OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biological Reviews is 23. 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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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
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	74
Impacts of volcanic eruptions and early recovery in freshwater environments and organisms	74
The thermal environment as a moderator of social evolution	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
Successional theories	69
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	69
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	69
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Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	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
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	64
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	64
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	58
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	57
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	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
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	52
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	52
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	51
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	51
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	50
The importance of considering age when quantifying wild animals’ welfare	50
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	50
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	49
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	48
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	47
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	46
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	45
A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography	45
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	44
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	44
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	44
Plant susceptible responses: the underestimated side of plant–pathogen interactions	43
A guide to choosing and implementing reference models for social network analysis	42
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	42
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	41
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	40

Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	40
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	40
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	40
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Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	39
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	37
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	37
Uncovering the ‘sphinx’ of sphingosine 1‐phosphate signalling: from cellular events to organ morphogenesis	36
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	36
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	36
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	36
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	35
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	35
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects	35
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	35
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	35
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Corrigendum to ‘A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator‐rich landscapes: a case study of the UK’, published in Biological Reviews 93, p	34
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	33
A pan‐metazoan concept for adult stem cells: the wobbling Penrose landscape	33
Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems	31
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	31
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	31
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	30
The impact of environmental and social factors on learning abilities: a meta‐analysis	30
Exploring the causes and consequences of cooperative behaviour in wild animal populations using a social network approach	30
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	29
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	29
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	29
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	29
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	29
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	29
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	28
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	28
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	28
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The biomechanics of pollen release: new perspectives on the evolution of wind pollination in angiosperms	28
The global regulatory logic of organ regeneration: circuitry lessons from skin and its appendages	27
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	27
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application	27
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	27
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	27
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	26
The ecology of electricity and electroreception	26
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	25
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Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	25
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	25
The evolution of perennially enlarged breasts in women: a critical review and a novel hypothesis	25
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	24
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	24
Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	23
Fluorescent nanoparticles as tools in ecology and physiology	23
The singing question: re‐conceptualizing birdsong	23