OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Organisms Diversity & Evolution is 2. 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
Checklist of tardigrades in Germany as a contribution to biodiversity research	17
Integrated evidence sheds light on the taxonomy of the widespread Tantilla melanocephala species complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) and indicates the existence of a new species from southern South Americ	16
Application of genomic markers generated for ray-finned fishes in chondrichthyan Phylogenomics	15
Observations on flower and fruit anatomy in dioecious species of Cordia (Cordiaceae, Boraginales) with evolutionary interpretations	15
A temperate group living in the subtropics: evolutionary history and integrative taxonomy of the pseudoscorpion genus Allochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) in Tai	14
Echiniscus quasiporus sp. nov. reveals a new type of cuticular plate puncturing in Echiniscoidea (Heterotardigrada)	12
Species delimitation in Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) from Southwestern Mexico, in light of reproductive and climatic diversification	12
Turtle and tortoise mitogenomes under contrasting positive selection pressure	10
Complete mitochondrial genomes of Chionomys roberti and Chionomys nivalis (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Turkey: Insight into their phylogenetic position within Arvicolinae	10
Loss of complexity from larval towards adult nervous systems in Chaetopteridae (Chaetopteriformia, Annelida) unveils evolutionary patterns in Annelida	10
Molecular footprint of parasite co-introduction with Nile tilapia in the Congo Basin	10
Independent acquisition of sulfide tolerance in a population of tubificine worms: a habitat extension for the Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri complex	10
An integrative description of a new species of the genus Mesobiotus (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Poland	9
Lights on tardigrade biodiversity: integrative redescription of Eremobiotus alicatai (Eutardigrada, Isohypsibiidae) with new insights on its morphology, phylogeny, and biogeography	8
Digging into boring bryozoans: new characters and new species of Immergentiidae	8
South! Phylogeography of the Antarctic fairy shrimp Branchinecta gaini and its closest Patagonian congener Branchinecta granulosa reveals a long-term association of freshwater fauna with the southern	8
Molecular evolution of the mitochondrial genome underlies semi-aquatic adaptation in lutrinae	8
Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the burrowing scorpion genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) in the Mediterranean Basin	8
Novel distribution records of marine Tardigrada from abyssal sediments of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean	8
Alcyonidium kuklinskii sp. nov., a new species of Antarctic ctenostome bryozoan with a key to all Antarctic species of the genus	7
Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of the poorly known genus Spalerosophis (Serpentes: Colubridae)	7
Is the copulation of silver-washed fritillary inverted? Function of the female genital projection (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Argynnini)	7
A deep-time perspective on Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) through integrated phylogenetic and molecular clock analyses	7
Cryptic subterranean diversity: regional phylogeography of the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 in the wider Namib region	7
Intermediary floral traits between natural hybrid and its parents in the Xiquexique (Cactaceae)	6

Slow and steady saves the race: molecular and morphological analysis of three new cryptic species of Iberus land snails from the Iberian Peninsula	6
A strong backbone for an invertebrate group: anchored phylogenomics improves the resolution of genus-level relationships within the Lumbricidae (Annelida, Crassiclitellata)	6
Diversity of the scenedesmacean genus Chodatodesmus (Chlorophyta) and new cryptic species in the algae flora of Lake Baikal revealed by an integrative approach	6
Species delimitation in Neotropical fishes of Mesonauta Günther 1862 (Cichliformes: Cichlidae)	5
Differentiation of skull morphology and cranial kinesis in common toads	5
Comparative cytogenetics of Lachnaia species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reveals a novel telomeric motif (TTTGG) in insects	5
Genomic and molecular characterization of TGF-beta superfamily in Parus major	5
Evolution of egg deposition strategies, exaptations of exuvia, and thanatochresis in tardigrades	5
An African Royal Flush: five crowned nudibranch species (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae) recovered from temperate southern Africa using integrative taxonomy	5
Phylogeography reveals a panmictic population of the Chilean nylon shrimp along its exploitation range in the southeast Pacific Ocean	5
Size does matter: integrative taxonomy and size evolution of threatened charopid land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)	5
A new Loriciferan, Scaberiloricus samba gen. et sp. nov., links the Higgins larva and the aberrant Shira larva	5
A widespread commensal loses its identity: suggested taxonomic revision for Indotyphlops braminus (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) based on molecular data	5
Diversity of Symbiodiniaceae (Dinophyceae) in the sea slug clade Cladobranchia (Nudibranchia)	4
Exploring the ecological and functional adaptations in cephalopod beak morphology	4
Pheretimoid earthworms of India: new insight from molecular systematics and phylogenetic relationship with new records	4
Publisher Correction to: Novel integrative data for Indomalayan echiniscids (Heterotardigrada): new species and old problems	4
