OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal of Zoology is 3. 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
Assessment of behavioral energetics model on Puma concolor using doubly labeled water	28
Seasonal changes in the movement rates and activity patterns of Canada lynx	17
Escaping the hot seat: consuming decomposing Cannabis sativa slows weight gain and heat escape behaviour in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida	17
Intrapopulation variation in habitat use of an alpine ungulate: mountain goats in Kitasoo Xai'xais Territory	16
Molecular control of inositol pentaphosphate in red blood cells of pirarucu ( Arapaima gigas )	13
Biology of feeding and digestion in the Talitroidea (Crustacea, Amphipoda)	13
Biochemical composition of larval feed regulates early myogenesis and growth by inducing expression of GH–IGF , myogenic regulating factors, and	13
Estimating the abundance of a polar bear subpopulation at their southern global extent	12
Size at first maturity on the mussel Mytilus platensis d'Orbigny, 1842 at the Southwest Atlantic	12
Five months under ice: biologging reveals behaviour patterns of overwintering freshwater turtles	11
Sub-zero body temperatures during early spring migration in blue-spotted salamanders (Ambystoma laterale)	11
Host–parasite interactions between mites (Acari: Erythraeidae) and harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi) as indicators of habitat quality in the Atlantic Forest	10
Do roads affect the abundance of garter (Thamnophis sirtalis) and redbelly snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata)?	10
Demographic and functional responses of kit foxes to changes in prey abundance	10
Assessing the health-fitness dynamics of endangered mountain caribou and the influence of maternal penning	10
Are external head measurements a reliable predictor of brain size in the Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)?	9
Acute, static, and fluctuating ocean acidification effects on the olfactory system of the yellow shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis	9
Plastron color patterns allow for individual photo-identification in two different chelonian species	9
Studying small mammal population dynamics: advice to consider and pitfalls to avoid—a 60-year overview	9
Warming, but not acidification, increases metabolism and reduces growth of redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence	9
Expect the unexpected: a new species of killifish from a highly stochastic temporary wetland near Iguazú Falls (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)	9
Bridging reproductive management and ecosystem function: behavioural pathways linking contraception to zoogeochemistry	9
Space-use and nest selection by southern flying squirrels ( Glaucomys volans ) at the edge of their geographic range	9
The role of relatedness, age, and origin in shaping social networks for two bison ( Bison bison ) herds in north-central Montana	9
Prehistoric perspectives can help interpret the present: 14 000 years of moose (Alces alces) in the Western Arctic	8

Steep slopes, shallow angles: mountain ungulates create their own topography through movements	8
Factors affecting site selection by beavers colonizing streams in the upper Midwest region of the United States	7
Experimental insights into scent-marking behavior of coyotes during territorial establishment and re-establishment	7
Combining two user-friendly machine learning tools increases species detection from acoustic recordings	7
Do interspecific differences in morphology influence foraging efficiency of juvenile crappie?	7
Are riparian habitats always more diverse than nonriparian? A case study with small mammals in a rainforest environment	7
The nose knows: a review of the diversity, form, and function of the external and internal features of the bat nose	7
Not hibernation ecology, but size matters—arousal metabolism of European bats in caves	7
Regulation of feed intake, digestive enzyme activity, and growth in response to live feed and prepared diet during early rearing of Labeo rohita	7
Intra- and inter-cave temperatures and locations used by hibernating Indiana bats: contextualizing disturbance, white-nose syndrome, climate, and optimal temperatures	7
Factors Influencing Emerald Ash Borer Ecological Interactions	6
The marine worm Capitella teleta is sensitive to neurochemical manipulation, as revealed via a novel behavioural tool	6
Interpretation and application of bat diversity and phylogeny	6
Spatial drivers of breeding habitat selection in Eastern Population sandhill cranes	6
Parental care of underwater egg clutches in Andean water frogs (Anura: Telmatobiidae)	6
Diet is associated with age and habitat, not foraging range, in purple martins: implications for aerial insectivores as indicators	6
An experimental test of food limitation and trophic interaction hypotheses on demographic parameters in a cyclic population of red-backed voles	6
Large-scale source–sink dynamics in Tachycineta bicolor breeding in nest-boxes across eastern Canada's farmlands	6
Seasonal flexibility in energy stores of Hudson Bay beluga whales: insights from blubber lipid analysis	6
Overlap in habitat use and activity patterns between sika deer (Cervus nippon) and Japanese serows (Capricornis crispus) in subalpine habitats: exploitative competition rather than direc	6
Conservation genetics of Roosevelt elk: population isolation and reduced diversity	6
Cetacean use of shallow lobster fishing areas in southern Gaspé (2019–2024): relevance for North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis , Müller, 177	6
Trail cameras reveal a nonlinear relationship between browse availability and snow depth	5
Structure of breeding calls in three closely related bird species (Calidris Merrem, 1804; Scolopacidae)	5
Five new holocephalan ichthyodorulites from the Viséan (Middle Mississippian) St. Louis Formation of Indiana, USA, including the fin spine of a new echinochimaerid	5
Fear as an enemy? Behavioral changes of Ananteris mauryi (Scorpiones: Buthidae) triggered by chemical cues from an intraguild predator	5
Oocyte development, packing in the ovary, and spawning pattern of squid Lolliguncula panamensis in the Mexican South Pacific	5
Effects of experimentally manipulated cortisol and nutrition on wound healing capacity in a teleost fish	5
Using meristic and morphometric techniques to identify juvenile Catostomus suckers (Largescale Sucker C. macrocheilus	5
The first consolidation of morphological, molecular, and phylogeographic data for the finely differentiated genus Diaphoreolis (Nudibranchia: Trinchesiidae)	5
