OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 48. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	283
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	270
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	194
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	186
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	165
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	141
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	133
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	128
Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	120
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	119
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	115
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	107
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	103
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	103
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	102
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	101
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	99
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	97
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Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	94
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	94
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	88

Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	85
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	83
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	83
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	81
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	78
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	75
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	73
Successional theories	71
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	69
Issue Information	67
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	66
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	64
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	62
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	60
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	58
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	57
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	57
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	56
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	54
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	51
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	49
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	49
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	48