OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Avian Biology 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect sizes of divergence in urban noise and song minimum frequency of grey‐cheeked fulvettas Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia	283
Inter‐ and intra‐individual variation in the feather coloration of American crows	22
Stopover regions, phenology, and spatiotemporal group dynamics of adult and juvenile common terns Sterna hirundo from inland lakes in North America	16
Assessing the impacts of livestock grazing on upland bird breeding territories using drone surveys	15
Corrigendum to “Syntax in animal communication: its study in songbirds and other taxa”	15
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Constitutive immune function variation across the non‐breeding season in an extreme long‐distance migrant	14
Evolution of population‐specific migration routes in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus – evidence of a novel spring migration strategy	12
Consistent apparent adult survival and nest‐site fidelity of whimbrel Numenius phaeopus near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada over a 40 year period	12
Oxidative state is associated with migration distance, but not traits linked to flight energetics	11
Egg size effects on nestling mass in jackdaws Corvus monedula : a cross‐foster experiment	11
Three decades of western sandpiper stopover dynamics during northward migration on the Pacific Coast of North America, 1992–2022	11
Drivers of partial migration in the reddish egret Egretta rufescens	11
No support for solar radiation as a major evolutionary driver of malar stripes in falcons	11
Migration of black terns Chlidonias niger and common terns Sterna hirundo between south Sweden and the Atl	11
Hanging out in the outback: the use of social hotspots by wild zebra finches	11
Heavy metal pollution exposure affects egg coloration but not male provisioning effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	11
Acoustic phenology of tropical resident birds differs between native forest species and parkland colonizer species	11
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Life history traits, habitat characteristics, and phylogeny influence tick infestation probability in tropical wild birds	9
Energetic synchrony throughout the non‐breeding season in common guillemots from four colonies	9
Age dependent reproductive effort in great tits	9
Genetic analysis of museum samples suggests temporal stability in the Mexican nonbreeding distribution of a neotropical migrant	9
Frailty: measurement and utility in avian studies	9
Age and sex effects on spring migration timing in great reed warblers: early start allows older males to arrive first	8

Mechanisms matching timing to resources: comparisons of closely related seasonally sympatric, migratory and non‐migratory populations	8
Adaptive immunity modulation linked to migratory behaviour in two partially migratory hoopoe Upupa epops populations	8
The interplay of resource availability and parent foraging strategies on juvenile sparrow individual specialization	8
Climatic variation influences annual survival of an island‐breeding tropical shorebird	8
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A potential role for epigenetic mechanisms enabling appropriate seasonal reproductive transitions of liver yolk‐precursor production	8
Extra‐pair paternity enhances the reproductive fitness of urban Chinese blackbird	8
Seasonal activity and behavioural responses to artificial light at night in migratory and non‐migratory sparrows	7
Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?	7
Good vibrations: remote‐tactile foraging success of wading birds is positively affected by the water content of substrates they forage in	7
Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach	7
A trans‐African migrant shows repeatable route choice in males and repeatable timing in females	7
Are urbanization and brood parasitism associated with differences in telomere lengths in song sparrows?	7
Perceived eggshell luminance does not predict rejection of experimental egg models in eastern bluebirds	6
Condition‐dependent immune response in a migrating shorebird, the common snipe Gallinago gallinago	6
Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in DNA methylation between introduced and native house sparrows Passer domesticus	6
Blood‐ and muscle‐O ₂ storage capacity in North American diving ducks	6
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Correction to Multiple stressors: negative effects of nest predation on the viability of a threatened gull in different environmental conditions	6
Influence of floral orientation on feeding behavior in Anna's hummingbirds	5
Dynamic body acceleration improves mapping of at‐sea foraging behavior in black‐tailed gulls Larus crassirostris	5
Geolocation and immersion loggers reveal year‐round residency and facilitate nutrient deposition rate estimation of adult red‐footed boobies in the Chagos Archipelago, tropical Indian Ocean	5
Nest mass in forest tits (Paridae) increases with elevation and decreasing body mass, promoting reproductive success	5
Preening correlates with lower feather bacteria abundance but not feather coloration in a lek‐breeding bird	5
Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration	5
Nestling growth rate and food consumption increases under experimentally prolonged daylength in a New World sparrow	5
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Factors influencing nest site selection in a rapidly declining shorebird, the Eurasian curlew	5
Anything for a quiet life: shelter from mobbers drives reproductive success in a top‐level avian predator	5
Local weather and endogenous factors affect the initiation of migration in short‐ and medium‐distance songbird migrants	5
Power source, data retrieval method, and attachment type affect success of dorsally mounted tracking tag deployments in 37 species of shorebirds	5
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The combination of miniaturized GPS/VHF tags and soluble backpack harness as an effective method for tracking lightweight and elusive birds	4
Recurrence, fidelity and proximity to previously visited sites throughout the annual cycle in a trans‐Saharan migrant, the common cuckoo	4
Incubation behaviour in a double‐nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis : similar nest attendance by males and females	4
Examining inter‐regional and intra‐seasonal differences in wintering waterfowl landscape associations among Pacific and Atlantic flyways	4
Insufficient considerations of seasonality, data selection and validation lead to biased species–climate relationships in mountain birds	4
The trophic strategy of the European honey‐buzzard Pernis apivorus during breeding: extravagant specialization or ingenious solution?	4
Sleep deprivation and stress hormone manipulation alter composition and decrease diversity in the gut microbiotas of common mynas	4
First demographic insights reveal high extinction risk of an endemic raptor species: the Reunion harrier	4
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Nowhere to escape: the cross‐age avian haemosporidian exposure of migrants in northeast China	4
Age‐related changes of oxidative status and immune function in a long‐lived seabird	4
Climate trends and behavior of a model Amazonian terrestrial insectivore, black‐faced antthrush, indicate adjustment to hot and dry conditions	4
Experimental comparison of defence behaviour against different avian top predators in an intraguild prey	4
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus , a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic fores	4
Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures	4
Diet‐manipulated body condition affects onset and speed of moult in common bulbuls in a tropical environment	4
Hot stops: timing, pathways, and habitat selection of migrating eastern whip‐poor‐wills	3

Larger native woods with less conifer plantation support greater populations of the marsh tit Poecile palustris , a declining forest specialist	3
Structural and socioeconomic features of cities predict migratory bird species richness	3
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Endocrine and skeletal muscle physiology optimizing avian migratory capabilities	3
Nest predation and climate change as drivers of alternative reproductive tactics in a migratory species	3
Patterns in avian reproduction in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, 2003–2019	3
Evaluating the effects of tracking devices on survival, breeding success, behavior, and condition of a small, partially migratory shorebird	3
Application of photographic ‘capture–recapture' modelling to estimate recruitment and apparent survival in a long‐lived territorial raptor	3
Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting black‐tailed godwits	3
Post‐colony swimming migration in the genus Uria	3
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The regulatory basis of migratory behaviour in birds: different paths to similar outcomes	3
Genetic diversity and sperm characteristics are not associated in two bluethroat ( Luscinia svecica ) populations	3
The impacts of sleep disturbance on birds: a review of the knowledge gaps	3
Interspecific competition and facilitation coexist in mixed‐species bird flocks of montane coniferous forests in Taiwan	3
New frontiers in avian physiology: what's migration got to do with it?	3
Are breeding activities risky for northern bobwhites? An assessment of survival costs of reproduction	3
Preening for protection: a systematic review of the antimicrobial properties of uropygial secretions	3
Effects of urban life on the gut microbiota and the susceptibility to avian malaria infection in a population of the house sparrow Passer domesticus	3
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Carry‐over effects on reproduction in food‐supplemented wintering great tits	3
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Stable immune function during moult regardless of age‐specific moulting strategy in a European passerine	3
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Measuring avian bill size: comparing and evaluating 3D surface scanning with traditional size estimates in Australian birds	3
Tissue‐ and diet‐dependent stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination: a calibration study in a captive shorebird species	3