Royal Society Open Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Royal Society Open Science is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
A metric of knowledge as information compression reflects reproducibility predictions for biomedical experiments192
Shell dissolution rates differ fourfold between mussel species125
A new gecko from the earliest Eocene of Dormaal, Belgium: a thermophilic element of the ‘greenhouse world’99
High-pitch sounds small for domestic dogs: abstract crossmodal correspondences between auditory pitch and visual size89
Morphological change in an isolated population of red squirrels ( Sciurus vulgaris ) in Britain87
Wide-gamut structural colours on oakblue butterflies by naturally tuned photonic nanoarchitectures78
Cation-doping strategies for tuning of zirconia acid–base properties74
Are testosterone pulses a physiological mechanism for expanding activity beyond territories?70
Detection of antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacterales in insectivorous bats from Chile69
Polyethylene-grafted poly(hexamethylene guanidine) modified ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene monofilaments and their antimicrobial properties67
AI Thinking: a framework for rethinking artificial intelligence in practice64
A new sponge from the Marjum Formation of Utah documents the Cambrian origin of the hexactinellid body plan57
Risk-taking neonates do not pay a survival cost in a free-ranging large mammal, the fallow deer (Dama dama)54
Exploring cocoa bean fermentation mechanisms by kinetic modelling53
The impact of environment on genetic and epigenetic variation inTrifolium pratensepopulations from two contrasting semi-natural grasslands53
Development of three ecological spectroscopic methods for analysis of betrixaban either alone or in mixture with lercanidipine: greenness assessment53
Non-natural amino acids into LfcinB-derived peptides: effect in their (i) proteolytic degradation and (ii) cytotoxic activity against cancer cells49
Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles49
Oxidation of l -leucine amino acid initiated by hydroxyl radical: are transition metal ions an enhancement factor?48
Optimal sampling of spatial patterns improves deep learning-based early warning signals of critical transitions47
Predicting the effect of landscape structure on epidemic invasion using an analytical estimate for infection rate46
Energy gap and aromatic molecular rings46
Social encounters produce different autonomic response between dominants and subordinates in crows45
Analysis of the spatio-temporal dynamics of a Rho-GEF-H1-myosin activator-inhibitor reaction-diffusion system43
Numerical investigation for hazardous gas cloud form and dissipation behaviour of hydrogen-blended natural gas in a confined space43
Theoretical insights into the antiradical activity and copper-catalysed oxidative damage of mexidol in the physiological environment43
Ecology of fear: predator avoidance reduces seed dispersal in an ant42
Molecular dynamics simulation of the interaction between palmitic acid and high pressure CO 241
Preparation of magnetic activated carbon fibers@Fe 3 O 4 by electrostatic self-assembly method and adsorption properties for methy41
The HEV Ventilator: at the interface between particle physics and biomedical engineering41
Understanding the role of mask-wearing during COVID-19 on the island of Ireland41
A mammalian messenger RNA sex determination method from humpback whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) blubber biopsies41
Effect of microphysics scheme and data assimilation on hydrometeor and radiative flux simulations in the Arctic40
Elastic jump propagation across a blood vessel junction37
Stereotypical bias amplification and reversal in an experimental model of human interaction with generative artificial intelligence37
Judgement bias may be explained by shifts in stimulus response curves37
Optimal allocation of resources to healthcare workers or the general populace: a modelling study36
Information consumption and firm size35
Reverse game: from Nash equilibrium to network structure, number and probability of occurrence35
Excess labile carbon promotes diazotroph abundance in heat-stressed octocorals35
Spatial distribution pattern of mustelids in the eastern edge of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau34
Towards an inclusive Open Science: examining EDI and public participation in policy documents across Europe and the Americas33
Static and dynamic formant scaling conveys body size and aggression33
Investigating the impact of environmental feedback on the optional prisoner’s dilemma for insights into cyclic dominance and evolution of cooperation33
Matching dynamically varying forces with multi-motor-unit muscle models: a simulation study33
Novel, nanomagnetic and recoverable copper(0)-catalyst in one-pot access to 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles and 5-substituted 1 H -tetrazoles in water32
‘Quantum supremacy’ revisited: low-complexity, deterministic solutions of the original Deutsch–Jozsa problem in classical physical systems31
Beyond perfect synchrony: shared interpersonal rhythmic timing enhances self-other merging judgements31
