OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 42. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Onboard Sensors Reveal New Insights into Animal Decision-Making	140
Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins	115
Effects of Phenology on Plant Community Assembly and Structure	105
The Invasion Ecology of Mutualism	100
Geographic Gradients in Species Interactions: From Latitudinal Patterns to Ecological Mechanisms	97
The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life	92
Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes	92
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution	89
The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project	88
Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences	77
Evolution of the Mode of Nutrition in Symbiotic and Saprotrophic Fungi in Forest Ecosystems	76
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions	74
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities	74
Animal Linguistics	71
Functional Trait Variation Along Animal Invasion Pathways	68
Patterns of Non-Native Species Introduction, Spread, and Ecological Impact in South Florida, the World's Most Invaded Continental Ecoregion	67
Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Bats	65
Ecology and Evolution of the Social Microbiome	64
A Dual Role for Behavior in Evolution and Shaping Organismal Selective Environments	63
Smooth and Spiky: The Importance of Variability in Marine Climate Change Ecology	57
From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes	56
The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects	55
The Ecology and Evolution of Model Microbial Mutualisms	53
How Whales Dive, Feast, and Fast: The Ecophysiological Drivers and Limits of Foraging in the Evolution of Cetaceans	49
Novel Disturbance Regimes and Ecological Responses	46

Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales	45
Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards	42