OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and B is 3. 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
Editorial Expression of Concern: Hans-Joachim Pflüger: scientist, citizen, cosmopolitan	40
The 2024 covers of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A	39
Impact of central complex lesions on innate and learnt visual navigation in ants	32
Fluoride alters feeding and memory in Lymnaea stagnalis	31
Fluoride alters feeding in lab-bred pond snails but not in wild snails or their progeny	27
Neural mechanism of circadian clock-based photoperiodism in insects and snails	26
Birth temperature followed by a visual critical period determines cooperative group membership	23
Flow development and leading edge vorticity in bristled insect wings	22
Avian navigation: the geomagnetic field provides compass cues but not a bicoordinate “map” plus a brief discussion of the alternative infrasound direction-finding hypothesis	20
Stimulator compensation and generation of Gaussian noise stimuli with defined amplitude spectra for studying input–output relations of sensory systems	19
Crickets in the spotlight: exploring the impact of light on circadian behavior	18
Path integration and optic flow in flying insects: a review of current evidence	17
Correction to: Neuroethology of auditory systems: contributions in memory of Albert S. Feng	16
Polarization vision in terrestrial hermit crabs	16
Parallel motion vision pathways in the brain of a tropical bee	14
Impact of photoperiod and functional clock on male diapause in cryptochrome and pdf mutants in the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus	14
A versatile recording device for the analysis of continuous daily external activity in colonies of highly eusocial bees	14
Male seminal fluid allocation according to socio-sexual context in the South American fruit fly	13
Spatial resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis	12
Chromatic discrimination in fixed saturation levels from tufted capuchin monkeys with different color vision genotypes	12
Flupyradifurone, imidacloprid and clothianidin disrupt the auditory processing in the locust CNS	12
Environmental sources of radio frequency noise: potential impacts on magnetoreception	12
Hearing in helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris): audiogram from 2 Hz to 10 kHz and localization acuity for brief noise bursts	12
Magnetic maps in animal navigation	11
Size matters: individual variation in auditory sensitivity may influence sexual selection in Pacific treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla)	11

Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb construction	11
Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour	11
Photoperiodic plasticity of pigment-dispersing factor immunoreactive fibers projecting toward prothoracicotropic hormone neurons in flesh fly Sarcophaga similis larvae	10
Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of elongated solifuge sensilla to mechanical stimuli	10
A formative journal for a formative career: a personal recollection of how JCPA has inspired and guided my research life	9
Transmitter and receiver of the low frequency horseshoe bat Rhinolophus paradoxolophus are functionally matched for fluttering target detection	9
Prediction of a conserved pheromone receptor lineage from antennal transcriptomes of the pine sawyer genus Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)	9
Roles for cerebellum and subsumption architecture in central pattern generation	9
Neuroanatomical differentiation associated with alternative reproductive tactics in male arid land bees, Centris pallida and Amegilla dawsoni	9
Contribution of histone acetylation to the serotonin-mediated long-term synaptic plasticity in terrestrial snails	8
To eat or not to eat: a Garcia effect in pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis)	8
Comparative analysis of the structure and crystallin composition of the lenses of freshwater fish and gastropods with respect to their vision	8
Jürgen Boeckh (1934–2023) and Vera Boeckh, née von Zwehl (1928–2022): pioneers of sensory physiology and neuroethology	8
The distribution and chemosensory responses of pharyngeal taste buds in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus	8
Monaural and dichotic forward masking in the dolphin’s auditory system	8
Salinity-dependent expression of calcium-sensing receptors in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) tissues	8
Optocollic responses in adult barn owls (Tyto furcata)	8
Mike Land: a personal remembrance	8
Sensation to navigation: a computational neuroscience approach to magnetic field navigation	8
Vocalization-induced middle ear muscle reflex and auditory fovea do not contribute to the unimpaired auditory sensitivity after intense noise exposure in the CF-FM bat, Hipposideros pratti	8
“It is becoming increasingly difficult to find reviewers”—myths and facts about peer review	8
Neurons sensitive to non-celestial polarized light in the brain of the desert locust	8
Einstein, von Frisch and the honeybee: a historical letter comes to light	8
An auditory-responsive interneuron descending from the cricket brain: a new element in the auditory pathway	7
Shelter selection in females of two scorpion species depends on shelter size and scent	7
Getting a glimpse into the sensory worlds of animals: the Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards 2024	7
The cold tolerance of the terrestrial slug, Ambigolimax valentianus	7
Centennial issue	7
Effect of natural abiotic soil vibrations, rainfall and wind on anuran calling behavior: a test with captive-bred midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans)	7
Lineages to circuits: the developmental and evolutionary architecture of information channels into the central complex	6
Population parameters of Drosophila larval cooperative foraging	6
Circadian entrainment to red-light Zeitgebers and action spectrum for entrainment in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis	6
Essential and nonessential fatty acid composition and use in overwintering monarch butterflies	6
How might magnetic secular variation impact avian philopatry?	6
Navigation and dance communication in honeybees: a cognitive perspective	6
Ips typographus vision system: a comprehensive study	6
Flat on its back: the impact of substrate on righting methods of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys	6
What view information is most important in the homeward navigation of an Australian bull ant, Myrmecia midas?	5
The influence of stimulus history on directional coding in the monarch butterfly brain	5
Optic flow based spatial vision in insects	5
Contribution of cryptochromes and photolyases for insect life under sunlight	5