Skull evolution and lineage diversification in endemic Malagasy carnivorans31
Fission–fusion dynamics in sheep: the influence of resource distribution and temporal activity patterns30
A nearly complete skull of the sauropod dinosaurDiamantinasaurus matildaefrom the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Australia and implications for the early evolution of titanosaurs30
Green quantitative spectrofluorometric analysis of rupatadine and montelukast at nanogram scale using direct and synchronous techniques30
Computational capability of ecological dynamics29
Developmental trajectories in laryngeal anatomy of California mice ( Peromyscus californicus )29
Meta-learning provides a robust framework to discern taxonomic carnivore agency from the analysis of tooth marks on bone: reassessing the role of felids as predators of Homo habilis29
Climatic forcing and individual heterogeneity in a resident mountain bird: legacy data reveal effects on reproductive strategies29
In situ polyaniline coating of Prussian blue as cathode material for sodium-ion battery29
Environmental correlates of temporal variation in the prey species of Australian fur seals inferred from scat analysis28
Is biomedical research self-correcting? Modelling insights on the persistence of spurious science28
Neuromolecular mechanisms related to reflex behaviour in Aplysia are affected by ocean acidification28
Sauropod dinosaur teeth from the lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia and the global record of early titanosauriforms28
Boredom is the root of all evil—or is it? A psychometric network approach to individual differences in behavioural responses to boredom28
Insights into the production and evolution of lantibiotics from a computational analysis of peptides associated with the lanthipeptide cyclase domain28
Host ecotype and rearing environment are the main drivers of threespine stickleback gut microbiota diversity in a naturalistic experiment27
Is musical ability related to second-language acquisition? A meta-analysis27
Optimizing crop rotations via Parrondo’s paradox for sustainable agriculture27
In fission yeast, 65 non-essential mitochondrial proteins related to respiration and stress become essential in low-glucose conditions27
Controlling and scripting laboratory hardware with open-source, intuitive interfaces: OpenFlexure Voice Control and OpenFlexure Blockly27
Physiological arousal explains infant gaze following in various social contexts26
Turns around periodic spatial boundaries facilitate increasing event segmentation over time26
Effects of domestication and captive breeding on reaction to moving objects: implications for avoidance behaviours of masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou26
Correction to: ‘Fission–fusion dynamics in sheep: the influence of resource distribution and temporal activity patterns’ (2023) by Della Libera et al.26
Transmission dynamics of symbiotic protist communities in the termite gut: association with host adult eclosion and dispersal26
Searching for potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: a combined approach of multi-step similarity search, machine learning and molecular dynamics simulations26
Arterial wave dynamics preservation upon orthostatic stress: a modelling perspective26
Early arc crust formation preserved in the Grenadines archipelago, southern Lesser Antilles arc26
On the identification of hypoxic regions in subject-specific cerebral vasculature by combined CFD/MRI26
Domestication affects sex-biased gene expression evolution in the duck25
The illusion of personal health decisions for infectious disease management: disease spread in social contact networks25
Big bang, low bar—risk assessment in the public arena25
Estimation of viral kinetics model parameters in young and aged SARS-CoV-2 infected macaques25
A genetic algorithm optimization framework for the characterization of hyper-viscoelastic materials: application to human articular cartilage25
Automatic titration detection method of organic matter content based on machine vision25
Life history and nesting traits reflect urban tolerance in coastal birds25
Long-read sequencing reveals atypical mitochondrial genome structure in a New Zealand marine isopod25
Exploring open science practices in behavioural public policy research25
Comparative study of two common methods for the determination of total mercury in soil25
What you have, not who you know: food-enhanced social capital and changes in social behavioural relationships in a non-human primate24
Tusks, testosterone and personality in male Asian elephants ( Elephas maximus )24
Closing cones create conical lamellae in secondary osteonal bone24
Theory of infectious disease spillover at an ecological boundary: impacts of seasonality and cross-boundary movement24
Geometric and topological approaches to shape variation in Ginkgo leaves24
Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of shape variation in the albatross compound bill23
Eggshell composition and surface properties of avian brood-parasitic species compared with non-parasitic species23
The skeletal completeness of the Palaeozoic chondrichthyan fossil record23
Ecosystem-engineered infections: beaver-modified wetlands are associated with conflicting drivers of amphibian pathogen prevalence23
