OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences is 31. 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
Evolution of bioluminescence in Anthozoa with emphasis on Octocorallia	148
Feather chemicals contain information about the major histocompatibility complex in a highly scented seabird	104
Crocodile perception of distress in hominid baby cries	67
Wild raccoons demonstrate flexibility and individuality in innovative problem-solving	66
External and internal driving forces of community and functional group stability in the forest mammal community	65
Modelling the emergence of synchrony from decentralized rhythmic interactions in animal communication	55
Human-driven breakdown of predator–prey interactions in the northern Adriatic Sea	51
Swimming through sand: using accelerometers to observe the cryptic, pre-emergence life-stage of sea turtle hatchlings	50
Correction to: ‘Age determination in echinoderms: first evidence of annual growth rings in holothuroids’ 2022 by Sun et al.	46
In search of the genetic variants of human sex ratio at birth: was Fisher wrong about sex ratio evolution?	46
Quantitative genetic-by-soil microbiome interactions in a perennial grass affect functional traits	42
A dawn and dusk chorus will emerge if males sing in the absence of their mate	41
Evolution of competitive traits changes species diversity in a natural field	41
Energetic trade-offs in migration decision-making, reproductive effort and subsequent parental care in a long-distance migratory bird	41
Sub-communities of the vaginal microbiota in pregnant and non-pregnant women	40
Binocular field configuration in owls: the role of foraging ecology	38
The importance of migratory drop-off for island colonization in birds	37
Developmental changes of opsin gene expression in ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)	37
Seed size variation impacts local adaptation and life-history strategies in a perennial grass	36
Uncovering the Holocene roots of contemporary disease-scapes: bringing archaeology into One Health	35
Exploring the connection between autophagy and heat-stress tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster	35
The gaze of a social monkey is perceptible to conspecifics and predators but not prey	33
Shifts in predator behaviour following climate induced disturbance on coral reefs	33
Mosquito ageing modulates the development, virulence and transmission potential of pathogens	33
Labour's pain: strenuous subsistence work, mechanical wear-and-tear and musculoskeletal pain in a non-industrialized population	33

Ecological shifts underlie parallels between ontogenetic and evolutionary allometries in parrotfishes	33
Genotype-by-environment interactions influence the composition of the Drosophila seminal proteome	33
Asymmetric arms races between predators and prey: a tug of war between the life–dinner principle and the rare-enemy principle	33
Beak morphometry and morphogenesis across avian radiations	32
Seeds of language-like generativity in bird call combinations	31
Insect cross-tolerance to freezing and drought stress: role of metabolic rearrangement	31
Phenology in the deep sea: seasonal and tidal feeding rhythms in a keystone octocoral	31
Social restructuring during harsh environmental conditions promotes cooperative behaviour in a songbird	31