OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences is 32. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Asymmetric arms races between predators and prey: a tug of war between the life–dinner principle and the rare-enemy principle	97
Multiscale analysis of the randomization limits of the chromosomal gene organization between Lepidoptera and Diptera	68
Exploring the connection between autophagy and heat-stress tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster	67
A dawn and dusk chorus will emerge if males sing in the absence of their mate	62
Beak morphometry and morphogenesis across avian radiations	60
Sub-communities of the vaginal microbiota in pregnant and non-pregnant women	59
Auditory mechanics in the grig ( Cyphoderris monstrosa ): tympanal travelling waves and frequency discrimination as a precursor to inner ear tonotopy	58
The ontogeny of asymmetry in echolocating whales	56
Shifts in predator behaviour following climate induced disturbance on coral reefs	55
Insect cross-tolerance to freezing and drought stress: role of metabolic rearrangement	55
Quantitative genetic-by-soil microbiome interactions in a perennial grass affect functional traits	51
Seeds of language-like generativity in bird call combinations	50
Correction to: ‘Age determination in echinoderms: first evidence of annual growth rings in holothuroids’ 2022 by Sun et al.	50
In search of the genetic variants of human sex ratio at birth: was Fisher wrong about sex ratio evolution?	47
Ecological shifts underlie parallels between ontogenetic and evolutionary allometries in parrotfishes	46
Win-Stay-Lose-Shift as a self-confirming equilibrium in the iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma	45
Seed size variation impacts local adaptation and life-history strategies in a perennial grass	44
Labour's pain: strenuous subsistence work, mechanical wear-and-tear and musculoskeletal pain in a non-industrialized population	41
Bee flowers drive macroevolutionary diversification in long-horned bees	40
Modelling the emergence of synchrony from decentralized rhythmic interactions in animal communication	38
Correction to: First monk seal from the Southern Hemisphere rewrites the evolutionary history of true seals	38
Kin selection of time travel: the social evolutionary causes and consequences of dormancy	38
The psychology of relative state, desperation and violence: a commentary on de Courson et al. (2023)	38
Mosquito ageing modulates the development, virulence and transmission potential of pathogens	35
Disease-driven mass mortality event leads to widespread extirpation and variable recovery potential of a marine predator across the eastern Pacific	34

Social restructuring during harsh environmental conditions promotes cooperative behaviour in a songbird	34
Feather chemicals contain information about the major histocompatibility complex in a highly scented seabird	33
Binocular field configuration in owls: the role of foraging ecology	33
Crocodile perception of distress in hominid baby cries	33
Energetic trade-offs in migration decision-making, reproductive effort and subsequent parental care in a long-distance migratory bird	32
Wild raccoons demonstrate flexibility and individuality in innovative problem-solving	32
Human-driven breakdown of predator–prey interactions in the northern Adriatic Sea	32
Prenatal acoustic programming of mitochondrial function for high temperatures in an arid-adapted bird	32
Early-life sibling conflict in Canada jays has lifetime fitness consequences	32