OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Zoological Science 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Involvement of the Clock Gene Period in the Photoperiodism of the Silkmoth Bombyx mori	19
A Manually Curated Gene Model Set for an Ascidian, Ciona robusta (Ciona intestinalis Type A)	16
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Acotylea (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida)	15
Milnesium (Tardigrada: Apochela) in Japan: The First Confirmed Record of Milnesium tardigradum s.s. and Description of Milnesium pacificum sp. nov.	11
Wide-Scale Gene Flow, Even in Insects that have Lost their Flight Ability: Presence of Dispersion Due to a Unique Parasitic Ecological Strategy of Piggybacking Hosts	9
Intra- Versus Inter-Sexual Selection on Sexually Dimorphic Traits in Drosophila prolongata	8
Molecular and Morphological Diversity of Heterodesmus Brady and Its Phylogenetic Position within Cypridinidae (Ostracoda)	8
Lineid Heteronemerteans (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Sagami Bay, Japan, with Some Proposals for the Family-Level Classification System	8
Two New Brackish-Water Species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from China and Their Phylogenetic Positions	7
Infestation of the Parasitic Isopod Mothocya parvostis on Juveniles of the Black Sea Bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii as an Optional Intermediate Host in Hiroshima Bay	7
Photoperiodic Response in the Pars Intercerebralis Neurons, Including Plast-MIP Neurons, in the Brown-Winged Green Bug, Plautia stali	7
Timeless Plays an Important Role in Compound Eye-Dependent Photic Entrainment of the Circadian Rhythm in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	7
Heterocypris spadix sp. nov. (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Cypridoidea) from Japan, with Information on Its Reproductive Mode	7
Symbiont Transmission onto the Cell Surface of Early Oocytes in the Deep-Sea Clam Phreagena okutanii	6
Burrowing and Anti-Predator Requirements Determine the Microhabitat Selection of Himalayan Marmot in Zoige Wetland	6
Bacteriocytes and Blattabacterium Endosymbionts of the German Cockroach Blattella germanica, the Forest Cockroach Blattella nipponica, and Other Cockroach Species	6
Discovery of Two Lineages of Hynobius tsuensis (Amphibia, Caudata) Endemic to Tsushima Island, Japan	6
Environmental Acquisition of Gut Symbiotic Bacteria in the Saw-Toothed Stinkbug, Megymenum gracilicorne (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea: Dinidoridae)	6
Temperature-Dependent Swimming Performance Differs by Species: Implications for Condition-Specific Competition between Stream Salmonids	6
Venomous Loxosceles Species (Araneae, Haplogynae, Sicariidae) from Brazil: 2n♂ = 23 and X1X2Y Sex Chromosome System as Shared Characteristics	6
Facilitated NaCl Uptake in the Highly Developed Bundle of the Nephron in Japanese Red Stingray Hemitrygon akajei Revealed by Comparative Anatomy and Molecular Mapping	5
Two New Species of the Genus Eucorydia (Blattodea: Corydiidae) from the Nansei Islands in Southwest Japan	5
Expression Profiles of dmrt1 in Schizothorax kozlovi, and Their Relation to CpG Methylation of Its Promoter and Temperature	5
Decreased Diversity and Abundance of Marine Invertebrates at CO2 Seeps in Warm-Temperate Japan	5
Reproduction of Mesobiotus: Comparison of Morphology and Behavior in the Family Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)	5

Description of a New Hamatipeda Species, with an 18S Molecular Phylogeny (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Typhlotanaidae)	5
Nemertean Larval Dispersion Across Biogeographic Provinces of Southwest Atlantic	4
A New Species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura) from Sumatra, Indonesia	4
Gut Morphometry Represents Diet Preference to Indigestible Materials in the Largest Freshwater Fish, Mekong Giant Catfish (Pangasianodon gigas)	4
Epicatechin Alters the Activity of a Neuron Necessary for Long-Term Memory of Aerial Respiratory Behavior in Lymnaea stagnalis	4
Wide Distribution but Low Differentiation: Phylogenetic Relationships and Phylogeography of Hynobius nigrescens (Amphibia: Caudata)	4
Taxonomic Reappraisal of Lineus longifissus Auct. (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Japan for the First Time in 122 Years	4
