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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	249
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	237
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	172
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	158
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	144
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	131
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	116
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	113
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	112
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	110
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	104
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	99
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	97
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	95
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	91
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	90
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The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles	84
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	84
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	82
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	81
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	80

Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes	79
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	79
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	78
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	78
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	74
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	73
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	72
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	72
Successional theories	69
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	66
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	65
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	65
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	64
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The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	61
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	59
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	57
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	57
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	57
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	57
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	56
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	54
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	54
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	54
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	53
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	53
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	52
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	50
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	50
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	49
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	48
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	47
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	46
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	46
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	45
Plant susceptible responses: the underestimated side of plant–pathogen interactions	44
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	44
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	43
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	43
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	43
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	42
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	41
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	40
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	39
A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography	39
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	38
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Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	38
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	38

An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	38
Uncovering the ‘sphinx’ of sphingosine 1‐phosphate signalling: from cellular events to organ morphogenesis	37
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	37
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	37
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	36
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	36
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	35
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	35
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	35
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	34
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	34
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	34
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects	33
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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	31
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	31
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	30
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	30
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	30
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	30
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	29
A pan‐metazoan concept for adult stem cells: the wobbling Penrose landscape	29
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	29
Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems	28
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	28
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	27
The impact of environmental and social factors on learning abilities: a meta‐analysis	27
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	27
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	27
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	26
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Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	26
The ecology of electricity and electroreception	25
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	25
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	24
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	24
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	24
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	24
Animal linguistics: a primer	24
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The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	24
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	23
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	23
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Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	23
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	23
The singing question: re‐conceptualizing birdsong	23
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	23