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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Reproductive behavior of endangered spined loach Cobitis magnostriata in the field	11
Observations of flipper rubbing in mother–calf pairs of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) suggest a body-surface care function	10
Behavioral responses of the Japanese freshwater crab, Geothelphusa dehaani, to the leech, Myxobdella sinanensis	9
Basking aggregations in the adder (Vipera berus): attraction to conspecific cues or to scarce suitable microhabitats?	8
Small males of the fiddler crab Austruca perplexa court more in the off-peak breeding period when large males court less	7
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2021	6
Differences in mating tactics performed by males of two local populations of the Japanese scorpionfly Panorpa japonica	6
Are two South-Western Atlantic wrasses involved in a case of social mimicry?	5
Does food play a prominent role in visual attention to disgusting stimuli?	4
Chemical compounds of a Neotropical plant constrain the anti-predator behaviour of sympatric tadpoles	4
Relationships of wingtip shape, song-flight and mating success in male black-headed buntings Emberiza melanocephala	4
Aggregation pheromone interrupts death feigning in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	4
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	4
Shorter-legged males start breeding earlier in the barn swallow	4
Correction to: Wing‑waving behaviors are used for conspecific display in the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica	3
Snake herders: novel anti-predator behavior by black-tailed prairie dogs in response to prairie rattlesnakes	3
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	3
Correction: Polyandry works as bet-hedging in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, even after eliminating females in poor condition that cannot accept remating	3
Onset of estivation in western sand lance Ammodytes japonicus is not solely triggered by elevating water temperature	3
Behavioural interactions between a threatened native killifish and the alien invasive Eastern mosquitofish	3
Bigger male Eurasian nuthatches (Sitta europaea) behave more aggressively in playback-simulated territorial intrusion	3
Correction to: Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	3
Mate search or predation avoidance? Sex pheromone interrupts death feigning of males in the sweet potato weevil Cylas formicarius	3
An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	3
Video evidence of unusual antler-gnawing behavior of sika deer (Cervus nippon) in central Japan	3

Black-headed gulls are more wary of people dressed in red: a test of the concealment color hypothesis	3
A theory of spawning habitat selection in anurans	3
Spatio-temporal variation influences the division of labour in Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae)	3
Nest defence by woodpeckers from inside vs. outside the cavity against the intruder	2
Effect of diet quality on food consumption and body mass in Microtus pennsylvanicus	2
Effects of human approach directness and path use on small mammal risk perception	2
Relationship between death-feigning behavior and population density in a beetle	2
Reviewers of the Journal of Ethology for 2023	2
Size-dependent predation risk in cryptic prey	2
Social parasitism behavior between two species of edible wasps in China	2
Inter-population variation and phenotypic plasticity in kairomone use by a poly-specialist spider-eating predator	2
Collective movements during visits to water bodies in wild Asian elephants	2
Cooperative den maintenance between male Japanese badgers that are delayed dispersers and their mothers	2
Cryptic bachelor sex change in haremic colonial groups of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus reticulatus	2
Social play and affiliation as possible coping strategies in a group of Maremmana beef cattle	2
A message from new editor-in-chief	2
Day-after impact of simulated rival encounter in the common cuckoo	2
Diet color affects female preference for mate color in the guppy Poecilia reticulata	2
Defensive spray by a semiaquatic osmylid larva (Insecta: Neuroptera) for both aquatic and terrestrial predators	2
Correction to: Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) predatory flexible feeding behaviors on schooling fish	2
Correction to: An empirical test of bet-hedging polyandry hypothesis in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	2
No trans-generational maternal effects of early-life corticosterone exposure on neophobia and antipredator behaviour in the house sparrow	2
Risk-taking behavior in birds foraging along interurban roads	2
Group definition for underwater observation of wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins	2
Temporary division of roles in group hunting for fish eggs by a coral reef fish	2
Does a roosting flock of migratory birds also echelon in high winds?	2