OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of BMC Ecology and Evolution is 6. 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
Assessing climate niche similarity between persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) areas in Iran	60
Ecological factors and parity mode correlate with genome size variation in squamate reptiles	46
Body mass evolution as a driver of morphological and ecological diversity in terrestrial mammals	37
Reciprocal positive effects on parasitemia between coinfecting haemosporidian parasites in house sparrows	25
Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation	24
Understanding the role of ecological divergence in the evolution of isolated populations in the Arremonops rufivirgatus species complex across Mesoamerica	23
Convergent morphological and genetic patterns delimit Evolutionary Significant Units in endangered Aipysurus sea snakes	23
Genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure of Caucasian apple (Malus orientalis Uglitzk.) populations based on microsatellite markers for conservation strategy	22
Investigating the reliability of molecular estimates of evolutionary time when substitution rates and speciation rates vary	21
Analysis of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) mitochondrial genomes in the context of a recent host range expansion	21
Spatially heterogeneous selection and inter-varietal differentiation maintain population structure and local adaptation in a widespread conifer	21
Evolution’s hidden architecture: a non-lipschitz theory of creation and catastrophe	20
Environmental colour pattern variation in Mediterranean Podarcis	20
A new whip scorpion (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) with a phoretic mite (Acariformes: Trochometridiidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber	18
The pillars of the sea: strategies to achieve successful marine citizen science programs in the Mediterranean area	18
Evolutionary insights into Na+/K+-ATPase-mediated toxin resistance in the Crested Serpent-eagle preying on introduced cane toads in Okinawa, Japan	18
Small-scale habitat heterogeneity and genotype modulate in situ gene expression of the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii in front of a melting glacier	17
PhyloNext: a pipeline for phylogenetic diversity analysis of GBIF-mediated data	16
Anthropogenic disturbance has altered the habitat of two Azorean endemic coastal plants	16
Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect	16
Diversity of attachment systems in heelwalkers (Mantophasmatodea) – highly specialized, but uniform	16
Common lizard microhabitat selection varies by sex, parity mode, and colouration	15
Rapid genomic evolution in Brassica rapa with bumblebee selection in experimental evolution	15
Pervasive non-random mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the hybrid water frog Pelophylax esculentus	14
Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland	14

Age and environment are the main drivers shaping the wild common sole (Solea solea) microbiota	13
Functional mutations in the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor in natural stickleback populations at sites identical to human disease-causing mutations	13
Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures	13
Retraction Note: MtDNA structure: the women who formed the Brazilian Northeast	13
Community composition drives siderophore dynamics in multispecies bacterial communities	13
Correction: Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	13
Pelage variation and morphometrics of closely related Callithrix marmoset species and their hybrids	12
Deciphering the variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of six European honey bee subspecies	12
Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish	12
Tree regeneration characteristics in limestone forests of the Cat Ba National Park, Vietnam	12
The characteristics of the intestinal bacterial community from Oreochromis mossambicus and its interaction with microbiota from artificial fishery habitats	12
Evolutionarily stable payoff matrix in hawk–dove games	12
Glomalin related soil protein, soil aggregate stability and soil aggregate-associated organic carbon under agroforestry practices in southern Ethiopia	12
Combining distribution modelling and phylogeography to understand present, past and future of an endangered spider	11
Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas	11
Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects	11
Complex mitogenomic rearrangements within the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)	11
Development of environmental DNA metabarcoding primers for marine mollusks and comparison with published primers	11
Forelimb feathering, soft tissues, and skeleton of the flying dromaeosaurid Microraptor	11
Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary patterns of the genus Psammolestes Bergroth, 1911 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)	11
Correction: 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera	11
Species and structural diversity of trees at the structural type level	11
Across a phylogeographic break in the Qinling Mountains-Huaihe River Line: Quaternary evolutionary history of a medicinal and edible homologous plant (Allium macrostemon) in China	10
