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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing climate niche similarity between persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) areas in Iran	31
Ecological factors and parity mode correlate with genome size variation in squamate reptiles	30
Evolution’s hidden architecture: a non-lipschitz theory of creation and catastrophe	28
Earthworm diversity and spatial distribution across the Hazara Division	26
Understanding the role of ecological divergence in the evolution of isolated populations in the Arremonops rufivirgatus species complex across Mesoamerica	26
Analysis of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) mitochondrial genomes in the context of a recent host range expansion	26
Spatially heterogeneous selection and inter-varietal differentiation maintain population structure and local adaptation in a widespread conifer	23
Convergent morphological and genetic patterns delimit Evolutionary Significant Units in endangered Aipysurus sea snakes	23
Environmental colour pattern variation in Mediterranean Podarcis	22
Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation	20
Genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure of Caucasian apple (Malus orientalis Uglitzk.) populations based on microsatellite markers for conservation strategy	18
Body mass evolution as a driver of morphological and ecological diversity in terrestrial mammals	17
Reciprocal positive effects on parasitemia between coinfecting haemosporidian parasites in house sparrows	17
Small-scale habitat heterogeneity and genotype modulate in situ gene expression of the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii in front of a melting glacier	16
Diversity of attachment systems in heelwalkers (Mantophasmatodea) – highly specialized, but uniform	16
A new whip scorpion (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) with a phoretic mite (Acariformes: Trochometridiidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber	16
PhyloNext: a pipeline for phylogenetic diversity analysis of GBIF-mediated data	16
Anthropogenic disturbance has altered the habitat of two Azorean endemic coastal plants	15
Boosting tree growth in the Amazon rainforest using Amazonian Dark Earths	15
Evolutionary insights into Na+/K+-ATPase-mediated toxin resistance in the Crested Serpent-eagle preying on introduced cane toads in Okinawa, Japan	15
Common lizard microhabitat selection varies by sex, parity mode, and colouration	15
The pillars of the sea: strategies to achieve successful marine citizen science programs in the Mediterranean area	14
Rapid genomic evolution in Brassica rapa with bumblebee selection in experimental evolution	13
Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish	13
Species and structural diversity of trees at the structural type level	13

Pervasive non-random mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the hybrid water frog Pelophylax esculentus	13
Forelimb feathering, soft tissues, and skeleton of the flying dromaeosaurid Microraptor	12
Functional mutations in the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor in natural stickleback populations at sites identical to human disease-causing mutations	12
Age and environment are the main drivers shaping the wild common sole (Solea solea) microbiota	12
The characteristics of the intestinal bacterial community from Oreochromis mossambicus and its interaction with microbiota from artificial fishery habitats	12
Glomalin related soil protein, soil aggregate stability and soil aggregate-associated organic carbon under agroforestry practices in southern Ethiopia	11
Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland	11
Pelage variation and morphometrics of closely related Callithrix marmoset species and their hybrids	11
Deciphering the variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of six European honey bee subspecies	11
Long-term monitoring reveals climate-driven seasonal dynamics of Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) in Tanzania and prospects for pest control	11
Correction: Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	11
Evolutionarily stable payoff matrix in hawk–dove games	11
Community composition drives siderophore dynamics in multispecies bacterial communities	11
Diversification of cichlids in the genus Danakilia in the Danakil depression of Eritrea and Ethiopia	11
Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects	11
Retraction Note: MtDNA structure: the women who formed the Brazilian Northeast	11
Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures	11
Age, growth, and energy storage of the subterranean fish Triplophysa rosa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Chongqing, China	10
Unravelling the palaeobiogeographical history of the living fossil genus Rehderodendron (Styracaceae) with fossil and extant pollen and fruit data	10
Correction: 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera	10
Open access and digital morphology data in evolutionary biology: expanding frontiers of knowledge	10
Detecting natural selection in trait-trait coevolution	10
Genotyping by sequencing for estimating relative abundances of diatom taxa in mock communities	10
Recent postglacial population expansions may explain a surprising lack of lineage splitting in Arctic meiobenthic flatworms	10
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
Cell size, body size and Peto’s paradox	10
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)	10
Artificial permanent ponds are valuable for bats: a comparison with temporary ponds in a Mediterranean region	10
Combining distribution modelling and phylogeography to understand present, past and future of an endangered spider	10
Floral diversity and conservation status of vascular plants in arid mountainous areas	10
Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas	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	10
Influence of hydraulic clam dredging and seasonal environmental changes on macro-benthic communities in the Southern Adriatic (Central Mediterranean Sea)	9
Restricted antennal movement impacts the tandem running dynamics in a ponerine ant	9
Patterns of enrichment and acceleration in evolutionary rates of promoters suggest a role of regulatory regions in cetacean gigantism	9
Seasonal trends and population status of the highly threatened Pteropus livingstonii in the Comoros archipelago	9
Phylogenetic evidence reveals the classification and evolutionary history of endemic cavefish in China	9
Experimental evolution reveals evolutionary bias and its causes	9
The composition of braconid wasp communities in three forest fragments in a tropical lowland forest of Panama	9
Dosage balance acts as a time-dependent selective barrier to subfunctionalization	9
Sequencing the orthologs of human autosomal forensic short tandem repeats provides individual- and species-level identification in African great apes	9
Reconstructing the neuromuscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: new data from the Lophopodidae	9
Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)	9
The sandfish identity: phylogeographic reconstructions uncover a species complex within the Indo-Pacific distribution of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra	9
