OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biological Reviews is 22. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	299
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	293
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	202
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	202
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	192
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	151
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	141
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	138
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	135
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	117
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	114
Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution	112
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	112
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	112
Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns	111
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	109
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	108
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	105
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	103
Issue Information	103
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	103
Issue Information	100
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	91

Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	87
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	84
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	80
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	80
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	79
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	75
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	74
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	74
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	71
Successional theories	69
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	66
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	62
Issue Information	61
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	60
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	60
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	54
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	52
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	52
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	52
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	51
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	49
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	49
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	48
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	48
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	47
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	47
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	46
Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms	45
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	45
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	45
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	44
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	43
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	42
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	42
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	41
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	40
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	39
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	39
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	39
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	39
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	38
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	38
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	38
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	37
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	37
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	37
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	37
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	37
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	36
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	35

Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	35
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Correction to “New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs”	34
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	34
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	34
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	34
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	34
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	34
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	33
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	32
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	32
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	31
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	31
Issue Information	31
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	31
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	31
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	31
Ancestral‐area algorithms are unreliable	30
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	30
Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective	30
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	30
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	29
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	29
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	28
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	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
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	27
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	27
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	27
Bees feeling the burn	26
Integration of epigenetics into ecotoxicology: insights and fundamental research needs	26
Issue Information	26
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	26
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	25
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	25
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Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	25
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	25
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	25
Animal linguistics: a primer	24
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	24
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	24
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	23
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	23
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	23
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	23
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	22
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	22
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	22
Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?	22
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	22
Assessing flexibility in meaning and context in non‐human communication	22
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	22
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	22
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	22
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	22
The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams	22