OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers in Zoology is 7. 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
Remarkable metabolic reorganization and altered metabolic requirements in frog metamorphic climax	31
Biogeography of Italy revisited: genetic lineages confirm major phylogeographic patterns and a pre-Pleistocene origin of its biota	24
Influences of submerged plant collapse on diet composition, breadth, and overlap among four crane species at Poyang Lake, China	24
Mitochondria as a target and central hub of energy division during cold stress in insects	23
Establishing RNAi for basic research and pest control and identification of the most efficient target genes for pest control: a brief guide	23
A protective nesting association with native species counteracts biotic resistance for the spread of an invasive parakeet from urban into rural habitats	20
Ontogeny of the elemental composition and the biomechanics of radular teeth in the chiton Lepidochitona cinerea	17
Habitat influences skeletal morphology and density in the snailfishes (family Liparidae)	17
Heat production in a feeding matrix formed on carrion by communally breeding beetles	15
Feasting, not fasting: winter diets of cave hibernating bats in the United States	15
Whole-genome sequencing of Tarim red deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandensis) reveals demographic history and adaptations to an arid-desert environment	15
Differential time allocation of foraging workers in the subterranean termite	14
Differential effects of larval and adult nutrition on female survival, fecundity, and size of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti	14
Using natural history to guide supervised machine learning for cryptic species delimitation with genetic data	13
Amphibian breeding phenology influences offspring size and response to a common wetland contaminant	13
Mitochondrial alternative oxidase contributes to successful tardigrade anhydrobiosis	12
Bat population recoveries give insight into clustering strategies during hibernation	12
Classical and computed tomographic anatomical analyses in a not-so-cryptic Alviniconcha species complex from hydrothermal vents in the SW Pacific	12
Multiple phenotypic traits as triggers of host attacks towards ant symbionts: body size, morphological gestalt, and chemical mimicry accuracy	12
First characterization of toxic alkaloids and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the cryptic dendrobatid Silverstoneia punctiventris	12
Metabolic responses of plasma to extreme environments in overwintering Tibetan frogs Nanorana parkeri: a metabolome integrated analysis	12
Improved histological fixation of gelatinous marine invertebrates	12
The loss of flight in ant workers enabled an evolutionary redesign of the thorax for ground labour	11
Population variation alters aggression-associated oxytocin and vasopressin expressions in brains of Brandt’s voles in field conditions	10
Measuring body condition of lizards: a comparison between non-invasive dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, chemical fat extraction and calculated indices	10

Cellular proliferation dynamics during regeneration in Syllis malaquini (Syllidae, Annelida)	10
Combining the responses of habitat suitability and connectivity to climate change for an East Asian endemic frog	10
Ontogenetic plasticity in cranial morphology is associated with a change in the food processing behavior in Alpine newts	9
Plasma oxidative stress in reproduction of two eusocial African mole-rat species, the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat	9
Local DNA methylation helps to regulate muscle sirtuin 1 gene expression across seasons and advancing age in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)	9
Pollinating fig wasps’ simple solutions to complex sex ratio problems: a review	9
Adaptation and constraint shape the evolution of growth patterns in passerine birds across the globe	9
Model eggs fail to detect egg recognition in host populations after brood parasitism is relaxed	9
Love bites: male frogs (Plectrohyla, Hylidae) use teeth scratching to deliver sodefrin precursor-like factors to females during amplexus	8
Development of the caudal-fin skeleton reveals multiple convergent fusions within Atherinomorpha	8
Mixed-species groups in bats: non-random roost associations and roost selection in neotropical understory bats	8
From Devo to Evo: patterning, fusion and evolution of the zebrafish terminal vertebra	8
Geckos cling best to, and prefer to use, rough surfaces	8
Natural variation in yolk fatty acids, but not androgens, predicts offspring fitness in a wild bird	8
Within-family plasticity of nervous system architecture in Syllidae (Annelida, Errantia)	7
Tissue dissociation for single-cell and single-nuclei RNA sequencing for low amounts of input material	7
Population genomics reveal rapid genetic differentiation in a recently invasive population of Rattus norvegicus	7
Superior continuous quantity discrimination in a freshwater turtle	7
Temperature and predator-mediated regulation of plasma cortisol and brain gene expression in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta)	7
Cranial morphology of captive mammals: a meta-analysis	7
When SEM becomes a deceptive tool of analysis: the unexpected discovery of epidermal glands with stalked ducts on the ultimate legs of geophilomorph centipedes	7
A microCT-based atlas of the central nervous system and midgut in sea spiders (Pycnogonida) sheds first light on evolutionary trends at the family level	7