A parasitic or mutualistic conundrum: can symbiotic protists increase thermal tolerance in a semi-aquatic insect?23
How the self-concept structures social role learning: insights from computational models23
Optimization and economic feasibility of vegetable oil wastewater treatment using Plantago major seed nano-green coagulant23
Observations and models of across-wind flight speed of the wandering albatross23
Familiarity with, perceptions of and attitudes toward butterflies of urban park users in megacities across East and Southeast Asia23
Age, but not hand preference, is related to personality traits in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)22
Modelling communication-enabled traffic interactions22
Replicating the ‘seductive allure of neuroscience explanations’ effect in a classroom experiment and an online study22
Identifying functional and regional differences in chimpanzee stone tool technology22
Re-thinking human interactions with the oceans22
First evidence for fin whale migration into the Pacific from Antarctic feeding grounds at Elephant Island22
No evidence that a transmissible cancer has shifted from emergence to endemism in Tasmanian devils22
Morality in the flesh: on the link between bodily self-consciousness, moral identity and (dis)honest behaviour22
The formation of political discussion networks22
Modelling social readers: novel tools for addressing reception from online book reviews22
Animal emotions and consciousness: a preliminary assessment of researchers’ perceptions and biases and prospects for future progress21
Inkjet-printed SnO x as an effective electron transport layer for planar perovskite solar cells and the effect of Cu doping21
The endangered brain: actively preserving ex-situ animal behaviour and cognition will benefit in-situ conservation21
Theoretical calculations of formation and reactivity of o -quinomethide derivatives of resorcin[4]arene with reference to empirical data21
Analysing the effects of distance, taxon and biomass on vertebrate detections using bulk-collected carrion fly iDNA21
Pigs, people, and proximity: a 6000-year isotopic record of pig management in Ireland21
Mechanical energy fluctuation in lower limbs during walking in participants with and without total hip replacement21
Modelling and predicting online vaccination views using bow-tie decomposition21
Evaluating the forecasting performance of ensemble sub-epidemic frameworks and other time series models for the 2022–2023 mpox epidemic21
A complex adaptive systems model of labour reciprocity and normative reasoning in swidden agriculture21
An STP-HSI index method for urban built-up area extraction based on multi-source remote sensing data21
Pore topology analysis in porous molecular systems21
Application of a new composite genetic marker semen-specific methylation-microhaplotype in the analysis of semen–vaginal fluid mixtures21
Animalistic slurs increase harm by changing perceptions of social desirability21
The geometry of life: testing the scaling of whole-organism surface area and volume using sharks21
Majestic tigers: personality structure in the great Amur cat21
The prebiotic emergence of biological evolution20
Failure and deformation characteristics of shale subject to true triaxial stress loading and unloading under water retention and seepage20
Atropine-functionalized gold nanoparticles binding to muscarinic receptors after passage across the intestinal epithelium20
Interference of internal waves due to two point vortices: linear analytical solution and nonlinear interaction20
Quantifying the ‘end of history’ through a Bayesian Markov-chain approach20
A social learning primacy trend in mate-copying: an experiment in Drosophila melanogaster20
A multiscale stochastic cellular automata model for dispersion of mountain pine beetles20
Changes in wing resonance in dried preserved crickets20
A simple spatial extension to the extended connectivity interaction features for binding affinity prediction20
The effect of target scarcity on visual foraging20
Climate change is associated with asynchrony in arrival between two sympatric cuckoos and both host arrival and prey emergence20
Empirically testing a relationship between cooperation and the prime numbers20
Study on wettability of water stemming for blasting dust adjusted by surfactants and inorganic salts20
takeout gene expression is associated with temporal kin recognition20
Challenges and opportunities in leveraging an existing systematic evidence database for mitigating hazards to the global food system20
Elucidation of reactive oxygen species scavenging pathways of norbergenin utilizing DFT approaches19
Sustained shift in the morphology of organic-walled microfossils over the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition19
Both optical and rheological properties contribute to viscosity judgements when comparing real liquids using vision and touch19
Impairment effect of infantile coloration on face discrimination in chimpanzees19
Liquid–liquid phase reaction between crystal violet and sodium hydroxide: kinetic study and precipitate analysis19
Co-designing a wiki-based community knowledge management system for personal science19
A phenotypic drug discovery approach by latent interaction in deep learning18
