OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Acta Chiropterologica is 2. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Effect of Urbanization on Bats and Communities of Bat Flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) in the Amazon, Northern Brazil	16
Bat Activity Rates do not Predict Bat Fatality Rates at Wind Energy Facilities	15
A Recent Survey of Bats with Descriptions of Echolocation Calls and New Records from the Western Himalayan Region of Uttarakhand, India	14
Prey Choice of Introduced Species by the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) on an Atlantic Forest Land-Bridge Island	12
Moths Consumed by the Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus Require Larval Host Plants that Occur within the Bat's Foraging Habitats	11
Use of Complementary Methods to Sample Bats in the Amazon	10
Structure of the Interaction Networks Between Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) and Ectoparasite Flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) on a Latitudinal Gradient	10
Exotic Cultivated Plants in the Diet of the Nectar-Feeding Bat Glossophaga soricina (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) in the City of Lima, Peru	6
Sex and Age Variation in the Phenology of a Common Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) Population in Front of a Hibernaculum	6
Barbastelles in a Production Landscape: Where Do They Roost?	6
Bats of Eastern Cape and Southern Kwazulu-Natal Forests, South Africa: Diversity, Call Library and Range Extensions	6
Remarkable Variation in the Diet of Noctilio leporinus in Puerto Rico: the Fishing Bat Turns Carnivorous	6
Mines and Bats: the Impact of Open-Pit Mining on Bat Activity	5
Cryptic Diversity in the Genus Miniopterus with the Description of a New Species from Southern Africa	5
Bats on the Road — A Review of the Impacts of Roads and Highways on Bats	5
Population Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of the Small Mouse-Tailed Bat, Rhinopoma muscatellum Thomas, 1903 (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae) in Iran Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA	5
Glucocorticoid Profiles in Frugivorous Bats on Wind Farms in the Mexican Tropics	5
An Exceptionally High Bat Species Richness in a Cave Conservation Hotspot in Central Brazil	5
Bats of Paraguay: Specimen Data Reveal Ecoregional Preferences and Diverse Seasonal Patterns	5
Cytogenetic Investigations in Bornean Rhinolophoidea Revealed Cryptic Diversity in Rhinolophus sedulus Entailing Classification of Peninsular Malaysia Specimens as a New Species	4
A Rapid, in-Situ Minimally-Invasive Technique to Assess Infections with Pseudogymnoascus destructans in Bats	4
Mobile Bat Acoustic Routes Indicate Cavity-Roosting Species Undergo Compensatory Changes in Community Composition Following White-Nose Syndrome	4
First Record of the Genus Plecotus from Southeast Asia with Notes on the Taxonomy, Karyology and Echolocation Call of P. homochrous from Vietnam	4
DNA Barcoding and Morphological Analyses Reveal a Cryptic Species of Miniopterus from India and Sri Lanka	4
Cytogenetic Analyses Detect Cryptic Diversity in Megaderma spasma from Malaysia	4

The Limpopo River Exerts a Powerful but Spatially Limited Effect on Bat Communities in a Semi-Arid Region of South Africa	3
Functional Traits of Bats Associated with the Use of Wetlands in Colombian Tropical Dry Forests	3
Listen But Do Not Touch: Using a Smartphone Acoustic Device to Investigate Bat Activity, with Implications for Community-Based Monitoring	3
Meet You at the Local Watering Hole? No Use of an Artificial Water Resource, and Evidence of Dehydration in Hibernating Bats in the Prairies	3
Forecasting the Distribution of a Range-Expanding Bat Reveals Future Response to Climate Change and Habitat	3
Going Bald — The Hairy Affair of Timing in Telemetry Studies: Moulting Activity in European Bat Species	3
Comparative Study on the Small and Large Intestines of the Bats Artibeus planirostris and Diphylla ecaudata: Influence of Food Habits on Morphological Parameters	3
The Importance of Inland Cliffs and Quarries for Bats	3
A Revision of the Rhinolophus hipposideros group (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) with Definition of an Additional Species from the Middle East	2
Habitat Use of Constant Frequency Echolocating Bats in North-West Madagascar with Acoustic Evidence for a Possible New Species	2
Echolocation Precursor Calls of Kerivoula furva Pups May Contain Individual Signatures	2
Direct PCR-DGGE Technique Reveals Wrinkle-Lipped Free-Tailed Bat (Chaerephon plicatus Buchanan, 1800) Predominantly Consume Planthoppers and Mosquitoes in Central Thailand	2
Distribution Modelling and Habitat Requirements of Micronycteris sanborni (Phyllostomidae) across the South America Dry Diagonal	2
Ethogram of Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas) Behaviours and Associated Social Vocalisations	2
The Role of the Adjacent Habitat on Promoting Bat Activity in Vineyards: A Case Study from Central Chile	2
Temporal and Spatial Changes in Myotis lucifugus Acoustic Activity Before and After White-Nose Syndrome on Fort Drum Army Installation, New York, USA	2
Echobank for the Bats of Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, India	2
Slight Increase in Bat Activity after Human Hibernation Count Monitoring of a Bunker Complex in Northern Germany	2
Roosting Behaviour and Time Budgets of the CuraÇAoan Long-Nosed Bat, Leptonycteris curasoae (Phyllostomatidae, Glossophaginae) in Captivity	2