OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Subterranean Biology is 1. 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
The key role of humidity for the survival of cave beetles in a context of climate change	22
The overview of lithobiomorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) from caves of Slovenia	11
Revisiting and rediscovering the tarantulas (Araneae, Theraphosidae) of Culapnitan (Libmanan) Caves in the Philippines: troglomorphism, taxonomy, phylogeny and ecological niche	9
Two new phreatic snails (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Edwards and Edwards-Trinity aquifers, Texas	7
Neotrombidiidae (Acari, Trombidiformes) from Nullarbor caves, southern Australia including the apparently troglomorphic Cruralonga gen. nov.	7
Collecting empires: Dominik Bilimek and early subterranean zoology between politics and field research	6
The troglophilic population of Lithobius peregrinus Latzel, 1880 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) from Gaura cu Muscă Cave – first record of the species in Romania: morphological variations, asymmetry, ter	6
Integrating formal surveys and local knowledge: Insights into the subterranean fauna of Apulia	5
The biospeleological work of Carl L. Hubbs (1894–1979): an appraisal	5
In Memoriam – Daniel Wu Fong (born December 1, 1954; died April 25, 2025)	5
From the dark to the light: A new genus and species of stygobiont hydrobiid (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from southern Greece	5
The influence of subterranean habitats in the sensorial and brain morphology of hypogean and epigean Copionodontinae catfish (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)	5
An updated phylogeny of the family Stenasellidae (Crustacea, Isopoda), with a new species of Stenasellus from southern Vietnam	5
Elaphoidella quangnamensis sp. nov. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Canthocamptidae), a new hyporheic species from central Vietnam	5
The trophic role of cave shrimps of the genus Typhlatya seen through stable isotope eyes	5
Phylogeny of subterranean ground beetles (genus Trechus, Coleoptera, Carabidae) from continental Portugal	5
Longitudinal patterns in stygobiont distribution in the hyporheic zone of the karst spring-fed San Marcos River, Texas, USA	4
Amphicutis stygobita (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata, Amphilepididae), a brooding brittle star from anchialine caves in The Bahamas: feeding, reproduction, morphology, paedomorphisms and tr	4
Postembryonic development of the troglobitic planthopper species Valenciolenda fadaforesta Hoch & Sendra, 2021 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Kinnaridae), with a key to nymphal instars	4
Survey of earthworm diversity and genetic diversity analysis of dominant earthworms in urban green spaces in Northeast China	4
Contributions of molecular and cranial specializations for sensory adaptation in the subterranean blind mole rats (Nannospalax xanthodon)	4
First biological data, associated fauna, and microclimate preferences of the enigmatic cave-dwelling beetle Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)	4
Life history observations of the Illinois state endangered Enigmatic Cavesnail, Fontigens antroecetes (Hubricht, 1940) made under simulated cave conditions	4
Remarkably low genetic diversity in the widespread cave spider Phanetta subterranea (Araneae, Linyphiidae)	3
Vertical distribution of spiders (Araneae) in Central European shallow subterranean habitats	3

First record of a troglobitic Delphacidae in the Neotropics: Spelaeodelphax nexus Santos & Asche gen. nov. et sp. nov. from Brazil (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)	3
First record of a freshwater cave sponge (Porifera, unknown gen. and sp.) in a cave inhabited by Astyanax cavefish in the Sierra de El Abra, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	3
How to map potential mesovoid shallow substratum (MSS) habitats? A case study in colluvial MSS	3
Redescription of the Cretaceous species Archaeocerus uenoi Perreau, 2019 based on synchrotron radiation micro-tomography and nano-tomography (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Catopocerinae)	3
A new cave population of Astyanax mexicanus from Northern Sierra de El Abra, Tamaulipas, Mexico	3
Why cave planthoppers study matters: are Cixiidae a subtroglophile lineage? (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)	2
Contributions to the phylogeny and phylogeography of Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837) (Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), inferred with Cytochrome-b	2
