OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Zoological Science 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A Manually Curated Gene Model Set for an Ascidian, Ciona robusta (Ciona intestinalis Type A)	28
Involvement of the Clock Gene Period in the Photoperiodism of the Silkmoth Bombyx mori	24
Lineid Heteronemerteans (Nemertea: Pilidiophora) from Sagami Bay, Japan, with Some Proposals for the Family-Level Classification System	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
Timeless Plays an Important Role in Compound Eye-Dependent Photic Entrainment of the Circadian Rhythm in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	8
Photoperiodic Response in the Pars Intercerebralis Neurons, Including Plast-MIP Neurons, in the Brown-Winged Green Bug, Plautia stali	8
Environmental Acquisition of Gut Symbiotic Bacteria in the Saw-Toothed Stinkbug, Megymenum gracilicorne (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea: Dinidoridae)	7
Transcriptomes of Giant Sea Anemones from Okinawa as a Tool for Understanding Their Phylogeny and Symbiotic Relationships with Anemonefish	7
Osteoclastic and Osteoblastic Responses to Hypergravity and Microgravity: Analysis Using Goldfish Scales as a Bone Model	7
Epicatechin Alters the Activity of a Neuron Necessary for Long-Term Memory of Aerial Respiratory Behavior in Lymnaea stagnalis	7
Two New Brackish-Water Species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from China and Their Phylogenetic Positions	7
Heterocypris spadix sp. nov. (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Cypridoidea) from Japan, with Information on Its Reproductive Mode	7
Description of a New Hamatipeda Species, with an 18S Molecular Phylogeny (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Typhlotanaidae)	6
Discovery of Two Lineages of Hynobius tsuensis (Amphibia, Caudata) Endemic to Tsushima Island, Japan	6
Symbiont Transmission onto the Cell Surface of Early Oocytes in the Deep-Sea Clam Phreagena okutanii	6
The Compound Eye Possesses a Self-Sustaining Circadian Oscillator in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	5
Ascending Visual Pathways to the Telencephalon in Teleosts with Special Focus on Forebrain Visual Centers, Associated Neural Circuitries, and Evolution	5
Two New Species of the Genus Eucorydia (Blattodea: Corydiidae) from the Nansei Islands in Southwest Japan	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
Neural Control of Sexual Behavior in Fish	5
Circadian Rhythm and Endocrinological Control on the Swimming and Sand Burrowing Behaviors of Japanese Sand Lances Ammodytes spp. (Uranoscopiformes, Ammodytidae)	5
Exumbrellar Surface of Jellyfish: A Comparative Fine Structure Study with Remarks on Surface Reflectance	5
Phylogenetic Separation of Holotrichia Species (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) Exhibiting Circadian Rhythm and Circa‘bi’dian Rhythm	4
Receptor-Mediated and Receptor-Independent Actions of Melatonin in Vertebrates	4

Effects of Acclimation to Diluted Seawater on Metabolic and Growth Parameters of Underyearling Masu Salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)	4
Distribution and Genetic Divergence of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Copepods (Dirivultidae: Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) in the Northwestern Pacific	4
Identification of Novel Proteins in Foam Nests of the Japanese Forest Green Tree Frog, Rhacophorus arboreus	4
A New Species of Small Water Strider in the Genus Microvelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan	4
Dynamics of Spermatogenesis and Change in Testicular Morphology under ‘Mating’ and ‘Non-Mating’ Conditions in Medaka (Oryzias latipes)	4
Differences of Extracellular Cues and Ca2+ Permeable Channels in the Signaling Pathways for Inducing Amphibian Sperm Motility	4
Zygotic nanos3 Mutant Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Displays Gradual Loss of Germ Cells and Precocious Spermatogenesis During Gonadal Development	4
Reproductive Ability of Hybrids between Japanese Pond Turtle (Mauremys japonica) and Reeves' Pond Turtle (Mauremys reevesii)	4
Developmental Process of a Heterozooid: Avicularium Formation in a Bryozoan, Bugulina californica	4
Plain-Body Octopus's (Callistoctopus aspilosomatis) Learning about Objects via Both Visual and Tactile Sensory Inputs: A Pilot Study	3
Sinking Down or Floating Up? Current State of Taxonomic Studies on Marine Invertebrates in Japan Inferred from the Number of New Species Published between the Years 2003 and 2020	3
Current Genetic Status of Nagaremon-charr, a Threatened Morphotype of Salvelinus leucomaenis in the Ane River, Lake Biwa System, Central Japan, With Comments on Its Conservation	3
A New Species of Pseudostrandesia Savatenalinton and Martens, 2009 (Ostracoda, Crustacea) Collected from Two Pet Shops in Central Japan: an Alien Species?	3
Kulikovia alborostrata and Kulikovia fulva comb. nov. (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) are Sister Species with Prezygotic Isolating Barriers	3
Acetylcholine Inhibits Spontaneous Firing Activity of Terminal Nerve GnRH Neurons in Medaka	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
Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) at Tuleny Island, Russia in Autumn 2018: Abundance, Composition, and Entanglement	3
Genes Upregulated by Operant Conditioning of Escape Behavior in the Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis	3
The Phylogenetic Position of Branchamphinome (Annelida, Amphinomidae) with a Description of a New Species from the North Pacific Ocean	3
Evaluation of Visual and Tactile Perception by Plain-Body Octopus (Callistoctopus aspilosomatis) of Prey-Like Objects	3
