OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Zoology 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
A review of some aspects of the ecology, population trends, threats and conservation strategies for the common hippopotamus,Hippopotamus amphibiusL, in Zimbabwe	13
Monitoring metals in South African harbours between 2008 and 2009, using resident mussels as indicator organisms	12
Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in the pet trade in South Africa	11
Modelling continental range shift of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) under a changing climate and land cover: implications for future conservation of the species	8
New insights into the taxonomic status, distribution and natural history of De Witte’s Clicking Frog (Kassinula wittei Laurent, 1940)	7
Dominance hierarchies within different size groupings of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and effects on growth and physiological responses	7
Differences in metal compositions and concentrations of sympatric predatory fish and squid from the South Atlantic Ocean	5
Population and breeding patterns of the pest rodent: Mastomys natalensis in a maize dominated agroecosystem in Lake Victoria crescent zone, Eastern Uganda	5
Diet of the marsh mongoose around a non-permanent reservoir: response of a generalist opportunist forager to the absence of crabs	5
Nest characteristics and morphometry of Black Crowned Cranes Balearica pavonina ceciliae in Lake Tana area wetlands	4
Describing sexual dimorphism and fine scale spatial distributions in the Drab Thick-tail Scorpion, Parabuthus planicauda	4
Magnitude, patterns and composition of wildlife roadkill in the Serengeti ecosystem, northern Tanzania	4
The wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella, Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) could establish in South Africa	4
A review of marine invertebrates used as fishing baits and the implications for national and regional management in the Western Indian Ocean	4
Diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates in anthropogenically disturbed Aturukuku River, Eastern Uganda	3
Standardising English and Afrikaans common names for polychaetes harvested as bait in South Africa	3
Milk evolution with emphasis on the Atlantogenata	3
Macrofauna associated with intertidal mussel beds in the Knysna estuarine embayment, South Africa	3
Lamproglena monodi Capart, 1944 infecting Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758): additional information on infection, morphology and genetic data	3
Updated checklist and assemblages of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridomorpha) associated with various habitats, including oases of Central Sahara in Algeria	2
Ectoparasites infecting the heads and gills of commercially valuable marine fishes in South Africa	2
Citizen science survey of non-native Rose-ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri in the Durban metropole, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	2
Diel activity patterns of two syntopic range-restricted geckos suggest idiosyncratic responses to climate change	2
Description of two new species of the africana-group of the GenusGryllotalpa, with a redescription ofGryllotalpa africanaBeauvois (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)	2
Trends in the admission of raptors to the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Limpopo province, South Africa	2

Mountain refugia limit anthropogenic suppression in a re-established felid population: the case of the Magaliesberg leopard population in South Africa	2
Shifted models cannot be used for predicting responses of biodiversity to global change: the African elephant as an example	2
Hot and bothered: alterations in faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations of the sungazer lizard, Smaug giganteus, in response to an increase in environmental temperature	2
Adding another piece to the southern AfricanCercopithecusmonkey phylogeography puzzle	2
Physiological measure of animal welfare in relation to semi-captive African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) interaction programs	2
The spatial ecology of black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in a protected mountainous grassland area	2
Diversity pattern of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a modified tropical environment in the western region of Cameroon	2
Molecular characterization of pests (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the Republic of Congo	2
Prevalence of tungiasis in rural poor neighbourhood in Igbokoda, Ondo State, Nigeria	2
First report of the thick-tailed bushbaby (Otolemur crassicaudatus) being preyed upon by an endemic carnivore (Caracal caracal) in South Africa	2
First look at humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song structure from western South Africa	2