Shedding light on the origin of Acanthocystidae: Ricksol blepharistes gen. n., sp. n. (Ricksolidae fam. n., Panacanthocystida, Centroplasthelida), with notes on the evolution of the genera Acanthocyst	4
Multilocus phylogenetics of Palearctic Amelini shed light on the long-standing taxonomic puzzle of the dwarf-mantises Ameles, Pseudoyersinia, and Apteromantis	4
Diversification rates in Tardigrada indicate a decreasing tempo of lineage splitting regardless of reproductive mode	4
Anthropogenic translocations could explain contrasting patterns of genetic variation in the historically traded Western Mediterranean pond turtle, Mauremys leprosa (Testudines: Geoemydidae)	4
Assessing troglomorphic and phylogenetically informative traits in troglobionts: a new cave-dwelling centipede illuminates the evolution of a soil-dwelling lineage (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)	4
A novel three-part pharynx and its parallel evolution within symbiotic marine nematodes (Desmodoroidea, Stilbonematinae)	4
Thecochaos is not a myth: study of the genus Thecochaos (Amoebozoa, Discosea) – a rediscovered group of lobose amoeba, with short SSU gene	4
New bathyal amphipod species (Amphipoda: Eusiridae: Rhachotropis) from southwestern Pacific through integrative taxonomy	4
Morphological study using both light and scanning electron microscopy reveals systematic and ecological importance of antennal morphology in big-eyed bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocoridae)	4
The Macrobiotus persimilis-polonicus complex (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae), another example of problematic species identification, with the description of four new species	4
A mosaic of conserved and novel modes of gene expression and morphogenesis in mesoderm and muscle formation of a larval bivalve	4
Measuring morphological disparity in fish body shape using geometric morphometrics: Gerreidae as a case study	4
Bumps on the back: An unusual morphology in phylogenetically distinct Peridinium aff. cinctum (= Peridinium tuberosum; Peridiniales, Dinophyceae)	4
The roles of niche divergence, dispersal, and geology on the diversification of Neotropical true frogs from the Rana palmipes species group (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) during the Great American Biotic	3
250 years of tardigrades: Goeze's discovery of a rare and peculiar creature	3
Molecular tools for resolving Merodon ruficornis group (Diptera, Syrphidae) taxonomy	3
A global revision of Oplophoroidea (Caridea: Decapoda) with a novel approach for visualizing genetic differences between species	3
A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia)	3
An unknown segment number in centipedes: a new species of Scolopocryptops (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Trinidad with 25 leg-bearing segments	3
First non-feeding Sericini beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): new genus from Amazonia and phylogenetic position	3
Exploring the diversity of the Malagasy Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna via integrative taxonomy	3
Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process	3
Pharynx associated musculature in the Stilbonematinae (Desmodoroidea, Nematoda) with focus on the spiral muscle as a synapomorphic trait between Dorylaimia and Chromadoria	3
Divergent evolution of mitogenomics in Cetartiodactyla niche adaptation	3
Taxonomy of the rear-edge populations: the case of genus Anterastes (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)	3
Integrative taxonomy helps to revise systematics and questions the purported cosmopolitan nature of the type species within the genus Diaforobiotus (Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae)	3
Molecular phylogeny and comparative morphology reveal the species validity and systematic position of Lepidodesma (Bivalvia: Unionidae)	2
Genetic and morphological differentiation among populations of the narrowly endemic and karst forest-adapted Pilea pteridophylla (Urticaceae)	2
Ecological drivers of cranial evolution in bristly ground squirrels (tribe Xerini)	2
Distribution of tardigrade cryptobiotic abilities across a fine-scale habitat gradient	2
Not the same: phylogenetic relationships and ecological niche comparisons between two different forms of Aglaoctenus lagotis from Argentina and Uruguay	2
Phylogeny of Lumbricidae based on mitochondrial genomes with emphasis on the genus Dendrobaena	2
Correction to: Alcyonidium kuklinskii sp. nov., a new species of Antarctic ctenostome bryozoan with a key to all Antarctic species of the genus	2

ELAV Intron 8: a single-copy sequence marker for shallow to deep phylogeny in Eupulmonata Hasprunar & Huber, 1990 and Hygrophila Férussac, 1822 (Gastropoda: Mollusca)	2
Novel integrative data for Indomalayan echiniscids (Heterotardigrada): new species and old problems	2
Mitogenome of a new Ramazzottius species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Ramazzottiidae) discovered in rock pools along with its temperature and desiccation-related proteins repertoire	2
Echiniscus quasiporus Dey, Ostoja-Wilamowski & Michalczyk – type series designation and etymology	2
A first phylogenetic and taxonomic approach to sleepyhead snakes from Venezuela (Dipsadidae: Atractus), with the description of two new Andean species	2
Hardly Venus’s servant—morphological adaptations of Veneriserva to an endoparasitic lifestyle and its phylogenetic position within Dorvilleidae (Annelida)	2
Reduction, rearrangement, fusion, and hypertrophy: evolution of the muscular system in polymorphic zooids of cheilostome Bryozoa	2
A holistic approach to inventory the diversity of mobilid ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora: Peritrichia)	2
Estimating range disjunction time of the Palearctic Admirals (Limenitis L.) with COI and histone H1 genes	2
The diversification of thecae horns and their putative significance—a case study of Schismatoglottideae (Araceae)	2