OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecology and Evolution is 35. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Conditioned Environmental Center‐Periphery Hypothesis of Biogeography: Statistical Evidence From Tree Species	229
A Landscape Genetics Approach Reveals Species‐Specific Connectivity Patterns for Stream Insects in Fragmented Habitats	153
DNA barcoding of marine rocky reef fishes from northern Peru suggests a parapatric speciation in the Tropical Eastern Pacific	90
Quantification of Small‐Scale Spatial Patterns in Alpine–Treeline Ecotones	89
The Optimization of Stand Structure Can Significantly Alleviate the Flammability of Forest Ecosystems	82
Nectar robbing by bees affects the reproductive fitness of the distylous plant Tirpitzia sinensis (Linaceae)	73
Issue Information	61
Evaluating the evolutionary mechanisms maintaining alternative mating strategies in a simulated bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population	60
Genetic Differentiation of Chinese Fir Populations From Mainland China and Taiwan as Revealed by Genotyping‐By‐Sequencing Analysis, With Implication for Taxonomic Position of the Species	57
Increased Reproductive Output and Telomere Shortening Following Calcium Supplementation in a Wild Songbird	51
Facultative cleaning of spiral‐horned antelope by the African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)	50
Remotely sensed environmental measurements detect decoupled processes driving population dynamics at contrasting scales	50
Cloning, characterization, and evolutionary patterns of KCNQ4 genes in anurans	48
“Point by point” source: The Chinese pine plantations in North China by evidence from mtDNA	47
Did extreme nest predation favor the evolution of obligate brood parasitism in a duck?	47
Registered Reports: A new chapter at Ecology & Evolution	45
Assessing the effects of native and alien plant ash on mosquito abundance	45
Lake Superior's summer cooling of shorelines and adjacent inland forests: Implications for refugia of boreal forests and disjunct arctic–alpine plants	45
Spatio‐Temporal Patterns of Hybridization in an Alloploid Salamander (Ambystomatidae: Ambystoma) and Conservation Implications of Introgression in a Unisexual Vertebrate	42
Assessing spatial distribution, genetic variants, and virulence of pathogen Mycoplasma agassizii in threatened Mojave desert tortoises	41
Thermal refugia and persistence of Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) in small towns	41
Testing secondary sex ratio bias hypotheses in white‐tailed deer in Mississippi, USA	40
Identifying microbial drivers in biological phenotypes with a Bayesian network regression model	40
Ecological constraint, rather than opportunity, promotes adaptive radiation in three‐spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) on North Uist	39
Physiological and microbiome adaptation of coral Turbinaria peltata in response to marine heatwaves	38

‘Out of the Tropics’ Sheds Light on Latitudinal Gradients in Clade Ages of Climbers, China	38
Genome‐Wide Development and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers in the Great Web‐Spinning Sawfly Acantholyda posticalis	38
Assessing diversity of King Crab Lithodes spp. in the south‐eastern pacific using phylogeny and molecular species delimitation methods	38
Foraging strategy as a route for sexual size dimorphism evolution	37
Germination and seedling growth of Calluna vulgaris is sensitive to regional climate, heathland succession, and drought	37
Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records	37
Fertile Hybrids Could Aid Coral Adaptation	36
Effect of ecological and anthropogenic factors on grouping patterns in African lions across Kenya	35
High‐resolution climate data reveal an increasing risk of warming‐driven activity restriction for diurnal and nocturnal lizards	35
Predicting the Global Potential Suitable Areas of Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) Under Current and Future Climate Scenarios	35
Nutrient conditions determine the strength of herbivore‐mediated stabilizing feedbacks in barrens	35