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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Toward understanding the fast latex coagulation in Campanula spp. (Campanulaceae)	29
Winter Is Coming: Integrative Analysis of Cold Acclimation in a Freeze Tolerant Frog	23
Sharks Violate Rensch's Rule for Sexual Size Dimorphism	22
Long-Axis Rotation of Jaws of Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) During Suction Feeding	19
The Human Neck is Part of the Musculoskeletal Core: Cervical Muscles Help Stabilize the Pelvis During Running and Jumping	18
Vibroacoustic Response of the Tympanic Membrane to Hyoid-Borne Sound Generated during Echolocation in Bats	16
Fluctuating and Stable High Temperatures Differentially Affect Reproductive Endocrinology of Female Pupfish	15
Experience with Aposematic Defense Triggers Attack Bias in a Mantid Predator (Stagmomantis carolina)	14
Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Toe Shape in Forest and Urban Lizards Following Hurricane Disturbances	14
Syngnathoid Evolutionary History and the Conundrum of Fossil Misplacement	12
Does the Glucocorticoid Stress Response Make Toads More Toxic? An Experimental Study on the Regulation of Bufadienolide Toxin Synthesis	12
Roles of Mono- and Bi-articular Muscles in Human Limbs: Two-joint Link Model and Applications	11
Use of Nonconventional Sample Matrices for Endocrine Studies of Pit Vipers: Assay Validation and Applications	11
Microstructure of the Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) Olfactory Rosette	11
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses in the Slipper SnailCrepidulafornicataUncover Shell Matrix Genes Expressed During Adult and Larval Biomineralization	11
Evidence for the loss of pneumatization and pneumosteal tissues in secondarily aquatic archosaurs	10
Scaling Relationships of Maximal Gape in Two Species of Large Invasive Snakes, Brown Treesnakes and Burmese Pythons, and Implications for Maximal Prey Size	10
Correction to: Evolutionary Patterns of Modularity in the Linkage Systems of the Skull in Wrasses and Parrotfish	9
Intraspecific Variation in the Placement of Campaniform Sensilla on the Wings of the Hawkmoth Manduca Sexta	9
The Role of Vibration Amplitude in the Escape-Hatching Response of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	9
Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants	9
A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems	9
Oil Droplet Capture by Tunicates	8
Classification of Odor-Derived Electroantennograms with Machine Learning	8
Corn Snakes Show Consistent Sarcomere Length Ranges Across Muscle Groups and Ontogeny	8

Masculinized Sexual Ornaments in Female Lizards Correlate with Ornament-Enhancing Thermoregulatory Behavior	8
Morphological Species Delimitation in The Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys): Can Machine Learning Methods Aid in Cryptic Species Identification?	7
Protein–lipid Association in Lizard Chemical Signals	7
Pretty Cool Beetles: Can Manipulation of Visible and Near-Infrared Sunlight Prevent Overheating?	7
SegmentGeometry: A Tool for Measuring Second Moment of Area in 3D Slicer	7
Vertebral Trabecular Bone Mechanical Properties Vary Among Functional Groups of Cetaceans	7
Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities	7
Buffered Lugol's Iodine Preserves DNA Fragment Lengths	7
An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models	7
Comparative Study of Sun Compass Orientation in Migrating Anadromous versus Resident Freshwater Threespine Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	7
A New Molecular Phylogeny of Salps (Tunicata: Thalicea: Salpida) and the Evolutionary History of Their Colonial Architecture	7
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	7
Fear of Predators Suppresses Neurogenesis in the Brains of Wild Songbirds	7
Climbing and Clinging of Urban Lizards are Differentially Affected by Morphology, Temperature, and Substrate	7
Amphibian Segmentation Clock Models Suggest How Large Genome and Cell Sizes Slow Developmental Rate	7
Morphological and Mechanical Tube Feet Plasticity among Populations of Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)	6
The Evolution of Feeding Mechanics in the Danioninae, or Why Giant Danios Don't Suck Like Zebrafish	6
Variation in Molar Size and Proportions in the Hominid Lineage: An Inter- and Intraspecific Approach	6
Peptidergic Modulation of the Lobster Cardiac System Has Opposing Action on Neurons and Muscles	6
Reconstructing Articular Cartilage in the Australopithecus afarensis Hip Joint and the Need for Modeling Six Degrees of Freedom	6
Seasonal Changes in Hematological Parameters in House Sparrows of Subtropical Pakistan	6
Extraoral Taste Buds on the Paired Fins of Damselfishes	6
Bone Density Variation in Rattails (Macrouridae, Gadiformes): Buoyancy, Depth, Body Size, and Feeding	6
Mantis Shrimp Locomotion: Coordination and Variation of Hybrid Metachronal Swimming	6
Dietary Breadth Predicts Toxin Expression Complexity in the Venoms of North American Gartersnakes	6
