OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Ecology is 38. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Telomere dynamics in relation to experimentally increased locomotion costs and fitness in great tits	203
Long‐read sequencing in ecology and evolution: Understanding how complex genetic and epigenetic variants shape biodiversity	198
Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era	177
Hybrid enrichment of adaptive variation revealed by genotype–environment associations in montane sedges	145
Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora	107
Out of the Qinghai‐Tibet plateau: Genomic biogeography of the alpine monospecific genus Megadenia (Biscutelleae, Brassicaceae)	96
Genomic analysis of a parasite invasion: Colonization of the Americas by the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni	91
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Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird	73
The impacts of positive selection on genomic variation in Drosophila serrata: Insights from a deep learning approach	72
Diving into the diversity of colour patterns in reef fishes	66
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus	63
Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone	63
Adaptive cellular evolution or cellular system drift in hares	62
Demographic modelling helps track the rapid and recent divergence of a conifer species pair from Central Mexico	61
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Genomic data support multiple introductions and explosive demographic expansions in a highly invasive aquatic insect	59
Museomics Sheds Light on Evolutionary Diversity in a Critically Endangered Cockatoo Species From Wallacea	59
Genomic, morphological and physiological data support fast ecotypic differentiation and incipient speciation in an alpine diving beetle	57
Traits and tradeoffs among non‐native ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts affect pine seedling establishment in a Hawaiian coinvasion landscape	56
Decoding plant‐induced transcriptomic variability and consistency in two related polyphagous mites differing in host ranges	55
Bacterial communities in a subarctic stream network: Spatial and seasonal patterns of benthic biofilm and bacterioplankton	53
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	52
Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode	51
A genomic assessment of the marine‐speciation paradox within the toothed whale superfamily Delphinoidea	50

Acclimatory gene expression of primed clams enhances robustness to elevated pCO₂	48
The transcriptional state and chromatin landscape of cichlid jaw shape variation across species and environments	46
More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)	45
Whole‐genome resequencing confirms reproductive isolation between sympatric demes of brown trout (Salmo trutta) detected with allozymes	45
Experimental evidence that root‐associated fungi improve plant growth at high altitude	45
DNA Methylation Dynamics Reflect Sex and Status Differences in Mortality Rates in a Polygynous Bat	44
Interspecies genome divergence is predominantly due to frequent small scale rearrangements in Eucalyptus	43
The effect of divergent and parallel selection on the genomic landscape of divergence	40
Brazilian marine phylogeography: A literature synthesis and analysis of barriers	40
Community‐wide correlations between species richness, abundance and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot	39
Host‐pathogen‐environment interactions predict survival outcomes of adult sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) released from fisheries	39
Evolutionary roles of polyploidization‐derived structural variations in the phenotypic diversification of Panax species	38
Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin's finch nestlings	38
Diversification along a benthic to pelagic gradient contributes to fish diversity in the world's largest lake (Lake Baikal, Russia)	38
Analysing indoor mycobiomes through a large‐scale citizen science study in Norway	38
Evolutionary History and Rhizosphere Microbial Community Composition in Domesticated Hops (Humulus lupulus L.)	38
Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe	38
Understanding the role of temperature in seasonal timing: Effects on behavioural, physiological and molecular phenotypes	38