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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
House mice in human habitats are street-smart107
Imposter eggs of pecking cowbirds have stronger shells for protection93
Flexible wings take the effort out of swimming for diving penguins69
In the field: an interview with Roger Hanlon65
Visual nerve cells cross-communicate for fruit fly hasty exit63
Brook trout can handle some heat…given enough time62
ECR Spotlight – Elizabeth Atchoi60
ECR Spotlight – J. Lisa Hoogenboom56
Wing damage no obstacle for hummingbird hawkmoths50
Late bloomers: southern salmons’ life support50
Making a difference: the role of comparative biology in tackling climate change48
ECR Spotlight – Callum McLean41
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance41
Cardiovascular responses and the role of the neurohumoral cardiac regulation during digestion in the herbivorous lizard Iguana iguana40
ECR Spotlight – Corbin Rasmussen37
Are reactive oxygen species always bad? Lessons from hypoxic ectotherms36
Sensing CO2 makes black-legged ticks quest for hosts33
Impacts of repeated social defeat on behavior and the brain in a cichlid fish32
A comparison of dissection and 3D approaches to estimate muscle physiological cross-sectional area, validated by in vivo bite forces30
The role of the heart in the evolution of aerobic performance30
Transgenesis enables mapping of segmental ganglia in the leech Helobdella austinensis30
Bichirs start walking when the water gets shallow29
Damaged insect ciliated neurons regrow axons as effectively as other neurons28
Announcing the 2021 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner27
Gusty winds, flappy wings27
Dopamine 1-like receptor in the brain holds key to zombie cockroach transformation27
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert26
Diet alters how opaleyes cope with heat25
Multispecies comparisons support a startle response origin for a novel vibrational signal in the cricket tribe Lebinthini25
The mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer senses decreasing oxygen availability (PO2) and responds by reducing ion uptake and altering gene expression25
Artificial light at night impairs visual lateralisation in a fish25
The mechanics of acoustic signal evolution in field crickets24
Multisensory integration supports configural learning of a home refuge in the whip spiderPhrynus marginemaculatus24
Passive elasticity properties of Octopus rubescens arms24
Methamphetamine pollution elicits addiction in wild fish24
Measurements of body temperature and oxidative stress reveal differential costs associated with humoral immune function in a passerine bird24
ECR Spotlight – Udit Halder and Katya Gribkova24
Depth- and temperature-specific fatty acid adaptations in ctenophores from extreme habitats24
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour23
Spring-powered mantis shrimp larvae punch like Ma and Pa23
Climbing parrots push and pull to counteract gravity23
Weddell seal pups keep swimming when trading in fluff to cut costs23
Recognising our community as we head towards JEB's centenary in 202323
Drosophila yeast lodgers are more than dietary supplement22
Head removal enhances planarian electrotaxis22
A new biomechanical model of the mammal jaw based on load path analysis22
ECR Spotlight – Yanira Jiménez-Padilla22
The mechanistic basis and adaptive significance of cross-tolerance: a ‘pre-adaptation’ to a changing world?21
Trained anoles move leucine to surprising areas21
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)21
Odor exposure during imprinting periods increases odorant-specific sensitivity and receptor gene expression in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)20
ECR Spotlight – Nina Bean20
Global change and physiological challenges for fish of the Amazon today and in the near future20
Meta-analytic approaches and effect sizes to account for ‘nuisance heterogeneity’ in comparative physiology20
Functioning of unidirectional ventilation in flying hawkmoths evaluated by pressure and oxygen measurements and X-ray video and tomography20
How rivalries shape the ranges of tropical birds20
It takes time to heal a broken heart: ventricular plasticity improves heart performance after myocardial infarction in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss19
Blue whales not bothered by quake sounds19
Force re-development after shortening reveals a role for titin in stretch–shortening performance enhancement in skinned muscle fibres19
The impact of metabolic plasticity on winter energy use models19
Modern three-dimensional digital methods for studying locomotor biomechanics in tetrapods19
Born to be fit? GPS-tracking reveals links between early-life behaviour and survival18
ECR Spotlight – Brittney G. Borowiec18
ECR Spotlight – Szymon Szymański18
Characterization of digestive proteases in the gut of a basal deuterostome18
Large spiders don't stop under pressure18
Freshwater methamphetamine pollution turns brown trout into addicts18
ECR Spotlight – Jeffrey Hainer18
European seabass recover sense of smell lost in fresh water18
