Journal of Experimental Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Experimental Biology is 5. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
What do molecular laws of life mean for species: absolute restrictions or mere suggestions?113
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance66
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour53
Time-energy budgets outperform dynamic body acceleration in predicting daily energy expenditure in kittiwakes, and estimate a very low cost of gliding flight relative to flapping flight49
Head lice dispose of blood meal fluid through breathing tubules47
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen45
Featherwing beetles fly with style41
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent40
Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish38
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds36
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour35
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)35
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers35
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert35
Spotted salamanders seek humid habitats to avoid drying out32
Cold, cheap love songs32
ECR Spotlight – Alexis Kazen31
Factors affecting the biosynthesis and emission of a Drosophila pheromone31
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian30
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)30
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change29
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient29
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters29
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running29
Sensitivity of the mystacial vibrissal system of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to size differences of single vortex rings28
The impact of metabolic plasticity on winter energy use models28
Barometric pressure decrease induces density-dependent changes in foraging behaviour in a parasitoid fly27
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts27
An early-life perspective is needed to explain the impact of gut microbiota on wild vertebrate phenotypes27
Heatwaves inflict reproductive but not survival costs to male insects26
Obligatory homeothermy of mesic habitat-adapted African striped mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, is governed by seasonal basal metabolism and year-round ‘thermogenic readiness’ of brown adipose tissue26
Comparative sound detection abilities of four decapod crustaceans25
ECR Spotlight – Jeffrey Spear25
ECR Spotlight – Racine Rangel25
Field physiology in the aquatic realm: ecological energetics and diving behavior provide context for elucidating patterns and deviations25
Evidence that submerged water anoles breathe oxygen through bubble gill25
Ontogenetic exposure to light influences seabird vulnerability to light pollution25
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates24
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms24
Plasticity of salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) respiratory phenotypes in response to changes in temperature and oxygen23
Monarchs that fly long, live long23
First evidence of sex-specific responses to chemical cues in tardigrade mate searching behaviour23
Correction: Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish23
The enzymatic and neurochemical outcomes of a mutation in Mexican cavefish MAO reveal teleost-specific aspects of brain monoamine homeostasis23
Announcing the 2021 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner22
Maintained mitochondrial integrity without oxygen in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp22
Monarch migration metabolism soars with rising temperatures22
Pulsation waves along the Ciona heart tube reverse by bimodal rhythms expressed by a remote pair of pacemakers22
Finches can lose weight without dieting or exercising22
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol22
Chronic stress and the development of a depression-like neuroendocrine profile in Atlantic salmon21
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster21
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing21
ECR Spotlight – Salvatore Lacava21
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading21
ECR Spotlight – Derek Campos21
Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans: more questions than answers20
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease19
Effects of ocean acidification over successive generations decrease resilience of larval European sea bass to ocean acidification and warming but juveniles could benefit from higher temperatures in th19
Functional diversity and behavioural use of fibre producing silk glands in the cosmopolitan cellar spider Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)19
The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology and evolution19
Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out19
How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization19
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations19
ECR Spotlight – Kwanho Ki19
