OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Ecology is 36. 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
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Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot	192
Issue Information	171
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species	124
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments	99
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus	83
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape	68
Telomere dynamics in relation to experimentally increased locomotion costs and fitness in great tits	67
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares	61
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges	59
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton	54
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode	49
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species	48
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era	46
Whole‐genome resequencing confirms reproductive isolation between sympatric demes of brown trout (Salmo trutta) detected with allozymes	46
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)	45
Host‐pathogen‐environment interactions predict survival outcomes of adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) released from fisheries	44
Diversification along a benthic to pelagic gradient contributes to fish diversity in the world's largest lake (Lake Baikal, Russia)	43
Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni	43
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea	43
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands	43
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings	42
Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO₂	41
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers	40
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico	40

Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes	39
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora	39
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation	39
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence	39
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes	38
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach	38
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone	37
Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe	37
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus	37
DNA Methylation Dynamics Reflect Sex and Status Differences in Mortality Rates in a Polygynous Bat	36
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops (Humulus lupulus L.)	36
Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in Mauremys mutica Provides Insights Into the Role of KDM6B Gene in Coexistence of Temperature‐Dependent and Genetic Sex Determination	36
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude	36
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea	36