OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Integrative Organismal 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
Winter Is Coming: Integrative Analysis of Cold Acclimation in a Freeze Tolerant Frog	66
Vibroacoustic Response of the Tympanic Membrane to Hyoid-Borne Sound Generated during Echolocation in Bats	25
Toward understanding the fast latex coagulation in Campanula spp. (Campanulaceae)	22
Biomechanics of the Attachment of the Intertidal Seaweed Fucus distichus	17
Sharks Violate Rensch's Rule for Sexual Size Dimorphism	15
Student-Generated Questions as Opportunities for Sensemaking in Undergraduate Biology	14
Experience with Aposematic Defense Triggers Attack Bias in a Mantid Predator (Stagmomantis carolina)	13
Does the Glucocorticoid Stress Response Make Toads More Toxic? An Experimental Study on the Regulation of Bufadienolide Toxin Synthesis	12
Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Toe Shape in Forest and Urban Lizards Following Hurricane Disturbances	11
Fusion of the Pharyngeal Wall to the Soft Palate Around the Laryngeal Inlet Isolates the Airway in Odontocete Cetaceans	11
Evidence for the loss of pneumatization and pneumosteal tissues in secondarily aquatic archosaurs	9
Fluctuating and Stable High Temperatures Differentially Affect Reproductive Endocrinology of Female Pupfish	9
Use of Nonconventional Sample Matrices for Endocrine Studies of Pit Vipers: Assay Validation and Applications	9
Syngnathoid Evolutionary History and the Conundrum of Fossil Misplacement	9
The Role of Vibration Amplitude in the Escape-Hatching Response of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	9
A Head of the Curve: Bonnethead Shark ( Sphyrna tiburo ) Cephalofoil Morphology and Trophic Ecology	9
Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants	8
Oil Droplet Capture by Tunicates	8
Parallel Reduction in Skeletal Density During Benthic to Pelagic Transitions in Baikal Sculpins	8
Correction to: Evolutionary Patterns of Modularity in the Linkage Systems of the Skull in Wrasses and Parrotfish	8
Classification of Odor-Derived Electroantennograms with Machine Learning	7
Comparative Study of Sun Compass Orientation in Migrating Anadromous versus Resident Freshwater Threespine Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	7
Intraspecific Variation in the Placement of Campaniform Sensilla on the Wings of the Hawkmoth Manduca Sexta	7
Morphological Species Delimitation in The Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys): Can Machine Learning Methods Aid in Cryptic Species Identification?	7
Amphibian Segmentation Clock Models Suggest How Large Genome and Cell Sizes Slow Developmental Rate	7

A New Molecular Phylogeny of Salps (Tunicata: Thalicea: Salpida) and the Evolutionary History of Their Colonial Architecture	6
Buffered Lugol's Iodine Preserves DNA Fragment Lengths	6
Fear of Predators Suppresses Neurogenesis in the Brains of Wild Songbirds	6
Protein–lipid Association in Lizard Chemical Signals	6
Climbing and Clinging of Urban Lizards are Differentially Affected by Morphology, Temperature, and Substrate	6
Mantis Shrimp Locomotion: Coordination and Variation of Hybrid Metachronal Swimming	6
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	6
Variation in Molar Size and Proportions in the Hominid Lineage: An Inter- and Intraspecific Approach	6
An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models	6
Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green Frogs ( Lithobates clamitans )	5
Naïve garter snake chemosensory preferences corroborate diet of wild individuals and reveal behavioral convergence for foraging in deep water	5
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
Freshwater Fish Biodiversity Changes Before and After the Indrapuri Dam Construction in the Bihar Region	5
The Internal Otic Region of Oromerycids (Artiodactyla, Oromerycidae), Early Camelids (Artiodactyla, Camelidae), and the Vicuña (Artiodactyla, Camelidae), Including Notes on Intraspecific and Subadult	5
Seasonal Changes in Hematological Parameters in House Sparrows of Subtropical Pakistan	5
Morphological and Mechanical Tube Feet Plasticity among Populations of Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)	5
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
The Integrative Imperatives of Locust Phase Polyphenism Research: A Bibliometric Analysis	4
Peptidergic Modulation of the Lobster Cardiac System Has Opposing Action on Neurons and Muscles	4
Interspecific Variation in the Inner Ear Maculae of Sharks	4
Sample Size and Geometric Morphometrics Methodology Impact the Evaluation of Morphological Variation	4
From Fin to Limb: Orientational Shift and Evolution of Diagonal-Couplet Gait in Tetrapods	3
Modulation of Paternal Care Behaviors in Response to Stream Conditions by Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)	3
Bridging Science Across Species: A Biomechanics Outreach Event at the Zoo	3
You Should Look a Gift Ungulate in the Mouth: Using 2D Occlusal Cheek Tooth Morphology to Study the Evolution of Molarization in Ungulates	3
