OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 53. 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
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Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	226
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	221
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	187
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	158
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	141
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	127
The behavioural ecology of marine cleaning mutualisms	125
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	114
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	107
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	106
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	104
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	101
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	93
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	92
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	86
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Issue Information	82
Issue Information	82
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	82
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	80
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	79
The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles	79
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	76
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76

Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	76
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	75
Impacts of volcanic eruptions and early recovery in freshwater environments and organisms	74
The thermal environment as a moderator of social evolution	74
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	74
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	73
Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes	72
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	71
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	69
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	69
Successional theories	69
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	68
Issue Information	68
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	67
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	66
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	65
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	65
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	64
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	64
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	58
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	57
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	57
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	56
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	55
Anticipated effects of abiotic environmental change on intraspecific social interactions	54
Diverse roles of microbial indole compounds in eukaryotic systems	54
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	54
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	53
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	53