OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biology Letters is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Unravelling a diversity of cellular structures and aggregation dynamics during the early development of Myxococcus xanthus	21
Patterns of sexual dimorphism in the armoured tardigrades	16
Genetic and evolutionary divergence of harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) in Iliamna Lake, Alaska	13
Physical constraints, not sociality, shape primate vocal repertoire size	10
Chicks produce consonant, sometimes jazzy, sounds	10
Optimally warm roost temperatures during lactation do not improve body condition in a long-lived bat	9
Song but not colour divergence constrains hybridization in birds	9
Orsay virus infection increases Caenorhabditis elegans resistance to heat-shock	9
Distribution and developmental timing of zebrafish liver innervation	9
Polarized light detection in bumblebees varies with light intensity and is mediated by both the ocelli and compound eyes	9
Sonic restoration: acoustic stimulation enhances plant growth-promoting fungi activity	9
Evolutionary distinctiveness and parasite specificity determine infection of non-native fish	8
Differential pollinator importance contributes to flower colour variation along an elevational gradient	8
Fisheries-induced life-history changes recover in experimentally harvested fish populations	8
A burrowing annelid from the early Cambrian	8
Reproduction results in parallel changes of oxidative stress and immunocompetence in a wild long-living mammal—edible dormouse Glis glis	8
Dogs with a vocabulary of object labels retain them for at least 2 years	7
Activity of forkhead box P2-positive neurons is associated with tadpole begging behaviour	7
A demographic assessment of the Lansing Effect in duckweed ( Lemna turionifera Landolt)	7
Pulsed artificial light at night alters moth flight behaviour	7
Breed function and behaviour correlate with endocranial volume in domestic dogs	6
No evidence for an up-regulation of female immune function in response to elevated risk of sexual conflict	6
Bat consumption by holostean fishes in the Eocene Lake Messel: insights into the trophic adaptability of extinct gars and bowfins	6
Molecular correlates of swarming behaviour in Aedes aegypti males	6