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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Plasticity of salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) respiratory phenotypes in response to changes in temperature and oxygen101
Factors affecting the biosynthesis and emission of a Drosophila pheromone88
Pulsation waves along the Ciona heart tube reverse by bimodal rhythms expressed by a remote pair of pacemakers66
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 flight44
Announcing the 2021 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner44
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour44
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient43
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms38
Featherwing beetles fly with style38
Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out37
Large spiders don't stop under pressure37
Field physiology in the aquatic realm: ecological energetics and diving behavior provide context for elucidating patterns and deviations33
Barometric pressure decrease induces density-dependent changes in foraging behaviour in a parasitoid fly32
Comparative sound detection abilities of four decapod crustaceans32
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts31
Monarchs that fly long, live long31
Maintained mitochondrial integrity without oxygen in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp31
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)30
Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish29
Cold, cheap love songs29
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)29
What do molecular laws of life mean for species: absolute restrictions or mere suggestions?28
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 tissue28
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations28
Colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans: more questions than answers27
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running26
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading26
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 th26
Response to ‘Coming up for air’26
The enzymatic and neurochemical outcomes of a mutation in Mexican cavefish MAO reveal teleost-specific aspects of brain monoamine homeostasis26
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour25
The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology and evolution25
Correction: Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish25
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance25
Head lice dispose of blood meal fluid through breathing tubules25
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters24
First evidence of sex-specific responses to chemical cues in tardigrade mate searching behaviour24
ECR Spotlight – Kwanho Ki24
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen24
ECR Spotlight – Derek Campos24
ECR Spotlight – Salvatore Lacava24
The impact of metabolic plasticity on winter energy use models23
Monarch migration metabolism soars with rising temperatures23
Finches can lose weight without dieting or exercising23
Nile tilapia sagitta ear bones play dual role in balance and hearing23
Directional biosonar beams allow echolocating harbour porpoises to actively discriminate and intercept closely spaced targets23
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert23
Zebrafish parental progeny investment in response to cycling thermal stress and hypoxia: deposition of heat shock proteins but not cortisol22
Anatomy and mechanisms of vocal production in harvest mice22
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers22
Chronic bacterial infections exert metabolic costs in Drosophila melanogaster22
Methamphetamine pollution elicits addiction in wild fish22
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds22
Cryptochrome-dependent magnetoreception in a heteropteran insect continues even after 24 h in darkness22
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian21
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change21
Ontogenetic exposure to light influences seabird vulnerability to light pollution21
Ultraviolet vision in anemonefish improves colour discrimination21
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana21
Lovebirds land on a flying trapeze with the greatest of ease21
Algorithms underlying flexible phototaxis in larval zebrafish21
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates20
Building bridges: allyship as a catalyst for gender diversity and inclusion in experimental biology communities20
Heatwaves inflict reproductive but not survival costs to male insects20
Extraordinary creatures: mantis shrimp20
How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization20
Different tubular lysosome strategies of male and hermaphrodite C. elegans19
ECR Spotlight – Michael Meece19
ECR Spotlight – Nicholas Barrett19
Diurnal hawkmoth opsins evolving faster for greener vision19
Correction: The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)19
