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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Side-effects of pesticides on non-target insects in agriculture: a mini-review	46
Arthropod biomass increase in spring correlates with NDVI in grassland habitat	30
Occurrence of virus, microsporidia, and pesticide residues in three species of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in the field	26
The role of mucilage envelope in the endozoochory of selected plant taxa	18
Circadian rhythms of insect pheromone titer, calling, emission, and response: a review	18
Do calcium oxalate crystals protect against herbivory?	15
New record of a Mesozoic gondwanatherian mammaliaform from Southern Patagonia	15
Global population trends in shorebirds: migratory behaviour makes species at risk	14
New theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia sheds light on the paravian radiation in Gondwana	13
A reappraisal of Paleozoic horseshoe crabs from Russia and Ukraine	11
Are physiological and behavioural responses to stressors displayed concordantly by wild urban rodents?	11
Testosterone and the dark ventral patch of male red deer: the role of the social environment	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
The beneficial roles of poisonous skin secretions in survival strategies of the odorous frog Odorrana andersonii	10
The dynamic eggs of the Phasmatodea and their apparent convergence with plants	10
Material gradients in gastropod radulae and their biomechanical significance: a combined approach on the paludomid Lavigeria grandis	10
Biogeomorphological eco-evolutionary feedback between life and geomorphology: a theoretical framework using fossorial mammals	9
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	9
Melanism, body size, and sex ratio in snakes—new data on the grass snake (Natrix natrix) and synthesis	9
Antiquity and fundamental processes of the antler cycle in Cervidae (Mammalia)	9
Biosynthetic origin of benzoquinones in the explosive discharge of the bombardier beetle Brachinus elongatulus	9
Material heterogeneity of male genitalia reduces genital damage in a bushcricket during sperm removal behaviour	8
Female-female aggression and male responses to the two colour morphs of female common cuckoos	8
Anti-icing strategies of plant surfaces: the ice formation on leaves visualized by Cryo-SEM experiments	8

The effect of nest topology on spatial organization and recruitment in the red ant Myrmica rubra	8
Ecosystem engineering by leaf-rolling mites enhances arthropod diversity	8
A rostral neurovascular system in the mosasaur Taniwhasaurus antarcticus	8
Pheromone communication among sexes of the garden cross spider Araneus diadematus	8
Tap dancers in the wild: field observations of multimodal courtship displays in socially monogamous songbirds	8
Reduced ectoparasite load, body mass and blood haemolysis in Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) along an urban–rural gradient	7
Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication	7
A genotype:phenotype approach to testing taxonomic hypotheses in hominids	7
Can nuclear aquatic environmental DNA be a genetic marker for the accurate estimation of species abundance?	7
Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia	7
Diversity and substrate-specificity of green algae and other micro-eukaryotes colonizing amphibian clutches in Germany, revealed by DNA metabarcoding	6
A simplified approach to detect a significant carbon dioxide reduction by phytoplankton in lakes and rivers on a regional and global scale	6
First arrived, first served: competition between codons for codon-amino acid stereochemical interactions determined early genetic code assignments	6
Climate change risk to pheromone application in pest management	6
Museum records indicate male bias in pollinators of sexually deceptive orchids	6
Temporal variation in the effect of ants on the fitness of myrmecophilic plants: seasonal effect surpasses periodic benefits	6
Pollination generalization and reproductive assurance by selfing in a tropical montane ecosystem	6
Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	6
Spiders in space—orb-web-related behaviour in zero gravity	6
Limits of piriform silk adhesion—similar effects of substrate surface polarity on silk anchor performance in two spider species with disparate microhabitat use	6
Experience-expectant brain plasticity corresponds to caste-specific abiotic challenges in dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and Z. nevadensis)	6
The damping properties of the foam-filled shaft of primary feathers of the pigeon Columba livia	6
Neotropical Melyroidea group cockroaches reveal various degrees of (eu)sociality	6
Negative effects of light pollution on pollinator visits are outweighed by positive effects on the reproductive success of a bat-pollinated tree	5
A new species of the deuterostome Herpetogaster from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota of South China	5
Does leaf flushing in the dry season affect leaf traits and herbivory in a tropical dry forest?	5
Defense of bombardier beetles against avian predators	5
