OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Acta Ethologica 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 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
Occurrence of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Icelandic coastal waters and their interspecific interactions	8
Using machine learning and DeepLabCut in animal behavior	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
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
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
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
Unique spatial behavior of the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) in the open mountains of Mt. Fuji	4
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

Are good fighters also good singers? The relationship between acoustic traits and fight success in the treefrog Pithecopus nordestinus (Phyllomedusidae)