Hypertonic water reabsorption with a parallel-current system via the glandular and saccular renal tubules of Ruditapes philippinarum18
Unpredictability is key for mussels' seashore resilience18
Metabolic response of dolphins to short-term fasting reveals physiological changes that differ from the traditional fasting model18
Corroboree frogs get yellower but no thanks to β-carotene18
Cuttlefish mimic 3D environments in a unique way18
The microbiome buffers tadpole hosts from heat stress: a hologenomic approach to understand host–microbe interactions under warming18
ECR Spotlight – Ralph Lacerda de Albuquerque18
Summer famines could be disastrous for sardines18
Shift in distribution of division of labour in chronically stressed honeybee colonies after perturbation17
Dinosaurs weren't so cool17
Lens and cornea limit UV vision of birds – a phylogenetic perspective17
Head movement gives glimpse into where crows gaze17
Mitochondrial respiration capacity impacts gill tissue regeneration in Atlantic salmon17
Who said that? Fish compare pressure and motion to localize sound17
Chemical manipulation of mitochondrial function affects metabolism of red carotenoids in a marine copepod (Tigriopus californicus)17
Blending physiology and RNAseq to provide new insights into regulation of epithelial transport: switching between ion secretion and reabsorption17
True UV color vision in a female butterfly with two UV opsins17
Hatching: a clever plan17
Plasticity in Na+/K+-ATPase thermal kinetics drives variation in the temperature of cold-induced neural shutdown of adult Drosophila melanogaster17
Predicting selection–response gradients of heat tolerance in a widespread reef-building coral17
The added costs of winter ocean warming for metabolism, arm regeneration and survival in the brittle star Ophionereis schayeri17
Use of videos to measure dynamic body acceleration as a proxy for metabolic costs in coral reef damselfish (Chromis viridis)17
A clashing colour combination with deadly consequences17
Biological constraints on configural odour mixture perception17
A review of the empirical evidence for costs of plasticity in ectothermic animals16
A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom16
ECR Spotlight – Jordan Glass16
Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods16
Total energy expenditure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) of different ages16
The roles of brain lipids and polar metabolites in the hypoxia tolerance of deep-diving pinnipeds16
A novel perspective on the evolutionary loss of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase at the teleost gill16
Regional femoral bone blood flow rates in laying and non-laying chickens estimated with fluorescent microspheres16
The role of load-dependent sensory input in the control of balance during gait in rats16
ECR Spotlight – Haneal Pae16
Sound production in piranhas is associated with modifications of the spinal locomotor pattern16
Evolution and divergence of teleost adrenergic receptors: why sometimes ‘the drugs don't work’ in fish16
How to build a puncture- and breakage-resistant eggshell? Mechanical and structural analyses of avian brood parasites and their hosts16
Pregnant salmon: the real Olympians16
Infected ants prefer protein-packed diet15
Ciliary Ca2+ pumps regulate intraciliary Ca2+ from the action potential and may co-localize with ciliary voltage-gated Ca2+ channels15
Dynamic defence? Intertidal triplefin species show better maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential than subtidal species at low oxygen pressures15
Mapping odours to fight malaria15
Foxes have an advantage for hunting in the snow15
Foraging task specialization in honey bees (Apis mellifera): the contribution of floral rewards to the learning performance of pollen and nectar foragers15
Wetting of the tarsal adhesive fluid determines underwater adhesion in ladybird beetles15
Dynamics and energetics of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) fluke-and-glide gait15
A new theoretical performance landscape for suction feeding reveals adaptive kinematics in a natural population of reef damselfish15
Consistent changes in muscle phenotype and mitochondrial abundance underlie dive performance across multiple lineages of diving ducks15
The functional basis for variable antipredatory behavioral strategies in the chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus15
Adolescent prairie voles practice parenting15
Physiological and behavioral evidence for multiple spectral channels in the larval stomatopod visual system15
Myogenic contraction of a somatic muscle powers rhythmic flow of hemolymph throughDrosophilaantennae and generates brain pulsations15
Myna birds need more than carotenoid to keep spectacles yellow14
Light environment and seasonal variation in the visual system of the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)14
Importance of environmental signals for cardiac morphological development in Atlantic salmon14
Relationship between joint shape and function as revealed through ex vivo XROMM14
Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas14