Chemical composition of cell wall changes during developmental stages of galls on Matayba guianensis (Sapindaceae): perspectives obtained by immunocytochemistry analysis	5
Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle	5
The smallest eating the largest: the oldest mammalian feeding traces on dinosaur bone from the Late Jurassic of the Junggar Basin (northwestern China)	5
The involvement of a floral scent in plant-honeybee interaction	5
Bumblebee electric charge stimulates floral volatile emissions in Petunia integrifolia but not in Antirrhinum majus	5
A derived dryolestid mammal indicates possible insular endemism in the Late Jurassic of Germany	5
The ontogeny of elements: distinct ontogenetic patterns in the radular tooth mineralization of gastropods	5
Eurasian beavers in Central Italy: perceptions in the local community	5
Camera traps reveal interspecific differences in the diel and seasonal patterns of cicada nymph predation	5
Epicormic bud protection traits vary along a latitudinal gradient in a neotropical savanna	5
Do male panther chameleons use different aspects of color change to settle disputes?	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
A tiny, long-legged raptor from the early Oligocene of Poland may be the earliest bird-eating diurnal bird of prey	4
Short-term plasticity and variation in acacia ant-rewards under different conditions of ant occupancy and herbivory	4
Coping with the ‘Indian summer’: unique nesting cycle and nest architecture of the paper wasp, Polistes wattii	4
Temporal organization among pollination systems in a tropical seasonal forest	4
Territoriality in ants revisited: iconic collective displays reflect resource, not territorial defense in meat ants Iridomyrmex purpureus	4
Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider	4
A re-assessment of the oldest therapsid Raranimus confirms its status as a basal member of the clade and fills Olson’s gap	4
Floating frogs sound larger: environmental constraints on signal production drives call frequency changes	4
Ecdysteroid ingestion suppresses carbohydrate hydrolysis in larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori	4
Importance of the morphological plasticity of Cervus elaphus in the biochronology of the Middle and Late Pleistocene of the Italian peninsula	4

Methyl acetate, a highly volatile floral semiochemical mediating specialized plant-beetle interactions	4
Honeybees with extensive foraging experience rob nectar more frequently	3
No impact of a short-term climatic “El Niño” fluctuation on gut microbial diversity in populations of the Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)	3
Vocal phenotype of male rutting roars and genetic markers delineate East European red deer (Cervus elaphus) from Central and West European populations	3
The implication of morphometrics and growth rate of dipteran flies in forensic entomotoxicology research: a review	3
Coexistence of honeybees with distinct mitochondrial haplotypes and hybridised nuclear genomes on the Comoros Islands	3
On the way from Asia to America: eutriconodontan mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Yakutia, Russia	3
Pygidial glands of the blue ground beetle Carabus intricatus: chemical composition of the secretion and its antimicrobial activity	3
Bryozoans from the Early Ordovician Fenhsiang Formation (Tremadocian) of South China and the early diversification of the phylum	3
Seasonal formation of ikaite in slime flux jelly on an infected tree (Populus fremontii) wound from the Sonoran Desert	3
Temporal stability of fecal cortisol metabolites in mountain-dwelling ungulates	3
Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs	3
Methods of forensic facial reconstruction and human identification: historical background, significance, and limitations	3
Should I stay or should I fly? Migration phenology, individual-based migration decision and seasonal changes in foraging behaviour of Common Woodpigeons	3
How phantom databases could contribute to conservation assessments	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
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
Size-related increase in inducible mechanical variability of major ampullate silk in a huntsman spider (Araneae: Sparassidae)	2
Getting ready for a long bath: skin permeability decreases prior to aquatic breeding in male toads	2
Parasites either reduce or increase host vulnerability to fishing: a case study of a parasitic copepod and its salmonid host	2
Bactericidal activity of Ag nanoparticles biosynthesized from Capsicum annuum pericarps against phytopathogenic Clavibacter michiganensis	2
A neotropical mistletoe influences herbivory of its host plant by driving changes in the associated insect community	2
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
Proctodeal extrusion as a defensive behavioral response in blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae)	2
Light at night reduces digestive efficiency of developing birds: an experiment with king quail	2
Some sawfly larvae survive predator-prey interactions with pentatomid Picromerus bidens	2
Dynamic environments do not appear to constrain spider web building behaviour	2