Ultraviolet vision in anemonefish improves colour discrimination19
Anatomy and mechanisms of vocal production in harvest mice19
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana19
A clashing colour combination with deadly consequences18
Physiological and behavioral evidence for multiple spectral channels in the larval stomatopod visual system18
Dinosaurs weren't so cool18
Diurnal hawkmoth opsins evolving faster for greener vision18
ECR Spotlight – Haneal Pae18
Foxes have an advantage for hunting in the snow18
A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom18
Different tubular lysosome strategies of male and hermaphrodite C. elegans18
Unlocking the mysteries of biosonar use and foraging behaviour in wild bats with on-board acoustic recording tags17
Get a grip: evaluating the importance of different beetle tarsal structures in landing attachment17
The roles of brain lipids and polar metabolites in the hypoxia tolerance of deep-diving pinnipeds17
Unraveling the relationships that keep ecosystems healthy17
A coati conundrum: how variation in levels of arboreality influences gait mechanics among three musteloid species17
ECR Spotlight – Nicholas Barrett17
Who said that? Fish compare pressure and motion to localize sound17
Dynamic defence? Intertidal triplefin species show better maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential than subtidal species at low oxygen pressures17
ECR Spotlight – Michael Meece17
Biological constraints on configural odour mixture perception17
Penguin molt revisited: dive performance following the molt of adult king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and conflicting physiological demands at sea17
Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)17
ECR Spotlight – Ralph Lacerda de Albuquerque17
Shift in distribution of division of labour in chronically stressed honeybee colonies after perturbation16
Correction: The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)16
Mitochondrial respiration capacity impacts gill tissue regeneration in Atlantic salmon16
Summer famines could be disastrous for sardines16
Corroboree frogs get yellower but no thanks to β-carotene16
Artificial light at night enhances the defensive behaviour in aquatic shredders under predation risk16
A novel perspective on the evolutionary loss of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase at the teleost gill16
Extraordinary creatures: mantis shrimp16
Stressed salmon develop hallmarks of depression16
Dynamics and energetics of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) fluke-and-glide gait16
A new theoretical performance landscape for suction feeding reveals adaptive kinematics in a natural population of reef damselfish16
Adolescent prairie voles practice parenting16
Hypertonic water reabsorption with a parallel-current system via the glandular and saccular renal tubules of Ruditapes philippinarum16
Hatching: a clever plan16
Predicting selection–response gradients of heat tolerance in a widespread reef-building coral16
Integrated response of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) cardiovascular system to hypoxia acclimation15
Consistent changes in muscle phenotype and mitochondrial abundance underlie dive performance across multiple lineages of diving ducks15
ECR Spotlight – Jordan Glass15
Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods15
Use of videos to measure dynamic body acceleration as a proxy for metabolic costs in coral reef damselfish (Chromis viridis)15
Foraging task specialization in honey bees (Apis mellifera): the contribution of floral rewards to the learning performance of pollen and nectar foragers15
Infected ants prefer protein-packed diet15
Head movement gives glimpse into where crows gaze15
Seasonal cellular stress phenomena and phenotypic plasticity in land snail Helix lucorum populations from different altitudes15
The functional basis for variable antipredatory behavioral strategies in the chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus15
The microbiome buffers tadpole hosts from heat stress: a hologenomic approach to understand host–microbe interactions under warming15
The added costs of winter ocean warming for metabolism, arm regeneration and survival in the brittle star Ophionereis schayeri15
Chemical manipulation of mitochondrial function affects metabolism of red carotenoids in a marine copepod (Tigriopus californicus)15
Unpredictability is key for mussels' seashore resilience15
A review of the empirical evidence for costs of plasticity in ectothermic animals15
Light environment and seasonal variation in the visual system of the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)15
Evolution and divergence of teleost adrenergic receptors: why sometimes ‘the drugs don't work’ in fish15
Importance of environmental signals for cardiac morphological development in Atlantic salmon15
Honey bees can store and retrieve independent memory traces after complex experiences that combine appetitive and aversive associations14
Tired fish just keep swimming14
Temperature dependence of regional heterothermy in a diminutive ectotherm14
