OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and B is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Expression of Concern: Hans-Joachim Pflüger: scientist, citizen, cosmopolitan	59
Masashi Kawasaki (1955–2025): neuroethologist who explored neural mechanisms of echolocation in bats and of electric behavior in fish	49
The 2024 covers of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A	41
Fluoride alters feeding in lab-bred pond snails but not in wild snails or their progeny	37
Impact of central complex lesions on innate and learnt visual navigation in ants	33
Flow development and leading edge vorticity in bristled insect wings	31
Neural mechanism of circadian clock-based photoperiodism in insects and snails	30
Polarization vision in terrestrial hermit crabs	27
Stimulator compensation and generation of Gaussian noise stimuli with defined amplitude spectra for studying input–output relations of sensory systems	22
Correction to: Neuroethology of auditory systems: contributions in memory of Albert S. Feng	21
A versatile recording device for the analysis of continuous daily external activity in colonies of highly eusocial bees	20
Parallel motion vision pathways in the brain of a tropical bee	20
Crickets in the spotlight: exploring the impact of light on circadian behavior	19
Avian navigation: the geomagnetic field provides compass cues but not a bicoordinate “map” plus a brief discussion of the alternative infrasound direction-finding hypothesis	17
Hearing in helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris): audiogram from 2 Hz to 10 kHz and localization acuity for brief noise bursts	16
Path integration and optic flow in flying insects: a review of current evidence	16
Male seminal fluid allocation according to socio-sexual context in the South American fruit fly	15
Size matters: individual variation in auditory sensitivity may influence sexual selection in Pacific treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla)	14
Chromatic discrimination in fixed saturation levels from tufted capuchin monkeys with different color vision genotypes	14
Magnetic maps in animal navigation	14
Integrating electrophysiology, behavioral response, and docking studies to decipher odorant-binding protein function in the brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee	13
Divergent sensory transcriptomic profiles in positive and negative learning in Bicyclus Anynana butterflies	13
Effects of daylength manipulation on migratory activity and fuelling in a long-distance nocturnal songbird migrant	13
Impact of photoperiod and functional clock on male diapause in cryptochrome and pdf mutants in the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus	13
Environmental sources of radio frequency noise: potential impacts on magnetoreception	13

A formative journal for a formative career: a personal recollection of how JCPA has inspired and guided my research life	12
Temporal effects of sugar intake on fly local search and honey bee dance behaviour	12
Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of elongated solifuge sensilla to mechanical stimuli	12
Prediction of a conserved pheromone receptor lineage from antennal transcriptomes of the pine sawyer genus Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)	12
A plea for academic decency	12
Sensation to navigation: a computational neuroscience approach to magnetic field navigation	12
Flupyradifurone, imidacloprid and clothianidin disrupt the auditory processing in the locust CNS	12
Roles for cerebellum and subsumption architecture in central pattern generation	11
Transmitter and receiver of the low frequency horseshoe bat Rhinolophus paradoxolophus are functionally matched for fluttering target detection	11
Photoperiodic plasticity of pigment-dispersing factor immunoreactive fibers projecting toward prothoracicotropic hormone neurons in flesh fly Sarcophaga similis larvae	11
Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb construction	11
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	10
Contribution of histone acetylation to the serotonin-mediated long-term synaptic plasticity in terrestrial snails	10
Monaural and dichotic forward masking in the dolphin’s auditory system	10
“It is becoming increasingly difficult to find reviewers”—myths and facts about peer review	9
The olfactory bulbs of homing pigeons are not enlarged compared with other pigeon breeds	9
Mike Land: a personal remembrance	8
Jürgen Boeckh (1934–2023) and Vera Boeckh, née von Zwehl (1928–2022): pioneers of sensory physiology and neuroethology	8
The cold tolerance of the terrestrial slug, Ambigolimax valentianus	8
An auditory-responsive interneuron descending from the cricket brain: a new element in the auditory pathway	8
Effect of natural abiotic soil vibrations, rainfall and wind on anuran calling behavior: a test with captive-bred midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans)	8
The distribution and chemosensory responses of pharyngeal taste buds in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus	8
Comparative analysis of the structure and crystallin composition of the lenses of freshwater fish and gastropods with respect to their vision	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	8
Shelter selection in females of two scorpion species depends on shelter size and scent	8
Neurons sensitive to non-celestial polarized light in the brain of the desert locust	8
Evidence that interval-counting neurons play a critical role in call recognition by Cope’s gray treefrogs	8
Centennial issue	8
Ips typographus vision system: a comprehensive study	7
Lineages to circuits: the developmental and evolutionary architecture of information channels into the central complex	7
Setting the record straight: a response to Lior Pachter	7
How might magnetic secular variation impact avian philopatry?	7
Navigation and dance communication in honeybees: a cognitive perspective	7
Circadian entrainment to red-light Zeitgebers and action spectrum for entrainment in the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis	7
Population parameters of Drosophila larval cooperative foraging	7
Long-interval neurons are selective for slower pulse rates in chorus frogs that are sympatric versus allopatric with congeneric heterospecifics	7
My plea for academic decency remains unchanged: a response to Lior Pachter	6
Optic flow based spatial vision in insects	6
Hydrofoil-like legs help stream mayfly larvae to stay on the ground	6
Photoperiod-driven testicular DNA methylation in gonadotropin and sex steroid receptor promoters in Siberian hamsters	6
Insect magnetoreception: a Cry for mechanistic insights	6
Polarized iridescence of the tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes	6
Werner Nachtigall (1934–2024)	6
A perspective on neuroethology: what the past teaches us about the future of neuroethology	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
Hearing in African pygmy hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris): audiogram, sound localization, and ear anatomy	6