OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Animal Ecology is 29. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Applying the core microbiome to understand host–microbe systems	191
A ‘How to’ guide for interpreting parameters in habitat‐selection analyses	120
Non‐consumptive predator effects on prey population size: A dearth of evidence	85
Food availability limits avian reproduction in the city: An experimental study on great tits Parus major	72
The importance of individual‐to‐society feedbacks in animal ecology and evolution	67
Unifying spatial and social network analysis in disease ecology	64
Observing the unwatchable: Integrating automated sensing, naturalistic observations and animal social network analysis in the age of big data	62
The potential role of the gut microbiota in shaping host energetics and metabolic rate	52
Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates	42
A guide to pre‐processing high‐throughput animal tracking data	39
Habitat selection patterns are density dependent under the ideal free distribution	39
Negative effect of turbidity on prey capture for both visual and non‐visual aquatic predators	38
Multiple dimensions of dietary diversity in large mammalian herbivores	38
Sex‐specific effects of wind on the flight decisions of a sexually dimorphic soaring bird	36
Urbanization can increase the invasive potential of alien species	36
Zooming in on mechanistic predator–prey ecology: Integrating camera traps with experimental methods to reveal the drivers of ecological interactions	36
Intra‐ and interspecific variation in the responses of insect phenology to climate	36
Core–periphery dynamics in a plant–pollinator network	35
Biologging reveals individual variation in behavioural predictability in the wild	35
Stay home, stay safe—Site familiarity reduces predation risk in a large herbivore in two contrasting study sites	34
Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life‐history trade‐off	33
How butterflies keep their cool: Physical and ecological traits influence thermoregulatory ability and population trends	33
Sea temperature effects on depth use and habitat selection in a marine fish community	32
Proximity to humans affects local social structure in a giraffe metapopulation	31
How do insects choose flowers? A review of multi‐attribute flower choice and decoy effects in flower‐visiting insects	31

The gateway to Africa: What determines sea crossing performance of a migratory soaring bird at the Strait of Gibraltar?	31
Local prey shortages drive foraging costs and breeding success in a declining seabird, the Atlantic puffin	30
Detecting and quantifying social transmission using network‐based diffusion analysis	29
Sex‐specific plasticity across generations I: Maternal and paternal effects on sons and daughters	29