ECR Spotlight – Agnès Lewden14
ECR Spotlight – Talia Moore14
Blending physiology and RNAseq to provide new insights into regulation of epithelial transport: switching between ion secretion and reabsorption14
Innate visual attraction before, during and after escape from adverse substrates in carpenter ants14
Warmer waters make sturgeon think they're sick14
ECR Spotlight – Rachel Thayer14
ECR Spotlight – Bharath Kumar A. K.14
Deoxygenated toadfish turn up gill serotonin degradation to catch breath14
Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris14
Metabolomic signatures associated with cold adaptation and seasonal acclimation of Drosophila: profiling of 43 species14
Building bridges: allyship as a catalyst for gender diversity and inclusion in experimental biology communities14
Plasticity in Na+/K+-ATPase thermal kinetics drives variation in the temperature of cold-induced neural shutdown of adult Drosophila melanogaster14
Dynamic gap crossing in Dendrelaphis, the sister taxon of flying snakes14
The buzz within: the role of the gut microbiome in honeybee social behavior14
Mayflies struggle to stay salty when oxygen levels dip14
Polyphenisms in the reproductive response of male quail to short days are driven by testosterone-independent uncoupling in the photoperiodic TSH-DIO2/DIO3 pathway14
A birds’ eye view is made possible by… sugar?14
Understanding the influence of context on real-world walking energetics14
Three-toed sloths walk differently from their cousins14
Integration of proteomic and genetic approaches to assess developmental muscle atrophy14
ECR Spotlight – Kelton Verble and Ellen Keaveny14
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity14
Towards a standard application of the Reynolds number in studies of aquatic animal locomotion13
Age-dependent perfume development in male orchid bees, Euglossa imperialis13
ECR Spotlight – William Joyce13
Dynamics of horizontal walking and vertical climbing in the Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea)13
Food and temperature change photoperiodic responses in two vole species13
Body temperature flexibility in Temminck's pangolins helps beat the heat13
ECR Spotlight – Glenna Clifton13
ECR Spotlight – Luke Flewwelling13
A quantitative genetics perspective on the body-mass scaling of metabolic rate13
Gut microbial contributions to thermogenesis13
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel metabolism changes profoundly during first year13
ECR Spotlight – Patrícia Ferreira13
ECR Spotlight – Brendan Gibbs13
Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem13
Risk-taking coping style correlates with SERT SNP290 polymorphisms in free-living great tits13
ECR Spotlight – Ian Bouyoucos13
Long-term stress induced cortisol downregulation, growth reduction and cardiac remodeling in Atlantic salmon13
Climbing parrots achieve pitch stability using forces and free moments produced by axial–appendicular couples13
Gaze tracking of large-billed crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) in a motion capture system13
ECR Spotlight – Kyle Emerson13
ECR Spotlight – William Bugg12
c-fos expression in the olfactory epithelium of the East African cichlid (Haplochromis chilotes) in response to odorant exposure12
Measuring maximum heart rate to study cardiac thermal performance and heat tolerance in fishes12
Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas12
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment12
ECR Spotlight – Paula Iturralde-Pólit12
Energy expenditure of southern right whales varies with body size, reproductive state and activity level12
Fatty acid oxidation: a neglected factor in understanding the adjustment of mitochondrial function to cold temperatures12
Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception12
Biomechanical properties of non-flight vibrations produced by bees12
The effect of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the growth and metabolic rate of Rhinella marina tadpoles12
Accelerated abdominal lipid depletion from pesticide treatment alters honey bee pollen foraging strategy, but not onset, in worker honey bees12
Relationship between joint shape and function as revealed through ex vivo XROMM12
Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality12
Navigating turbulence: the effects of eddy size on the swimming performance of walleye (Sander vitreus) larvae12
Metabolomic and transcriptomic responses of ticks during recovery from cold shock reveal mechanisms of survival12
Two stressors are worse than one: combined heatwave and drought affect hydration state and glucocorticoid levels in a temperate ectotherm12
Linking whole-body angular momentum and step placement during perturbed human walking12
Beyond ecology: the importance of gut motility in predicting the responses of species to climate change12
Behavior and neural activation patterns of non-redundant visual and acoustic signaling during courtship in an African cichlid fish12
Effects of insect pursuit on the Doppler shift compensation in a hipposiderid bat12
