OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 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
Granite boulders act as deep‐time climate refugia: A Miocene divergent clade of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mysore Plateau, India,	16
New evidence of cryptic speciation in the family Longidoridae (Nematoda: Dorylaimida)	16
Genetic structure, morphological variation, and gametogenic peculiarities in water frogs ( Pelophylax ) from northeastern European Russia	15
Evolutionary implications of analyses of complete mitochondrial genomes across order Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia)	15
Colonization history of Galapagos giant tortoises: Insights from mitogenomes support the progression rule	15
The Haeckelian shortfall or the tale of the missing semaphoronts	13
Diversity of Plagiorchis (Trematoda: Digenea) in high latitudes: Species composition and snail host spectrum revealed by integrative taxonomy	13
Mind thenumt: Finding informative mitochondrial markers in a giant grasshopper genome	12
Not as widespread as thought: Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in the Amazonian nurse frog Allobates tinae Melo‐Sampaio, Oliveira and Prates, 2018 and desc	12
When DNA sequence data and morphological results fit together: Phylogenetic position of Crenubiotus within Macrobiotoidea (Eutardigrada) with description of	12
A molecular phylogeny of the freshwater‐fish genusRasbora(Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals a remarkable diversification—And a cryptic species	12
16S rRNA gene‐based metagenomic analysis of the gut microbial community associated with the DUI species Unio crassus (Bivalvia: Unionidae)	11
The disjunct distribution of relict earthworm genera clarifies the early historical biogeography of the Lumbricidae (Crassiclitellata, Annelida)	11
Species delimitation through DNA barcoding of freshwater leeches of theGlossiphoniagenus (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) from Eastern Siberia, Russia	10
Evolution of scapula shape in several families of bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia)	10
First evidence of male dwarfism in scale worms: A new species of Polynoidae (Annelida) from hermit crab and molluscan shells	10
Molecular phylogeny reveals high diversity and endemism in the limestone karst‐restricted land snail genus Sophina Benson, 1859 from Myanmar (Eupulmonata: Helicarionidae	10
Tracking climate change in the spatial distribution pattern and the phylogeographic structure of Hyrcanian wood frog,Rana pseudodalmatina(Anura: Ranidae)	10
One species hides many: Molecular and morphological evidence for cryptic speciation in a thread snake (Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops sylvicolus Broadley & Wallach,	10
Chromosomal analysis of eight species of dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) using conventional cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ hybridization: Insights into the karyotype evolut	10
Molecular systematics, species limits, and diversification of the genus Dendrocolaptes (Aves: Furnariidae): Insights on biotic exchanges between dry and humid forest typ	9
Putting European lampreys into perspective: A global‐scale multilocus phylogeny with a proposal for a generic structure of the Petromyzontidae	9
Genetic structure, ecological versatility, and skull shape differentiation inArvicolawater voles (Rodentia, Cricetidae)	9
A biogeographic–ecological approach to disentangle reticulate evolution in the Triatoma phyllosoma species group (Heteroptera: Triatominae), vectors of Chagas disease	9
One Beringian genus less: A re‐assesment ofPacifimyxasKruglov & Starobogatov, 1985 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) questions the current estimates of Beringian biodiversity	8

Hidden diversity—Delimitation of cryptic species and phylogeography of the cyprinidGarraspecies complex in Northern Oman	8
Transalpine dispersal: Italian barred grass snakes in southernmost Bavaria—This far but no further!	8
Life on the edge: Tadpoles of Cycloramphidae (Amphibia; Anura), anatomy, systematics, functional morphology, and comments on the evolution of semiterrestrial tadpoles	8
Resolving species boundaries in the critically imperiled freshwater mussel species,Fusconaia mitchelli(Bivalvia: Unionidae)	8
Borrowing the Pentatomomorpha tome from the DNA barcode library: Scanning the overall performance ofcox1as a tool	8
New insights on the geographical origins of the Caribbean raccoons	8
The evolution of climatic niche breadth in terrestrial vertebrates	8
Diversification of Prochilodus in the eastern Brazilian Shield: Evidence from complete mitochondrial genomes (Teleostei, Prochilodontidae)	8
A genomic footprint of a moving hybrid zone in marbled newts	8
Gondwana breakup under the ephemeral look	8
A revision of the ctenostome bryozoan family Pherusellidae, with description of two new species	8
Genetic management of a water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator macromaculatus) population at Bang Kachao Peninsula as a consequence of urbanization with Varanus Farm Kamphaeng Saen as the first	8
Systematic review of the polychromatic ground snakesAtractus snethlageaecomplex reveals four new species from threatened environments	8
Systematic revision of mountain dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma ) in China, with descriptions of six new species and discussion on their conservation	7
Integrative taxonomy confirms the species status of the Himalayan langurs, Semnopithecus schistaceus Hodgson, 1840	7
Comparative osteology of the penguin‐like mid‐Cenozoic Plotopteridae and the earliest true fossil penguins, with comments on the origins of wing‐propelled diving	7
