OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmen 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Significance of variation in basal metabolic rate in laboratory mice for translational experiments	39
Nutritional influences on enzyme activities in saliva of Asian and African elephants	30
Does hypoxia-inducible factor 1α play a role in regulating cutaneous oxygen flux in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)?	26
Moving average and standard deviation thresholding (MAST): a novel algorithm for accurate R-wave detection in the murine electrocardiogram	16
Methods to estimate body temperature and energy expenditure dynamics in fed and fasted laboratory mice: effects of sleep deprivation and light exposure	15
Use beer to calibrate your CO2 analyser: celebrate!	15
The intersection of sleep and synaptic translation in synaptic plasticity deficits in neurodevelopmental disorders	15
Retention of larval skin traits in adult amphibious killifishes: a cross-species investigation	15
City-scale energetics: window on adaptive thermal insulation in North American cities	15
Comparative transcriptomics reveal tissue level specialization towards diet in prickleback fishes	12
Physiological and behavioural adaptations by big brown bats hibernating in dry rock crevices	11
Leaf-cutting ants’ critical and voluntary thermal limits show complex responses to size, heating rates, hydration level, and humidity	11
Hot and covered: how dragons face the heat and thermoregulate	11
Genetic repression of the antioxidant enzymes reduces the lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster	11
On the significance of aspartate aminotransferase and creatine kinase in wild reptile health studies	10
Differences in the regulatory mechanism of blood flow in the orofacial area mediated by neural and humoral systems	10
Thermoregulation in the wild boar (Sus scrofa)	10
The role of octopamine and crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) in branchial acid–base regulation in the European green crab, Carcinus maenas	10
Effects of early-life amino acids supplementation on fish responses to a thermal challenge	9
Oxidative stress across multiple tissues in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) acclimated to warm, stable cold, and unpredictable cold thermal treatments	9
Microbial urea-nitrogen recycling in arctic ground squirrels: the effect of ambient temperature of hibernation	8
Chronic hypoxia and hyperoxia alter tissue-specific fatty acid profile and FD6D and elongase gene expression levels in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	8
Born in the cold: contrasted thermal exchanges and maintenance costs in juvenile and adult snow buntings on their breeding and wintering grounds	7
Critical temperatures and aerobic metabolism in post-larvae of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)	7
Why study sleep in flatworms?	7

Effects of temperature on the locomotor performance and contraction properties of skeletal muscle from two Phrynocephalus lizards at high and low altitude	7
Function of left ventricle mitochondria in highland deer mice and lowland mice	7
Energy and time optimization during exit from torpor in vertebrate endotherms	7
Control of high-speed jumps: the rotation and energetics of the locust (Schistocerca gregaria)	7
Investigating nitrogen movement in North Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias suckleyi), with focus on UT, Rhp2, and Rhbg mRNA abundance	7
Fur removal promotes an earlier expression of involution-related genes in mammary gland of lactating mice	7
Ancestral and developmental cold alter brown adipose tissue function and adult thermal acclimation in Peromyscus	7
A thermodynamic-based approach to model the entry into metabolic depression by mammals and birds	7
Understanding ventilation and oxygen uptake of Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii), with particular emphasis on responses to ammonia and interactions with other respiratory gases	7
Effects of different temperatures on seawater acclimation in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: osmoregulation and branchial phospholipid fatty acid composition	7
An investigation of gill and blood carbonic anhydrase characteristics in three basal actinopterygian species: alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula), white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and Senegal	7
The physiological significance of plasma-accessible carbonic anhydrase in the respiratory systems of fishes	6
Effects of underwater and semi-aquatic environments on gut tissue and microbiota of the mudskipper Boleophthalmus pectinirostris	6
Cellular mechanisms of ion and acid-base regulation in teleost gill ionocytes	6
Biomineralisation and metal sequestration in a crustacean ectoparasite infecting the gills of a freshwater fish	6
Avoiding the effects of translocation on the estimates of the metabolic rates across an elevational gradient	6
Electron transport system supercomplexes affect reactive-oxygen species production and respiration in both a hibernator (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) and a nonhibernator (Rattus norvegicus)	6
Evaluation of haemolymph phenoloxidase activity from the grub of Zophobas morio as a predictor of immune response	6