Evolution of bird sex chromosomes: a cytogenomic approach in Palaeognathae species	9
Development of environmental DNA metabarcoding primers for marine mollusks and comparison with published primers	9
A new sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Germany and its implications for the mode of sphenodontian evolution	9
The dilemma of underestimating freshwater biodiversity: morphological and molecular approaches	9
Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males	9
Evidence for a chemical arms race between cuckoo wasps of the genus Hedychrum and their distantly related host apoid wasps	9

Assessment of future habitat suitability and ecological vulnerability of Collichthys at population and species level	9
Song determined by phylogeny and body mass in two differently constrained groups of birds: manakins and cardinals	9
Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales	9
Climatic data sources and limitations of ecological niche models impact the estimations of historical ranges and niche overlaps in distantly related Korean salamanders	9
Parallels of quantum superposition in ecological models: from counterintuitive patterns to eco-evolutionary interpretations of cryptic species	9
Temporal and spatial variations in local sex ratios in a suburban population of the European green toad Bufotes viridis	8
Phyllosphere pathogen diversity and leaf functional traits covary at a local scale in subtropical forests	8
Impact of cucurbit crop management techniques on the foraging behavior of honeybees and hoverflies in Morogoro, Tanzania	8
Unparalleled details of soft tissues in a Cretaceous ant	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
Positive selection and relaxed purifying selection contribute to rapid evolution of sex-biased genes in green seaweed Ulva	8
Contrasting effects of agriculture and urbanisation on bird and reptile communities in a Mediterranean delta (Gediz Delta, Türkiye)	8
2024 joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition: the winning images	8
mtDNA “nomenclutter” and its consequences on the interpretation of genetic data	8
Biodiversity of freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) in Chile: exploration of unknown species	8
Assessing the application of landmark-free morphometrics to macroevolutionary analyses	8
Linking morphology, performance, and habitat utilization: adaptation across biologically relevant ‘levels’ in tamarins	8
A novel SNP assay reveals increased genetic variability and abundance following translocations to a remnant Allegheny woodrat population	8
Geographic range size and speciation in honeyeaters	8
Response strategies of five common warm temperate plant species to insect defoliation	8
Genomic evidence indicates small island-resident populations and sex-biased behaviors of Hawaiian reef Manta Rays	8
Ecosystem restoration, regeneration and rewilding	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
Tracing the paths of modular evolution by quantifying rearrangement events of protein domains	7
Habitat use, selection, and population density of chameleon communities (Calumma spp.) in the fragmented central highlands forests of Madagascar	7
Large-scale geographic patterns and environmental and anthropogenic drivers of wetland plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	7
Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA and retroelement sequences and its implications for the chromosomal evolution process in Ctenoluciidae (Characiformes)	7
Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight	7
Response of arboreal Collembola communities to the conversion of lowland rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations	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
Elusive origin of mitochondria shared by two sister species of Eurema butterflies	7
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
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
Snake-like bird hisses induce anti-predator responses in a frog	7
Revised taxonomy reveals sustained introgression and secondary contact in ancient lake ricefishes	7
Does the expensive brain hypothesis apply to amphibians and reptiles?	7
A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria	7
Resource presentation dictates genetic and phenotypic adaptation in yeast	7
Unveiling a hotspot of genetic diversity in southern Italy for the endangered Hermann’s tortoise Testudo hermanni	7
The influence of native shrub density on bird communities in the southern drylands of California, USA	7
Paleoecology of extinct species	7
Confronting cultures: northern Madagascar’s cultural beliefs and the relationship of owls and humans	6
Species delimitation and coexistence in an ancient, depauperate vertebrate clade	6
Exome analysis reveals species divergence in TYR and identifies species genetic markers in five endemic Macaca species on Sulawesi Island	6
Crowdsourcing conservation: unveiling Taiwan’s sea turtle foraging grounds, emerging threats, and residency with broad societal engagement	6
History of the terrestrial isopod genus Ligidium in Japan based on phylogeographic analysis	6
Do morphometric data improve phylogenetic reconstruction? A systematic review and assessment	6
Snakes among citizens: distribution and ecology of the Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) in Bratislava revealed by citizen science	6
Plants under pressure: the impact of environmental change on plant ecology and evolution	6
The first mitogenomic phylogenetic framework of Dorcus sensu lato (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), with an emphasis on generic taxonomy in Eastern Asia	6
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia	6
QInfoMating: sexual selection and assortative mating estimation software	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
Volunteers’ diverse and unexpected knowledge practices in contributory citizen science	6
Genomic insights into the conservation status of the Idle Crayfish Austropotamobius bihariensis Pârvulescu, 2019: low genetic diversity in the endemic crayfish species of the Apuseni Mountains	6
Modeling the effect of grazing on carbon and water use efficiencies in grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	6
Come to the dark side – citizen science in nighttime ecology	6
Synergistic inter-clonal cooperation involving crosstalk, co-option and co-dependency can enhance the invasiveness of genetically distant cancer clones	6
The evolution of vitamin C biosynthesis and transport in animals	6
Expectations of duplicate gene retention under the gene duplicability hypothesis	6
Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	6
Floral diversity, structural integrity, and regeneration patterns of Endba-Zend dry Afromontane forest in Northwestern Ethiopia	6
High functional allelic diversity and copy number in both MHC classes in the common buzzard	6
Novel genetic association with migratory diapause in Australian monarch butterflies	6
Woody plant species diversity, vegetation structure, and regeneration status of Modi-Geyi Forest in Andracha District, Southwest Ethiopia	6
Shade tree diversity, structure, and regeneration dynamics in the Sheko semi-forest coffee agro ecosystem, southwest Ethiopia	6