OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Behavioural Processes is 4. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Accelerometer systems as tools for health and welfare assessment in cattle and pigs – A review	67
High-throughput animal tracking in chemobehavioral phenotyping: Current limitations and future perspectives	30
An overview of the currency and usefulness of behavioral tests used from past to present to assess anxiety, social behavior and depression in rats and mice	27
An evolutionary view of self-awareness	23
Let’s unite in play! Play modality and group membership in wild geladas	20
The formal foundation of an evolutionary theory of reinforcement	17
Stimulus characteristics, learning bias and visual discrimination in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	17
Using greenspace and nature exposure as an adjunctive treatment for opioid and substance use disorders: Preliminary evidence and potential mechanisms	17
Appetitive search behaviors and stereotypies in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)	17
Paw preference is associated with behavioural despair and spatial reference memory in male rats	14
Audible calls and their ontogenetic relationship with ultrasonic vocalization in a rodent with a wide vocal range, the fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi)	14
Regulation of sex differences in risk-based decision making by gonadal hormones: Insights from rodent models	14
Applied behavioral economics and public health policies: Historical precedence and translational promise	13
Stranger danger: A meta-analysis of the dear enemy hypothesis	13
The emergence and early development of socio-sexual behavior in beluga calves (Delphinapterus leucas)	13
Decreased social interaction in the RHA rat model of schizophrenia-relevant features: Modulation by neonatal handling	13
A quantitative analysis of the effects of alternative reinforcement rate and magnitude on resurgence	12
Conducting extinction in multiple contexts attenuates relapse of operant behavior in humans	12
Differential impact of shorter and longer periods of environmental enrichment on adult zebrafish exploratory activity (Danio rerio) in the novel tank paradigm	11
Using the ‘stranger test’ to assess social competency in adult female Long Evans rats reared with a Fischer 344 partner	11
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it: Breeding success affects nest-building decisions	11
Male rat sexual behavior: Insights from inter-copulatory intervals	11
Innate visual discrimination abilities of zebrafish larvae	11
A physiological cost to behavioural tolerance	11
Identifying facial expressions in dogs: A replication and extension study	11

A review of cross-commodity delay discounting research with relevance to addiction	11
Organization of exploratory behavior under dark conditions in female and male rats	10
Collective behaviour of the European minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) is influenced by signals of differing acoustic complexity	10
Acute effects of ethanol on behavioral responses of male and female zebrafish in the open field test with the influence of a non-familiar object	10
Evaluating effects of context changes on resurgence in humans	9
An introduction to “discrete choice experiments” for behavior analysts	9
Reproductive consequences of material use in avian nest construction	9
Relationship between boldness and exploratory behavior in adult zebrafish	9
Habituation: It’s not what you think it is	9
Resurgence increases with repetition	9
Shifts in foraging behaviour of heterospecific flocking birds in a lowland Malaysian rainforest	9
Male common cuckoos use a three-note variant of their “cu-coo” call for duetting with conspecific females	8
The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests	8
First evidence of stone handling in geladas: From simple to more complex forms of object play	8
Does size matter? Examining the possible mechanisms of multi-stallion groups in horse societies	8
Exploring the threat-sensitive predator avoidance hypothesis on mate competition in two wild populations of Trinidadian guppies	8
Soldiers of the termite Nasutitermes corniger (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) increase the ability to exploit food resources	8
Using an omnidirectional video logger to observe the underwater life of marine animals: Humpback whale resting behaviour	8
Investigating the role of environmental enrichment initiated in adolescence against the detrimental effects of chronic unpredictable stress in adulthood: Sex-specific differences in behavioral and neu	8
How environmental conditions affect sleep? An investigation in domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)	7
Impacts of noise pollution on the agonistic interactions of the saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola Linnaeus, 1766)	7
Collective response of fish to combined manipulations of illumination and flow	7
Inter-annual fluctuations of sociability in the common shrew (Sorex araneus L.) as determined by a preference test: A case of balancing selection?	7
Rats do not consider all unfamiliar strains to be equivalent	7
Tests of the positive and functional allometry hypotheses for sexually selected traits in the Jamaican field cricket	7
Exploratory behaviour is not related to associative learning ability in the carabid beetle Nebria brevicollis	7
