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

Article	Citations
Seeds of language-like generativity in bird call combinations	125
Seed size variation impacts local adaptation and life-history strategies in a perennial grass	120
External and internal driving forces of community and functional group stability in the forest mammal community	90
Quantitative genetic-by-soil microbiome interactions in a perennial grass affect functional traits	75
Modelling the emergence of synchrony from decentralized rhythmic interactions in animal communication	68
Human-driven breakdown of predator–prey interactions in the northern Adriatic Sea	68
Feather chemicals contain information about the major histocompatibility complex in a highly scented seabird	63
Labour's pain: strenuous subsistence work, mechanical wear-and-tear and musculoskeletal pain in a non-industrialized population	57
Swimming through sand: using accelerometers to observe the cryptic, pre-emergence life-stage of sea turtle hatchlings	55
Correction to: ‘Age determination in echinoderms: first evidence of annual growth rings in holothuroids’ 2022 by Sun et al.	54
In search of the genetic variants of human sex ratio at birth: was Fisher wrong about sex ratio evolution?	54
Multiscale analysis of the randomization limits of the chromosomal gene organization between Lepidoptera and Diptera	47
Energetic trade-offs in migration decision-making, reproductive effort and subsequent parental care in a long-distance migratory bird	44
Evolution of competitive traits changes species diversity in a natural field	44
Museomics unveil systematics, diversity and evolution of Australian cycad-pollinating weevils	44
Genotype-by-environment interactions influence the composition of the Drosophila seminal proteome	42
Human adults prefer to cooperate even when it is costly	41
Ants act as olfactory bio-detectors of tumours in patient-derived xenograft mice	41
Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of Hydrangeeae (Hydrangeaceae) elucidate the effects of geologic and climatic dynamics on diversification	39
The psychology of relative state, desperation and violence: a commentary on de Courson et al. (2023)	37
Crocodile perception of distress in hominid baby cries	36
King- and queen-specific degradation of uric acid contributes to reproduction in termites	36
Sub-communities of the vaginal microbiota in pregnant and non-pregnant women	35
Rare edges and abundant cores: range-wide variation in abundance in North American birds	35
Evolution of bioluminescence in Anthozoa with emphasis on Octocorallia	35

Auditory mechanics in the grig ( Cyphoderris monstrosa ): tympanal travelling waves and frequency discrimination as a precursor to inner ear tonotopy	34
Developmental changes of opsin gene expression in ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)	33
Uncovering the Holocene roots of contemporary disease-scapes: bringing archaeology into One Health	33
Insect cross-tolerance to freezing and drought stress: role of metabolic rearrangement	33
A dawn and dusk chorus will emerge if males sing in the absence of their mate	32
Binocular field configuration in owls: the role of foraging ecology	31
Mosquito ageing modulates the development, virulence and transmission potential of pathogens	31
Occupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysis	31
The gaze of a social monkey is perceptible to conspecifics and predators but not prey	31
Early-life sibling conflict in Canada jays has lifetime fitness consequences	31
Ecological determinants of rabies virus dynamics in vampire bats and spillover to livestock	31