OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Acta Ethologica is 1. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
European breeding phenology of the invasive common waxbill, a sub-Saharan opportunistic breeder	11
Spatial segregation and interspecific killing of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)	9
Using machine learning and DeepLabCut in animal behavior	8
Occurrence of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Icelandic coastal waters and their interspecific interactions	8
Zoo visitors affect sleep, displacement activities, and affiliative and aggressive behaviors in captive ebony langurs (Trachypithecus auratus)	7
Rehabilitation method affects behavior, welfare, and adaptation potential for subsequent release of orphaned white rhinoceros	7
What do we know about flamingo behaviors? A systematic review of the ethological research on the Phoenicopteridae (1978–2020)	6
Two songbird species show subordinate responses to simulated territorial intrusions of an exotic competitor	5
A non-vocal alarm? Effects of wing trill playbacks on antipredator responses in the scaled dove	5
Differences in social-space–time behaviour of two red deer herds (Cervus elaphus)	5
Research evidence from studies on filial imprinting, attachment, and early life stress: a new route for scientific integration	5
Behavioural repeatability in Sardinian warblers (Sylvia melanocephala): larger individuals are more aggressive	5
What does human-animal studies have to offer ethology?	5
Unique spatial behavior of the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) in the open mountains of Mt. Fuji	4
Cooperation and conflicts during prey capture in colonies of the colonial spider Parawixia bistriata (Araneae: Araneidae)	4
Time-activity budget of urban-adapted free-ranging dogs	4
Observations on habitat preference of juvenile eastern hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)	4
Fear of the dark: substrate preference in Amazonian tadpoles	4
Are good fighters also good singers? The relationship between acoustic traits and fight success in the treefrog Pithecopus nordestinus (Phyllomedusidae)	3
Affiliation among subadult males varies between populations of long-tailed macaques	3
Does experimentally simulated presence of a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) affect egg rejection and breeding success in the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)?	3
The underground system of Clyomys laticeps changes in structure and composition according to climatic and vegetation variations	3
Effects of anthropogenic noise on cognition, bill color, and growth in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)	3
Water turbidity–induced alterations in coloration and courtship behavior of male guppies (Poecilia reticulata)	3
Thanatological behavior of a female Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca)	3

Bright coloration of male blue manakin is not connected to higher rates of nest predation	3
An immune challenge of female great tits decreases offspring survival and has sex-specific effects on offspring body size	2
Promiscuity in the Greater Rhea: a genetic approach	2
Experimental evidence that toe-tapping behavior in the green-and-black poison frog (Dendrobates auratus) is related to prey detection	2
Use of crowdsourced images for determining 2D:4D and relationship to pro-environmental variables	2
Note orders suggest phrase-inserting structure in male Mueller’s gibbon songs: a case study	2
Mental gland secretions as a social cue in gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus): tortoise presence stimulates and maintains social behaviour with chemical cues	2
On the courtship, breeding behaviour and vocalisation of Rhinella ornata (Spix, 1824) (Anura, Bufonidae): a well-marked escalated behaviour in a lek-like system	2
Separating effects of spatial location and microhabitat density on perceived predation risk in small mammals	2
Dominance hierarchy and social network in a captive group of white-lipped peccary males: what happens after the alpha male leaves?	2
Changes in salivary cortisol and testosterone levels in male chimpanzees during the process of reunion with group members	2
Hide and flirt: observed behavior of female jaguars (Panthera onca) to protect their young cubs from adult males	2
Short- and long-term memory and age in a traditional tribe (Dani of Papua) and a modern population (Poland)	2
Do wild tamarins reconcile? Two case reports from moustached tamarins	2
Underground environment increases the differentiation of personality traits between male and female plateau zokors (Eospalax baileyi)	1
Testing the environmental buffering hypothesis of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler	1
Invasive Italian wall lizards outcompete native congeneric species in finding food in a Y-maze	1
Orientation of Belminus triatomines to cockroaches and cockroaches’ fecal volatiles: an ethological approach	1
To group or not to group: group size dynamics and intestinal parasites in Indian peafowl populations	1
Increase in social interactions of wild Northern Gray gibbons (Hylobates funereus) during the mast fruiting period in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia	1
Thanatological behavior in striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena)	1
Correction to: Note orders suggest phrase-inserting structure in male Mueller’s gibbon songs: a case study	1
First record of crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva formosanus) in coastal forest and use of anvils during predation on land hermit crabs in Taiwan	1
Underwater foraging increases the incidence of head-up position in dunlin (Calidris alpina)	1
Poison frog social behaviour under global change: potential impacts and future challenges	1
Limited effects of traffic noise on behavioural responses to conspecific mating calls in the eastern sedge frog Litoria fallax	1
Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) color morphs do not differ in aggressiveness	1
Social and environmental cues drive the intra-population variation in courtship behavior of a neotropical lekking bird	1