Understanding Organisms Using Ecological Observatory Networks	3
Picture This: Enhancing Biology Education through Artistic Expression	3
Shaped by Their Environment: Variation in Blue Whale Morphology across Three Productive Coastal Ecosystems	3
Tissue Distribution of mtDNA Copy Number And Expression Pattern of An mtDNA-Related Gene in Three Teleost Fish Species	3
Testing Geology with Biology: Plate Tectonics and the Diversification of Microhylid Frogs in the Papuan Region	3
Anthropogenic Impacts on Coral-Algal Interactions of the Subtropical Lagoonal Reef, Norfolk Island	3
Smilodon fatalis Canine and Alveolus Junction Gap: Using MicroCT Scans and 3D Slicer	3
Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Baboon Facial Variation Challenges a Classic Papionin Trait	2
Shifting Perceptions about Microbes and Scientists: Reflections on Activities with High School Students	2
Correction to: Aquatic Turning Performance in Juvenile Loggerhead and Green Sea Turtles	2
Turtle Shell Kinesis Underscores Constraints and Opportunities in the Evolution of the Vertebrate Musculoskeletal System	2
Biomechanical Specialization Acts as an Asymmetrical Constraint on the Phenotype	2
Patterns of Genetic And Epigenetic Diversity Across A Range Expansion in The White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus Leucopus)	2
A Material Approach to Endangered Species Conservation: Characterization and 3D Imaging of Ballistic Damage in the Casques of Helmeted Hornbill ( Rhinoplax vigil	2
The Role of Polycystic Kidney Disease-Like Homologs in Planarian Nervous System Regeneration and Function	2
Anatomical atlas and three-dimensional musculoskeletal model of the flight apparatus in the Southern Screamer (Anseriformes: Chauna torquata )	2
Metamorphosis Imposes Variable Constraints on Genome Expansion through Effects on Development	2
Butenolide Exerts Antifouling Effects on the Bryozoan Bugula neritina through Activating NO/cGMP Signaling Pathway	2
Computational Approaches and Observer Variation in the 3D Musculoskeletal Modeling of the Heads of Anolis	2
Energetics and Oxidative Status: Seasonal Variation in Blood Oxidative Stress Metrics in Four Species of Small Birds from a Cold Winter Climate	2
Sex and State-Dependent Effects on Proactive Behaviors of Bent-Wing Bats Across Contexts	2
Four-bar Geometry is Shared among Ecologically DivergentFish Species	1
Heat-Induced Hatching: Clarifying Effects of Hydration and Heating Rate on Behavioral Thermal Tolerance of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	1

Extraction and Optical Analysis of the Extracellular Fluid from the Body Segments of Apis mellifera Bees	1
Aquatic Turning Performance in Juvenile Loggerhead and Green Sea Turtles	1
Regeneration and Musculature in Halved Cassiopea xamachana Ephyrae	1
Volumetric versus Element-scaling Mass Estimation and Its Application to Permo-Triassic Tetrapods	1
Variation and Variability in Skeletal Ossification of the Gray Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis domestica	1
Embodied Computational Evolution: A Model for Investigating Randomness and the Evolution of Morphological Complexity	1
How to Survive a (Juvenile) Piranha Attack: An Integrative Approach to Evaluating Predator Performance	1
Onset of Sensory Function and Embryonic Discrimination of Ecologically Relevant Cues in Fish	1
The tagmatized echinoderm	1
Post-Diapause DNA Replication during Oogenesis in a Capital-Breeding Copepod	1
From Fairies to Giants: Untangling the Effect of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ecology on Vertebral Bone Microstructure of Xenarthran Mammals	1
GoodFibes: An R Package for The Detection of Muscle Fibers from diceCT Scans	1
Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional Morphological Variations for Quantitative Evolutionary and Ecological Studies of Elasmobranch Denticles	1
Myliobatid Ray Gliding Dynamics: Experimental Tests of Body Shape and Tail Length on Stability	1
Social Predation by a Nudibranch Mollusc	1
The Kinematics of Proal Chewing in Rats	1
Parasite Infections Influence Immunological Responses But Not Reproductive Success of Male Hellbender Salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)	1
Baseline Testosterone Levels Peak During the Inactive Period in Male Degus (Octodon degus)	1
The Effect of Pollen Diet Composition and Quantity on Diapause Survival and Performance in an Annual Pollinator (Bombus Impatiens)	1
Low Antioxidant Glutathione Levels Lead to Longer Telomeres: A Sex-Specific Link to Longevity?	1
Using the Paleobiology Database to teach scientific practices: an approach aligned to relational culture theory	1
Design of A Highly Sensitive, Low-cost Underwater Force Plate to Record Substrate Reaction Forces	1
Investigating Metrics of Discrete-Individual Repeatability of the Stress Response	1
New Method for Rapid 3D Reconstruction of Semi-Transparent Underwater Animals and Structures	1
Biology of Superpowers: A Curriculum Activity for Teaching Adaptation, Trade-offs, and Organismal Diversity	1
Aquifer-Mediated Speciation in Cave-Adapted Fishes	1