OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Integrative Organismal Biology is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Effect of Locomotion Mode on Body Shape Evolution in Teleost Fishes	19
Dermal Denticle Diversity in Sharks: Novel Patterns on the Interbranchial Skin	15
A Global Synthesis of the Correspondence Between Epizoic Barnacles and Their Sea Turtle Hosts	14
Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head	14
Exceptional Changes in Skeletal Anatomy under Domestication: The Case of Brachycephaly	14
Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities	13
Wing Musculature Reconstruction in Extinct Flightless Auks (PinguinusandMancalla) Reveals Incomplete Convergence with Penguins (Spheniscidae) Due to Differing Ancestral States	12
Rorqual Lunge-Feeding Energetics Near and Away from the Kinematic Threshold of Optimal Efficiency	11
SegmentGeometry: A Tool for Measuring Second Moment of Area in 3D Slicer	10
AutoBend: An Automated Approach for Estimating Intervertebral Joint Function from Bone-Only Digital Models	10
Environmental Thermal Stress Induces Neuronal Cell Death and Developmental Malformations in Reptiles	9
Crayfish Eating in Snakes: Testing How Anatomy and Behavior Affect Prey Size and Feeding Performance	9
Cranial Musculoskeletal Description of Black-Throated Finch (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) with DiceCT	9
Multiple sensory modalities in diurnal geckos is associated with the signalling environment and evolutionary constraints	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
Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales	8
Reconstructing Articular Cartilage in the Australopithecus afarensis Hip Joint and the Need for Modeling Six Degrees of Freedom	8
Wing Shape in Waterbirds: Morphometric Patterns Associated with Behavior, Habitat, Migration, and Phylogenetic Convergence	7
A Roadmap to Reconstructing Muscle Architecture from CT Data	7
A New Era of Morphological Investigations: Reviewing Methods for Comparative Anatomical Studies	7
Predictive Simulations of Musculoskeletal Function and Jumping Performance in a Generalized Bird	7
Regional tongue deformations during chewing and drinking in the pig	7
No Guts About It: Captivity, But Not Neophobia Phenotype, Influences the Cloacal Microbiome of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)	6
Flexibility in the Critical Period of Nutrient Sequestration in Bumble Bee Queens	6
Increasing Viscosity Helps Explain Locomotor Control in Swimming Polypterus senegalus	6

More Challenging Diets Sustain Feeding Performance: Applications Toward the Captive Rearing of Wildlife	6
Only the Good Die Old? Ontogenetic Determinants of Locomotor Performance in Eastern Cottontail Rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus)	5
Abdominal Movements in Insect Flight Reshape the Role of Non-Aerodynamic Structures for Flight Maneuverability I: Model Predictive Control for Flower Tracking	5
Predator–Prey Interactions Examined Using Lionfish Spine Puncture Performance	5
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	5
Defibrillate You Later, Alligator: Q10 Scaling and Refractoriness Keeps Alligators from Fibrillation	5
Language Barriers in Organismal Biology: What Can Journals Do Better?	4
The Influence of Snow Properties on Speed and Gait Choice in the Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea)	4
Heat Wave Intensity Drives Sublethal Reproductive Costs in a Tidepool Copepod	4
Ecomorphometric Analysis of Diversity in Cranial Shape of Pygopodid Geckos	4
A Shrewd Inspection of Vertebral Regionalization in Large Shrews (Soricidae: Crocidurinae)	4
Precocious Sperm Exchange in the Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Nudibranch,Berghia stephanieae	4
Flight and Dietary Antioxidants Influence Antioxidant Expression and Activity in a Migratory Bird	4
Including Distorted Specimens in Allometric Studies: Linear Mixed Models Account for Deformation	4
Phylogenetics of Archerfishes (Toxotidae) and Evolution of the Toxotid Shooting Apparatus	4
Regional Variation in Contractile Patterns and Muscle Activity in Infant Pig Feeding	4
Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) Queen Nest Searching Occurs Independent of Ovary Developmental Status	4
Extreme Morphology, Functional Trade-offs, and Evolutionary Dynamics in a Clade of Open-Ocean Fishes (Perciformes: Bramidae)	4
Patterns of Body Shape Diversity and Evolution in Intertidal and Subtidal Lineages of Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)	4
Lipopolysaccharide Regulates Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines, Corticosterone, and Melatonin in Toads	4
Male Bowhead Whale Reproductive Histories Inferred from Baleen Testosterone and Stable Isotopes	4
Heat-Induced Hatching of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos: Hydration and Clutch Structure Increase Behavioral Thermal Tolerance	4
Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Modulates Locomotor Acceleration Induced by Nitric Oxide but not Serotonin inClione limacinaCentral Pattern Generator Swim Interneurons	4