threespine stickleback do not use social cues to learn about predation risk	5
Non-individualistic ultrasonic and audible isolation calls throughout ontogeny in a rodent, Eolagurus luteus	5
Advertisement call of two Liuixalus species (Anura: Rhacophoridae) endemic to Hainan Island, China	5
SQAB 2019: Perspectives on reinforcer efficacy	5
Prevention of self-grooming in rats: Evidence for a rebound effect	5
Taste-induced facial responses in black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)	5
Measuring behavioral coping style and stress reactivity experimentally in wild olive baboons	5
Effort-motivated behavior resolves paradoxes in appetitive conditioning	5
Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) discriminate between naturally-ordered and scramble-ordered chick-a-dee calls and individual preference is related to rate of learning	5
Domestication effects on aggressiveness: Comparison of biting motivation and bite force between wild and domesticated finches	5
Investigating the role of environmental enrichment initiated in adolescence against the detrimental effects of chronic unpredictable stress in adulthood: Sex-specific differences in behavioral and neu	4
Bottlenose dolphin communication during a role-specialized group foraging task	4
Measurement of the exploration–exploitation response of dogs through a concurrent visual discrimination task	4
Adaptive forgetting of place/object memory for dung in the domestic horse (Equus ferus caballus): Memory for a day	4
The temporal copulatory patterns of female rat sexual behavior	4
Blackouts can serve as a contextual feature and enhance resurgence	4
Number-of-responses matching in pigeons (Columba livia): Choice biases following delay and no-sample tests	4
Stimulus characteristics, learning bias and visual discrimination in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	4
Equivalent learning, but unequal participation: Male bumble bees learn comparably to females, but participate in cognitive assessments at lower rates	4
Foraging behaviour of Pheidole latinoda: An impetus for employing a heuristic approach to address optimization challenges	4
White Leghorn and Red Junglefowl female chicks use distal and local cues similarly, but differ in persistency behaviors, during a spatial orientation task	4
Behavioural response of female Lewis rats toward 31-kHz ultrasonic calls	4
Auditory pattern discrimination in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)	4
Aerial urination in Amazon river dolphins: reassessing its social significance and implications for sensory biology	4
Evidence of AAB, ABA, and ABC renewal procedures for instrumental response in elementary school children	4
The effects of olfactory stimulation on the behaviour of captive slender lorises (Loris lydekkerianus)	4
Gain-loss asymmetry in delay and effort discounting of different amounts	4
Infant handling increases grooming towards mothers in wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada)	4
Invasive social wasp learning abilities when foraging in human modified environments	4
The investigation of sexual and interspecies disparities in spatial learning and memory across two rodent species	4
Deciding what to do: Observations from a psycho-motor laboratory, including the discovery of pre-crastination	4
Editorial Board	4
Foraging decisions of rock lizards may be dependent both on current rival assessment and dear enemy recognition	4
Bringing the past into the present: Control by exteroceptive stimuli and key-peck location in a concurrent-chains procedure	4
Size matters: Antagonistic effects of body size on courtship and digging in a wolf spider with non-traditional sex roles	4
Investigating individual learning behaviour of dogs during a yes/no detection task	4