Streamlining allows fan worms to make a speedy retreat18
Announcing the 2020 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist and winner18
Loud noise in early development wrecks zebrafish hearing18
The plasticity of immune memory in invertebrates18
Extraordinary creatures: Tenrec ecaudatus (the common tenrec)18
Active tactile exploration and tactually induced turning in tethered walking stick insects17
Hindlimb muscle spindles inform preparatory forelimb coordination prior to landing in toads17
How harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) encode goals relative to landmarks17
Promise of safety can overcome crayfish fear17
Correction: Behavioural analysis of swarming mosquitoes reveals high hearing sensitivity in Anopheles coluzzii17
Epigenomics as a paradigm to understand the nuances of phenotypes17
Rearing seahorses trigger powerful gulps17
ECR Spotlight – Gebrehaweria Reda17
The drawback of placentas for live-bearing fish17
Correction: Boat noise interferes with Lusitanian toadfish acoustic communication17
The black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis detects CO2 without the Haller's organ17
Light fine-tunes electric fish pulses to keep them in the shade17
Burly lantern bugs are lightning-fast leapers17
Australian imperial blue butterflies see polarised light, even on the move17
The impulse response of optic flow-sensitive descending neurons to roll m-sequences16
Network analysis reveals that acute stress exacerbates gene regulatory responses of the gill to seawater in Atlantic salmon16
Colour discrimination thresholds vary throughout colour space in a reef fish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)16
Genome size influences adaptive plasticity of water loss, but not metabolic rates, in lungless salamanders16
Sensor cells in the brain wake up hibernating hamsters16
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 tissue16
Oxidative stress effects are not correlated with differences in heat tolerance among congeners of Mytilus16
Learning how Rice's whales eat might save them16
The effect of temperature on haemoglobin–oxygen binding affinity in regionally endothermic and ectothermic sharks16
ECR Spotlight – Igor Noll Guagnoni16
JEB@100: an interview with Deputy Editor-in-Chief Sheila Patek16
Latency of mechanically stimulated escape responses in the Pacific spiny dogfish, Squalus suckleyi16
ECR Spotlight – Lauren Rowsey16
Bats’ brains encode single neurons for each of their buddies16
Generation of propulsive force via vertical undulations in snakes16
Molecular and physiological characterization of a crustacean cardioactive signaling system in a lophotrochozoan – the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): a role in reproduction and salinity acc15
Terrestrial locomotion characteristics of climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)15
Human muscle–tendon unit mechanobiological responses to consecutive high strain cyclic loading15
Motion parallax via head movements modulates visuo-motor control in pigeons15
Phylogenetic analysis of adaptation in comparative physiology and biomechanics: overview and a case study of thermal physiology in treefrogs15
Microbiome lodgers help protect tadpoles from climate change15
Epaxial and hypaxial co-contraction: a mechanism for modulating strike pressure and accuracy during suction feeding in channel catfish15
Patterns and processes in amphibious fish: biomechanics and neural control of fish terrestrial locomotion15
CO2 bee anaesthetic can cause complications15
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 th15
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient14
Sticky, stickier and stickiest – a comparison of adhesive performance in clingfish, lumpsuckers and snailfish14
Featherwing beetles fly with style14
Robotic communication with ants14
Miraculous skin metamorphosis for beached amphibious fish14
Methyltransferase at the heart of stress response of all bees14
Head lice dispose of blood meal fluid through breathing tubules14
Context-dependent relationships between swimming, terrestrial jumping, and body composition in the amphibious fish Kryptolebias marmoratus14
Tuna keep their cool during heatwaves14
Mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species production during hypoxia and reoxygenation in the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica14
Neuroethology in South America: past, present and future14
ECR Spotlight – Michael Lim14
Maternal food restriction during pregnancy affects offspring development and swimming performance in a placental live-bearing fish14
Spitting cobras keep constant venom viscosity14
Early life exposure to high temperature enhances locomotor performance without alteration in thermal ecology in different populations of Thoropa taophora tadpoles (Anura, Cycloramphidae)13
Urban dung beetles forge fresh paths13
ECR Spotlight – Elisa Thoral13
Baby birds beat the heat thanks to singing parents13
Leaky muscle, hotter otter13
Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish13
Developmental plasticity: a worm's eye view13