Static Stability and Swim Bladder Volume in the Bluegill Sunfish ( Lepomis macrochirus )	5
Sniffing out Stingray Noses: The Functional Morphology of Batoid Olfaction	5
Interspecific Variation in the Inner Ear Maculae of Sharks	5
Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green Frogs ( Lithobates clamitans )	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
Jumping Performance and Behavior of the Globular Springtail Dicyrtomina minuta	5
Species-Specific Expression of Growth-Regulatory Genes in 2 Anoles with Divergent Patterns of Sexual Size Dimorphism	5
Sample Size and Geometric Morphometrics Methodology Impact the Evaluation of Morphological Variation	5
Modulation of Paternal Care Behaviors in Response to Stream Conditions by Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)	4
Understanding Organisms Using Ecological Observatory Networks	4
Patterns of Genetic And Epigenetic Diversity Across A Range Expansion in The White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus Leucopus)	4
Shaped by Their Environment: Variation in Blue Whale Morphology across Three Productive Coastal Ecosystems	4
Morphological Covariance and Onset of Foot Prehensility as Indicators of Integrated Evolutionary Dynamics in the Herons (Ardeidae)	4
Forensic odontology: Assessing bite wounds to determine the role of teeth in piscivorous fishes	4
Anthropogenic Impacts on Coral-Algal Interactions of the Subtropical Lagoonal Reef, Norfolk Island	4
Computational Approaches and Observer Variation in the 3D Musculoskeletal Modeling of the Heads of Anolis	4
Testing Geology with Biology: Plate Tectonics and the Diversification of Microhylid Frogs in the Papuan Region	4
Convergence is Only Skin Deep: Craniofacial Evolution in Electric Fishes from South America and Africa (Apteronotidae and Mormyridae)	4
Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales	4
Tissue Distribution of mtDNA Copy Number And Expression Pattern of An mtDNA-Related Gene in Three Teleost Fish Species	4
Low Antioxidant Glutathione Levels Lead to Longer Telomeres: A Sex-Specific Link to Longevity?	3
Energetics and Oxidative Status: Seasonal Variation in Blood Oxidative Stress Metrics in Four Species of Small Birds from a Cold Winter Climate	3
Turtle Shell Kinesis Underscores Constraints and Opportunities in the Evolution of the Vertebrate Musculoskeletal System	3
Investigating Metrics of Discrete-Individual Repeatability of the Stress Response	3
Social Predation by a Nudibranch Mollusc	3

Extraction and Optical Analysis of the Extracellular Fluid from the Body Segments of Apis mellifera Bees	3
Metamorphosis Imposes Variable Constraints on Genome Expansion through Effects on Development	3
The Role of Polycystic Kidney Disease-Like Homologs in Planarian Nervous System Regeneration and Function	3
Sex and State-Dependent Effects on Proactive Behaviors of Bent-Wing Bats Across Contexts	3
Quantifying the Denticle Multiverse: A Standardized Coding System to Capture Three Dimensional Morphological Variations for Quantitative Evolutionary and Ecological Studies of Elasmobranch Denticles	3
Post-Diapause DNA Replication during Oogenesis in a Capital-Breeding Copepod	3
Heat-Induced Hatching: Clarifying Effects of Hydration and Heating Rate on Behavioral Thermal Tolerance of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	3
Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head	3
Evidence of Selection in the Ectodysplasin Pathway among Endangered Aquatic Mammals	3
Biomechanical Specialization Acts as an Asymmetrical Constraint on the Phenotype	3
From Fairies to Giants: Untangling the Effect of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ecology on Vertebral Bone Microstructure of Xenarthran Mammals	3
A Shrewd Inspection of Vertebral Regionalization in Large Shrews (Soricidae: Crocidurinae)	2
No Guts About It: Captivity, But Not Neophobia Phenotype, Influences the Cloacal Microbiome of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)	2
Regeneration and Musculature in Halved Cassiopea xamachana Ephyrae	2
Volumetric versus Element-scaling Mass Estimation and Its Application to Permo-Triassic Tetrapods	2
How to Survive a (Juvenile) Piranha Attack: An Integrative Approach to Evaluating Predator Performance	2
Four-bar Geometry is Shared among Ecologically DivergentFish Species	2
The Effect of Pollen Diet Composition and Quantity on Diapause Survival and Performance in an Annual Pollinator (Bombus Impatiens)	2
GoodFibes: An R Package for The Detection of Muscle Fibers from diceCT Scans	2
Baseline Testosterone Levels Peak During the Inactive Period in Male Degus (Octodon degus)	2
Embodied Computational Evolution: A Model for Investigating Randomness and the Evolution of Morphological Complexity	2
Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) Queen Nest Searching Occurs Independent of Ovary Developmental Status	2
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
Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Shape Differences in the Toes of Urban Lizards	2
Design of A Highly Sensitive, Low-cost Underwater Force Plate to Record Substrate Reaction Forces	2