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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Revision of the British Lower Jurassic Astartinae (Bivalvia)	12
Genetic evidence for multiple mating and mixing of sperm from multiple males in the seminal receptacles of female Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)	11
Overlooked shell features: asymmetrical columellar folds in volutid gastropods	10
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Nassariidae (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea)	9
The mitochondrial genome ofIsognomon nucleusand mitogenomics of pteriomorphia (Bivalvia: Autobranchia)	9
Geographic differences in the diet and isotopic niche of Octopus hubbsorum (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the Mexican Pacific	8
Phylogeny and biogeography of the mountain semi-slugs genus Microparmarion (Gastropoda: Ariophantidae) in northern Borneo	7
Molluscan genome assemblies—problems and progress	7
Sexual dimorphism and geographic polymorphism in Raphitoma purpurea (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae)	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
Transcriptomic landscape of the kleptoplastic sea slug Elysia viridis	6
Seven new species of Macellomeniidae Salvini-Plawen, 1978 (Mollusca: Solenogastres) from the North Atlantic	6
On reproduction in the Pacific boreal limpet Erginus (Problacmaea) puniceus Lindberg, 1988 (Patellogastropoda: Rhodopetalidae)	6
Shell drilling and gonad biopsies provide a rapid, nonlethal method for in situ assessment of reproductive periodicity in a turbinid gastropod	5
Estimating a length-at-age relationship for an invasive bivalve with density-determined plastic growth	5
Reproductive activity of an androdioecious population of clams of the genus Corbicula	5
Closing the gap: a new phylogeny and classification of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae with molecular evidence for 73% of living genera	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
The intertidal periwinkle Littorina littorea actively chooses endolith-infested mussel beds as thermally benign habitats under extreme heatwave condition	4
Reproductive cycle, fecundity and growth of the freshwater mussel Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Viinijärvi, Finland	4
Morphology and systematic position of Shaninopsis Isberg, 1934 (Bivalvia: Cryptodonta), from the Boda Limestone (Upper Ordovician), Sweden	4
Congruence in annual energy input into reproduction in siphonariid limpets with planktonic and direct development	4
Highly biased sex ratios in the twelve species of the freshwater snail genus Semisulcospira in and around Lake Biwa	4
Genetic diversity, demography and connectivity in the marine snail Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832): implications for sustainable fisheries management along the Peruvian coast	4

Population size and movement ecology of intertidal gastropods on rocky shores and seawalls in Singapore	3
A confocal microscopy study of the gross morphology and musculature of the copulatory apparatus in Baikalian acroloxids (Mollusca: Hygrophila)	3
First endoparasitic eulimid from Ophiuroidea and its implications for the ecological diversification of the family (Caenogastropoda: Vanikoroidea)	3
Evolution of ammoniacal buoyancy within oegopsid squids and its relationship with depth	3
Towards automatic detection and classification of swimming pectinids behaviour: first developments on great scallops (Pecten maximus)	3
Molecular survey of Cryptoplax japonica (Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) reveals cryptic lineages in the northwestern Pacific	3
Starvation and dormancy in marine gastropods: taxonomic and ecological patterns, and energetic implications	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
Testing for allocation strategies and evolutionary tradeoffs in the bivalve shell	3
The effect of sampling protocol on spatial patterns in marine bivalve diversity along the eastern coast of India	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
Microbial communities associated with endangered West Texas springsnails and their potential roles in conservation	3
Morphological and molecular analyses reveal an overlooked species within ‘ Siphonaria japonica (Donovan, 1824)’ (Gastropoda: Siphonariidae) in Korea	3
Genetic analysis is compatible with recent human-mediated range expansion of Filopaludina from India into the Mesopotamian Plain	3
Long-term fluctuations and recent decline of mussel populations in an Irish sea lough	3