Domestication effects on aggressiveness: Comparison of biting motivation and bite force between wild and domesticated finches	7
Effect of group size on producer–scrounger strategies of Wistar rats	7
Augmenting salivation, but not evaluations, through subliminal conditioning of eating-related words	7
Effects of domestication on neophobia: A comparison between the domesticated Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica) and its wild ancestor, the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata)	7
Rapid spatial learning in cooperative and non-cooperative cichlids	7
Translating quantitative theories of behavior into improved clinical treatments for problem behavior	7
Learning to stop responding	6
Bottlenose dolphins’ (Tursiops Truncatus) visual and motor laterality depending on emotional contexts	6
White Leghorn and Red Junglefowl female chicks use distal and local cues similarly, but differ in persistency behaviors, during a spatial orientation task	6
Does the social network structure of wild animal populations differ from that of animals in captivity?	6
Third-party conflict interventions are kin biased in captive white-lipped peccaries (Mammalia, Tayassuidae)	6
Recognition of novelty in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) and tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)	6
How’s my kitty? Acoustic parameters of cat-directed speech in human-cat interactions	6
Generalizability of time-based interventions: Effects of choice procedure and smaller-sooner delay	6
Investigation of lateralization of socio-sexual behavior in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas)	6
Individual differences in degree of discounting: Do different procedures and measures assess the same construct?	6
Do dominant monkeys gain more warmth? Number of physical contacts and spatial positions in huddles for male Japanese macaques in relation to dominance rank	6
Reproductive advantage of the winners of male-male competition in Drosophila prolongata	6
Head up displays are a submission signal in the group-living daffodil cichlid	6
Modeling resurgence with an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics	6
Behavioral comparison of the C57BL/6 inbred mouse strain and their CB6F1 siblings	6
Trap versus net: Behavioural sampling bias caused by capture method in three-spined sticklebacks	6
The effects of allogrooming and social network position on behavioural indicators of stress in female lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus)	6
Alcohol conditioned contexts enhance positive subjective alcohol effects and consumption	6

Pigeon leadership hierarchies are not dependent on environmental contexts or individual phenotypes	6
Effort-motivated behavior resolves paradoxes in appetitive conditioning	6
Behavioural reactivity testing in sheep indicates the presence of multiple temperament traits	6
Sex-dependent risk-taking behaviour towards different predatory stimuli in the collared flycatcher	5
Effort-reward balance and work motivation in rats: Effects of context and order of experience	5
Non-stereotyped amplitude modulation across signature whistle contours	5
The strain of unfamiliar conspecifics affects stress identification in rats	5
Veterinary background noise elicits fear responses in cats while freely moving in a confined space and during an examination	5
Alcohol exposure and environmental enrichment effects on contextual fear conditioning in zebrafish	5
Examining resurgence and repetition with the evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics	5
Size, skull shape and age influence the temperament of domestic dogs	5
The effects of large, small, and thinning magnitudes of alternative reinforcement on resurgence	5
Bio-robotic cues show how the Trinidadian guppy male recognises the morphological features of receptive females	5
Female Java sparrows prefer high exploratory males without assortative mating	5
Variation in predator response to short-wavelength warning coloration	5
Dear enemy effect in the Mexican volcano mouse Neotomodon alstoni: Implications of sex in the agonistic behaviour among neighbours	5
Learning performance is associated with social preferences in a group-living fish	5
Winner and loser effects influence subsequent mating interactions in crayfish	5
Tactile cues are important to environmental novelty during repeated open field tests	5
Sheep's coping style can be identified by unsupervised machine learning from unlabeled data	5
Testing the two sides of indirect reciprocity in tufted capuchin monkeys	5
Yawn-like behavior in captive common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)	5
Prosociality and reciprocity in capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in a non-reproductive context	5
Fins of Fury or Fainéant: Fluoxetine impacts the aggressive behavior of fighting fish (Betta splendens)	5
Contexts of emission of non-signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under human care	5
Previous experience alters individual vulnerability to angling of crucian carp (Carassius auratus)	5
Year-round sexual segregation in the Pyrenean chamois, a nearly monomorphic polygynous herbivore	5
Individual differences in habituation: Innate covariation between habituation, exploration, and body size in naïve chicks (Gallus gallus)	5
