OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Ethology is 1. 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
Size-dependent predation risk in cryptic prey	9
Age and body mass are more important than horns to determine the social position of dairy cows	8
The relationship between personality and the collective motion of schooling fish	8
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	8
Fiddler crabs and their above-ground sedimentary structures: a review	7
Female cuckoo calls elicit anti-predatory behavior in birds	7
Predatory behavior and sensory morphology of the whip spider Charinus asturius (Arachnida: Amblypygi)	7
Locomotion and flow speed preferences in natural habitats by large water striders, Ptilomera tigrina, with micro-morphological adaptations for rowing	6
A mathematical model of herding in horse-harem group	6
Reddish male swallows have short sperm	6
An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	5
Testing traditional hypotheses about prey capture efficiency in orb-web spiders	5
Qualitative description of the submission and agonistic behavior of the Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii, Spix 1824), with special reference to the displacement displays	5
Mediterranean Spur-thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca) exhibit pre-copulatory behavior particularly under specific experimental setups	5
Factors influencing the duration of death feigning in Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	4
Behavioural changes in Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1876) (SCORPIONES: BUTHIDAE) exposed to a pyrethroid insecticide	4
Cryptic bachelor sex change in haremic colonial groups of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus	4
Weak swimming response of a bdelloid rotifer to chemical cues of a native copepod predator	4
Relationships between mating tactics and male traits such as body size and fluctuating asymmetry in the Japanese scorpionfly	4
Arousal from death feigning by vibrational stimuli: comparison of Tribolium species	4
Differences in predatory behavior among three bird species when attacking chemically defended and undefended prey	4
Intestinal eversion in a pelagic shark evokes chase and bite attempts by large-bodied carangid fish	4
A preliminary study on habitat selection of the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) at two temporal scales, season and time of day, in a montane forest	4
Winner and loser effects of juvenile cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	4
Flipper rubbing reciprocity and partner choice in common bottlenose dolphins	3

Magnetic compass orientation in common midwife toad tadpoles, Alytes obstetricans (Anura, Alytidae)	3
Frequency of carcass burial in animal burrows for reproduction by Nicrophorus concolor (Coleoptera: Silphidae)	3
Season does not influence the response of great tits (Parus major) to allopatric mobbing calls	3
Observation of yawn-like behavior in a dugong (Dugong dugon)	3
Does food play a prominent role in visual attention to disgusting stimuli?	3
Male body size does not affect the refractory period of females in the West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the seed bug Togo hemipterus (	3
Navigating from live to virtual social interactions: looking at but not manipulating smartphones provokes a spontaneous mimicry response in the observers	3
Predation behaviour of the European squid Loligo vulgaris	3
Performance of cyprinids in non-reversing mirrors versus regular mirrors in tests of aggressiveness	3
Subjective resource value affects aggressive behavior independently of resource-holding-potential and color morphs in male common wall lizard	2
Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	2
Small-scale migratory behavior of three facultative soaring raptors approaching a water body: a radar study investigating the effect of weather, topography and flock size	2
Responses to artificial selection of dispersal activity in the circadian rhythm of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	2
Effects of habitat conditions on the boldness and sociability of wild-caught fish (Zacco platypus) along a river	2
Non-mimetic jumping spider responses towards three species of ants and their mimics	2
Communication sounds produced by captive narrow-ridged finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)	2
Effects of group composition on social foraging in cattle: inclusion of a leader cow in replacement of a follower facilitates expansion of grazing distribution patterns of beef cows	2
Mite dilemma: molting to acquire sexual maturity or not molting to ensure durability and dispersal ability in Phorytocarpais fimetorum (Parasitiformes; Gamasida; Parasitidae)	2
Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)	2
Does Liolaemus lemniscatus eavesdrop on the distress calls of the sympatric weeping lizard?	2
Home range use in the West Australian seahorse Hippocampus subelongatus is influenced by sex and partner’s home range but not by body size or paired status	2
Startle response of the invasive Asian shore crab under different environmental conditions	2
Spatial cognitive abilities of a tide-pool fish show resilience to noise pollution	2
Are bolder individuals more likely to choose heterospecific mates? A test in cyprinid fishes	2
Trade-off between mate choice speed and decision accuracy under mating competition in female sand gobies	2
Cost of defensive spraying by larval Osmylus hyalinatus (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) for post-larval development	2
Fish yawn: the state-change hypothesis in juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	2
Adaptive foraging tactics of greater short-nosed fruit bats on a spiny shrub and its effect on seed dispersal	2
Overwintering strategy and longevity of European small carpenter bees (Ceratina)	2
Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica	2
Inter-population variation and phenotypic plasticity in kairomone use by a poly-specialist spider-eating predator	2
The origination events of gametic sexual reproduction and anisogamy	2
Nocturnal light-specific temporal partitioning facilitates coexistence for a small mesopredator, the eastern spotted skunk	2
Geotropic, hydrokinetic and random walking differ between sympatric tick species: the deer tick Ixodes scapularis and the lone star tick Ambylomma americanum	2
Monogamy and protandry caused by exclusion of the same sex and random pairing in anemonefishes: a simulation model and aquarium experiments	2
Behavioral patterns that determine the mating rates in a wing dimorphic riffle bug, Microvelia horvathi Lundblad, 1933 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)	2
Antibiotics affect migratory restlessness orientation	2
Lack of discrimination of sex and maturity of conspecifics in the copulation attempts of the male stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala detrahens (Diptera: Diopsidae)	2
Dendropsophus minutus (Hylidae) tadpole evaluation of predation risk by fishing spiders (Thaumasia sp.: Pisauridae) is modulated by size and social environment	2
Correction to: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	1
Observations of flipper rubbing in mother–calf pairs of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) suggest a body-surface care function	1
Preference for supernormal stimuli tends to override initially learned associations for conspicuous prey traits: implications from a laboratory study	1
Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo	1
Fight outcome influences male mating success in Drosophila prolongata	1
Movement orders in spontaneous group movements in cattle: 6-year monitoring of a beef cow herd with changing composition	1
Carpe diem: winner and loser effects are constrained to same-day competitions in collegiate baseball	1
Predation strategy of the brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 against prey with different defensive mechanisms	1
Male procurement of breeding site is valued over male size by monogamous female convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciata)	1
Relationship between death-feigning behavior and population density in a beetle	1
Nest defence by woodpeckers from inside vs. outside the cavity against the intruder	1

Small males of the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa court more in the off-peak breeding period when large males court less	1
Similarities in expression of territorial aggression in breeding pairs of northern cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis	1
The use of social information about predation risk by foraging house sparrows: a feeder experiment	1
Another usage of autotomized penis	1
Characterization of the reproductive behaviour of the roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus)	1
Female–female mounting in pumas	1
Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	1
Black-headed gulls are more wary of people dressed in red: a test of the concealment color hypothesis	1
Basking aggregations in the adder (Vipera berus): attraction to conspecific cues or to scarce suitable microhabitats?	1
Association between visual cues and time of day in an ant	1
European badger's mating activities associated with moon phase	1
Optimal pit site selection in antlion larvae: the relationship between prey availability and pit maintenance costs	1
Signal response is context-dependent in Polistes dominula	1
Sexual horn dimorphism predicts the expression of active personality trait: males perform better only in the sexually horn dimorphic Onthophagus dung beetle	1