OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Molluscan Studies is 3. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Genetic evidence for multiple mating and mixing of sperm from multiple males in the seminal receptacles of female Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)	16
The mitochondrial genome ofIsognomon nucleusand mitogenomics of pteriomorphia (Bivalvia: Autobranchia)	13
Revision of the British Lower Jurassic Astartinae (Bivalvia)	12
Overlooked shell features: asymmetrical columellar folds in volutid gastropods	10
Geographic differences in the diet and isotopic niche of Octopus hubbsorum (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the Mexican Pacific	9
Sexual dimorphism and geographic polymorphism in Raphitoma purpurea (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae)	9
Transcriptomic landscape of the kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia viridis	8
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Nassariidae (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)	8
Molluscan genome assemblies—problems and progress	8
More than meets the eye: characterizing the cryptic species complex and Symbiodiniaceae communities in the reef-dwelling nudibranch Pteraeolidia ‘semperi’ (Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea) fr	8
Shell drilling and gonad biopsies provide a rapid, nonlethal method for in situ assessment of reproductive periodicity in a turbinid gastropod	7
Seven new species of Macellomeniidae Salvini-Plawen, 1978 (Mollusca: Solenogastres) from the North Atlantic	7
On reproduction in the Pacific boreal limpet Erginus (Problacmaea) puniceus Lindberg, 1988 (Patellogastropoda: Rhodopetalidae)	7
Predicted changes in temperature, more than acidification, affect the shell morphology and survival of the girdled dogwhelk,Trochia cingulata(Linnaeus, 1771)	6
Closing the gap: a new phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae with molecular evidence for 73% of living genera	6
Reproductive activity of an androdioecious population of clams of the genus Corbicula	6
Estimating a length-at-age relationship for an invasive bivalve with density-determined plastic growth	6
Reproductive cycle, fecundity and growth of the freshwater mussel Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Viinijärvi, Finland	5
Genetic diversity, demography and connectivity in the marine snail Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832): implications for sustainable fisheries management along the Peruvian coast	4
Highly biased sex ratios in the twelve species of the freshwater snail genus Semisulcospira in and around Lake Biwa	4
Morphology and systematic position of Shaninopsis Isberg, 1934 (Bivalvia: Cryptodonta), from the Boda Limestone (Upper Ordovician), Sweden	4
Reassessment of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of extant Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 species in the Eastern Pacific	4
A window into the effect of ocean acidification on molluscan larval shell development using a quantitative approach	4
Evolution of ammoniacal buoyancy within oegopsid squids and its relationship with depth	3
Integrating morphological and genetic data at different climate and geographic scales in an endangered freshwater musselUnio durieui(Bivalvia: Unionidae) endemic to northern Tunisia	3

Towards automatic detection and classification of swimming pectinids behaviour: first developments on great scallops (Pecten maximus)	3
Population size and movement ecology of intertidal gastropods on rocky shores and seawalls in Singapore	3
Long-term fluctuations and recent decline of mussel populations in an Irish sea lough	3
Exceptional among the exceptional: a new species of Stenogyropsis Möllendorff, 1899 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae), with a review of the free last whorl in terrestrial gastropods	3
Genetic analysis is compatible with recent human-mediated range expansion of Filopaludina from India into the Mesopotamian Plain	3
A method of culturing and breeding slugs through several generations	3
Starvation and dormancy in marine gastropods: taxonomic and ecological patterns, and energetic implications	3
Molecular survey of Cryptoplax japonica (Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) reveals cryptic lineages in the northwestern Pacific	3
Microbial communities associated with endangered West Texas springsnails and their potential roles in conservation	3
Dwarf males of the seven-arm octopus,Haliphron atlanticus:morphology and adaptations	3
The mitogenome of the sunken wood limpetNotocrater youngi: insights into mitogenome evolution in Lepetellida (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)	3
A confocal microscopy study of the gross morphology and musculature of the copulatory apparatus in Baikalian acroloxids (Mollusca: Hygrophila)	3
A time-lapse observational study of the activity patterns and feeding behaviour of urban terrestrial gastropods on carcasses of the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)	3