High genetic divergence but low morphological differences in a keelback snake Rhabdophis subminiatus (Reptilia, Colubridae)	7
Testing the phylogenetic hypotheses of Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 in light of new phenotypic data (Teleostei: Characidae)	7
Descriptive study of the mitogenome of the diamondback squid ( Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857) and the evolution of mitogenome arrangement in oceanic squids	7
Biogeography of bats in Iran: Mapping and disentangling environmental and historical drivers of bat richness	7
Diversity, distribution, and evolutionary history of the most studied African rodents, multimammate mice of the genusMastomys: An overview after a quarter of century of using DNA sequencing	7
Integrative taxonomy reveals two species and intraspecific differentiation in theVipera latastei–monticolacomplex	7
Phylogenomics of the bumblebee catfishes (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) using ultraconserved elements	7
Who inhabits the world’s deepest crater lake? A taxonomic review of Corbicula (Bivalvia: Cyrenidae) clams from Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia	7
Integrative systematics of Neotropical porcupines ofCoendou prehensiliscomplex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)	7
Revision of the pale‐belliedMicronycterisGray, 1866 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) with descriptions of two new species	6
The evolution of Synchaetidae (Rotifera: Monogononta) with a focus on Synchaeta : An integrative approach combining molecular and morphological data	6
Historical biogeography of the Iberian Peninsula: multilocus phylogeny and ancestral area reconstruction for the freshwater fish genus Squalius (Actinopterygii, Leucisci	6
Additional taxonomic coverage of the doubly uniparental inheritance in bivalves: Evidence of sex‐linked heteroplasmy in the razor clam Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799, b	6
Structure and movement of the hybrid zone between two divergent lineages of the Japanese newt Cynops pyrrhogaster (Amphibia: Urodela) in central Japan	6
Range‐wide phylogeography and taxonomy of the marine rock pools dwellerTigriopus fulvus(Fischer, 1860) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)	6
New insights into and limitations of the molecular phylogeny in the taxon‐rich land snail genusMontenegrina(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Clausiliidae)	6
Quaternary climatic cycles promoted (re)colonization and diversification events in Adriatic sand gobies	6
Morphology‐based phylogeny of Eigenmanniinae Mago‐Leccia, 1978 (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae), with a new classification	6
DNA barcoding of Iranian leeches (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinida)	6
The Rufous Sengi is not Elephantulus —Multilocus reconstruction of evolutionary history of sengis from the subfamily Macroscelidinae	6
Phylogenetic review of the tribal system of Aleocharinae, a mega‐lineage of terrestrial arthropods in need of reclassification	6
Genetically diverse yet morphologically conserved: Hidden diversity revealed among Bornean geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus )	6
Habitat use and population genetics of golden jackals in Iran: Insights from a generalist species in a highly heterogeneous landscape	5
Phylogeographic diversification of the Mesalina olivieri species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) with the description of a new species and a new subspecies endemic from N	5
Tiny treefrogs in the Pleistocene: Phylogeography of Dendropsophus oliveirai in the Atlantic Forest and associated enclaves in northeastern Brazil	5
Evolutionary history of the reef fishAnisotremus interruptus(Perciformes: Haemulidae) throughout the Tropical Eastern Pacific	5
Phenotypic variation and promiscuity in a wild population of pure dingoes (Canis dingo)	5
Geological and paleoclimatic events reflected in phylogeographic patterns of intertidal arthropods (Acari, Oribatida, Selenoribatidae) from southern Japanese islands	5
A trade‐off between latitude and elevation contributes to explain range segregation of broadly distributed cave‐dwelling spiders	5
On the shoulder of giants: Mitogenome recovery from non‐targeted genome projects for phylogenetic inference and molecular evolution studies	5
Molecular data reveal distinct phylogenetic position of Cottus metae , establish its distribution range, and invalidate the species status of C. scaturigo	5
The tadpoles of the funnel‐mouthed dendrobatids (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Colostethinae:Silverstoneia): external morphology, musculoskeletal anatomy, buccopharyngeal cavity, and new synapomorphies	5
Integrative taxonomy and biogeographic affinities of the first freshwater sponge and mollusc association discovered in tropical Asia	5
Doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in freshwater mussels: History and status of the European species	5

Insights toward the future potential distribution of mangrove crabs in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman	5
A synthesis on troglobitic springtails in Europe	5
Cryptic Marine Diversity in the Northern Arabian Gulf: An Integrative Approach Uncovers a New Species of Oyster (Bivalvia: Ostreidae), Ostrea oleomargarita	4
Evolutionary insights intoRhinolophus episcopus(Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) in China: Isolation by distance, environment, or sensory system?	4
Biodiversity modelling reveals a significant gap between diversity hotspots and protected areas for Iranian reptiles	4
High molecular variability in three pine vole species of the subgenus Terricola ( Microtus , Arvicolinae) and plausible source of polymorp	4