Unravelling the palaeobiogeographical history of the living fossil genus Rehderodendron (Styracaceae) with fossil and extant pollen and fruit data	10
Evolution of bird sex chromosomes: a cytogenomic approach in Palaeognathae species	10
Age, growth, and energy storage of the subterranean fish Triplophysa rosa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Chongqing, China	10
Genotyping by sequencing for estimating relative abundances of diatom taxa in mock communities	10
Floral diversity and conservation status of vascular plants in arid mountainous areas	10
Climatic data sources and limitations of ecological niche models impact the estimations of historical ranges and niche overlaps in distantly related Korean salamanders	10
Detecting natural selection in trait-trait coevolution	10
Artificial permanent ponds are valuable for bats: a comparison with temporary ponds in a Mediterranean region	10
Cell size, body size and Peto’s paradox	10
Effects of habitat gradient and agro-climatic variation on selected soil physical and chemical properties in the Bale Mountains national park, south-eastern Ethiopia	9
Reduced olfactory acuity in recently flightless insects suggests rapid regressive evolution	9
Detecting the effects of opencast mining on ecosystem services value in arid and semi-arid areas based on time-series remote sensing images and Google Earth Engine (GEE)	9
Seasonal trends and population status of the highly threatened Pteropus livingstonii in the Comoros archipelago	9
Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)	9
Reconstructing the neuromuscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: new data from the Lophopodidae	9
Restricted antennal movement impacts the tandem running dynamics in a ponerine ant	9
Assessment of future habitat suitability and ecological vulnerability of Collichthys at population and species level	9
Widely used, short 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene fragments yield poor and erratic results in phylogenetic estimation and species delimitation of amphibians	9
A new sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Germany and its implications for the mode of sphenodontian evolution	9
The composition of braconid wasp communities in three forest fragments in a tropical lowland forest of Panama	9
Response strategies of five common warm temperate plant species to insect defoliation	9
Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males	9
The dilemma of underestimating freshwater biodiversity: morphological and molecular approaches	9
The sandfish identity: phylogeographic reconstructions uncover a species complex within the Indo-Pacific distribution of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra	9
Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales	9
Experimental evolution reveals evolutionary bias and its causes	9
Song determined by phylogeny and body mass in two differently constrained groups of birds: manakins and cardinals	9

Dosage balance acts as a time-dependent selective barrier to subfunctionalization	9
Patterns of enrichment and acceleration in evolutionary rates of promoters suggest a role of regulatory regions in cetacean gigantism	9
Genomic evidence indicates small island-resident populations and sex-biased behaviors of Hawaiian reef Manta Rays	9
Influence of hydraulic clam dredging and seasonal environmental changes on macro-benthic communities in the Southern Adriatic (Central Mediterranean Sea)	9
Temporal and spatial variations in local sex ratios in a suburban population of the European green toad Bufotes viridis	8
Evidence for a chemical arms race between cuckoo wasps of the genus Hedychrum and their distantly related host apoid wasps	8
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits	8
Sequencing the orthologs of human autosomal forensic short tandem repeats provides individual- and species-level identification in African great apes	8
Positive selection and relaxed purifying selection contribute to rapid evolution of sex-biased genes in green seaweed Ulva	8
2024 joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition: the winning images	8
Distribution and extent of suitable habitats of Ruspoli’s Turaco (Tauraco ruspolii) and White-cheeked Turaco (Tauraco leucotis) under a changing climate in Ethiopia	8
Parallels of quantum superposition in ecological models: from counterintuitive patterns to eco-evolutionary interpretations of cryptic species	8
Unparalleled details of soft tissues in a Cretaceous ant	8
Phyllosphere pathogen diversity and leaf functional traits covary at a local scale in subtropical forests	8
Assessing the application of landmark-free morphometrics to macroevolutionary analyses	8
Contrasting effects of agriculture and urbanisation on bird and reptile communities in a Mediterranean delta (Gediz Delta, Türkiye)	8
A novel distribution of supergene genotypes is present in the socially polymorphic ant Formica neoclara	8
Impact of cucurbit crop management techniques on the foraging behavior of honeybees and hoverflies in Morogoro, Tanzania	8
Geographic range size and speciation in honeyeaters	8
A novel SNP assay reveals increased genetic variability and abundance following translocations to a remnant Allegheny woodrat population	8
