OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Thermal Biology is 27. 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
The effect of underwater massage during hot water immersion on acute cardiovascular and mood responses	127
Behavioural adaptation to heat stress: shell lifting of the hermit crab Diogenes deflectomanus	67
The effect of body surface area exposure to menthol on temperature regulation and perception in men	58
Male and female developmental temperature modulate post-copulatory interactions in a beetle	55
Editorial Board	53
Corrigendum to “Comparison of brown adipose tissue activation detected by infrared thermography in men with vs without metabolic syndrome” [J. Therm. Biol. 112 (2023) 103459]	52
A GIS-coupled thermal response model for predicting the population growth potential of the red cotton bug, Dysdercus koenigii (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) in India under climate change condi	52
Unmasking seasonal cycles in a high-input dairy herd in a hot environment: How climate shapes dynamics of milk yield, reproduction, and productive status	49
Effect of temperature on sexual size dimorphism during the developmental period in the broad-horned flour beetle	49
Morphological analysis of erythrocytes of an Antarctic teleost under heat stress: Bias of the stabling effect	44
Wild white-capped noddies keep a cool head in a heated situation	44
Disentangling thermal effects using life cycle simulation modelling on the biology and demographic parameters of Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, a parasitoid of Tuta absoluta	44
Legs are primary heat exchangers in nest-bound White storks	43
Enhancing thermal comfort prediction in high-speed trains through machine learning and physiological signals integration	42
Negative effects of fluctuating temperatures around the optimal temperature on reproduction and survival of the red flour beetle	35
Whole-body cryostimulation in obesity. A scoping review	34
Thermal ecophysiology of Basiliscus galeritus (Squamata: Corytophanidae) in two populations at different altitudes: Does the crest participate actively in thermoregulation?	34
The joint effect of micro- and macro-climate on the thermoregulation and heat dissipation of two African mole-rat (Bathyergidae) sub-species, Cryptomys hottentotus mahali and C. h. pretoriae	34
Validation of e-Celsius gastrointestinal telemetry system as measure of core temperature	33
Modeling heat transfer in biological tissues with temperature-dependent properties under the moving heat source effects	30
Heat stress enhances the occurrence of erythromycin resistance of Enterococcus isolates in mice feces	30
Machine learning in multi-spectral thermal imaging for enhanced detection of neurological disorders through thermoplasmonics	30
Thermal stressors during embryo incubation have limited ontogenic carryover effects in brook trout	30
Scientific knowledge about gene expression in ruminants under heat stress - A scientometric review	30
Saving energy via short and shallow torpor bouts	30

Heat stress adaptation in cows – Physiological responses and underlying molecular mechanisms	29
Comparative transcriptome analysis of Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae-Bruchinae) after heat and cold stress exposure	28
Thermoregulatory strategies of songbird nestlings reveal limited capacity for cooling and high risk of dehydration	27
Temperature alters antioxidant status and induces cell damage in the Amazonian fish tambaqui	27
Evaluating abnormal cold sensitivity among vibration-exposed workers using hand cold stress testing: A clinical cross-sectional study	27