OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recordi is 1. 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
Development of a conservative automated tonal detector with high performance at a large temporal scale	65
Factors affecting acoustic propagation of birdsong: variation among song types and the effects of habitat on Bachman’s sparrow ( Peucaea aestivalis ) son	35
Automated cataloguing of American silver perch (Bairdiella chrysoura) calls using machine learning	35
Seasonal song ontogeny in western North Atlantic humpback whales: drawing parallels with songbirds	23
Sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) coda patterns in the Gulf of Catania, South-Western lonian Sea, Italy	15
Combining audio and non-audio inputs in evolved neural networks for Ovenbird classification	15
Proportion of time vocalising as a metric of vocal activity	14
Characterisation of the ringed seal ( Pusa hispida ) acoustic repertoire during spring in the Western Canadian Arctic	12
A novel song performance constraint on buzzes produced through pulsatile expiration differs from constraints on trills in a songbird ( Setophaga cerulea	12
Whistle rate determinants in wild bottlenose dolphins: behaviour, location, and group size	12
Reef fish species discrimination through acoustics: sound characteristics of three Haemulon species (Perciformes: Haemulidae) in the Southwestern Atlantic	10
An inadequate sampling of the soundscape leads to over-optimistic estimates of recogniser performance: a case study of two sympatric macaw species	10
What do we know about advertisement calls of Mexican anurans? A bibliographic review	9
Contact calls of zoo and wild southern white rhinoceroses do not differ acoustically	9
The functions and evolution of graded complex calls in a treefrog	8
Beyond mating calls: unveiling the acoustic complexity in an endangered foam-nesting frog of north-eastern Brazil	7
Low temperature induces a significant decrease in auditory sensitivity of Xenopus laevis	6
Extracting dolphin whistles in complex acoustic scenarios: a case study in the Bay of Biscay	6
Form and function of acoustic communication in the Felidae - a systematic review and conservation outlook	5
Community algorithms reveal song type themes in Adelaide’s warbler song type sequence networks	5
Acoustic ecology of anuran communities across Andean biomes: unveiling the soundscape of Northeastern Colombia	5
The influence of the chytrid fungus on the vocalisation of Dendropsophus minutus	4
Non-linear phenomena are not reliable vocal biomarkers for health status in bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus )	4
Limitations of α-acoustic diversity indices in assessing invertebrate sounds in coral reefs	4
Summer acoustic occurrence of southern resident killer whales ( Orcinus orca ater ) off southern Vancouver Island, Canada, and considerations for optimis	4

Audiovisual collections safeguard undescribed calls: description of anuran vocalisations based on recordings from a public sound library	4
Analysis of Mouse Vocal Communication (AMVOC): a deep, unsupervised method for rapid detection, analysis and classification of ultrasonic vocalisations	4
Dolphin self-talk: unusual acoustic behaviour of a solitary bottlenose dolphin	4
Tic, Tii and Trii calls: advertisement call descriptions for eight glass frogs from Colombia and analysis of the structure of auditory signals in Centrolenidae	4
Hard of hearing: the effect of distance and experimental noise on mountain chickadee song transmission	3
Acoustic characteristics and context of buzzes and rasps produced by northern bottlenose whales ( Hyperoodon ampullatus )	3
Hullabaloo at the zoo: aligning acoustic research with the goals of the conservation zoo	3
Two of the most common crustacean zooplankton Meganyctiphanes norvegica and Calanus spp. produce sounds within the hearing range of their fish predators	3
Threat vocalisations are acoustically similar between humans ( Homo sapiens ) and chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes )	3
Environmental drivers of calling activity in a southern subtropical anuran assemblage: insights from passive acoustic monitoring	3
Detection and classification of captive coppery titi monkey calls	3
