OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 47. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
	265
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	265
Microclimate‐based oviposition site selection in butterflies and moths	182
Trade‐offs in avian parental care: a review of theory and meta‐analysis of brood size manipulations	178
Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns	167
Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution	166
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	165
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	160
Issue Information	142
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	141
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	138
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	127
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	125
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	116
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	107
Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	105
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	100
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	99
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	96
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	94
Issue Information	86
	85
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	83
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	82
The costs of extra‐pair behaviours in birds	81

Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	78
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	69
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	66
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The plastisphere as a nexus for antimicrobial resistance: micro(nano)plastics in pathogen colonization, gene transfer, and global health risks	61
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	60
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	58
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	58
Successional theories	58
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	55
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	54
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	53
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	52
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	52
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	51
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	50
Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms	50
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	49
What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits	48
On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring	48
Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas	48
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	47
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	47
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	47