Behavioural analysis of swarming mosquitoes reveals high hearing sensitivity in Anopheles coluzzii14
A coati conundrum: how variation in levels of arboreality influences gait mechanics among three musteloid species14
Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)14
ECR Spotlight – Glenna Clifton14
Fatty acid oxidation: a neglected factor in understanding the adjustment of mitochondrial function to cold temperatures14
Accelerated abdominal lipid depletion from pesticide treatment alters honey bee pollen foraging strategy, but not onset, in worker honey bees14
Mayflies struggle to stay salty when oxygen levels dip14
Unraveling the relationships that keep ecosystems healthy14
Seasonal cellular stress phenomena and phenotypic plasticity in land snail Helix lucorum populations from different altitudes14
Low prolactin allows blackbird mums to dispose of imposter cuckoo eggs14
Climbing parrots achieve pitch stability using forces and free moments produced by axial–appendicular couples14
Selective recruitment for pollen and nectar sources in honeybees14
ECR Spotlight – Brendan Gibbs13
ECR Spotlight – Ian Bouyoucos13
Deoxygenated toadfish turn up gill serotonin degradation to catch breath13
Gut bacteria are an ‘outside’ and an ‘inside’ job13
Honey bees can store and retrieve independent memory traces after complex experiences that combine appetitive and aversive associations13
ECR Spotlight – Luke Flewwelling13
A novel intramandibular joint facilitates feeding versatility in the sixbar distichodus13
c-fos expression in the olfactory epithelium of the East African cichlid (Haplochromis chilotes) in response to odorant exposure13
Three-toed sloths walk differently from their cousins13
ECR Spotlight – William Bugg13
Snowflake morays, Echidna nebulosa, exhibit similar feeding kinematics in terrestrial and aquatic treatments13
Gaze tracking of large-billed crows (Corvus macrorhynchos) in a motion capture system13
The buzz within: the role of the gut microbiome in honeybee social behavior13
Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality13
Of corpses, ghosts and mirages: biomechanical consequences of morphology depend on the environment13
Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception13
ECR Spotlight – Talia Moore13
ECR Spotlight – Kyle Emerson13
ECR Spotlight – William Joyce13
Warmer waters make sturgeon think they're sick13
Dynamic movements facilitate extreme gap crossing in flying snakes13
A quantitative genetics perspective on the body-mass scaling of metabolic rate13
Risk-taking coping style correlates with SERT SNP290 polymorphisms in free-living great tits13
The response of grey mouse lemurs to acute caloric restriction before reproduction supports the ‘thrifty female hypothesis’13
Biomechanical properties of non-flight vibrations produced by bees13
Dynamics of horizontal walking and vertical climbing in the Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea)12
Towards a standard application of the Reynolds number in studies of aquatic animal locomotion12
Long-term stress induced cortisol downregulation, growth reduction and cardiac remodeling in Atlantic salmon12
ECR Spotlight – Kelton Verble and Ellen Keaveny12
Behavior and neural activation patterns of non-redundant visual and acoustic signaling during courtship in an African cichlid fish12
ECR Spotlight – Agnès Lewden12
Body temperature flexibility in Temminck's pangolins helps beat the heat12
Measuring maximum heart rate to study cardiac thermal performance and heat tolerance in fishes12
Turning a page: remaining a top competitor in an evolving publication ecosystem12
Metabolomic signatures associated with cold adaptation and seasonal acclimation of Drosophila: profiling of 43 species12
Microrheology of haemolymph plasma of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris12
ECR Spotlight – Bharath Kumar A. K.12
Effects of insect pursuit on the Doppler shift compensation in a hipposiderid bat12
Metabolomic and transcriptomic responses of ticks during recovery from cold shock reveal mechanisms of survival12
Temperature dependence of regional heterothermy in a diminutive ectotherm12
Age-dependent perfume development in male orchid bees, Euglossa imperialis12
Integration of proteomic and genetic approaches to assess developmental muscle atrophy12
Patterns of single limb forces during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in rosy-faced lovebirds (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)12
Energy expenditure of southern right whales varies with body size, reproductive state and activity level12
Food and temperature change photoperiodic responses in two vole species12
Energetic costs of ectoparasite infection in Atlantic salmon12
Linking whole-body angular momentum and step placement during perturbed human walking12
A birds’ eye view is made possible by… sugar?12
ECR Spotlight – Rachel Thayer12
Dynamic gap crossing in Dendrelaphis, the sister taxon of flying snakes12
Tired fish just keep swimming12
Low repeatability of aversive learning in zebrafish (Danio rerio)12
