OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Science of Nature is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Side-effects of pesticides on non-target insects in agriculture: a mini-review	75
Circadian rhythms of insect pheromone titer, calling, emission, and response: a review	20
Global population trends in shorebirds: migratory behaviour makes species at risk	20
The role of mucilage envelope in the endozoochory of selected plant taxa	19
Do calcium oxalate crystals protect against herbivory?	18
New record of a Mesozoic gondwanatherian mammaliaform from Southern Patagonia	17
Material gradients in gastropod radulae and their biomechanical significance: a combined approach on the paludomid Lavigeria grandis	15
Anti-icing strategies of plant surfaces: the ice formation on leaves visualized by Cryo-SEM experiments	14
Are physiological and behavioural responses to stressors displayed concordantly by wild urban rodents?	11
The beneficial roles of poisonous skin secretions in survival strategies of the odorous frog Odorrana andersonii	11
Biogeomorphological eco-evolutionary feedback between life and geomorphology: a theoretical framework using fossorial mammals	11
The jumping spider Saitis barbipes lacks a red photoreceptor to see its own sexually dimorphic red coloration	11
Wild non-eusocial bees learn a colour discrimination task in response to simulated predation events	10
Studying phenotypic variation and DNA methylation across development, ecology and evolution in the clonal marbled crayfish: a paradigm for investigating epigenotype-phenotype relationships in macro-in	10
Reduced ectoparasite load, body mass and blood haemolysis in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) along an urban–rural gradient	10
Spiders in space—orb-web-related behaviour in zero gravity	10
Antiquity and fundamental processes of the antler cycle in Cervidae (Mammalia)	9
Material heterogeneity of male genitalia reduces genital damage in a bushcricket during sperm removal behaviour	9
Pheromone communication among sexes of the garden cross spider Araneus diadematus	9
Pollination generalization and reproductive assurance by selfing in a tropical montane ecosystem	9
Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	9
Camera traps reveal interspecific differences in the diel and seasonal patterns of cicada nymph predation	9
Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia	9
Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	8
The ontogeny of elements: distinct ontogenetic patterns in the radular tooth mineralization of gastropods	8

Diversity and substrate-specificity of green algae and other micro-eukaryotes colonizing amphibian clutches in Germany, revealed by DNA metabarcoding	7
A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany	7
Can nuclear aquatic environmental DNA be a genetic marker for the accurate estimation of species abundance?	7
Experience-expectant brain plasticity corresponds to caste-specific abiotic challenges in dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and Z. nevadensis)	7
Eurasian beavers in Central Italy: perceptions in the local community	7
Museum records indicate male bias in pollinators of sexually deceptive orchids	7
Bumblebee electric charge stimulates floral volatile emissions in Petunia integrifolia but not in Antirrhinum majus	7
Does leaf flushing in the dry season affect leaf traits and herbivory in a tropical dry forest?	6
The involvement of a floral scent in plant-honeybee interaction	6
Epicormic bud protection traits vary along a latitudinal gradient in a neotropical savanna	6
Chemical composition of cell wall changes during developmental stages of galls on Matayba guianensis (Sapindaceae): perspectives obtained by immunocytochemistry analysis	6
Climate change risk to pheromone application in pest management	6
A re-assessment of the oldest therapsid Raranimus confirms its status as a basal member of the clade and fills Olson’s gap	6
Temporal variation in the effect of ants on the fitness of myrmecophilic plants: seasonal effect surpasses periodic benefits	6
Negative effects of light pollution on pollinator visits are outweighed by positive effects on the reproductive success of a bat-pollinated tree	6
The implication of morphometrics and growth rate of dipteran flies in forensic entomotoxicology research: a review	6
Coping with the ‘Indian summer’: unique nesting cycle and nest architecture of the paper wasp, Polistes wattii	6
Modelling the effects of climate and land-cover changes on the potential distribution and landscape connectivity of three earth snakes (Genus Conopsis, Günther 1858) in central Mexico	6
The damping properties of the foam-filled shaft of primary feathers of the pigeon Columba livia	6
Structural plasticity in roots of the hemiepiphyte Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae): a relationship between environment and function	5
Pygidial glands of the blue ground beetle Carabus intricatus: chemical composition of the secretion and its antimicrobial activity	5
Wolbachia impairs post-eclosion host preference in a parasitoid wasp	5
Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle	5
Temporal organization among pollination systems in a tropical seasonal forest	5
Bryozoans from the Early Ordovician Fenhsiang Formation (Tremadocian) of South China and the early diversification of the phylum	5