Expression Level Changes in Serotonin Transporter are Associated with Food Deprivation in the Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis	3
Variation in Mating Behaviors Between a Tropical and a Temperate Species of Medaka Fishes	3
Observing Phylum-Level Metazoan Diversity by Environmental DNA Analysis at the Ushimado Area in the Seto Inland Sea	3
Hybridization of Two Species of Japanese Toads, Bufo torrenticola and Bufo japonicus formosus, in the Central Part of Japan	3
Fusceulimoides kohtsukai gen. et sp. nov., a Minute Eulimid Gastropod Parasitic on the Little Brittle Star Ophiactis savignyi in Central Japan	3
Phylogeographic Patterns in a Semi-Lithophilous Burrowing Scorpion, Opistophthalmus pallipes, from South Africa	3
First Complete Mitochondrial Genome of a Tanaidacean Crustacean (Arctotanais alascensis)	3
Parasitism-Induced Intersexuality in a Sexually Dimorphic Varunid Crab, Ptychognathus ishii (Decapoda: Varunidae)	3
Dynamics of Laterality in Relation to the Predator–Prey Interaction between the Piscivorous Chub “Hasu” and Its Prey “Ayu” in Lake Biwa	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
The First Bopyrid Isopod from Hydrothermal Vents: Pleurocryptella shinkai sp. nov. (Isopoda: Epicaridea) Parasitizing Shinkaia crosnieri (Decapoda: Anomura)	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
Molecular Phylogeny of Thoracotreme Crabs Including Nine Newly Determined Mitochondrial Genomes	3
Developmental Process of a Pronounced Laterality in the Scale-eating Cichlid Fish Perissodus microlepis in Lake Tanganyika	2
A New Polychaete, Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) Brunnea sp. nov. (Annelida: Spionidae), from Korea	2
To Mob or Not to Mob: Habitat and Time of Day Influence in Mobbing Behavior in the Azure-Winged Magpie (Cyanopica cookii)	2
Fbxl4 Regulates the Photic Entrainment of Circadian Locomotor Rhythms in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	2
Identification and Physiological Assays of Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormones in the Japanese Spiny Lobster, Panulirus japonicus	2
New Records of Azooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Sagami Bay and Suruga Bay, Japan	2
Update on Feeding Regulation by Ghrelin in Birds: Focused on Brain Network	2
A Taxonomic List of Sea Spiders (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from Japanese Waters	2
Establishment of a New Model Sea Anemone for Comparative Studies on Cnidarian-Algal Symbiosis	2
Description of a New Brooding Species of Ophiodelos (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Japan	2
Size Relationship of the Ectoparasite Tachaea chinensis in the Host Shrimp Palaemon paucidens From Shiga Prefecture, Japan	2
Tima nigroannulata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Eirenidae), a New Species of Hydrozoan from Japan	2
How to Wear a Sandy Coat: Secretory Cells in the Dorsal Epidermis in the Sea Cucumber Holothuria atra (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)	2
Functional Analysis of a Juvenile Hormone Inducible Transcription Factor, Krüppel homolog 1, in the Bean Bug, Riptortus pedestris	2
Observations on Predation in Paranthura japonica Richardson, 1909 (Isopoda: Cymothoida: Paranthuridae)	2
Phenotypic Plasticity of Salamander Hatchlings in the Pre-Feeding Stage in Response to Future Prey	2
CD34 is Expressed in Endothelial Cells in Embryonic Testes and is Additionally Expressed in Non-Endothelial Cells in Postnatal Mouse Testes	2

Additional Taxonomic Information for Lamproglena hemprichii (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) Based on Scanning Electron Microscopy and Genetic Characterization, Alongside Some Aspects of Its Ecology	2
At-Sea Habitat Use of Rhinoceros Auklets Breeding in the Shelf Region of Eastern Hokkaido	2
Photoperiodism of Diapause Induction in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori	2
Endocrine Regulation of Aging in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster	2
Metabolic Water As a Route for Water Acquisition in Vertebrates Inhabiting Dehydrating Environments	2
A New Species of Acoela Possessing a Middorsal Appendage with a Possible Sensory Function	2
Description of a New Species of Hua (Gastropoda: Semisulcospiridae) from Guizhou, China, Based on Morphology and Molecular Evidence	2
Digenean Metacercariae Parasitic in a Staurozoan Cnidarian	2
Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genomes of Japanese Wolf Specimens in the Siebold Collection, Leiden	2
Segment-Dependent Gene Expression Profiling of the Cartilaginous Fish Nephron Using Laser Microdissection for Functional Characterization of Nephron at Segment Levels	2
The Fecal and Serum Metabolomics of Giant Pandas Based on Untargeted Metabolomics	2
An Indirect Cost of Male-Male Aggression Arising from Female Response	2
Developmental Staging of Sexual Egg Formation in Daphnia pulex: Unmated Females Resorb Meiotic Oocytes to Resist Starvation	2
Evidence for Introgressive Hybridization between Native Dolly Varden (Salvelinus curilus (syn. Salvelinus malma)) and Introduced Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the Nishibetsu River of Hokkaido	2
Comparative Observation and Analysis of Preference Behavior Based on Three Types of Taxes and Locomotor Activity in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus	2
Effects of Pesticide Use on the Distributions of Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) and Great Egrets (Ardea alba) in Rice Fields of the Republic of Korea	2
Taxonomic Accounts and Phylogenetic Positions of the Far East Asian Centipedes Scolopocryptops elegans and S. curtus (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)	2