Stereotyped but irrelevant: frequency modulation does not promote sound pattern recognition or auditory grouping in grey treefrogs ( Hyla versicolor )	3
Responses of southern house wrens to rhythmicity of alarm calling sequences	3
In-air acoustic repertoire and associated behaviour of wild juvenile crabeater seals during rehabilitation	3
Acoustic plasticity in Boana goiana (Lutz, 1968) (Anura, Hylidae): how males respond to successive interactions with conspecific competitors	3
Evaluating factors affecting species detection using passive acoustic monitoring in neotropical forests: a playback experiment	3
MonitoraSom: an easy path from soundscapes to ecology	3
Hurry up and sing: early onset of diel calling behaviour and ecological drivers of calling behaviour of Acanthoplus discoidalis	2
Characterisation of grunt sound pressure level from spawning Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua )	2
Passive acoustic monitoring in terrestrial vertebrates: a review	2
Knowing a kurr from a korrr : acoustic signatures of the sexes are encoded in duets of the monomorphic Sarus Crane ( Antigo	2
The importance of acoustic background modelling in CNN-based detection of the neotropical White-lored Spinetail (Aves, Passeriformes, Furnaridae)	2
Acoustic activity monitoring of the Magellanic Woodpecker, an indicator species from the temperate forests of South America	2
Efficient quality assurance and quality control for passive acoustic monitoring data: reducing and documenting false-positive and false-negative errors	2
Reaction of ungulates to natural sound stimuli	2
Passive acoustic monitoring of cave-dwelling bats with a sonotype classifier	2
First description of the song of Odontura (Odontura) calaritana (Costa, 1883). (Insecta, Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)	2
First characterisation of bat echolocation calls in Argentina	2
Breeding phenology and behaviour of the Endangered Hewitt’s ghost frogHeleophryne hewittiin the Baviaanskloof World Heritage Site, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	1
Wind farm noise and anuran diversity patterns: a case study in Brazilian seasonal dry tropical forest	1
Local competitive environment and male condition influence within-bout calling patterns in túngara frogs	1
Dendropsophus minutus repertoire complexity and its relationship with environmental traits	1
How do tree density and body size influence acoustic signals in Amazonian nurse frogs?	1
Identification of nocturnal flight calls of Bicknell’s thrush ( Catharus bicknelli ) and gray-cheeked thrush ( Catharus minimus )	1
Exploring dove communication to recreate calls of the enigmatic critically endangered Paraclaravis geoffroyi	1
On feature representations for marmoset vocal communication analysis	1
From screams to whistles: audible and ultrasonic vocal repertoire from an endangered rodent species, the goytaca-rat Cerradomys goytaca	1
Exploring animal behavior through sound: volume 1 – methods	1
Sound production in sea turtle nests and hatchlings ( Eretmochelys imbricata and Caretta caretta ) in Northeast Brazil	1
Diversity and plasticity of vocalisations in an elusive and arboreal small mammal: the edible dormouse ( Glis glis )	1
Importance of the integrated use of bioacoustics and mist nets for bat surveys	1
Unsupervised classification of graded animal vocalisations using fuzzy clustering	1
Macroecological variation and subspecies divergence in fiery-necked nightjar songs	1
Past, present, and future of a tropical sounds collection from Colombia	1
Effects of noise on acoustic and visual signalling in the Croaking Gourami: differences in adaptation strategies in fish	1
Chasing the bird: 3D acoustic tracking of aerial flight displays with a minimal planar microphone array	1
Form and function in the developing túngara frog ( Engystomops pustulosus ) larynx	1
Vocal repertoire and acoustic cues to individual identity in the Northern Rockhopper penguin ( Eudyptes moseleyi )	1
Undesirable ambient noise during wildlife surveys decreases detection probability	1
Caterpillar sonic defences: diversity of vocalisations in silk and hawk moth (Bombycoidea) larvae	1

Acoustic differentiation of calls in the closely related Dartford ( Curruca undata ), Marmora’s ( Curruca sarda ) and Balearic Warblers (