OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Animal Behaviour is 20. 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
Association Page	128
Editors Page	70
Sexual size dimorphism of brood-parasitic nestlings does not affect host chick survival, size or fledging phenology	53
Foraging location preferences reflect memory interference associated with spatial learning tasks in a food-caching bird	44
Editors Page	40
Editors’ Acknowledgments	33
Population-dependent dispersal potential of freshwater invasive amphipods: a case study of Dikerogammarus villosus	28
Anthropogenic influences on play of the green monkeys of Barbados	28
The unfulfilled potential of dogs in studying behavioural ecology and evolution during the Anthropocene	26
Parental predator exposure affects offspring boldness and laterality in the stickleback	25
Erratum to “Extreme temperatures can intensify predator–prey interactions” [Animal Behaviour 225, July 2025, 123242]	25
Prepared learning in plant–pollinator interactions	24
Olfaction and reproductive isolation in birds	23
Honey bee foraging behaviour can be influenced by preferencesfor oscillating flowers	23
Strong ties formation, composition and processes at play during the developmental period of juvenile vervet monkeys	23
28 minutes later: investigating the role of aflatrem-like compounds in Ophiocordyceps parasite manipulation of zombie ants	22
Behavioural plasticity and the anthropause: an urban bird becomes less aggressive	22
Stimulus type and social context are stronger than individual differences in common marmosets' novelty exploration	21
‘Small’ sample size scenarios in animal behaviour: alternatives to the use of null hypothesis significance testing	21
The effects of social and foraging experiences across cognitive domains in Polistes fuscatus	21
Coordination of care is facilitated by delayed feeding and collective arrivals in the long-tailed tit	20
Diel timing of migration is not plastic in a migratory ungulate	20
Environment-dependent benefits of interindividual variation in honey bee recruitment	20
Punishment from dominant breeders increases helping effort of subordinates in a cooperatively breeding cichlid	20
Fitness incentives to male fighters undermine fighting performance in intergroup contests	20