Developmental plasticity of texture discrimination following early vision loss in the marsupialMonodelphis domestica13
Counting Nemo: anemonefish Amphiprion ocellaris identify species by number of white bars13
Repetitive nociceptive stimulation elicits complex behavioral changes in Hirudo: evidence of arousal and motivational adaptations13
In the field: an interview with Chris Wood13
Continuous body 3-D reconstruction of limbless animals13
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian13
Twenty years on from Developmental Plasticity and Evolution: middle-range theories and how to test them13
ECR Spotlight – Kristina Muise13
Polarisation vision in the dark: green-sensitive photoreceptors in the nocturnal ball-rolling dung beetle Escarabaeus satyrus13
How octopus arm muscle contractile properties and anatomical organization contribute to arm functional specialization13
Olfactory tracking strategies in a neotropical fruit bat13
Lifestyle difference gives female yellow-billed hornbills the edge13
Stark trade-offs and elegant solutions in arthropod visual systems13
Evolutionary trade-offs in osmotic and ionic regulation and expression of gill ion transporter genes in high latitude, cold clime Neotropical crabs from the ‘end of the world’13
Are parental condition transfer effects more widespread than is currently appreciated?13
ECR Spotlight – Stacey Shield and Naoya Muramatsu13
The fluid dynamics of barnacle feeding13
Combined secondary compounds naturally found in nectars enhance honeybee cognition and survival12
ECR Spotlight – Brett Hodinka12
Exercise and emersion in air, and recovery in seawater in the green crab (Carcinus maenas): metabolic, acid–base, cardio-ventilatory and ionoregulatory responses12
Microbiome transplant helps wood frog tadpoles handle heat12
Desert grassland scorpions might navigate by touch and taste12
Siberian hamsters nonresponding to short photoperiod use fasting-induced torpor12
Locomotion in the pseudoscorpionChelifer cancroides: forward, backward and upside-down walking in an eight-legged arthropod12
Acute thermal stress elicits interactions between gene expression and alternative splicing in a fish of conservation concern12
Mechanical resilience of the sessile tunicate Botryllus schlosseri12
Hot eggs make fast mitochondria12
Effects of ingesting large prey on the kinematics of rectilinear locomotion in Boa constrictor12
Identification and in vivo functional analysis of furanocoumarin-responsive cytochrome P450s in a Rutaceae-feeding Papilio butterfly12
Finches can lose weight without dieting or exercising12
Environmental impact on visual perception modulates behavioral responses of schooling fish to looming predators12
Coping with captivity: takeoff speed and load-lifting capacity are unaffected by substantial changes in body condition for a passerine bird12
Fish funnel their food with jets12
The myoarchitecture of the vertebrate cardiac ventricles: evolution and classification11
Aerobic scope does matter in the temperature–size rule, but only under optimal conditions11
Social and auditory experience shapes forebrain responsiveness in zebra finches before the sensitive period of vocal learning11
Measuring the 3D wake of swimming snakes (Natrix tessellata) using volumetric particle image velocimetry11
Flight activity and effort of breeding pied flycatchers in the wild, revealed with accelerometers and machine learning11
Foot extension and retraction in the clamCalyptogena okutaniiwithout any Keber's valve: an inflatable fastener bag model11
Cold, cheap love songs11
Muscle as a tunable material: implications for achieving muscle-like function in robotic prosthetic devices11
Human balance control in 3D running based on virtual pivot point concept11
Monarch migration metabolism soars with rising temperatures11
Fertilizers disrupt the electric feel of flowers11
Navigational strategies underlying temporal phototaxis in Drosophila larvae11
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour11
Correction: Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)11
Hibernating female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) adjust huddling and drinking behaviour, but not arousal frequency, in response to low humidity11
Interspecific variation in bristle number on forewings of tiny insects does not influence clap-and-fling aerodynamics11
Multiscale flow between the branches and polyps of gorgonians11
Fish get sunburn too but mom-made gadusol can help11
Intersection of motor volumes predicts the outcome of ambush predation of larval zebrafish11
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change11
Multiple axes of visual system diversity in Ithomiini, an ecologically diverse tribe of mimetic butterflies11
Plasticity of salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica) respiratory phenotypes in response to changes in temperature and oxygen11
Histidine-rich calcium-binding protein: a molecular integrator of cardiac excitation–contraction coupling11
Energy expenditure does not solely explain step length–width choices during walking11
Asymmetric architecture in nests and nature11
Younger sidewinders weave identically to their elders11
