OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Tropical Ecology 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Beetle rhythms in the rain: time series analysis and seasonal activity patterns of sympatric large-sized Goliathinae in Uganda’s forests	15
Tree density-dependence effects on seed dispersal of a large-seeded tropical tree	14
Habitat heterogeneity supports day-flying Lepidoptera in oil palm plantations	14
Population genetics of the endangered black walnut Juglans neotropica (Juglandaceae) based on plastid data from the Amazonas region	12
Timing, magnitude, and sources of coarse particulate organic matter in tropical montane streams	12
Spatiotemporal effects on the assemblage heterogeneity of Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	10
Land snail abundance and diversity across varied land-use types in and around Lamto Reserve, Central Côte d’Ivoire	9
Forest dynamics during the thinning phase of succession following a severe windstorm in a hurricane-free tropical forest	9
A natural hybrid of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes benstonei × rafflesiana (Nepenthaceae) emits vivid gre	9
Attack rates on artificial caterpillars in urban areas are higher than in suburban areas in Colombia	9
The effect of tree-on-tree interactions and abiotic conditions on woody communities in Brazilian savannas	8
Living in the edge: large terrestrial mammal and bird species traits and the ability to cope with extreme environmental conditions and human disturbance in a tropical dry forest in Colombia	7
Body mass determines the role of mammal species in a frugivore-large fruit interaction network in a Neotropical savanna	7
Differences in the structure of bat assemblages among habitats in the Caatinga dry forest	7
Evolution and emergence of mosquito-borne viruses of medical importance: towards a routine metagenomic surveillance approach	7
Foliar characteristics of neotropical forest affect assemblages structure of parasitoid insects	7
Bat diversity is driven by elevation and distance to the nearest watercourse in aterra firmeforest in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon	6
Blending in – an unobtrusive method for observing behaviour in nocturnal arboreal mammals in the tropics using thermal optics from an elevated platform	6
Changes in spinescence across leaf ontogeny support the optimal defence hypothesis in blackberries (Rubus adenotrichos)	6
Potential seed dispersal agents of Monoon liukiuense on Iriomote Island, Japan	6
Seasonal dietary niche changes in Neotropical bats	6
High level of daily heterothermy in desert gerbils	5
First records of tent-roosting bats from the northern Atlantic Forest, Brazil	5
Impacts of invasive alien species on riparian plant communities in South African savanna	5
The influence of burial depth on germination and establishment of seeds in chimpanzee faeces, Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire	5

Pollen movement of the endemic Agave cupreata by bats and birds in western Mexico	4
Strategies for cave prospecting and non-troglobitic biodiversity surveys in Brazil	4
Report on an outbreak of coral-killing sponge Clathria (Microciona) aceratoobtusa in an unprotected reef of the Gulf of Mannar, India	4
Revisiting the phenology of El Triunfo cloud forest, Mexico, 30 years later	4
The potential distribution of Cyclopes didactylus, a silky anteater, reveals a likely unknown population and urgent need for forest conservation in Northeast Brazil	4
Spatial association of bamboos with trees in a commercial tree plantation forest in Myanmar	3
Assessing the short-term body condition of lowland tapirs in relation to selective logging in the Brazilian Amazon	3
Plant defence traits among discrete vegetation assemblages in a mesic savanna landscape in Kenya	3
Tokenisation of forest carbon project: a blockchain-based approach for community engagement	3
Contrasting assemblages of Pinanga palms in lowland tropical forests of Brunei Darussalam, Borneo	3
The association between rainforest disturbance and recovery, tree community composition, and community traits in the Yangambi area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	3
How do macrophyte cover and environmental variables influence the microcrustacean community across wet and dry seasons in a tropical marginal lake?	3
Predicted distribution of the endemic fern Elaphoglossum beddomei reveals threats to rainforests of Western Ghats of India	3
Climate and vegetation collectively drive soil respiration in montane forest-grassland landscapes of the southern Western Ghats, India	3
El Niño oscillations impact anti-predator defences to alter survival of an herbivorous beetle in a neotropical wet forest	3
Avian use of honeydew (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil	3
Functional diversity in relation to the longitudinal gradient of a species-rich Neotropical river	3
Larger insects in a colder environment? Elevational and seasonal intraspecific differences in tropical moth sizes on Mount Cameroon	3
Turnover in fish species composition is related to water colour of Amazonian rivers	3
Bioclimatic predictors of forest structure, composition and phenology in the Paraguayan Dry Chaco	3
Elevation and cation exchange capacity determine diversity of ferns in a low-montane tropical rainforest in Ecuador	3
Population size of the endangered narrow-range endemic tree Semecarpus Calcicola Kochummen (Anacardiaceae), Mantanani Island, Malaysia	3
Assessing forest restoration effectiveness in the Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest ecoregion using epigaeic ant assemblages	3
Nest density ofAtta sexdens(Linnaeus, 1758) in Atlantic Forest restoration sites depends on the surrounding landscape	3
Compositional distinctiveness and patterns of woody species abundance distribution in Ghana’s Mole National Park, Savannah Region	3