Are all underimmunized measles clusters equally critical?18
Do unbiased people act more rationally?—The case of comparative realism and vaccine intention18
Smaller islands, bigger appetites: evolutionary strategies of insular endemic skinks18
Asynchrony rescues statistically optimal group decisions from information cascades through emergent leaders18
Energy-based analysis of biochemical oscillators using bond graphs and linear control theory18
The effectiveness of marine protected areas on the spatio-temporal patterns of reef fish in the Southwest Atlantic18
Prior beliefs and the interpretation of scientific results18
Soil as a transdisciplinary research catalyst: from bioprospecting to biorespecting18
Neuroanatomical correlates of system-justifying ideologies: a pre-registered voxel-based morphometry study on right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation18
The emergence of a new pilgrimage as an assurance game18
Lasius flavus ants protect root aphid eggs from predators and pathogens during winter hibernation18
Harnessing meta-analyses’ insights in ecology and evolution research17
Gender stereotypes regarding power and niceness in Japanese children17
A general swimming response in exhausted obligate swimming fish17
Learning in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres17
How many specimens make a sufficient training set for automated three-dimensional feature extraction?17
Interspecific and intraspecific variation in grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididea) molar form: implications for dietary ecology17
Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of quantum dot-sensitized solar cell using Cu 2+ co-doped CdS and CdSe nanoscrystals17
Hypothesis awareness confounds asynchronous control conditions in indirect measures of the rubber hand illusion17
Coupling an agent-based model and an ensemble Kalman filter for real-time crowd modelling17
Rapamycin supplementation ofDrosophila melanogasterlarvae results in less viable adults with smaller cells17
Social network inheritance and differentiation in wild baboons17
Sound reception and hearing capabilities in the Little Penguin ( Eudyptula minor ): first predicted in-air and underwater audiograms17
Developmental feedbacks and the emergence of individuality17
Sperm whale clans and human societies17
Geographical distribution of two acoustic fin whale ( Balaenoptera physalus ) populations across the Weddell Sea17
Alternative COVID-19 mitigation measures in school classrooms: analysis using an agent-based model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission16
Human-supervised clustering of multidimensional data using crowdsourcing16
The ontogeny of children's social emotions in response to (un)fairness16
Improving transcatheter aortic valve interventional predictability via fluid–structure interaction modelling using patient-specific anatomy16
Synthesis, antimicrobial evaluation, ADMET prediction, molecular docking and dynamics studies of pyridine and thiophene moiety-containing chalcones16
Opening science to society: how to progress societal engagement into (open) science policies16
Adult neurogenesis does not explain the extensive post-eclosion growth ofHeliconiusmushroom bodies16
Next-generation time of death estimation: combining surrogate model-based parameter optimization and numerical thermodynamics16
Diurnal fluctuations in musical preference16
Update article: applicability of artificial neural networks to integrate socio-technical drivers of buildings recovery following extreme wind events16
Citation counts and journal impact factors do not capture some indicators of research quality in the behavioural and brain sciences16
Investigating the diversity of bioluminescent marine worm Polycirrus (Annelida), with description of three new species from the Western Pacific16
Skewed performance distributions as evidence of motor constraint in sports and animal displays16
The terminal enzymes of (bacterio)chlorophyll biosynthesis16
Characteristic features of statistical models and machine learning methods derived from pest and disease monitoring datasets16
Assessment of help value affects reciprocation in Norway rats16
Technique-based inoculation against real-world misinformation16
Drosophila video-assisted activity monitor (DrosoVAM): a versatile method for behaviour monitoring15
The wettability of electron spun membranes by synovial fluid15
Saving the ground beneath our feet: Establishing priorities and criteria for governing soil use and protection15
Partial dependence of ultrasonically estimated fetal weight on biometric parameters15
Modelling the impact of birth control policies on China’s population and age: effects of delayed births and minimum birth age constraints15
Low-temperature open-air synthesis of PVP-coated NaYF 4 :Yb,Er,Mn upconversion nanoparticles with strong red emission15
Computational and spectroscopic ‍characterization of thianthrene15
Comparative study of cavitands-based nanocapsule as a drug delivery vehicle for an anti-cancer and multiple sclerosis drug—A DFT study15
Michotte’s research on perceptual impressions of causality: a registered replication study15
Applying a synergistic mindsets intervention to an esports context15