Behavioral observations of the olm (Proteus anguinus) in a karst spring via direct observations and camera trapping	2
Arthropod diversity in shallow subterranean habitats of the Appalachian Mountains	2
The distribution of bat species across the underground sites of Georgia	2
Protocol for lens removal in embryonic fish and its application on the developmental effects of eye regression	2
Whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypigi) from Colombian Caves: A review, new records and description of a new species	2
New records of cave-dwelling populations of Rhamdia catfishes (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Chiapas, Mexico	2
Isotopic variability of δ13C and δ15N signals in cave systems: insights from the blind tetra Astyanax mexicanus	2
Temporal consistency and spatial variability in detection: implications for monitoring of macroinvertebrates from shallow groundwater aquifers	2
Two new species of Galloisiana Caudell, 1924 (Insecta, Grylloblattodea) from Western Honshu Island, Japan	2
Checking the depth specificity of a subterranean sampling device in alpine rock debris	1
A modified trap design for sampling subterranean habitats for central Texas Eurycea salamanders	1
Gateways to the underworld: molecular phylogenetic analyses identify patterns of groundwater fauna and two new species of hypogean Hyalella Smith, 1874 (Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from the northern Mojav	1
Subterranean temnocephalid flatworms of the Dinaric Karst are not picky about the hosts but compete for them: an analysis of literature data	1
First data on testate amoebae associated with the endemic cave bivalve Congeria jalzici Morton & Bilandžija, 2013 with a description of Psammonobiotus dinarica sp. nov.	1
Benthic species assemblages change through a freshwater cavern-type cenote in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico	1
Convergent evolution underground - two new troglomorphic collembolan species of the genus Schaefferia Absolon, 1900 (Collembola, Poduromorpha, Hypogastruridae) from Iran and Montenegro	1
Two new sympatric cave species of Castellanethes (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Olibrinidae) from Western High Atlas of Morocco	1
Two new cavernicolous species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae, Trechinae, Anillini) from Texas with a revised key to Texas species	1
New vouchered and taxonomically verified records of cave-dwelling populations of catfishes of the genus Rhamdia (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Costa Rica	1
Evidence of ancestral nocturnality, locomotor clock regression, and cave zone-adjusted sleep duration modes in a cave beetle	1
Evidence for metapopulation structure in seep-dwelling amphipods	1
A new species of Stygobromus Cope, 1872 (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) from a hypotelminorheic seepage spring in Washington, D.C., USA	1
First record of troglobitic Bothriuridae (Scorpiones) in Australia from the Pilbara	1
Caridina tashanica sp. nov., a new cave shrimp species (Decapoda, Atyidae) from sulphidic water in southwestern Iran	1
Winter survival strategies of cave-adapted amphipods in the Ice Caves of Sam’s Point area of Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY, USA	1
A biofilm micro-community dominated by the diatom Campylodiscus neofastuosus (Surirellales) binds detritus used as food source for rare brittle stars endemic to two Bahamian caves	1
At the edge of darkness and light: macrozoobenthic assemblages of streams in the entrance zone of caves in the Western Caucasus	1
First blind daddy long-legs spiders from Australia and Réunion (Araneae, Pholcidae)	1
Subterranean Philosciidae from Spain with the description of a new genus and two new species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)	1
Baeticoniscus carmonaensis sp. nov. a new Isopod found in an underground aqueduct from the Roman period located in Southwest Spain (Crustacea, Isopoda, Trichoniscidae)	1
A new genus and species of nicoletiid silverfish (Insecta, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae) from caves of northern Alabama, USA	1
New exploration, DNA sequence data and 3D X-ray microscopy reveal prevalence of live populations and wide variability in shells of Iberozospeum bellesi in caves of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (Ga	1
Cavers’ knowledge of biosecurity and its influence on the prevention of white-nose disease	1
Three new cave-dwelling species of Tyrannochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Guangxi, China	1