Temporal stability of fecal cortisol metabolites in mountain-dwelling ungulates	4
Close-range cues used by males of Polistes dominula in sex discrimination	4
A new species of jewel beetle (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilus) triggers the production of the Brazilian red propolis	4
Short-term plasticity and variation in acacia ant-rewards under different conditions of ant occupancy and herbivory	4
Seasonal formation of ikaite in slime flux jelly on an infected tree (Populus fremontii) wound from the Sonoran Desert	4
Irrupting prey populations in the absence of a mammalian apex predator drive shifts in prey selection by eagles	4
Feel the beat: cape fur seal males encode their arousal state in their bark rate	4
Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs	4
Methyl acetate, a highly volatile floral semiochemical mediating specialized plant-beetle interactions	4
Wings are not perfect: increased wing asymmetry in a tropical butterfly as a response to forest fragmentation	4
Do male panther chameleons use different aspects of color change to settle disputes?	4
On the way from Asia to America: eutriconodontan mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Yakutia, Russia	4
Importance of the morphological plasticity of Cervus elaphus in the biochronology of the Middle and Late Pleistocene of the Italian peninsula	4
Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider	4
Dynamic environments do not appear to constrain spider web building behaviour	4
Enzymatic characterization of the saliva of the eriophyid mite, Aceria pongamiae Keifer1966 (Acari: Eriophyidae) and the bacterial endobiome of the galls induced on Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre (Fabac	3
A method for estimating colony size using queen fecundity in termites under field conditions	3
A neotropical mistletoe influences herbivory of its host plant by driving changes in the associated insect community	3
Proctodeal extrusion as a defensive behavioral response in blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae)	3
Vocal phenotype of male rutting roars and genetic markers delineate East European red deer (Cervus elaphus) from Central and West European populations	3
Should I stay or should I fly? Migration phenology, individual-based migration decision and seasonal changes in foraging behaviour of Common Woodpigeons	3
Coexistence of honeybees with distinct mitochondrial haplotypes and hybridised nuclear genomes on the Comoros Islands	3
Animals evoking fear in the Cradle of Humankind: snakes, scorpions, and large carnivores	3
Biomechanics of nectar feeding explain flower orientation in plants pollinated by long-proboscid flies	3
Growth constraints set an upper limit to theropod dinosaur body size	3

Energy storage in salamanders’ tails: the role of sex and ecology	3
A parasitoid’s dilemma between food and host resources: the role of volatiles from nectar-providing marigolds and host-infested plants attracting Aphidius platensis	3
Ontogenetic colour change of a sexual ornament in males of a damselfly: female mimicry, crypsis or both?	3
Honeybees with extensive foraging experience rob nectar more frequently	3
Testing individual variations of horses’ tactile reactivity: when, where, how?	3
Phenotypic plasticity of acoustic traits in high-frequency lebinthine crickets (Orthoptera: Eneopterinae: Lebinthina)	3
Methods of forensic facial reconstruction and human identification: historical background, significance, and limitations	3
Live birth in a 47-million-year-old snake	3
A new large pantherine and a sabre-toothed cat (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) from the late Miocene hominoid-bearing Khorat sand pits, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand	2
Rapid and efficient mating in mayflies (Ephemeroptera): morphological and reproductive strategies in primitive winged insects	2
Novel alkaloids from the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata	2
Complex preference relationships between native and non-native angiosperms and foraging insect visitors in a suburban greenspace under field and laboratory conditions	2
Size-related increase in inducible mechanical variability of major ampullate silk in a huntsman spider (Araneae: Sparassidae)	2
Bactericidal activity of Ag nanoparticles biosynthesized from Capsicum annuum pericarps against phytopathogenic Clavibacter michiganensis	2
Parasites either reduce or increase host vulnerability to fishing: a case study of a parasitic copepod and its salmonid host	2
Reflections upon a new definition of life	2
Different faces, same attitudes: behavioral mimicry and description of a new termitophilous species of the remarkable rove beetle genus Thyreoxenus (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Corotocini) from Brazi	2
Diet composition of wild columbiform birds: next-generation sequencing of plant and metazoan DNA in faecal samples	2
Chemical components change along the ontogeny of a bat fruit (Neolamarckia cadamba) with ripening asynchrony in favour of its fruit selection and seed dispersal	2
Müllerian mimicry between oil-producing orchids and Malpighiaceae? An old hypothesis finally tested	2
Fungal heat shock proteins: molecular phylogenetic insights into the host takeover	2
