OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Molluscan Studies is 2. 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
Fine-scale genetic structure of the freshwater snail Promenetus exacuous in the New York State region: the influences of historical colonization, habitat connectivity and dispersal ability	26
Genetic evidence for multiple mating and mixing of sperm from multiple males in the seminal receptacles of female Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)	18
Revision of the British Lower Jurassic Astartinae (Bivalvia)	14
Overlooked shell features: asymmetrical columellar folds in volutid gastropods	14
Illumination can change the periodic variation of the oxygen consumption rate ofCrassostrea gigas	13
The mitochondrial genome ofIsognomon nucleusand mitogenomics of pteriomorphia (Bivalvia: Autobranchia)	12
Population genetics and conservation of recently discovered springsnails in Arizona	9
Geographic differences in the diet and isotopic niche of Octopus hubbsorum (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the Mexican Pacific	8
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Nassariidae (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)	8
Transcriptomic landscape of the kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia viridis	7
On reproduction in the Pacific boreal limpet Erginus (Problacmaea) puniceus Lindberg, 1988 (Patellogastropoda: Rhodopetalidae)	7
More than meets the eye: characterizing the cryptic species complex and Symbiodiniaceae communities in the reef-dwelling nudibranch Pteraeolidia ‘semperi’ (Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea) fr	7
Highly biased sex ratios in the twelve species of the freshwater snail genus Semisulcospira in and around Lake Biwa	6
Shell drilling and gonad biopsies provide a rapid, nonlethal method for in situ assessment of reproductive periodicity in a turbinid gastropod	6
Reproductive activity of an androdioecious population of clams of the genus Corbicula	6
Predicted changes in temperature, more than acidification, affect the shell morphology and survival of the girdled dogwhelk,Trochia cingulata(Linnaeus, 1771)	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	5
Closing the gap: a new phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae with molecular evidence for 73% of living genera	5
Genetic analysis is compatible with recent human-mediated range expansion of Filopaludina from India into the Mesopotamian Plain	4
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)	4
The shell phenotypic variability of the keyhole limpetFissurella latimarginata: insights from an experimental approach using a water flow flume	4
Long-term fluctuations and recent decline of mussel populations in an Irish sea lough	4
Molecular survey of Cryptoplax japonica (Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) reveals cryptic lineages in the northwestern Pacific	4
Morphology and systematic position of Shaninopsis Isberg, 1934 (Bivalvia: Cryptodonta), from the Boda Limestone (Upper Ordovician), Sweden	4

The mitogenome of the sunken wood limpetNotocrater youngi: insights into mitogenome evolution in Lepetellida (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)	4
Microbial communities associated with endangered West Texas springsnails and their potential roles in conservation	4
Population size and movement ecology of intertidal gastropods on rocky shores and seawalls in Singapore	4
Towards automatic detection and classification of swimming pectinids behaviour: first developments on great scallops (Pecten maximus)	3
Mitogenomic analyses shed new light on phylogenetic relationships within the genus Ruditapes (Bivalvia: Veneridae)	3
Egg production in Arion vulgaris: density dependence in A. vulgaris and interspecific effects of Limax maximus	3
Testing for allocation strategies and evolutionary tradeoffs in the bivalve shell	3
A method of culturing and breeding slugs through several generations	3
Plant diets of land snail community members are similar in composition but differ in richness	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
Dwarf males of the seven-arm octopus,Haliphron atlanticus:morphology and adaptations	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
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the living Pleurotomariidae (Vetigastropoda), with the description of a new genus	3
Under-documented micro species and the end of Carolinian endemism: bivalves of the Waccamaw Formation (basal Pleistocene, S.E. USA)	2
DNA sequence data, multispecies coalescent and morphometrics shed new light on the systematics of Iberian islamiinae springsnails (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae)	2
Wnt activation causes shell malformation in lymnaeoidean gastropods	2
Guardians of the clams: a decadal monitoring effort of endangered giant clams by citizen scientists	2
Molecular and morphological evidence for a unified, inclusiveSinotaia quadrata(Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae: Bellamyinae)	2
First record of bipedal locomotion in Callistoctopus furvus	2
Unravelling morphological overlap of the rock-dwelling snails Pyramidula saxatilis (Hartmann, 1842) and P. pusilla (Vallot, 1801)	2
High levels of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence among isolated populations of Fontigens (Truncatelloidea: Emmericiidae) in eastern USA	2
Late Quaternary land snail faunas of the Desertas Islands (Madeira): high diversity and endemism followed by recent impoverishment and extinction	2
Characterization of the hidden break in giant clam 28S ribosomal RNA	2
Land snail assemblages along altitudinal gradients on Mount Semeru, the highest montane forest in Java, Indonesia	2
Comparative analysis of three families of hygrophilid snails shows that the egg mass fluid protein haemocyanin-like 1 (Hcl-1) is unique to planorbids	2
Taxonomic revision and conservation assessment of the Southeast Asian freshwater mussel genusChamberlainiaSimpson, 1900	2
Yunfuconcha new genus, a possible stem-archiheterodont bivalve from the Ordovician of Guangdong, South China	2
Low abundance but high land snail diversity in montane rainforest on the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador	2
Portraits of Galeommatoidea	2
Effect of culture depth on the shell thickness of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis: a practical case study comparing direct and indirect methods of measurement	2