OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Paleobiology 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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)

Article	Citations
PAB volume 50 issue 1 Cover	25
Hearing from the ocean and into the river: the evolution of the inner ear of Platanistoidea (Cetacea: Odontoceti)	20
Latitudinal influences on bryozoan calcification through the Paleozoic	20
Intraspecific facial bite marks in tyrannosaurids provide insight into sexual maturity and evolution of bird-like intersexual display	17
Relative oversampling of carbonate rocks in the North American marine fossil record	16
Hydrodynamic trade-offs in potential swimming efficiency of planispiral ammonoids	16
PAB volume 47 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	16
PAB volume 49 issue 4 Cover	15
Ankylosaurian body armor function and evolution with insights from osteohistology and morphometrics of new specimens from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica	15
Permian–Triassic phylogenetic and morphologic evolution of rhynchonellide brachiopods	14
Developmental change during a speciation event: evidence from planktic foraminifera	14
Geographic and temporal morphological stasis in the latest Cretaceous ammonoidDiscoscaphites irisfrom the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains	13
Why the long teeth? Morphometric analysis suggests different selective pressures on functional occlusal traits in Plio-Pleistocene African suids	13
Exploring the impact of unstable terminals on branch support values in paleontological data	12
Interpretation of fossil embryos requires reasonable assessment of developmental age	11
Applying the Prigogine view of dissipative systems to the major transitions in evolution	11
Understanding the appearance of heterospory and derived plant reproductive strategies in the Devonian	11
The geography of phylogenetic paleoecology: integrating data and methods to better understand biotic response to climate change	10
Aligning paleobiological research with conservation priorities using elasmobranchs as a model	10
Seasonal paleoecological records from antler collagen δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N	10
The Phanerozoic aftermath of the Cambrian information revolution: sensory and cognitive complexity in marine faunas	9
Decoupling of morphological disparity and taxonomic diversity during the end-Permian mass extinction – ADDENDUM	8
Spatial standardization of taxon occurrence data—a call to action	8
The category-modifier system: a hierarchical classification scheme for vertebrate tooth marks	8
Linking host plants to damage types in the fossil record of insect herbivory – CORRIGENDUM	8

History of Native American land and natural resource policy in the United States: impacts on the field of paleontology	7
PAB volume 47 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	7
The life and times of Pteridinium simplex	7
Is the hyoid a constraint on innovation? A study in convergence driving feeding in fish-shaped marine tetrapods	7
Diversification trajectories and paleobiogeography of Neogene chondrichthyans from Europe	7
PAB volume 48 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	7
The paleobiologic implications of modern nonmarine ecological gradients	7
Small but mighty: how overlooked small species maintain community structure through middle Eocene climate change	6
Repairing the scaffolding: women authors in Paleobiology	6
The impact of apicobasal ridges on dental load-bearing capacity in aquatic-feeding predatory amniotes	6
The Fractional MacroEvolution Model: a simple quantitative scaling macroevolution model	6
PAB volume 49 issue 1 Cover and Front matter	6
Absolute axial growth and trunk segmentation in the early Cambrian trilobite Oryctocarella duyunensis	6
PAB volume 49 issue 3 Cover	6
On calibrating the completometer for the mammalian fossil record	5
Reconstructing dietary ecology of extinct strepsirrhines (Primates, Mammalia) with new approaches for characterizing and analyzing tooth shape	5
Did shell-crushing predators drive the evolution of ammonoid septal shape?	5
The sponge pump as a morphological character in the fossil record	5
The structure of the nonmarine fossil record: predictions from a coupled stratigraphic–paleoecological model of a coastal basin	5
A quantitative assessment of ontogeny and molting in a Cambrian radiodont and the evolution of arthropod development	5
A test of Bergmann's rule in the Early Triassic: latitude, body size, and sampling in Lystrosaurus	5