OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Integrative Organismal Biology is 2. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The Human Neck is Part of the Musculoskeletal Core: Cervical Muscles Help Stabilize the Pelvis During Running and Jumping	19
Winter Is Coming: Integrative Analysis of Cold Acclimation in a Freeze Tolerant Frog	18
Toward understanding the fast latex coagulation in Campanula spp. (Campanulaceae)	17
Vibroacoustic Response of the Tympanic Membrane to Hyoid-Borne Sound Generated during Echolocation in Bats	15
Long-Axis Rotation of Jaws of Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) During Suction Feeding	14
Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Toe Shape in Forest and Urban Lizards Following Hurricane Disturbances	12
Sharks Violate Rensch's Rule for Sexual Size Dimorphism	12
Roles of Mono- and Bi-articular Muscles in Human Limbs: Two-joint Link Model and Applications	11
Experience with Aposematic Defense Triggers Attack Bias in a Mantid Predator (Stagmomantis carolina)	11
Microstructure of the Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) Olfactory Rosette	10
Syngnathoid Evolutionary History and the Conundrum of Fossil Misplacement	9
Fluctuating and Stable High Temperatures Differentially Affect Reproductive Endocrinology of Female Pupfish	9
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses in the Slipper SnailCrepidulafornicataUncover Shell Matrix Genes Expressed During Adult and Larval Biomineralization	9
A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems	8
Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants	8
The Role of Vibration Amplitude in the Escape-Hatching Response of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	8
Scaling Relationships of Maximal Gape in Two Species of Large Invasive Snakes, Brown Treesnakes and Burmese Pythons, and Implications for Maximal Prey Size	8
Does the Glucocorticoid Stress Response Make Toads More Toxic? An Experimental Study on the Regulation of Bufadienolide Toxin Synthesis	8
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	7
Correction to: Evolutionary Patterns of Modularity in the Linkage Systems of the Skull in Wrasses and Parrotfish	7
Amphibian Segmentation Clock Models Suggest How Large Genome and Cell Sizes Slow Developmental Rate	7
Morphological Species Delimitation in The Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys): Can Machine Learning Methods Aid in Cryptic Species Identification?	7
Intraspecific Variation in the Placement of Campaniform Sensilla on the Wings of the Hawkmoth Manduca Sexta	7
Masculinized Sexual Ornaments in Female Lizards Correlate with Ornament-Enhancing Thermoregulatory Behavior	7
Comparative Study of Sun Compass Orientation in Migrating Anadromous versus Resident Freshwater Threespine Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	7

Corn Snakes Show Consistent Sarcomere Length Ranges Across Muscle Groups and Ontogeny	7
Protein–lipid Association in Lizard Chemical Signals	7
Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities	6
Climbing and Clinging of Urban Lizards are Differentially Affected by Morphology, Temperature, and Substrate	6
The Evolution of Feeding Mechanics in the Danioninae, or Why Giant Danios Don't Suck Like Zebrafish	6
Seasonal Changes in Hematological Parameters in House Sparrows of Subtropical Pakistan	6
SegmentGeometry: A Tool for Measuring Second Moment of Area in 3D Slicer	6
Buffered Lugol's Iodine Preserves DNA Fragment Lengths	6
Reconstructing Articular Cartilage in the Australopithecus afarensis Hip Joint and the Need for Modeling Six Degrees of Freedom	6
Morphological and Mechanical Tube Feet Plasticity among Populations of Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)	6
A New Molecular Phylogeny of Salps (Tunicata: Thalicea: Salpida) and the Evolutionary History of Their Colonial Architecture	6
Pretty Cool Beetles: Can Manipulation of Visible and Near-Infrared Sunlight Prevent Overheating?	6
An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models	6
Mantis Shrimp Locomotion: Coordination and Variation of Hybrid Metachronal Swimming	6
Vertebral Trabecular Bone Mechanical Properties Vary Among Functional Groups of Cetaceans	6
Dietary Breadth Predicts Toxin Expression Complexity in the Venoms of North American Gartersnakes	5
Static Stability and Swim Bladder Volume in the Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)	5
Extraoral Taste Buds on the Paired Fins of Damselfishes	5
Bone Density Variation in Rattails (Macrouridae, Gadiformes): Buoyancy, Depth, Body Size, and Feeding	5
Sniffing out Stingray Noses: The Functional Morphology of Batoid Olfaction	5