A new terraranan genus from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest with comments on the systematics of Brachycephaloidea (Amphibia: Anura)	4
Rapid peripatric speciation linked with drainage evolution in a rare African rodent,Mastomys shortridgei(Rodentia: Muridae)	4
Interspecific skull variation at a small scale: The genus Eospalax exhibits functional morphological variations related to the exploitation of ecological niche	4
Urban growth threatens the lowland Amazonian Manaus harlequin frog which represents an evolutionarily significant unit within the genus Atelopus (Amphibia: Anura: Bufoni	4
Systematics of the oil bee genusLanthanomelissa(Apidae: Tapinotaspidini) and its implications for the biogeography of South American grasslands	4
Genetic polymorphisms and the independent evolution of major histocompatibility complex class II‐DRBin sibling bat speciesRhinolophus episcopusandRhinolophus siamensis	4
Integrative taxonomy of land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) from the Andean‐Patagonian Forests from Argentina and Chile, with the erection of two new genera	4
Discordance of genetic diversification between deep‐ and shallow‐water species of Kobeltocochlea Lindholm, 1909 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Benedictiidae) endemic	4
Taxonomic richness and host range of tropical Asian mussel‐associated mite assemblages (Acari: Unionicolidae) with a description of a new subgenus and species of parasitic mite from freshwater pearl m	4
A comprehensive appraisal of evolutionary diversity in venomous Asian coralsnakes of the genusSinomicrurus(Serpentes: Elapidae) using Bayesian coalescent inference and supervised machine learni	4
Parallel evolution of a new sympatric species pair ofCrenicichla(Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Misiones, Argentina with a review of biogeography and mitonuclear discordance in theC. mandelburge	4
No association between candidate genes for color determination and color phenotype inHierophis viridiflavus,and characterization of a contact zone	4
Genetic diversity of the naked mole‐rat ( Heterocephalus glaber)	4
Ultrastructure of ganglia in the brachiopodCoptothyris grayiand its phylogenetic significance	4
Diversification and secondary contact in the magpie‐jays (Calocitta) throughout the pacific lowlands of Mesoamerica	4
A New Interactive Web-Based Polytomous Key for Species Identification of Pin Nematodes of the Genus Paratylenchus Micoletzky, 1922 (Nematoda: Paratylenchinae) with the Use of Ribosomal and Mitochondri	4
Phylogeographic advances in midwife toads ( Alytes ) support the existence of a novel taxon endemic to the Central Pyrenees	4
Mitogenomics of Didelphis (Mammalia; Didelphimorphia; Didelphidae) and insights into character evolution in the genus	4
Dissecting a Geographical Colourful Tapestry: Phylogeography of the Colour Polymorphic Spider Gasteracantha cancriformis	4
Evidence of cryptic diversity inPodarcis peloponnesiacusand re‐evaluation of its current taxonomy; insights from genetic, morphological, and ecological data	4
Molecular phylogeny of Eremias spp. from Pakistan contributes to a better understanding of the diversity of racerunners	4
An integrative approach to the taxonomy and systematics within the genusMontenegrinaBoettger, 1877 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Clausiliidae)	3
Morphological integration and serial homology: A case study of the cranium and anterior vertebrae in salamanders	3
Uncovering hidden species diversity of alopoglossid lizards in Amazonia, with the description of three new species ofAlopoglossus(Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidae)	3
Phylogeographic pattern, genetic diversity, and evolutionary history of the enigmatic freshwater fish species Aulopyge huegelii (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae)	3
Introgressive hybridization between two phylogenetic lineages of charrs ( Salvelinus : Salmonidae) in northeastern Asia	3
Phylogenetic structure of Neotropical annual fish of the genusCynopoecilus(Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with an assessment of taxonomic implications	3
Role of Pleistocene climatic oscillations on genetic differentiation and evolutionary history of the Transvolcanic deer mouse Peromyscus hylocetes (Rodentia: Cricetidae)	3
Concordant patterns of genetic, acoustic, and morphological divergence in the West African Old World leaf‐nosed bats of the Hipposideros caffer complex	3
Reproductive organs and spermatogenesis of the peculiar spermatozoa of the genus Kryptodasys (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida), with an appraisal of the occurrence and origin	3
The evolution of species abundances in terrestrial vertebrates	3
Out of the trap: A new phytothelm‐breeding species ofPhilautusand an updated phylogeny of Bornean bush frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae)	3
Evidence of cryptic speciation in South American lungfish	3
Molecular phylogenetic relationships within the Phrynocephalus maculatus‐arabicus species complex (Sauria: Agamidae) in Iran	3
Massive LINE‐1 retrotransposon enrichment in tamarins of the Cebidae family (Platyrrhini, Primates) and its significance for genome evolution	3
Integrative taxonomy reveals extreme morphological conservatism in sympatricMugilspecies from the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic	3
Evolutionary History and Taxonomic Reclassification of the Critically Endangered Daggernose Shark, a Species Endemic to the Western Atlantic	3
Feeling sluggish: The extreme semislugs of Australia (Stylommatophora,Helicarionidae)	3
An exquisitely preserved tiny bark‐gnawing beetle (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from mid‐Cretaceous Burmese amber and the phylogeny of Trogossitidae	3