OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 51. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	259
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	244
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	177
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	168
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	151
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	133
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	120
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	117
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	111
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	108
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	100
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	97
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	96
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	96
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	95
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	92
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Issue Information	90
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The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles	89
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	89
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	86
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	84
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	84

Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	81
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	81
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	80
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	78
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	76
Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes	75
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	74
Successional theories	71
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	68
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	68
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	67
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	67
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	63
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	62
Issue Information	62
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	61
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	60
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	59
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	58
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	56
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	56
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	55
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	55
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	55
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	53
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	52
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	51