Variation in Molar Size and Proportions in the Hominid Lineage: An Inter- and Intraspecific Approach	5
Peptidergic Modulation of the Lobster Cardiac System Has Opposing Action on Neurons and Muscles	5
Convergence is Only Skin Deep: Craniofacial Evolution in Electric Fishes from South America and Africa (Apteronotidae and Mormyridae)	4
Morphological Covariance and Onset of Foot Prehensility as Indicators of Integrated Evolutionary Dynamics in the Herons (Ardeidae)	4
Jumping Performance and Behavior of the Globular Springtail Dicyrtomina minuta	4
Tissue Distribution of mtDNA Copy Number And Expression Pattern of An mtDNA-Related Gene in Three Teleost Fish Species	4
Testing Geology with Biology: Plate Tectonics and the Diversification of Microhylid Frogs in the Papuan Region	4
Species-Specific Expression of Growth-Regulatory Genes in 2 Anoles with Divergent Patterns of Sexual Size Dimorphism	4
Interspecific Variation in the Inner Ear Maculae of Sharks	4
Modulation of Paternal Care Behaviors in Response to Stream Conditions by Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)	4
Understanding Organisms Using Ecological Observatory Networks	4
Sample Size and Geometric Morphometrics Methodology Impact the Evaluation of Morphological Variation	4
Forensic odontology: Assessing bite wounds to determine the role of teeth in piscivorous fishes	4
Shaped by Their Environment: Variation in Blue Whale Morphology across Three Productive Coastal Ecosystems	3
Computational Approaches and Observer Variation in the 3D Musculoskeletal Modeling of the Heads of Anolis	3
Sex and State-Dependent Effects on Proactive Behaviors of Bent-Wing Bats Across Contexts	3
Social Predation by a Nudibranch Mollusc	3
Investigating Metrics of Discrete-Individual Repeatability of the Stress Response	3
Energetics and Oxidative Status: Seasonal Variation in Blood Oxidative Stress Metrics in Four Species of Small Birds from a Cold Winter Climate	3
Anthropogenic Impacts on Coral-Algal Interactions of the Subtropical Lagoonal Reef, Norfolk Island	3
Patterns of Genetic And Epigenetic Diversity Across A Range Expansion in The White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus Leucopus)	3
Turtle Shell Kinesis Underscores Constraints and Opportunities in the Evolution of the Vertebrate Musculoskeletal System	3
Metamorphosis Imposes Variable Constraints on Genome Expansion through Effects on Development	3
Quantifying the denticle multiverse: a standardized coding system to capture three dimensional morphological variation for quantitative evolutionary and ecological studies of elasmobranch denticles	3
From Fairies to Giants: Untangling the Effect of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ecology on Vertebral Bone Microstructure of Xenarthran Mammals	3
Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales	3
Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head	3
The Role of Polycystic Kidney Disease-Like Homologs in Planarian Nervous System Regeneration and Function	3
Evidence of Selection in the Ectodysplasin Pathway among Endangered Aquatic Mammals	3
Biomechanical Specialization Acts as an Asymmetrical Constraint on the Phenotype	3

Extraction and Optical Analysis of the Extracellular Fluid from the Body Segments of Apis mellifera Bees	3
Does the Pachytene Checkpoint, a Feature of Meiosis, Filter Out Mistakes in Double-Strand DNA Break Repair and as a side-Effect Strongly Promote Adaptive Speciation?	2
How to Survive a (Juvenile) Piranha Attack: An Integrative Approach to Evaluating Predator Performance	2
Embodied Computational Evolution: A Model for Investigating Randomness and the Evolution of Morphological Complexity	2
Post-Diapause DNA Replication during Oogenesis in a Capital-Breeding Copepod	2
Flight and Dietary Antioxidants Influence Antioxidant Expression and Activity in a Migratory Bird	2
GoodFibes: An R Package for The Detection of Muscle Fibers from diceCT Scans	2
Design of A Highly Sensitive, Low-cost Underwater Force Plate to Record Substrate Reaction Forces	2
Volumetric versus Element-scaling Mass Estimation and Its Application to Permo-Triassic Tetrapods	2
Heat-Induced Hatching: Clarifying Effects of Hydration and Heating Rate on Behavioral Thermal Tolerance of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	2
Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Shape Differences in the Toes of Urban Lizards	2
Four-bar Geometry is Shared among Ecologically DivergentFish Species	2
Regeneration and musculature in halved Cassiopea xamachana ephyrae	2
Low Antioxidant Glutathione Levels Lead to Longer Telomeres: A Sex-Specific Link to Longevity?	2
The Effect of Pollen Diet Composition and Quantity on Diapause Survival and Performance in an Annual Pollinator (Bombus Impatiens)	2