OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmen 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Meta-analysis reveals that resting metabolic rate is not consistently related to fitness and performance in animals	36
Insect phenoloxidase and its diverse roles: melanogenesis and beyond	30
Cold and warm waters: energy metabolism and antioxidant defenses of the freshwater fish Astyanax lacustris (Characiformes: Characidae) under thermal stress	22
Effects of emersion on acid–base regulation, osmoregulation, and nitrogen physiology in the semi-terrestrial mangrove crab, Helice formosensis	16
The goldfish Carassius auratus: an emerging animal model for comparative cardiac research	15
Chronic social stress alters protein metabolism in juvenile rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss	15
Body mass and sex, not local climate, drive differences in chill coma recovery times in common garden reared bumble bees	15
Heat tolerance in desert rodents is correlated with microclimate at inter- and intraspecific levels	15
Coming to grips with life upside down: how myosin fiber type and metabolic properties of sloth hindlimb muscles contribute to suspensory function	13
Evolution and developmental plasticity of lung structure in high-altitude deer mice	13
Reversible thrombocytopenia during hibernation originates from storage and release of platelets in liver sinusoids	11
Comparative transcriptomics reveal tissue level specialization towards diet in prickleback fishes	11
Similar hibernation physiology in bats across broad geographic ranges	11
Ancestral and developmental cold alter brown adipose tissue function and adult thermal acclimation in Peromyscus	11
Genetic repression of the antioxidant enzymes reduces the lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster	11
Metabolic cold adaptation in the Asiatic toad: intraspecific comparison along an altitudinal gradient	10
The evolution of human fatigue resistance	10
Pros and cons for the evidence of adaptive non-shivering thermogenesis in marsupials	10
Osmoregulatory plasticity during hypersaline acclimation in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus	10
Exposure to pH 3.5 water has no effect on the gills of the Amazonian tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum)	9
Immune activation affects whole-organism performance in male but not female green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis)	9
Adaptation of AMPK-mTOR-signal pathways and lipid metabolism in response to low- and high-level rapeseed meal diet in Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)	8
Changes in CO2 sensitivity during entrance into, and arousal from hibernation in Ictidomys tridecemlineatus	8
An in vitro study of urea and ammonia production and transport by the intestinal tract of fed and fasted rainbow trout: responses to luminal glutamine and ammonia loading	8
The effects of elevated potassium, acidosis, reduced oxygen levels, and temperature on the functional properties of isolated myocardium from three elasmobranch fishes: clearnose skate (Rostroraja egla	7

Seasonal changes in steroid and thyroid hormone content in shed skins of the tegu lizard Salvator merianae	7
Changing lanes: seasonal differences in cellular metabolism of adipocytes in grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)	7
Ionic basis of atrioventricular conduction: ion channel expression and sarcolemmal ion currents of the atrioventricular canal of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) heart	7
Recovery from discrete wound severities in side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana): implications for energy budget, locomotor performance, and oxidative stress	7
Particle size reduction along the digestive tract of fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) fed four chenopods	7
Comparison of hematological traits and oxygenation properties of hemoglobins from highland and lowland Asiatic toad (Bufo gargarizans)	7
Thermal tolerance and routine oxygen consumption of convict cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, acclimated to constant temperatures (20 °C and 30 °C) and a daily temperature cycle (20 °C → 30 °C)	7
Dietary linoleic acid, antioxidants, and flight training influence the activity of oxidative enzymes in European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)	7
Homeoviscous adaptation occurs with thermal acclimation in biological membranes from heart and gill, but not the brain, in the Antarctic fish Notothenia coriiceps	7
Gill surface area allometry does not constrain the body mass scaling of maximum oxygen uptake rate in the tidepool sculpin, Oligocottus maculosus	7
Flexible energy-saving strategies in female temperate-zone bats	7
Leaf-cutting ants’ critical and voluntary thermal limits show complex responses to size, heating rates, hydration level, and humidity	7
Differential effects of bicarbonate on severe hypoxia- and hypercapnia-induced cardiac malfunctions in diverse fish species	7
Morphometrics and blood analytes of leatherback sea turtle hatchlings (Dermochelys coriacea) from Florida: reference intervals, temporal trends with clutch deposition date, and body size correlations	7
The development of the O2-sensing system in an amphibious fish: consequences of variation in environmental O2 levels	6
Baroreflex responses to activity at different temperatures in the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus	6
Adrenergic tone benefits cardiac performance and warming tolerance in two teleost fishes that lack a coronary circulation	6
Cortisol and glucocorticoid receptor 2 regulate acid secretion in medaka (Oryzias latipes) larvae	6
Individual variation in metabolic rate, locomotion capacity and hypoxia tolerance and their relationships in juveniles of three freshwater fish species	6
Body mass explains digestive traits in small vespertilionid bats	6
Adaptive mitochondrial response of the whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei to environmental challenges and pathogens	6
A review of the effects of incubation conditions on hatchling phenotypes in non-squamate reptiles	6
Sequential changes in the regulatory mechanism of carbohydrate digestion in larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori	6
Survivable hypothermia or torpor in a wild-living rat: rare insights broaden our understanding of endothermic physiology	6
Seasonal patterns in behavior and glucocorticoid secretion of a specialist Holarctic tree squirrel (Sciurus aberti)	6
Sulfakinins influence lipid composition and insulin-like peptides level in oenocytes of Zophobas atratus beetles	6
Developmental, physiologic and phylogenetic perspectives on the expression and regulation of myosin heavy chains in mammalian skeletal muscles	6
Lipid signature of neural tissues of marine and terrestrial mammals: consistency across species and habitats	6
Ontogeny of leukocyte profiles in a wild altricial passerine	6
Changes in liver microRNA expression and their possible regulatory role in energy metabolism-related genes in hibernating black bears	5
Underground locomotion in moles: kinematic and electromyographic studies of locomotion in the Japanese mole (Mogera wogura)	5
Structure and permeability of the egg capsule of the placental Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori	5
Effects of different temperatures on seawater acclimation in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: osmoregulation and branchial phospholipid fatty acid composition	5
Differential bone remodeling mechanism in hindlimb unloaded rats and hibernating Daurian ground squirrels: a comparison between artificial and natural disuse	5
Seasonal variations in the intermediate metabolism in South American tree-frog Boana pulchella	5
Habitat aridity as a determinant of the trade-off between water conservation and evaporative heat loss in bats	5
State dependence of arousal from torpor in brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus)	5
The role of octopamine and crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) in branchial acid–base regulation in the European green crab, Carcinus maenas	5
Effects of underwater and semi-aquatic environments on gut tissue and microbiota of the mudskipper Boleophthalmus pectinirostris	5
Electron transfer and ROS production in brain mitochondria of intertidal and subtidal triplefin fish (Tripterygiidae)	5
The roles of plasma accessible and cytosolic carbonic anhydrases in bicarbonate (HCO3−) excretion in Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii)	5
Energetic savings and cardiovascular dynamics of a marine euryhaline fish (Myoxocephalus scorpius) in reduced salinity	5
Interactive effects of food deprivation state and hypoxia on the respiratory responses of postprandial rock crabs, Cancer irroratus	5
Hot and covered: how dragons face the heat and thermoregulate	5
Lactate inhibits naked mole-rat cardiac mitochondrial respiration	5