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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Expression of Concern: Hans-Joachim Pflüger: scientist, citizen, cosmopolitan	49
The 2024 covers of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A	46
Fluoride alters feeding and memory in Lymnaea stagnalis	33
Fluoride alters feeding in lab-bred pond snails but not in wild snails or their progeny	32
Neural mechanism of circadian clock-based photoperiodism in insects and snails	27
Flow development and leading edge vorticity in bristled insect wings	27
Birth temperature followed by a visual critical period determines cooperative group membership	25
Impact of central complex lesions on innate and learnt visual navigation in ants	22
Polarization vision in terrestrial hermit crabs	20
Masashi Kawasaki (1955–2025): neuroethologist who explored neural mechanisms of echolocation in bats and of electric behavior in fish	20
Crickets in the spotlight: exploring the impact of light on circadian behavior	19
Correction to: Neuroethology of auditory systems: contributions in memory of Albert S. Feng	18
Stimulator compensation and generation of Gaussian noise stimuli with defined amplitude spectra for studying input–output relations of sensory systems	17
A versatile recording device for the analysis of continuous daily external activity in colonies of highly eusocial bees	17
Path integration and optic flow in flying insects: a review of current evidence	16
Avian navigation: the geomagnetic field provides compass cues but not a bicoordinate “map” plus a brief discussion of the alternative infrasound direction-finding hypothesis	14
Parallel motion vision pathways in the brain of a tropical bee	14
Chromatic discrimination in fixed saturation levels from tufted capuchin monkeys with different color vision genotypes	14
Male seminal fluid allocation according to socio-sexual context in the South American fruit fly	14
Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour	13
Hearing in helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris): audiogram from 2 Hz to 10 kHz and localization acuity for brief noise bursts	12
Size matters: individual variation in auditory sensitivity may influence sexual selection in Pacific treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla)	12
Magnetic maps in animal navigation	11
Environmental sources of radio frequency noise: potential impacts on magnetoreception	11
Impact of photoperiod and functional clock on male diapause in cryptochrome and pdf mutants in the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus	11

Spatial resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis	11
Flupyradifurone, imidacloprid and clothianidin disrupt the auditory processing in the locust CNS	11
A plea for academic decency	10
Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of elongated solifuge sensilla to mechanical stimuli	10
Photoperiodic plasticity of pigment-dispersing factor immunoreactive fibers projecting toward prothoracicotropic hormone neurons in flesh fly Sarcophaga similis larvae	10
Prediction of a conserved pheromone receptor lineage from antennal transcriptomes of the pine sawyer genus Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)	10
Roles for cerebellum and subsumption architecture in central pattern generation	10
Transmitter and receiver of the low frequency horseshoe bat Rhinolophus paradoxolophus are functionally matched for fluttering target detection	10
A formative journal for a formative career: a personal recollection of how JCPA has inspired and guided my research life	10
Sensation to navigation: a computational neuroscience approach to magnetic field navigation	10
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	9
Monaural and dichotic forward masking in the dolphin’s auditory system	9
The distribution and chemosensory responses of pharyngeal taste buds in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus	9
“It is becoming increasingly difficult to find reviewers”—myths and facts about peer review	9
Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb construction	9
Contribution of histone acetylation to the serotonin-mediated long-term synaptic plasticity in terrestrial snails	9
The olfactory bulbs of homing pigeons are not enlarged compared with other pigeon breeds	9
The cold tolerance of the terrestrial slug, Ambigolimax valentianus	8
Neurons sensitive to non-celestial polarized light in the brain of the desert locust	8
Effect of natural abiotic soil vibrations, rainfall and wind on anuran calling behavior: a test with captive-bred midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans)	8
Jürgen Boeckh (1934–2023) and Vera Boeckh, née von Zwehl (1928–2022): pioneers of sensory physiology and neuroethology	8
Comparative analysis of the structure and crystallin composition of the lenses of freshwater fish and gastropods with respect to their vision	8
Optocollic responses in adult barn owls (Tyto furcata)	8
Mike Land: a personal remembrance	8
Shelter selection in females of two scorpion species depends on shelter size and scent	8
Getting a glimpse into the sensory worlds of animals: the Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards 2024	8
Essential and nonessential fatty acid composition and use in overwintering monarch butterflies	7
Population parameters of Drosophila larval cooperative foraging	7
Circadian entrainment to red-light Zeitgebers and action spectrum for entrainment in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis	7
An auditory-responsive interneuron descending from the cricket brain: a new element in the auditory pathway	7
Navigation and dance communication in honeybees: a cognitive perspective	7
Ips typographus vision system: a comprehensive study	7
Centennial issue	7
Lineages to circuits: the developmental and evolutionary architecture of information channels into the central complex	7
Flat on its back: the impact of substrate on righting methods of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys	7
How might magnetic secular variation impact avian philopatry?	6
Insect magnetoreception: a Cry for mechanistic insights	6
Optic flow based spatial vision in insects	6
Polarized iridescence of the tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes	6
The influence of stimulus history on directional coding in the monarch butterfly brain	6
Diversity of temporal response patterns in midbrain auditory neurons of frogs Batrachyla and its relevance for male vocal responses	6
A perspective on neuroethology: what the past teaches us about the future of neuroethology	6
Photoperiod-driven testicular DNA methylation in gonadotropin and sex steroid receptor promoters in Siberian hamsters	6
Hydrofoil-like legs help stream mayfly larvae to stay on the ground	6