Getting ready for a long bath: skin permeability decreases prior to aquatic breeding in male toads	2
Osmophores and petal surface traits in Bignonieae species	2
The erroneous chondrichthyan egg case assignments from the Devonian: implications for the knowledge on the evolution of the reproductive strategy within chondrichthyans	2
Light at night reduces digestive efficiency of developing birds: an experiment with king quail	2
No impact of a short-term climatic “El Niño” fluctuation on gut microbial diversity in populations of the Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)	2
Impact of genetic relatedness on reproductive behavior in Pelvicachromis pulcher, a biparental cichlid fish with mutual mate choice and ornamentation	2
Some sawfly larvae survive predator-prey interactions with pentatomid Picromerus bidens	2
Wild social behavior differs following experimental loss of vision in social hermit crabs	2
Fish-farming bolsters algal fouling and negatively affects condition and reproduction in European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis)	2
Diet and occurrences of the letter-winged kite in a predation refuge	1
Correction: Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	1
The maxillary canal of the titanosuchid Jonkeria (Synapsida, Dinocephalia)	1
Fields of flowers with few strikes: how oligolectic bees manage their foraging behavior on Calibrachoa elegans (Solanaceae)	1
Epidermal and subepidermal changes during the formation of hairy galls induced by Eriophyidae on Avicennia schaueriana leaves	1
Mid-flight prey switching in the fringed-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus)	1
A hundred-year-old mystery—the reproductive mode and larval morphology of the enigmatic frog genus Allophryne (Amphibia; Anura; Allophrynidae)	1
Obstacle negotiation in female desert locust oviposition digging	1
Extended phenotypes can underlie trade-offs: a case of social spiders	1
Chemical signatures of egg maternity and Dufour’s gland in Vespine wasps	1
Novel wing display and divergent agonistic behaviors of two incipient Psolodesmus damselflies	1
Sexually dimorphic galls induced on leaflets of Matayba guianensis (Sapindaceae): a rare phenomenon occurring in Diptera (Cecidomyiidae)	1
The impact of prolonged frozen storage on the preparation quality of bird skins and skeletons in zoological collections	1
Competition through ritualized aggressive interactions between sympatric colonies in solitary foraging neotropical ants	1
Changes in physico-mechanical properties of water caltrop fruit (Trapa natans L.) during the drying process	1
First Neotropical record of the association between brown sclerotium-forming fungi and termite eggs in a nest of Coptotermes gestroi (Blattaria, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)	1
New data on Propyrotherium (Mammalia, Pyrotheria) from the middle Eocene age (Chubut, Argentina): anatomy, age constraints, and phylogeny	1
Correction to: Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	1
Skin structure, coloration, and habitat utilization in typical and melanistic morphs of the grass snake (Natrix natrix)	1
UV-induced feather color change reflects its porphyrin content	1
Phoretic behavior of the pseudoscorpion Megachernes ryugadensis on the Japanese wood mouse Apodemus speciosus	1
Unexpected discovery: an enclave of East-Siberian plants in Northern Europe	1
A new short-faced archosauriform from the Upper Triassic Placerias/Downs’ quarry complex, Arizona, USA, expands the morphological diversity of the Triassic archosauriform radiation	1
Female solitary bees flexibly change foraging behaviour according to their floral resource requirements and foraging experiences	1
Integument colouration and circulating carotenoids in relation to urbanisation in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus)	1
Density-dependent attributes of schooling in small pelagic fishes	1
Subterranean termites raise the alarm when their anti-fungal weapon falters	1
Pigmentary colouration of hairy carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa	1
Sex-specific growth is mirrored in feeding rate but not moulting frequency in a sexually dimorphic snake	1
Cypress terpenes in sawfly larva of Susana cupressi (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinoidea)	1
Extranuptial nectaries in bromeliads: a new record for Pitcairnia burchellii and perspectives for Bromeliaceae	1
Is it possible to estimate sex from signatures and handwriting? A review of literature, observations, and future perspectives	1
Eggs in faeces: defensive mechanisms and effects of faecal coating by a water scavenger beetle, Coelostoma stultum (Coleopterea: Hydrophilidae)	1
Carrion insects living within the bones of large mammals: insect conservation and forensic entomology implications	1
Nano-pulsed discharge plasma-induced abiotic oligopeptide formation from diketopiperazine	1
Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	1
Development, detection and decipherment of obfuscated fingerprints in humans: Implications for forensic casework	1
Harlequin frog tadpoles—comparative buccopharyngeal morphology in the gastromyzophorous tadpoles of the genus Atelopus (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae), with discussion on the phylogenetic and evolutionar	1