OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 59. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest	262
Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions	199
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns	185
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world	170
Subscription and Copyright Information	167
Advisory Board and Contents	158
Subscription and Copyright Information	156
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research	135
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Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology	125
Conservation changed but not divided	122
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands	120
How do big brains evolve?	120
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Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics	107
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity	106
On the biological concept of stress	102
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?	98
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions	98
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics	98
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?	94
Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory	92
Hitchhiking of deleterious mutations within chromosomal inversions	91
The sociality of sleep in animal groups	88
Questioning the sixth mass extinction	86

Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects	86
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome	85
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments	84
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture	84
Disability in ecology and evolution	83
A call for flexpert ecologists	81
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy	79
Mechanical impacts of coral-associated invertebrates on tropical reefs	77
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database	77
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Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales	76
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration	74
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others	74
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change	73
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2025	73
3D animal camouflage	72
Levelling: behaviours that constrain inequality in animal societies	72
Genomic metrics should inform formal conservation threat assessments	72
Second thoughts about first principles in biology	70
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions	69
Double-edged dispersal: animal-mediated transport in the Anthropocene	69
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities	67
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change	67
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews	67
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The Janzen–Connell hypothesis and seed masting	64
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands	64
Advisory Board and Contents	63
Microbial contributions to host life history trade-offs	63
Advisory Board and Contents	63
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?	62
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum	62
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs	61
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions	60
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Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology	59