Hearing in African pygmy hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris): audiogram, sound localization, and ear anatomy	6
Spectral responses across a dorsal–ventral array of dermal sensilla in the medicinal leech	5
Werner Nachtigall (1934–2024)	5
Visual physiology of Australian stingless bees	5
Effects of serta and sertb knockout on aggression in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	5
The relative sizes of nuclei in the oculomotor complex vary by order and behaviour in birds	5

Same same, but different: exploring the enigmatic role of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in invertebrate physiology	5
Integration of photoperiodic and temperature cues by the circadian clock to regulate insect seasonal adaptations	5
Contribution of cryptochromes and photolyases for insect life under sunlight	5
What view information is most important in the homeward navigation of an Australian bull ant, Myrmecia midas?	5
Functional compliance and protective stiffness: cross-veins in the hind wing of locust Locusta migratoria	5
The Presidential Symposium at the International Congress of Neuroethology 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal	5
Non-invasive auditory brainstem responses to FM sweeps in awake big brown bats	5
3D escape: an alternative paradigm for spatial orientation studies in insects	5
Contact chemoreception in multi-modal sensing of prey by Octopus	5
An LC-MS/MS-based approach for monitoring monoaminergic status in lizard brains: method development and real-samples application	5
Artemin sensitises mouse (Mus musculus) and naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) sensory neurons in vitro	5
Visual learning in tethered bees modifies flight orientation and is impaired by epinastine	5
Performance of polarization-sensitive neurons of the locust central complex at different degrees of polarization	4
The effects of doxapram and its potential interactions with K2P channels in experimental model preparations	4
Unraveling the neural basis of spatial orientation in arthropods	4
Echo feedback mediates noise-induced vocal modifications in flying bats	4
The relative landmark shift during free movement on a treadmill may enhance visual learning for ant foragers	4
Physiological properties of the visual system in the Green Weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina	4
Magnetosensation	4
Honeybee queen mandibular pheromone fails to regulate ovary activation in the common wasp	4
Do wild-caught fly larvae cooperatively forage?	4
The sky compass network in the brain of the desert locust	4
The incomparable fascination of comparative physiology: 40 years with animals in the field and laboratory	4
Butterfly blues and greens caused by subtractive colour mixing of carotenoids and bile pigments	4
Investigating the impact of weak geomagnetic fluctuations on pigeon races	4
Waterfall low-frequency vibrations and infrasound: implications for avian migration and hazard detection	4
Views from ‘crabworld’: the spatial distribution of light in a tropical mudflat	4
The Journal of Comparative Physiology A: rooted in great tradition, committed to innovation and discovery	4
Is it a bat or a male? A female moth (Syntomeida epilais, Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) adapts its acoustic signals for defense or courtship	4
Properties of an attention-grabbing motion signal: a comparison of tail and body movements in a lizard	4
Global inhibition in head-direction neural circuits: a systematic comparison between connectome-based spiking neural circuit models	4
Five papers that defined the course of history of neuroscience	4
8-OH-DPAT enhances dopamine D2-induced maternal disruption in rats	4
The role of learning-walk related multisensory experience in rewiring visual circuits in the desert ant brain	4
One seasonal clock fits all?	4
Note similarities affect syntactic stability in zebra finches	4
Jumping of flea beetles onto inclined platforms	4
Understanding daily rhythms in weakly electric fish: the role of melatonin on the electric behavior of Brachyhypopomus gauderio	4
Chemosensory detection of glucosinolates as token stimuli for specialist insects on brassicaceous plants: discovery and impact	4
Magnetotactic bacteria: concepts, conundrums, and insights from a novel in situ approach using digital holographic microscopy (DHM)	4
Suggested reviewers: friends or foes?	4
Neuroethology of auditory systems: contributions in memory of Albert S. Feng	3
Inflight head stabilization associated with wingbeat cycle and sonar emissions in the lingual echolocating Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus	3
From mechanoecology to sensory physiology to olfactory navigation: the Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards 2025	3
Effects of prenatal testosterone on cumulative markers of oxidative damage to organs of young adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)	3
Erwin Bünning and Wolfgang Engelmann: establishing the involvement of the circadian clock in photoperiodism	3
Novel nerve regeneration assessment method using adult zebrafish with crush spinal cord injury	3
The potential underlying mechanisms during learning flights	3
Parallel evolution of semicircular canal form and sensitivity in subterranean mammals	3
A plea for academic truth	3
What do oysters smell? Electrophysiological evidence that the bivalve osphradium is a chemosensory organ in the oyster, Magallana gigas	3
Ventral wing hairs provide tactile feedback for aerial prey capture in the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus	3
Male antiphonal calls and phonotaxis evoked by female courtship calls in the large odorous frog (Odorrana graminea)	3
Spatial tuning of translational optic flow responses in hawkmoths of varying body size	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
One hundred years of excellence: the top one hundred authors of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A	3
Comparative psychophysics of Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and stingless bee (Tetragonula carbonaria) colour purity and intensity perception	3
Scanning behaviour in ants: an interplay between random-rate processes and oscillators	3
Song system neuroanatomy, and immediate early gene expression in a finch species with extensive male and female song	3
Investigating the interactions between multiple memory stores in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis	3
Phobic responses of bull ants (Myrmecia midas) to odours introduced on their foraging route	3
The circadian and photoperiodic clock of the pea aphid	3
Five-minute exposure to a novel appetitive food substance is sufficient time for a microRNA-dependent long-term memory to form	3