Patterns of single limb forces during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in rosy-faced lovebirds (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)12
A novel intramandibular joint facilitates feeding versatility in the sixbar distichodus12
The response of grey mouse lemurs to acute caloric restriction before reproduction supports the ‘thrifty female hypothesis’12
Energetic costs of ectoparasite infection in Atlantic salmon12
Behavioural analysis of swarming mosquitoes reveals high hearing sensitivity in Anopheles coluzzii12
ECR Spotlight – Danilo Giacometti11
Some honeybees make fast decisions, but at a cost11
The (virtual) flight of the fruit fly11
Damselfish in distress after consuming plastic11
Hypoxia induced by FGF signalling disruption impairs moulting via insulin and neurohormonal regulation in Rhodnius prolixus11
Fatty acid profiles and tolerance to temperature extremes in Daphnia pulex11
Pseudoscorpions tweak quartet footfalls when hanging, reversing and simply moving forward11
In the field: an interview with Sönke Johnsen11
Climate change leaves urchins on a rock in a hard place to live11
Directional web strikes are performed by ray spiders in response to airborne prey vibrations11
Protective role of trehalose in the Namib desert ant, Ocymyrmex robustior11
ECR Spotlight – David Matthews11
Correction: Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner11
Subtractive colour mixing with bile pigments creates the rich wing palette of Graphium weiskei butterflies11
Personality and running don't mix in wild mice11
Feeling the burn: young fish struggle in acidic water11
Superinvasive Argentine ants’ size fends off dehydration11
ECR Spotlight – Bella Xu Ying11
Correction: Rapid maturation of the muscle biochemistry that supports diving in Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)11
How Cape fur seal mums and pups reunite by ear11
ECR Spotlight – Sarah Little-Letsinger11
Dinosaurs break the rules anywhere not anytime11
Drink safely: common swifts (Apus apus) dissipate mechanical energy to decrease flight speed before touch-and-go drinking11
The mechanical and morphological properties of systemic and pulmonary arteries differ in the Madagascar ground boa, a snake without ventricular pressure separation11
Correction: Neuroethology of number sense across the animal kingdom11
Spider egg sacs reveal how pockets of air can be used to conserve water11
Soft skeletons transmit force with variable gearing11
Life in the slow lane: field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) modelled using archival biologgers11
Evolution of plasticity: metabolic compensation for fluctuating energy demands at the origin of life11
Pupil dilation and constriction in the skate Leucoraja erinacea in a simulated natural light field11
The active space of sperm whale codas allows for communication within and between social units11
High-carb diet gives migrating locusts a head start11
Motion-sensitive neurons help mudflat crabs decide to freeze or flee11
Intraspecific support for the climate variability hypothesis: oxidative damage in lizards after acute temperature exposure10
Fossil echoes: katydid hearing through the ages10
Small-spotted catsharks cope with marine heatwaves, for now10
Endurance training does not affect maximum exertion/distance capacity in Anolis carolinensis lizards10
ECR Spotlight – Nicole Schwartz10
Allatostatin helps keep crabs safe when they shed their shells10
Underwater paddling kinematics and hydrodynamics in a surface swimming duck versus a diving duck10
Passive electroreception in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): implication for micro- and large-scale orientation10
Mitochondria directly boost copepods’ rosy hue10
Measuring body temperature in birds – the effects of sensor type and placement on estimated temperature and metabolic rate10
A fish that escapes towards looming-disk stimuli10
ECR Spotlight – Fred Tremblay10
The hearts of large mammals generate higher pressures, are less efficient and use more energy than those of small mammals10
Bivalves maintain repair when faced with chronically repeated mechanical stress10
Revealing sound-induced motion patterns in fish hearing structures in 4D: a standing wave tube-like setup designed for high-resolution time-resolved tomography10
The Company of Biologists celebrates its first Global South Workshop10
A hyperpolarizing rod bipolar cell in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus10
Locusts take a break to observe and move with their friends10
Azimuthal invariance to looming stimuli in the Drosophila giant fiber escape circuit10
Higher parasite load is associated with lower heat tolerance in a tropical lizard10
Prenatal yolk corticosterone exposure promotes skeletal growth and induces oxidative imbalance in yellow-legged gull embryos10
Gigantic whales find it easier than dolphins and porpoises to stay warm10
Conservation energetics of beluga whales: using resting and swimming metabolism to understand threats to an endangered population10
The control of breathing in fishes – historical perspectives and the path ahead10
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