OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 58. 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.)

Article	Citations
Subscription and Copyright Information	403
On the biological concept of stress	350
Subscription and Copyright Information	225
Subscription and Copyright Information	209
Advisory Board and Contents	197
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research	177
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions	176
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?	166
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest	166
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world	161
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology	157
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns	121
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects	117
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture	117
The sociality of sleep in animal groups	109
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?	108
Questioning the sixth mass extinction	102
How do big brains evolve?	100
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands	98
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome	96
Conservation changed but not divided	95
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity	93
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics	93
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process	92
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning	91

Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics	88
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments	88
Subscription and Copyright Information	85
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau	84
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration	80
Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective	79
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database	77
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2025	76
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy	75
Disability in ecology and evolution	72
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community	72
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews	71
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2022	70
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities	70
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change	69
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others	69
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales	68
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions	68
3D animal camouflage	67
Advisory Board and Contents	66
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum	66
The Scope for Postmating Sexual Selection in Plants	65
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory	65
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?	65
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data	64
Advisory Board and Contents	61
Subscription and Copyright Information	61
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs	61
Environmental RNA: A Revolution in Ecological Resolution?	61
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands	60
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology	59
Bioaccumulation of Pathogen Exposure in Top Predators	59
Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments	58