OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 49. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
	567
Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	290
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	282
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	200
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	193
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	181
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	148
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	137
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	134
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	127
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	119
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	113
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	111
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	110
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	108
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	106
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	105
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	103
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	101
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	101
Issue Information	98
Issue Information	98
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	97
	97
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	96

Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	88
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	83
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	81
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	81
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	77
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	77
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	73
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	71
Successional theories	70
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	69
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	67
Issue Information	64
The tandem–random transition of cellular patterning: proposed roles of N‐cadherin‐based orientational cell adhesions in the development, maintenance, and degeneration of the nucleus pulposus	62
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	60
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	60
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	60
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	60
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	54
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	53
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	50
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	50
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	49
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	49
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	49