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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Information	161
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	83
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora	80
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges	68
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)	68
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)	66
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone	64
Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird	58
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments	57
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges	56
Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water and Spawning Season in European Cisco	56
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares	55
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus	55
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude	52
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle	52
Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO₂	51
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era	46
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops ( Humulus lupulus L .	45
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species	44
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes	44
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot	43
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes	42
On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks	42
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode	42
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus	41

Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings	41
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands	40
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation	39
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape	39
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea	39
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity	39
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence	39
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
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea	37
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton	37
Issue Information	36
Cryptic Barriers to Gene Flow Driven by Deep‐Sea Reproductive Strategy in Direct‐Developing Pandalid Shrimp	36