OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
New evidence of cryptic speciation in the family Longidoridae (Nematoda: Dorylaimida)	16
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
Colonization history of Galapagos giant tortoises: Insights from mitogenomes support the progression rule	15
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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