Structural plasticity in roots of the hemiepiphyte Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae): a relationship between environment and function	2
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	2
Ontogenetic colour change of a sexual ornament in males of a damselfly: female mimicry, crypsis or both?	2
Animals evoking fear in the Cradle of Humankind: snakes, scorpions, and large carnivores	2
Feel the beat: cape fur seal males encode their arousal state in their bark rate	2
Phenotypic plasticity of acoustic traits in high-frequency lebinthine crickets (Orthoptera: Eneopterinae: Lebinthina)	2
Novel alkaloids from the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata	2
Live birth in a 47-million-year-old snake	2
A parasitoid’s dilemma between food and host resources: the role of volatiles from nectar-providing marigolds and host-infested plants attracting Aphidius platensis	2
Irrupting prey populations in the absence of a mammalian apex predator drive shifts in prey selection by eagles	2
Wolbachia impairs post-eclosion host preference in a parasitoid wasp	2
Testing individual variations of horses’ tactile reactivity: when, where, how?	2
Fish-farming bolsters algal fouling and negatively affects condition and reproduction in European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis)	2
First Neotropical record of the association between brown sclerotium-forming fungi and termite eggs in a nest of Coptotermes gestroi (Blattaria, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)	1
Rapid and efficient mating in mayflies (Ephemeroptera): morphological and reproductive strategies in primitive winged insects	1
Impact of genetic relatedness on reproductive behavior in Pelvicachromis pulcher, a biparental cichlid fish with mutual mate choice and ornamentation	1
Mid-flight prey switching in the fringed-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus)	1
Sex and burrowing behavior and their implications with lytic activity in the sand-dwelling spider Allocosa senex	1
Unexpected discovery: an enclave of East-Siberian plants in Northern Europe	1
Novel wing display and divergent agonistic behaviors of two incipient Psolodesmus damselflies	1
Energy storage in salamanders’ tails: the role of sex and ecology	1
Osmophores and petal surface traits in Bignonieae species	1
Biomechanics of nectar feeding explain flower orientation in plants pollinated by long-proboscid flies	1
The erroneous chondrichthyan egg case assignments from the Devonian: implications for the knowledge on the evolution of the reproductive strategy within chondrichthyans	1
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	1
Pigmentary colouration of hairy carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa	1
New data on Propyrotherium (Mammalia, Pyrotheria) from the middle Eocene age (Chubut, Argentina): anatomy, age constraints, and phylogeny	1
Correction: Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research	1
Growth constraints set an upper limit to theropod dinosaur body size	1
Correction to: Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses	1
Extended phenotypes can underlie trade-offs: a case of social spiders	1
Nano-pulsed discharge plasma-induced abiotic oligopeptide formation from diketopiperazine	1
Is it possible to estimate sex from signatures and handwriting? A review of literature, observations, and future perspectives	1
Timing of male territorial flight and foraging of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa appendiculata related to serotonin in the brain	1
Chemical signatures of egg maternity and Dufour’s gland in Vespine wasps	1
Root climbers may alter invertebrate communities on tree trunks: an indirect effect of lianas	1
Density-dependent attributes of schooling in small pelagic fishes	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
Sex-specific growth is mirrored in feeding rate but not moulting frequency in a sexually dimorphic snake	1
Extranuptial nectaries in bromeliads: a new record for Pitcairnia burchellii and perspectives for Bromeliaceae	1
Müllerian mimicry between oil-producing orchids and Malpighiaceae? An old hypothesis finally tested	1
Skin structure, coloration, and habitat utilization in typical and melanistic morphs of the grass snake (Natrix natrix)	1
Wild social behavior differs following experimental loss of vision in social hermit crabs	1
Use of scaled dinosaur bones in taphonomic water flume experiments	1
Spatiotemporal variation in Lepidochelys olivacea sea turtle nests and their influence on the abundance and reproductive phenology of the sapro-necrophagous beetle Omorgus suberosus	1
A method for estimating colony size using queen fecundity in termites under field conditions	1
Wings are not perfect: increased wing asymmetry in a tropical butterfly as a response to forest fragmentation	1
Metabolism and water loss are not related to environmental heterogeneity in two mygalomorph spiders	1
Reflections upon a new definition of life	1
Diet and occurrences of the letter-winged kite in a predation refuge	1
Epidermal and subepidermal changes during the formation of hairy galls induced by Eriophyidae on Avicennia schaueriana leaves	1