All show, no signal? Colour differences in Atlantic Puffin ornamentation do not predict body condition	5
Histology of Onchopristis numidus rostral denticles	5
Petroleum-based and biodegradable microplastics alter tissue structure and fecundity in the eastern mudsnail (Ilyanassa obsoleta)	5
Microhabitat use of northern and southern flying squirrels in a recent hybrid zone	5
Resource niche partitioning and overlap among native and non-native lizards in an urban environment	5
Upper Devonian coelacanths from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland	5
Anuran responses to land cover in a historically mined anthropogenic landscape	5
Stable isotope trophic discrimination factors for beluga whales determined from a controlled feeding study	5
Ultrastructure of an opecoelid daughter sporocyst, Podocotyle sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae): comparative analysis of the somatic tissues and new insights into the organization of the nervous syste	5
Dwarfism in a Seba’s short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata, with comments on its flight aerodynamics	4
Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) respond to anthropogenic disturbance by shifting activity patterns	4
How nesting support type interacts with vegetation greening and distance to nest trees of mixed-species to predict white stork nest density in a Mediterranean capital	4
Individual physiological state is influenced by the physiological state of conspecifics within red squirrel acoustic neighbourhoods	4
Habitat suitability or female availability? What influences males’ home-range size in a neotropical montane lizard?	4
New Eocene jianghanichthyid (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Huachong Formation with description of its cephalic sensory canals	4
Variation in body condition of moose calves in regions with contrasted winter conditions and tick loads	4
Deciphering the complex trophic relationship of the black-spotted croaker (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) and its parasites using stable isotope analysis	4
New information on two jawless vertebrates from the Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Orcadian Basin of Scotland	4
Short-term effects of camera trap installation on incubation constancy in cranes	4
Changes in the microbiome and associated host tissue structure in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) following exposure to polystyrene microparticles	4

Note of appreciation	4
Deciphering Cainocara enigma from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Australia	4
The efficiency of the COI gene as a DNA barcode and an overview of Orthoptera (Caelifera and Ensifera) sequences in the BOLD System	4
Soil environmental DNA versus pitfall trapping for small mammal monitoring: qPCR assay development and pilot field evaluation	4
Analysis of the feeding ecology of the sea anemone Bunodosoma zamponii: populations under differential anthropogenic pressures	3
Space use and resource selection of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) in the northeastern part of its range	3
Establishing a baseline: insights gained from studying a large population of a threatened species	3
Inuit knowledge of Atlantic walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus ) ecology in Hudson Strait, Nunavik	3
Population growth rates of pronghorn: influence of temporally and spatially explicit conditions, density dependence, and scale	3
The neurocranium of the paleozoic chipmunk ray Tamiobatis vetustus Eastman, 1897: a brief history of research and new morphological observations based on	3
Dietary protein and reproductive condition influence wound healing in the Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis	3
The influence of light colour on the behaviour of Atlantic cod in an experimental setting	3
Effects of brood viability and rising temperature on oxygen consumption of freshwater mussel glochidia (Bivalvia: Unionidae)	3
Landscapes of fear and safety: the integration of two different sensory landscapes determines behavioral responses in the crayfish Faxonius rusticus and is mediated by chemical cues	3
Inferring bird communities on remote freshwater lakes through time-lapse imagery	3
Morphological and molecular characterization of the ciliate parasite Tetrahymena rostrata infecting the renal organ of the dusky slug (Arion fuscus)	3
Red squirrel gestation length is unchanged by maternal traits, litter composition, or future food availability	3
Nutrient allocation to eggs in female Argentine shortfin squid, Illex argentinus using fatty acids as nutrient indicator	3
Habitat Suitability Index Modelling for the Mara (Dolichotis patagonum) in the central Argentinean Dry Chaco.	3
No evidence of skewed or extra variable sex ratio in a Western burrowing owl ( Athene cunicularia hypugaea ) conservation breeding program	3
Conserving wetlands in agroecosystems can sustain aerial insectivore productivity and survival	3
Spatial and temporal variation in spring diet of greater snow geese inferred from stable isotopes	3
Feeding preferences and digestion of talitrids in a Bay of Fundy, Canada salt marsh	3
Inherent versus random variation in fitness of elephant seals: offspring quality and quantity	3
Nest defense by Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) is related to their sex and brood characteristics but not morphological attributes	3
Artificial intelligence (BirdNET) supplements manual methods to maximize bird species richness from acoustic data sets generated from regional monitoring	3
Masked behind Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): integrative taxonomy uncovers a new Cnesterodon species with broad ecological and biogeographic implications	3
To invest or not to invest, that is the question: male presence and genetic relatedness as modulators of female reproductive effort in a shrimp	3
Are juveniles full-scale replicas of adults? Evaluation of anuran special locomotion and digging adaptations during and after metamorphosis	3
Sex and stream depth affect detection rates of brown bears during annual salmon pulses in southwestern Alaska	3
Migratory behaviour and natal origins of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) from the Nastapoka River (Quebec, Canada)	3
Taxonomic revision of the sexually dimorphic flies of the Neotropical genus Euepalpus Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae), with notes on sexual patches in Tachinini	3
Variation in the supercooling points of laboratory-reared Canadian Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)	3
Ctenophore diversity of Atlantic Canada: a synthesis	3