Understanding the influence of context on real-world walking energetics12
Motion-sensitive neurons help mudflat crabs decide to freeze or flee11
Visual perception and camouflage response to 3D backgrounds and cast shadows in the European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis11
Mitochondria directly boost copepods’ rosy hue11
Pseudoscorpions tweak quartet footfalls when hanging, reversing and simply moving forward11
Time-varying motor control strategy for proximal-to-distal sequential energy distribution: insights from baseball pitching11
How diving flies navigate in for the kill11
A new conceptual framework for the musculoskeletal biomechanics and physiology of ray-finned fishes11
Coil tweaks give flying snakes a lift11
Correction: Rapid maturation of the muscle biochemistry that supports diving in Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)11
Ultrasound jams echolocation to keep bats safe near wind turbines11
Superinvasive Argentine ants’ size fends off dehydration11
Biomechanics of the jaws of spotted ratfish11
Evolution of plasticity: metabolic compensation for fluctuating energy demands at the origin of life11
Protective role of trehalose in the Namib desert ant, Ocymyrmex robustior11
Visualization of the chemical defense molecule formoside binding to sensory structures in a model fish predator11
Porpoises adjust echolocation clicks to distinguish objects from clutter11
Correction: Vocal tract allometry in a mammalian vocal learner11
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity11
In the field: an interview with Sönke Johnsen11
Telomeres could tell the tale of longer lizard lifespan11
High-carb diet gives migrating locusts a head start11
Elephants hoover up their dinner11
Time-compensated sun compass in juvenile sprat (Sprattus sprattus) reveals the onset of migratory readiness11
Effects of heat acclimation on cardiac function in the intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus: can laboratory-based indices predict survival in the field?10
A thermal performance curve perspective explains decades of disagreements over how air temperature affects the flight metabolism of honey bees10
Some honeybees make fast decisions, but at a cost10
Drink safely: common swifts (Apus apus) dissipate mechanical energy to decrease flight speed before touch-and-go drinking10
Flight among the Lilliputians10
ECR Spotlight – David Matthews10
Autotomy-induced effects on the locomotor performance of the ghost crabOcypode quadrata10
Feeling the burn: young fish struggle in acidic water10
Two stressors are worse than one: combined heatwave and drought affect hydration state and glucocorticoid levels in a temperate ectotherm10
An evaluation of a biophysical model for predicting avian thermoregulation in the heat10
Life in the slow lane: field metabolic rate and prey consumption rate of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) modelled using archival biologgers10
Flexible locomotion in complex environments: the influence of species, speed and sensory feedback on panarthropod inter-leg coordination10
Developmental, cellular, and biochemical basis of transparency in clearwing butterflies10
Correction: Neuroethology of number sense across the animal kingdom10
A novel comparison of southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) fur buoyancy across ontogeny10
The active space of sperm whale codas allows for communication within and between social units10
How Cape fur seal mums and pups reunite by ear10
Subtractive colour mixing with bile pigments creates the rich wing palette of Graphium weiskei butterflies10
The role of plumage and heat dissipation areas in thermoregulation in doves10
Distinct neuron phenotypes may serve object feature sensing in the electrosensory lobe of Gymnotus omarorum10
Dental microwear texture gradients in guinea pigs reveal that material properties of the diet affect chewing behaviour10
ECR Spotlight – Bella Xu Ying10
Sickness behaviors across vertebrate taxa: proximate and ultimate mechanisms10
ECR Spotlight – Danilo Giacometti10
Looking beyond the mean: quantile regression for comparative physiologists10
Directional web strikes are performed by ray spiders in response to airborne prey vibrations10
Alligators employ intermetatarsal reconfiguration to modulate plantigrade ground contact10
Dinosaurs break the rules anywhere not anytime10
A hyperpolarizing rod bipolar cell in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus10
The mechanical and morphological properties of systemic and pulmonary arteries differ in the Madagascar ground boa, a snake without ventricular pressure separation10
Avian color expression and perception: is there a carotenoid link?10
Soft skeletons transmit force with variable gearing10
Microinjection-based CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis in the decapoda crustaceans Neocaridina heteropoda and Eriocheir sinensis10
Walking with increased step length variability increases the metabolic cost of walking in young adults10
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