OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Ecology is 36. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot	196
Issue Information	174
Clones on the run: The genomics of a recently expanded partially clonal species	129
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments	84
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus	69
Telomere dynamics in relation to experimentally increased locomotion costs and fitness in great tits	68
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares	62
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges	61
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton	57
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode	52
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species	51
Whole‐genome resequencing confirms reproductive isolation between sympatric demes of brown trout (Salmo trutta) detected with allozymes	48
Grassland ecosystem type drives AM fungal diversity and functional guild distribution in North American grasslands	47
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings	46
On the origin and structure of haplotype blocks	46
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle	45
Hypoxia as a physiological cue and pathological stress for coral larvae	45
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence	43
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)	43
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora	43
Ecology Not Genetic Covariance Explains Correlated Trait Divergence During Speciation	42
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes	42
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach	42
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone	41
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus	40

Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea	40
Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe	40
Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in Mauremys mutica Provides Insights Into the Role of KDM6B Gene in Coexistence of Temperature‐Dependent and Genetic Sex Determination	40
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity	39
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea	39
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops (Humulus lupulus L.)	39
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes	38
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges	37
Host‐pathogen‐environment interactions predict survival outcomes of adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) released from fisheries	36
Combined Evidence Reveals the Origin of a Rapid Range Expansion Despite Retained Genetic Diversity and a Weak Founder Effect	36
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude	36
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era	36
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico	36
Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni	36
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape	36