OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Ecology is 37. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Information	237
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments	201
Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water and Spawning Season in European Cisco	145
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence	98
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species	73
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach	63
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	62
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora	62
Combined Evidence Reveals the Origin of a Rapid Range Expansion Despite Retained Genetic Diversity and a Weak Founder Effect	60
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands	59
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)	52
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus	52
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares	50
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges	48
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico	48
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude	48
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus	47
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton	45
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation	45
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape	44
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea	43
On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks	42
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species	42
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings	42
DNA Methylation Dynamics Reflect Sex and Status Differences in Mortality Rates in a Polygynous Bat	41

Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era	41
Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird	41
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea	41
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle	40
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity	40
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops ( Humulus lupulus L .	39
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)	39
Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO₂	39
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode	38
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot	38
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
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges	37
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers	37
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes	37
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes	37