Science of Nature

Papers
(The TQCC of Science of Nature is 4. 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
Bryozoans from the Early Ordovician Fenhsiang Formation (Tremadocian) of South China and the early diversification of the phylum131
A seabird’s eye view: visual fields of some seabirds (Laridae and Procellariidae) from tropical latitudes28
Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research25
Seasonal formation of ikaite in slime flux jelly on an infected tree (Populus fremontii) wound from the Sonoran Desert23
Vibrational signalling, an underappreciated mode in cricket communication17
Many problems for a solo mother: maternal care efficiency of the ghost spider of new genus Eldar (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae) against new species Pseudogaurax Malloch (Diptera: Chloropidae)13
Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses13
Short-term plasticity and variation in acacia ant-rewards under different conditions of ant occupancy and herbivory12
Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades12
Teratological trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock and Ludlow) of Australia12
New insights into endolithic palaeocommunity development in mobile hard substrate using CT imaging of bioeroded clasts from the Pliocene (Almería, SE Spain)12
Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider12
Impact of genetic relatedness on reproductive behavior in Pelvicachromis pulcher, a biparental cichlid fish with mutual mate choice and ornamentation12
Phenological variation in parasite load and inflammatory response in a lizard with an asynchronous reproductive cycle11
With the dead under the mat: the zombie ant extended phenotype under a new perspective11
Florivory can facilitate rain-assisted autogamy in a deceptive tropical orchid11
Electrogenic performance and carbon sequestration potential of biophotovoltaics11
Obstacle negotiation in female desert locust oviposition digging11
Modeling of the respiratory system of the long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha)11
Correction to: Societal importance of Antarctic negative feedbacks on climate change: blue carbon gains from sea ice, ice shelf and glacier losses10
Correction: Unusual fingerprint patterns in humans: implications for forensic casework and fingerprint research9
Chemical components change along the ontogeny of a bat fruit (Neolamarckia cadamba) with ripening asynchrony in favour of its fruit selection and seed dispersal9
Symbiont demand guides resource supply: leaf-cutting ants preferentially deliver their harvested fragments to undernourished fungus gardens9
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 Thailand8
Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs8
Fingerprint resemblance amongst siblings and non-siblings — Forensic and anthropological implications8
To roll or not to roll: nyctinastic behavior in young leaves of sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera8
The maxillary canal of the titanosuchid Jonkeria (Synapsida, Dinocephalia)8
Diet and occurrences of the letter-winged kite in a predation refuge7
Morphology, anatomy and sleep movements of Ludwigia sedoides7
One elephant may sustain 2 million dung beetles in East African savannas on any given day7
Visual antipredator effects of web flexing in an orb web spider, with special reference to web decorations7
Spiro’s portrait of Arnold Berliner—a testimonial to a deep friendship6
Biomechanics of nectar feeding explain flower orientation in plants pollinated by long-proboscid flies6
Wild social behavior differs following experimental loss of vision in social hermit crabs6
Parasites either reduce or increase host vulnerability to fishing: a case study of a parasitic copepod and its salmonid host6
A neotropical mistletoe influences herbivory of its host plant by driving changes in the associated insect community6
Getting ready for a long bath: skin permeability decreases prior to aquatic breeding in male toads6
Cohesion depends on kinship but no permanent leadership in larval societies of a Neotropical butterfly6
Temporal stability of fecal cortisol metabolites in mountain-dwelling ungulates6
Functional importance of the mandibular skeleto-muscular system in the bivalved arthropod Heterocypris incongruens (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae)5
Homeotic transformation in a terrestrial isopod: insights into the appendage identity in crustaceans5
Complex preference relationships between native and non-native angiosperms and foraging insect visitors in a suburban greenspace under field and laboratory conditions5
A new carcharodontosaurid specimen sheds light on the anatomy of South American giant predatory dinosaurs5
The beneficial roles of poisonous skin secretions in survival strategies of the odorous frog Odorrana andersonii5
The 2023 Arnold Berliner Award for research on spider photoreceptors5
Can nuclear aquatic environmental DNA be a genetic marker for the accurate estimation of species abundance?5
Effect of intraspecific seed trait variation on the germination of eight tropical dry forest species5
Burrow builders as ecosystem engineers for pit-building antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)5
Quasispecies productivity4
Importance of the morphological plasticity of Cervus elaphus in the biochronology of the Middle and Late Pleistocene of the Italian peninsula4
Branched tyramides from males of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius4
Plant–plant interaction by Aster leiophyllus affects herbivory by Sika deer, Cervus nippon4
Peculiar structural features of midgut symbiotic organ in the early development of the stinkbug Plautia stali Scott, 1874 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)4
Animals evoking fear in the Cradle of Humankind: snakes, scorpions, and large carnivores4
Exploring the potential of essential oils against airborne fungi from cultural heritage conservation premises4
Revisiting the chondrichthyan egg capsules inventory from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) of Belgium: new data and perspectives4
Social factors drive vocal exchanges in red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus)4
The left–right-handedness of the cylindrical spathe correlates with the phyllotactic spiral direction in Arisaema (Araceae)4
Bombus terrestris terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) and hybrids with the endemic Bombus xanthopus spotted on Capraia Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy): some conservation management implications4
Obituary: Dr. Margaretha Pangau-Adam4
Wild non-eusocial bees learn a colour discrimination task in response to simulated predation events4
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 Mexico4
The Arnold Berliner Award 2021 honors research on bombardier beetles4
A quick and non-destructive approach to combat timber adulteration using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics4
How does the life cycle of Clinodiplosis profusa (Cecidomyiidae) adjust to phenological variations of the host plant Eugenia uniflora (Myrtaceae) in sun and shade?4
Unsuspected diversity and multiple origins of the frog legs imported to Switzerland for human consumption, as determined by DNA barcoding and morphology4
Development, detection and decipherment of obfuscated fingerprints in humans: Implications for forensic casework4
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