Relationship between Brain Morphology and Life History in Four Bottom-Dwelling Gobiids	4
The Compound Eye Possesses a Self-Sustaining Circadian Oscillator in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	4
Molecular Genetics Supports a Potential Fifth Asian Pangolin Species (Mammalia, Pholidota, Manis)	4
Phylogenetic Separation of Holotrichia Species (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) Exhibiting Circadian Rhythm and Circa‘bi’dian Rhythm	4
Osteoclastic and Osteoblastic Responses to Hypergravity and Microgravity: Analysis Using Goldfish Scales as a Bone Model	4
Exumbrellar Surface of Jellyfish: A Comparative Fine Structure Study with Remarks on Surface Reflectance	4
Developmental Process of a Heterozooid: Avicularium Formation in a Bryozoan, Bugulina californica	4
Genetic Diversity of Ligidium Isopods in Hokkaido and Niigata, Northern Japan, Based on Mitochondrial DNA Analysis	4
Wettability and Substrate Selection in the Larval Settlement of the Solitary Ascidian Phallusia philippinensis (Phlebobranchia: Ascidiidae)	4
Identification of Novel Proteins in Foam Nests of the Japanese Forest Green Tree Frog, Rhacophorus arboreus	3
ECM-Body: A Cell-Free 3D Biomimetic Scaffold Derived from Intact Planarian Body	3
Cryptic Speciation of the Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica on Oceanic Islands	3
Flexible Behavior of the Black-Tailed Godwit Limosa limosa is Key to Successful Refueling during Staging at Rice Paddy Fields in Midwestern Korea	3
Variation in Mating Behaviors Between a Tropical and a Temperate Species of Medaka Fishes	3
Kulikovia alborostrata and Kulikovia fulva comb. nov. (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) are Sister Species with Prezygotic Isolating Barriers	3
Transcriptomes of Giant Sea Anemones from Okinawa as a Tool for Understanding Their Phylogeny and Symbiotic Relationships with Anemonefish	3
First in Situ Observations of Behavior in Deep-Sea Tanaidacean Crustaceans	3
Ascending Visual Pathways to the Telencephalon in Teleosts with Special Focus on Forebrain Visual Centers, Associated Neural Circuitries, and Evolution	3
Molecular Phylogeny of the Subgenus Karstomys Reveals Genetic Signature of Post-Glacial Colonization of Apodemus mystacinus (Rodentia: Muridae) in the Zagros Mountains from Different Refugia	3
Hybridization of Two Species of Japanese Toads, Bufo torrenticola and Bufo japonicus formosus, in the Central Part of Japan	3
Species-Dependent Enhancement of Ovarian Cancer G Protein-Coupled Receptor 1 Activation by Ogerin	3
First Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Tanaidacean Crustacean (Arctotanais alascensis)	3
Inbreeding between Deep-Sea Snailfishes Careproctus pellucidus and Careproctus rastrinus in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean	3
Cinusa nippon n. sp. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) Parasitic in the Buccal Cavity of Coastal Puffers (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Japan, with the First Specimen-Based Record of the Isopod Genus f	3
Differences of Extracellular Cues and Ca2+ Permeable Channels in the Signaling Pathways for Inducing Amphibian Sperm Motility	3
A Phylogenetically Distinct Group of Glandirana rugosa Found in Kyushu, Japan	3
Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Alternative Splicing Changes in the Immune-Related Genes of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), in Response to the Canine Distemper Vaccine	3
A New Species of Small Water Strider in the Genus Microvelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan	3
Phylogeographic Patterns in a Semi-Lithophilous Burrowing Scorpion, Opistophthalmus pallipes, from South Africa	3
A New Species of Pseudostrandesia Savatenalinton and Martens, 2009 (Ostracoda, Crustacea) Collected from Two Pet Shops in Central Japan: an Alien Species?	3
Dynamics of Laterality in Relation to the Predator–Prey Interaction between the Piscivorous Chub “Hasu” and Its Prey “Ayu” in Lake Biwa	3
Global Distribution and Variation of the Invasive Cheilostome Bryozoan Cribrilina mutabilis	3
Distribution and Genetic Divergence of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Copepods (Dirivultidae: Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) in the Northwestern Pacific	3