Spectral responses across a dorsal–ventral array of dermal sensilla in the medicinal leech	5
Contact chemoreception in multi-modal sensing of prey by Octopus	5
Can feeding sound attract flower fish (Ptychobarbus kaznakovi)?	5
Polarized iridescence of the tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes	5
A perspective on neuroethology: what the past teaches us about the future of neuroethology	5
Diversity of temporal response patterns in midbrain auditory neurons of frogs Batrachyla and its relevance for male vocal responses	5
3D escape: an alternative paradigm for spatial orientation studies in insects	5
Acoustic particle motion detection in the snapping shrimp (Alpheus richardsoni)	5
Potential evidence of peripheral learning and memory in the arms of dwarf cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis	5

Hydrofoil-like legs help stream mayfly larvae to stay on the ground	5
Photoperiod-driven testicular DNA methylation in gonadotropin and sex steroid receptor promoters in Siberian hamsters	5
Insect magnetoreception: a Cry for mechanistic insights	5
Hearing in African pygmy hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris): audiogram, sound localization, and ear anatomy	5
Measuring auditory cortical responses in Tursiops truncatus	5
Integration of photoperiodic and temperature cues by the circadian clock to regulate insect seasonal adaptations	5
Werner Nachtigall (1934–2024)	5
Non-invasive auditory brainstem responses to FM sweeps in awake big brown bats	5
Butterfly blues and greens caused by subtractive colour mixing of carotenoids and bile pigments	4
8-OH-DPAT enhances dopamine D2-induced maternal disruption in rats	4
Echo feedback mediates noise-induced vocal modifications in flying bats	4
Waterfall low-frequency vibrations and infrasound: implications for avian migration and hazard detection	4
Functional compliance and protective stiffness: cross-veins in the hind wing of locust Locusta migratoria	4
Views from ‘crabworld’: the spatial distribution of light in a tropical mudflat	4
Physiological properties of the visual system in the Green Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina	4
Unraveling the neural basis of spatial orientation in arthropods	4
Chemosensory detection of glucosinolates as token stimuli for specialist insects on brassicaceous plants: discovery and impact	4
The effects of doxapram and its potential interactions with K2P channels in experimental model preparations	4
The relative sizes of nuclei in the oculomotor complex vary by order and behaviour in birds	4
Visual learning in tethered bees modifies flight orientation and is impaired by epinastine	4
The relative landmark shift during free movement on a treadmill may enhance visual learning for ant foragers	4
Note similarities affect syntactic stability in zebra finches	4
Same same, but different: exploring the enigmatic role of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in invertebrate physiology	4
The role of learning-walk related multisensory experience in rewiring visual circuits in the desert ant brain	4
Understanding daily rhythms in weakly electric fish: the role of melatonin on the electric behavior of Brachyhypopomus gauderio	4
Jumping of flea beetles onto inclined platforms	4
Effects of serta and sertb knockout on aggression in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	4
The Presidential Symposium at the International Congress of Neuroethology 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal	4
Visual detection thresholds in the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana	4
Investigating the impact of weak geomagnetic fluctuations on pigeon races	4
Global inhibition in head-direction neural circuits: a systematic comparison between connectome-based spiking neural circuit models	4
The incomparable fascination of comparative physiology: 40 years with animals in the field and laboratory	4
Magnetotactic bacteria: concepts, conundrums, and insights from a novel in situ approach using digital holographic microscopy (DHM)	3
Male antiphonal calls and phonotaxis evoked by female courtship calls in the large odorous frog (Odorrana graminea)	3
Erwin Bünning and Wolfgang Engelmann: establishing the involvement of the circadian clock in photoperiodism	3
The circadian and photoperiodic clock of the pea aphid	3
Investigating the interactions between multiple memory stores in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis	3
Song system neuroanatomy, and immediate early gene expression in a finch species with extensive male and female song	3
Is it a bat or a male? A female moth (Syntomeida epilais, Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) adapts its acoustic signals for defense or courtship	3
Properties of an attention-grabbing motion signal: a comparison of tail and body movements in a lizard	3
One seasonal clock fits all?	3
The Journal of Comparative Physiology A: rooted in great tradition, committed to innovation and discovery	3
Spatial tuning of translational optic flow responses in hawkmoths of varying body size	3
What do oysters smell? Electrophysiological evidence that the bivalve osphradium is a chemosensory organ in the oyster, Magallana gigas	3
Scanning behaviour in ants: an interplay between random-rate processes and oscillators	3
Inflight head stabilization associated with wingbeat cycle and sonar emissions in the lingual echolocating Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus	3
Ventral wing hairs provide tactile feedback for aerial prey capture in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus	3
Magnetosensation	3
Photoperiod controls egg laying and caudodorsal cell hormone expression but not gonadal development in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis	3
Five papers that defined the course of history of neuroscience	3
The sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust	3
On the origin and evolution of the dual oscillator model underlying the photoperiodic clockwork in the suprachiasmatic nucleus	3
Correction to: Intragenus F1-hybrids of African weakly electric fish (Mormyridae: Campylomormyrus tamandua ♂ × C. compressirostris ♀) are fertile	3
The potential underlying mechanisms during learning flights	3
Effects of prenatal testosterone on cumulative markers of oxidative damage to organs of young adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)	3
Novel nerve regeneration assessment method using adult zebrafish with crush spinal cord injury	3
Suggested reviewers: friends or foes?	3
Honeybee queen mandibular pheromone fails to regulate ovary activation in the common wasp	3
Do wild-caught fly larvae cooperatively forage?	3
Performance of polarization-sensitive neurons of the locust central complex at different degrees of polarization	3