OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 14. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution	138
The Invasion Ecology of Mutualism	136
Effects of Phenology on Plant Community Assembly and Structure	129
Geographic Gradients in Species Interactions: From Latitudinal Patterns to Ecological Mechanisms	123
Onboard Sensors Reveal New Insights into Animal Decision-Making	108
Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes	107
Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins	90
The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life	79
Plant Mating Systems in Small Populations	61
Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences	61
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution	61
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities	58
The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project	53
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions	48
	48
Review of the Pelycosauria Revisited: Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsida, Their Role in Updated Interpretations of Early Amniotes, and Their Importance in Understanding the Origin of Modern Terrestrial Foo	48
Functional Trait Variation Along Animal Invasion Pathways	45
Animal Linguistics	45
Patterns of Non-Native Species Introduction, Spread, and Ecological Impact in South Florida, the World's Most Invaded Continental Ecoregion	44
Ecology and Evolution of the Social Microbiome	43
Smooth and Spiky: The Importance of Variability in Marine Climate Change Ecology	41
The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects	39
How Whales Dive, Feast, and Fast: The Ecophysiological Drivers and Limits of Foraging in the Evolution of Cetaceans	34
Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales	33
Novel Disturbance Regimes and Ecological Responses	32

Plant Invasions in a Changing Climate: Reshaping Communities, Ecosystem Functions, and Services	32
Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards	31
Origin and Early Evolution of Squamates and Their Kin: From Fossils to Genomes	29
Weighing the Evidence for a Deuterostome Branch of Animals and Implications for Understanding Chordate Origins	27
Ocean Giants Through Time: Evolution and Ecology Intertwined	27
Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change	26
Looking Back for the Future: The Ecology of Terrestrial Communities Through the Lens of Conservation Paleobiology	25
Functional Roles of Parasitic Plants in a Warming World	24
Density-Dependent Selection	24
Climate Change Effects on Interacting Disturbances in Forest Ecosystems	23
The Ecology and Evolution of Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers That Ameliorate Climate Change	22
The Macroevolutionary History of Bony Fishes: A Paleontological View	22
The Ecological Impacts of Large-Carnivore Recovery in North America	21
The Evolution and Ecology of Specialized Mutualisms Between Perfume Flowers and Male Euglossine Bees	20
Evolution and Community Assembly Across Spatial Scales	19
Rethinking the Prevalence and Relevance of Chaos in Ecology	18
Niche Theory and Species Range Limits Along Elevational Gradients: Perspectives and Future Directions	17
A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation	17
A Renaissance of Atoll Ecology	15
The Causes and Consequences of Seed Dispersal	15
Asymmetric Inheritance: The Diversity and Evolution of Non-Mendelian Reproductive Strategies	15
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