COVID-19 risk perception and hoax beliefs in the US immediately before and after the announcement of President Trump's diagnosis15
Bellwethers of change: population modelling of North Pacific humpback whales from 2002 through 2021 reveals shift from recovery to climate response15
Rising temperature drives tipping points in mutualistic networks15
Understanding the illicit drug distribution in England: a data-centric approach to the County Lines Model15
Electrodeposition of iron from 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate and reverse microemulsions of Triton X-10015
Rising cover amid population density decline: the unstable demography of a reef-building coral15
Does it pay to imitate? No evidence for social gains from lexical imitation15
Molecular duplexes featuring NH···N, CH···O and CH···π interactions in solid-state self-assembly of triazine-based compounds15
Dynamical methods for target control of biological networks15
The impact of age-related increase in passive muscle stiffness on simulated upper limb reaching15
Insights for applying N,S-doped carbon dots as a fluorescent nanoprobe for estimation of some nitro-calcium channel blockers15
Lessons to be popular: the chemical basis of aggregation inTrypanosoma cruzi-infected and non-infected Chagasic bugs15
Does higher perceived risk of morbidity and mortality decrease risk-taking?15
Learning artificial number symbols with ordinal and magnitude information15
Variation in nuclear genome size in a freshwater snail model system featuring a recent whole-genome duplication15
Social administration of juvenile hormone to larvae increases body size and nutritional needs for pupation14
The rhythms of transient relationships: allocating time between weekdays and weekends14
A nonlinear multi-scale model for blood circulation in a realistic vascular system14
Pronking and bounding allow a fast escape across a grassland populated by scattered obstacles14
The influence of iconicity and autistic traits on novel word learning: a cross-cultural investigation14
High-intensity helical flow: a double-edged sword in coronary artery haemodynamics14
Experience and trust: the benefits of mate familiarity are realized through sex-specific specialization of parental roles in Cassin’s auklet14
Forecasting the future? Differential allocation of maternal hormones under different social contexts in the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus14
Laser-stimulated fluorescence reveals unseen details in fossils from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestones14
Diverse stem-chondrichthyan oral structures and evidence for an independently acquired acanthodid dentition14
Vertical transmission and seasonal dimorphism of eriophyoid mites (Acariformes, Eriophyoidea) parasitic on the Norway maple: a case study14
Osteohistology reveals the smallest adult Jurassic sauropodomorph14
Published correlational effect sizes in social and developmental psychology14
Prediction of individual differences in non-iridescent structural plumage colour from nanostructural periodicity and regularity14
Estimating network dimension when the spectrum struggles14
Diagnosis of a brain stroke using wideband microwave scattering14
Biarticular gastrocnemii muscles increase their joint energy transfer potential at high running speeds14
Sprinting with bilateral transtibial running-specific prostheses versus biological limbs – are they comparable? Comments on Beck et al . (2022)14
A novel spatiotemporal model with advanced feature extraction and unified brain network for depression detection using electroencephalogram signals14
Temperature-dependent synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from methanol over beta zeolite: a novel approach to a sustainable fuel14
Cranial osteology and neuroanatomy of the late Permian reptile Milleropsis pricei and implications for early reptile evolution14
Preferred shallow-water nursery sites provide acoustic crypsis to southern right whale mother–calf pairs14
Structural, optical and biological characterization of a new cobalt-based mixed halide hybrid compound: insights from DFT and vibrational analysis14
Effects of reduced mobility on trabecular bone density in captive big cats14
Change in prey genotype frequency rescues predator from extinction14
Scaling laws of political regime dynamics: stability of democracies and autocracies in the twentieth century14
Causal relationship between gut microbiota, blood metabolites and autism spectrum disorder: a Mendelian randomization study14
Hostile media perception affects news bias, but not news sharing intentions14
Dynamic effects of thermal acclimation on chytridiomycosis infection intensity and transmission potential in Xenopus laevis14
Effect of graphene sheets on the physico-chemical properties of nanocrystallite ceria14
Modelling the emergence of social-bird biological controls to mitigate invasions of the spotted lanternfly and similar invasive pests14
Effects of Chlorella vulgaris on phosphorus release from ferric phosphate sediment by consecutive cultivations13
Modelling COVID-19 mutant dynamics: understanding the interplay between viral evolution and disease transmission dynamics13
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