OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Ethology 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	11
Correction to: Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	10
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2021	9
Behavioural interactions between a threatened native killifish and the alien invasive Eastern mosquitofish	9
Observations of flipper rubbing in mother–calf pairs of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) suggest a body-surface care function	8
Temporary division of roles in group hunting for fish eggs by a coral reef fish	7
Does a roosting flock of migratory birds also echelon in high winds?	7
Day-after impact of simulated rival encounter in the common cuckoo	7
Correction to: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	6
Relationship between death-feigning behavior and population density in a beetle	5
Collective movements during visits to water bodies in wild Asian elephants	5
Correction: Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	5
Social parasitism behavior between two species of edible wasps in China	5
Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	5
Social play and affiliation as possible coping strategies in a group of Maremmana beef cattle	4
Season does not influence the response of great tits (Parus major) to allopatric mobbing calls	4
Lack of discrimination of sex and maturity of conspecifics in the copulation attempts of the male stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala detrahens (Diptera: Diopsidae)	4
In between the web and the ground: sexual encounters in the South American wolf spider Aglaoctenus oblongus	4
Risk-taking behavior in birds foraging along interurban roads	4
Stone handling in geladas (Theropithecus gelada): implications for spontaneous drawing-like activity as a playful behavior	4
Association between visual cues and time of day in an ant	3
Sweet mama: affiliative interactions are related to the reproductive success of dominant female Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)	3
Host preference of a symbiotic flatworm and its response to conspecific and host mucus	3
Shorter-legged males start breeding earlier in the barn swallow	3
Responses to artificial selection of dispersal activity in the circadian rhythm of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	3

Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2022	3
Geotropic, hydrokinetic and random walking differ between sympatric tick species: the deer tick Ixodes scapularis and the lone star tick Ambylomma americanum	3
Fight outcome influences male mating success in Drosophila prolongata	3
An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	3
Flipper rubbing reciprocity and partner choice in common bottlenose dolphins	3
Reduced fitness in losers of leg-biting male combat compared to uncontested males in Zophobas atratus	3
Relationships of wingtip shape, song-flight and mating success in male black-headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala	3
Differences in mating tactics performed by males of two local populations of the Japanese scorpionfly Panorpa japonica	3
The origination events of gametic sexual reproduction and anisogamy	3
Mating behavior in the Japanese badger Meles anakuma	2
Another usage of autotomized penis	2
Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels	2
Large-scale spatial pattern of bird responses to a potential predator suggests that predator-specific mobbing is a plastic trait	2
Squirting ink may play a role in the copulation of the pygmy squid	2
A message from new editor-in-chief	2
Onset of estivation in western sand lance Ammodytes japonicus is not solely triggered by elevating water temperature	2
Effect of diet quality on food consumption and body mass in Microtus pennsylvanicus	2
Behavioral patterns that determine the mating rates in a wing dimorphic riffle bug, Microvelia horvathi Lundblad, 1933 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)	2
Ant nesting site selection mediated by insects frass	2
Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo	2
Wing-waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica	2
Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Paternal care in the redhead goby, Elacatinus puncticulatus	2
Correction to: Encounter with heavier females changes courtship and fighting efforts of male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)	2
Do body size and habitat shape call frequencies of Brazilian hylids (Amphibia: Anura)?	2
Correction: Fish yawn: the state-change hypothesis in juvenile white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis	2
Correction: Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	2
Correction: Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Snake herders: novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes	2