Night-time light pollution makes flightless crickets more drought resistant11
Maintaining control: metabolism of molting Arctic seals in water and when hauled out11
Hibernating bats may use protein stores for water balance11
ECR Spotlight – Danielle Blumstein11
Context-dependent effects on attack and defense behaviors in the praying mantisTenodera sinensis10
Early life exposure to queen mandibular pheromone mediates persistent transcriptional changes in the brain of honey bee foragers10
Mechanisms controlling haemolymph circulation under resting conditions in the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus10
Extraordinary creatures: raptors10
First evidence of sex-specific responses to chemical cues in tardigrade mate searching behaviour10
Do endotherms have thermal performance curves?10
Higher-order dialectic variation and syntactic convergence in the complex warble song of budgerigars10
Early exposure to UV radiation causes telomere shortening and poorer condition later in life10
ECR Spotlight – Jeanne Brülhart10
The relevance of vascular adjustments to hemodynamic control in the face of temperature change in Crotalus durissus10
Polarization sensitivity and decentralized visual processing in an animal with a distributed visual system10
Does the choosiness of female crickets change as they age?10
Effects of a parasympathetic blocker on the heart rate of loggerhead sea turtles during voluntary diving10
Spatial perception mediated by insect antennal mechanosensory system10
Vectored jets power arms-first and tail-first turns differently in brief squid with assistance from fins and keeled arms10
Keeping your cool: thermoregulatory performance and plasticity in desert cricetid rodents10
Quantifying avian inertial properties using calibrated computed tomography10
Functional loss of ketogenesis in odontocete cetaceans10
Close encounters of three kinds: impacts of leg, wing and body collisions on flight performance in carpenter bees10
Temperature-dependent plasticity mediates heart morphology and thermal performance of cardiac function in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)10
More siblings means better survival for some songbirds10
Evidence for energy reallocation, not oxygen limitation, driving the deceleration in growth of adult fish10
Visual cues enhance obstacle avoidance in echolocating bats10
Gearing in a hydrostatic skeleton: the tube feet of juvenile sea stars (Leptasterias sp.)10
ECR Spotlight – Janneke Schwaner10
ECR Spotlight – Akihiro Itahara10
Investigating the thermal sensitivity of key enzymes involved in the energetic metabolism of three insect species10
Steady as they hover: kinematics of kestrel wing and tail morphing during hovering flights10
Thermal preference does not align with optimal temperature for aerobic scope in zebrafish (Danio rerio)10
Physiological responses to acute warming at the agitation temperature in a temperate shark10
Maintained mitochondrial integrity without oxygen in the anoxia-tolerant crucian carp9
Algorithms underlying flexible phototaxis in larval zebrafish9
Formic acid modulates latency and accuracy of nestmate recognition in carpenter ants9
A hull reconstruction–reprojection method for pose estimation of free-flying fruit flies9
Masticatory system integration in a commensal canid: interrelationships between bones, muscles and bite force in the red fox9
Ice in the intertidal: patterns and processes of freeze tolerance in intertidal invertebrates9
Windswept weevils hold on with their feet9
Sticky spittlebug foam forms predator pitfalls9
Mouthpart adaptations of antlion larvae facilitate prey handling and fluid feeding in sandy habitats9
Avoiding obstacles while intercepting a moving target: a miniature fly's solution9
Access to the sky near the horizon and stars does not play a crucial role in compass calibration of European songbird migrants9
Long shanks make jumping easier in mice9
Comparative sound detection abilities of four decapod crustaceans9
The neuropeptide RhoprCCHamide2 inhibits serotonin-stimulated transcellular Na+ transport across the anterior midgut of the vector of Chagas disease, Rhodnius prolixus9
Predator–prey systems as models for integrative research in biology: the value of a non-consumptive effects framework9
Correction: The evolution of vertical climbing in primates: evidence from reaction forces9
Differences in backward and forward treadmill locomotion in decerebrated cats9
How energy storage shapes memory and appetite in Drosophila9
Effects of food intake and hydration state on behavioral thermoregulation and locomotor activity in the tropidurid lizard Tropidurus catalanensis9
Low production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species after anoxia and reoxygenation in turtle hearts9
Correction: Intergenerational plasticity to cycling high temperature and hypoxia affects offspring stress responsiveness and tolerance in zebrafish9
Dev-ResNet: automated developmental event detection using deep learning9
A magnet attached to the forehead disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory songbird9
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