OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 40. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of Phenology on Plant Community Assembly and Structure	146
Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes	122
Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins	111
The Invasion Ecology of Mutualism	110
Onboard Sensors Reveal New Insights into Animal Decision-Making	109
Geographic Gradients in Species Interactions: From Latitudinal Patterns to Ecological Mechanisms	103
Plant Mating Systems in Small Populations	98
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution	95
The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life	91
The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project	86
Evolution of the Mode of Nutrition in Symbiotic and Saprotrophic Fungi in Forest Ecosystems	80
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities	78
Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences	78
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions	74
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	72
Ecology and Evolution of the Social Microbiome	70
Functional Trait Variation Along Animal Invasion Pathways	69
A Dual Role for Behavior in Evolution and Shaping Organismal Selective Environments	68
Animal Linguistics	68
Patterns of Non-Native Species Introduction, Spread, and Ecological Impact in South Florida, the World's Most Invaded Continental Ecoregion	62
Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Bats	61
Smooth and Spiky: The Importance of Variability in Marine Climate Change Ecology	60
From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes	58
The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects	56
The Ecology and Evolution of Model Microbial Mutualisms	54

Plant Invasions in a Changing Climate: Reshaping Communities, Ecosystem Functions, and Services	51
Novel Disturbance Regimes and Ecological Responses	48
Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales	48
How Whales Dive, Feast, and Fast: The Ecophysiological Drivers and Limits of Foraging in the Evolution of Cetaceans	44
Origin and Early Evolution of Squamates and Their Kin: From Fossils to Genomes	40