OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Ecology Resources is 34. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Information	345
Revisiting the Briggs Ancient DNA Damage Model: A Fast Maximum Likelihood Method to Estimate Post‐Mortem Damage	73
Chromosome‐Level Genome Assembly of the Loach Goby Rhyacichthys aspro Offers Insights Into Gobioidei Evolution	66
Stomach Content DNA (scDNA) Detection and Quantification for Predator Diet Assessment Using High‐Throughput Nanofluidic Chip Technology: Species‐Specific qPCR Assay Pa	66
detectEVE: Fast, Sensitive and Precise Detection of Endogenous Viral Elements in Genomic Data	65
A road map for in vivo evolution experiments with blood‐borne parasitic microbes	62
Molecular assays of pollen use consistently reflect pollinator visitation patterns in a system of flowering plants	61
The endangered White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa) genome reveals low diversity and heterogenous patterns of differentiation	61
Good from far, but far from good: The impact of a reference genome on evolutionary inference	61
Chromosome‐scale assembly and whole‐genome sequencing of 266 giant panda roundworms provide insights into their evolution, adaptation and potential drug targets	53
Fast‐tracking bespoke DNA reference database generation from museum collections for biomonitoring and conservation	52
The topological nature of tag jumping in environmental DNA metabarcoding studies	50
A second unveiling: Haplotig masking of the eastern oyster genome improves population‐level inference	49
Bayesian tests for random mating in polyploids	46
A minimally invasive, field‐applicable CRISPR/Cas biosensor to aid in the detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative fungal agent of white‐nose syndrome in bats	45
Evaluating the use of lake sedimentary DNA in palaeolimnology: A comparison with long‐term microscopy‐based monitoring of the phytoplankton community	44
An Innovative Binding‐Protein‐Based dsRNA Extraction Method: Comparison of Cost‐Effectiveness of Virus Detection Methods Using High‐Throughput Sequencing	43
Alignment‐free methods for polyploid genomes: Quick and reliable genetic distance estimation	43
The voice of the little giants: Arcellinida testate amoebae in environmental DNA‐based bioindication, from taxonomy free to haplotypic level	41
Use of 16S rRNA gene sequences to identify cyanobacteria that can grow in far‐red light	41
Benchmarking the Mantel test and derived methods for testing association between distance matrices	40
A chromosome‐scale genome assembly and annotation of the spring orchid (Cymbidium goeringii)	40
An Accessible Metagenomic Strategy Allows for Better Characterisation of Invertebrate Bulk Samples	39
DNA barcoding of Chinese snakes reveals hidden diversity and conservation needs	39
Molecular diet analysis in mussels and other metazoan filter feeders and an assessment of their utility as natural eDNA samplers	38

Particle size influences decay rates of environmental DNA in aquatic systems	37
Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: A minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics	37
Potential PCR amplification bias in identifying complex ecological patterns: Higher species compositional homogeneity revealed in smaller‐size coral reef zooplankton by metatranscriptomics	36
metaPR²: A database of eukaryotic 18S rRNA metabarcodes with an emphasis on protists	36
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MaxTemp: A Method to Maximise Precision of the Temporal Method for Estimating N_e in Genetic Monitoring Programs	35
Towards Large‐Scale Museomics Projects: A Cost‐Effective and High‐Throughput Extraction Method for Obtaining Historical DNA From Museum Insect Specimens	34
Improved genome assembly of Chinese shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis) suggests adaptation to the environment during evolution and domestication	34
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Beware of Plant DNA in Animal Dietary Metabarcoding: Lessons From a Strictly Insectivorous Bat	34
The chromosome‐scale assembly of the Canary Islands endemic spiderDysdera silvatica(Arachnida, Araneae) sheds light on the origin and genome structure of chemoreceptor gene families in chelicer	34