Sexual dimorphism divergence between sister species is associated with a switch in habitat use and mating system in thorny devil stick insects	5
Oral antibiotics reduce voluntary exercise behavior in athletic mice	5
The trade-off between color and size in lizards’ conspicuous tails	5
Thin-fingered fiddler crabs display a natural preference for UV light cues but show no sensory bias to other hypertrophied claw coloration	5
Effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on corticosterone concentrations and spatial learning in rats	5
Reading emotions in Dogs’ eyes and Dogs’ faces	5
Sex differences in learning flexibility in an avian brood parasite, the shiny cowbird	4
Exploring innovative problem-solving in African lions (Panthera leo) and snow leopards (Panthera uncia)	4
Effects of external cues and group mate body size on the collective behavior of shoaling crucian carp	4
Overmatching under food uncertainty in foraging pigeons	4
Optimal number of baseline sessions before changing phases within single-case experimental designs	4
Maternal deprivation effect on morphine-induced CPP is related to changes in opioid receptors in selected rat brain regions (hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and nucleus accumbens)	4
Sensory cues underlying competitive growth in the clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula)	4
Irrational behavior in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): A violation of independence from irrelevant alternatives	4
Behavioural discrimination of male mental gland secretions of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) by both sexes	4
When the individual comes into play: The role of self and the partner in the dyadic play fighting of rats	4
Egg recognition and brain size in a cuckoo host	4
Effects of effort training on effort-based impulsive choice	4
Equivalent learning, but unequal participation: Male bumble bees learn comparably to females, but participate in cognitive assessments at lower rates	4
Multimodal cues facilitate ripe-fruit localization and extraction in free-ranging pteropodid bats	4
Measuring behavioral coping style and stress reactivity experimentally in wild olive baboons	4
Choices about whether to wait: Changes in delay discounting without changes in time perception	4
Effect of different experiences with humans in dogs’ visual communication	4
Play fighting versus real fighting in piglets (Sus scrofa): Similar patterns, different structure	4
Social isolation interaction with the feeding regime differentially affects survival and results in a hump-shaped pattern in movement activity	4
A new approach to the study of relationship quality in dolphins: Framework and preliminary results	4
Exploration of a novel environment is not correlated with object neophobia in wild-caught house sparrows (Passer domesticus)	4
Does the addition of a new signalling trait enhance receiver responses in diurnal geckos?	4
Disentangling the “many-eyes”, “dilution effect”, “selfish herd”, and “distracted prey” hypotheses in shaping alert and flight initiation distance in a colonial seabird	4
Infant handling increases grooming towards mothers in wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada)	4
Four decades later: The highly conserved repertoire of song types in chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)	4
Analyzing the magnitude effect in spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats	4
Collective movement decision-making in primates in crop-raiding contexts	4
Behavioral responses of three freshwater planaria species to light, visual and olfactory stimuli: Setting the stage for further ecotoxicological studies	4
Traveling through light clutter: Path integration and panorama guided navigation in the Sonoran Desert ant, Novomessor cockerelli	4
3D-printed operant chambers for rats: Design, assembly, and innovations	4
Influence of workload and weather conditions on rolling behaviour of horses and mules	4
Influence of foraging context on the whistle structure of the common bottlenose dolphin	4
Oxytocin reduces the frequency of aggressive behaviours in male betta fish (Betta splendens)	4
Exposure to humans after weaning does not reduce the behavioural reactivity of extensively reared Merino lambs	4
Stag beetle Cyclommatus mniszechi employs both mutual- and self-assessment strategies in male-male combat	4
Adjusted phonotactic reactions to sound amplitude and pulse number mediate territoriality in the harlequin poison frog	4
Attraction for familiar conspecifics in young chicks (Gallus gallus): An interbreed study	4
Behavioral economic demand modeling chronology, complexities, and considerations: Much ado about zeros	4
Modelling collective decision-making: Insights into collective anti-predator behaviors from an agent-based approach	4
Social vulnerability, COVID-19 impact, and decision making among adults in a low-resource community	4
Spatial memory in Vespula germanica wasps: A pilot study using a Y-maze assay	4
Dialects in the alarm calls of black- tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus): A case of cultural diffusion?	4
Effects of intraspecific chemical cues on the behaviour of the bloodfin tetra Aphyocharax anisitsi (Ostariophysi: Characidae)	4
Context-dependent use of visual cues in the shell selection behaviour of the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus	4