Housing conditions modify seasonal changes in basal metabolism and body mass of the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus	6
Regulation of energy metabolism by non-coding RNAs in livestock species: a review	6
Manipulation of photoperiod induces fat storage, but not fat mobilization in the migratory songbird, Dumetella carolinensis (Gray Catbird)	6
Causes and consequences of gas bubble trauma on fish gill function	6
Ammonia excretion by the fish gill: discoveries and ideas that shaped our current understanding	6
Flexible males, reactive females: faecal glucocorticoid metabolites indicate increased stress in the colonist population, damping with time in males but not in females	6
Characterisation of intestinal amino acid and oleic acid absorption and their interaction in the Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi)	6
Hypoxic and hypercapnic burrow conditions lead to downregulation of free triiodothyronine and hematocrit in Ansell’s mole-rats (Fukomys anselli)	5
Similar hibernation physiology in bats across broad geographic ranges	5
Steroid hormone-dependent changes in trehalose physiology in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	5
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)	5
Metabolic scaling: individual versus intraspecific scaling of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)	5
Can photoperiod improve growth performance and antioxidant responses of pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) reared in recirculation aquaculture systems?	5
Interactive effects of food deprivation state and hypoxia on the respiratory responses of postprandial rock crabs, Cancer irroratus	5
Phenotypic plasticity to chronic cold exposure in two species of Peromyscus from different environments	5
A comparative and ontogenetic examination of mitochondrial function in Antarctic notothenioid species	5
In vivo cardiopulmonary impact of skeletal M3Dq DREADD expression: a pilot study	5
Editorial: Untangling the oxygen transport cascade: a tribute to Peter Frappell (Frapps)	5
Individual variation in metabolic rate, locomotion capacity and hypoxia tolerance and their relationships in juveniles of three freshwater fish species	5
Structure and permeability of the egg capsule of the placental Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori	5
α1-Adrenergic receptor regulates papillary muscle and aortic segment contractile function via modulation of store-operated Ca2+ entry in long-tailed ground squirrels Urocitellus undulatus	5
Morphologic and physiologic characteristics of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings in southeastern Florida, USA	5
Activation of oxytocinergic neurons enhances torpor in mice	5
Early onset of urea synthesis and ammonia detoxification pathways in three terrestrially developing frogs	4
Fatty acid profiles of feeding and fasting bears: estimating calibration coefficients, the timeframe of diet estimates, and selective mobilization during hibernation	4
100 years Journal of Comparative Physiology	4
Adult male Xenopus laevis can tolerate months of fasting by catabolizing carbohydrates and lipids	4
Immune activation affects whole-organism performance in male but not female green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis)	4
Does blood flow limit acute hypoxia performance in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)?	4
Correction to: Prejuveniles of Mugil liza (Actinopterygii; Fam. Mugilidae) show digestive and metabolic flexibility upon different postprandial times and refeeding	4
Body mass and sex, not local climate, drive differences in chill coma recovery times in common garden reared bumble bees	4
Effects of structural remodelling on gill physiology	4

Proteostasis in ice: the role of heat shock proteins and ubiquitin in the freeze tolerance of the intertidal mussel, Mytilus trossulus	4
Seasonal flexibility of the gut structure and physiology in Eremias multiocellata	4
Insect phenoloxidase and its diverse roles: melanogenesis and beyond	4
Survivable hypothermia or torpor in a wild-living rat: rare insights broaden our understanding of endothermic physiology	4
Is the air-breathing organ a significant route for CO2 excretion during aquatic hypercapnia in the pirarucu, Arapaima gigas?	4
Short-term responses of Rana arvalis tadpoles to pH and predator stress: adaptive divergence in behavioural and physiological plasticity?	4
Changing lanes: seasonal differences in cellular metabolism of adipocytes in grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)	4
Telomere dynamics during hibernation in a tropical primate	4
Effects of low temperature on growth and metabolism of larval green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) across early ontogeny	4
Osmoregulatory plasticity during hypersaline acclimation in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus	4
Introduction and reflections on the comparative physiology of sleep and circadian rhythms	4
Phylogenetic conservation of the interdependent homeostatic relationship of sleep regulation and redox metabolism	4
Sleep deprivation stimulates adaptive thermogenesis by activating AMPK pathway in mice	4
Endocrine control of gill ionocyte function in euryhaline fishes	4