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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Information	214
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)	192
Genetic Adaptation to Brackish Water and Spawning Season in European Cisco	140
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments	93
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone	64
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers	57
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus	56
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle	54
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species	54
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence	52
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species	50
Whole‐genome resequencing confirms reproductive isolation between sympatric demes of brown trout (Salmo trutta) detected with allozymes	49
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton	48
DNA Methylation Dynamics Reflect Sex and Status Differences in Mortality Rates in a Polygynous Bat	47
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation	47
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach	46
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity	45
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea	45
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era	45
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops (Humulus lupulus L.)	43
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands	43
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora	42
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	42
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea	42
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes	41

Combined Evidence Reveals the Origin of a Rapid Range Expansion Despite Retained Genetic Diversity and a Weak Founder Effect	40
Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni	40
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)	39
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges	39
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape	38
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges	38
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares	38
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode	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
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude	37
Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO₂	36
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes	36