Does female control and male mating system predict courtship investment and mating outcomes? A comparative study in five widow spider species (genus Latrodectus) tested under similar laboratory condit	7
mtDNA “nomenclutter” and its consequences on the interpretation of genetic data	7
Resource presentation dictates genetic and phenotypic adaptation in yeast	7
Tracing the paths of modular evolution by quantifying rearrangement events of protein domains	7
The natural and human-mediated expansion of a human-commensal lizard into the fringes of Southeast Asia	7
Heterogeneity in maternal mRNAs within clutches of eggs in response to thermal stress during the embryonic stage	7
Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	7
Unveiling a hotspot of genetic diversity in southern Italy for the endangered Hermann’s tortoise Testudo hermanni	7
Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight	7
Prevalence of co-infection and genetic diversity of avian haemosporidian parasites in two rehabilitation facilities in Iran: implications for the conservation of captive raptors	7
A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria	7
Thyasirid species composition (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) and genetic connectivity of Parathyasira equalis (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) in deep basins of sub-Arctic fjords	7
Shed teeth from Portezuelo formation at Sierra del Portezuelo reveal a higher diversity of predator theropods during Turonian-Coniacian times in northern Patagonia	7
The influence of native shrub density on bird communities in the southern drylands of California, USA	7
Volunteers’ diverse and unexpected knowledge practices in contributory citizen science	7
Response of arboreal Collembola communities to the conversion of lowland rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations	7
Does the expensive brain hypothesis apply to amphibians and reptiles?	7
Linking morphology, performance, and habitat utilization: adaptation across biologically relevant ‘levels’ in tamarins	7
Research on agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation: what can we conclude so far and what should we improve?	7
Elusive origin of mitochondria shared by two sister species of Eurema butterflies	7
Mitochondrial composition of and diffusion limiting factors of three social wasp genera Polistes, Ropalidia, and parapolybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)	7
Snake-like bird hisses induce anti-predator responses in a frog	7
Crowdsourcing conservation: unveiling Taiwan’s sea turtle foraging grounds, emerging threats, and residency with broad societal engagement	7
Paleoecology of extinct species	7
Ecosystem restoration, regeneration and rewilding	7
QInfoMating: sexual selection and assortative mating estimation software	6
Re-study of Guangdedendron micrum from the Late Devonian Xinhang forest	6
Habitat use, selection, and population density of chameleon communities (Calumma spp.) in the fragmented central highlands forests of Madagascar	6
Species delimitation and coexistence in an ancient, depauperate vertebrate clade	6
Semicircular canal shape diversity among modern lepidosaurs: life habit, size, allometry	6
Molecular characterisation of Pinus sylvestris (L.) in Ireland at the western limit of the species distribution	6
Modeling the effect of grazing on carbon and water use efficiencies in grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	6
Woody plant species diversity, vegetation structure, and regeneration status of Modi-Geyi Forest in Andracha District, Southwest Ethiopia	6
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia	6
Large-scale geographic patterns and environmental and anthropogenic drivers of wetland plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	6
Floral diversity, structural integrity, and regeneration patterns of Endba-Zend dry Afromontane forest in Northwestern Ethiopia	6
Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity	6
Genomic variation in baboons from central Mozambique unveils complex evolutionary relationships with other Papio species	6
The first mitogenomic phylogenetic framework of Dorcus sensu lato (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), with an emphasis on generic taxonomy in Eastern Asia	6
Shade tree diversity, structure, and regeneration dynamics in the Sheko semi-forest coffee agro ecosystem, southwest Ethiopia	6
Mitochondrial phylogenomics and mitogenome organization in the parasitoid wasp family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)	6
History of the terrestrial isopod genus Ligidium in Japan based on phylogeographic analysis	6
Exome analysis reveals species divergence in TYR and identifies species genetic markers in five endemic Macaca species on Sulawesi Island	6
Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA and retroelement sequences and its implications for the chromosomal evolution process in Ctenoluciidae (Characiformes)	6
The evolution of vitamin C biosynthesis and transport in animals	6
High functional allelic diversity and copy number in both MHC classes in the common buzzard	6
Expectations of duplicate gene retention under the gene duplicability hypothesis	6
Come to the dark side – citizen science in nighttime ecology	6
Plants under pressure: the impact of environmental change on plant ecology and evolution	6