OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences is 45. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Mitonuclear dynamics in unisexual vertebrates	143
Modelling morbidity for neglected tropical diseases: the long and winding road from cumulative exposure to long-term pathology	128
Impact of population size on early adaptation in rugged fitness landscapes	127
Diet- and salinity-induced modifications of the gut microbiota are associated with differential physiological responses to ranavirus infection in Rana sylvatica	125
Comments from the departing Editor	101
Preface	97
Tracking the spatial and longitudinal dynamics of mixed infections of urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis, inclusive of Schistosoma mattheei , in t	80
Evolution of the cardiac dyad	79
The growing methodological toolkit for identifying and studying social learning and culture in non-human animals	74
Characteristic processes of human evolution caused the Anthropocene and may obstruct its global solutions	74
Sex differences in the impact of social relationships on individual vocal signatures in grey mouse lemurs ( Microcebus murinus )	71
Pragmatic comprehension and inferential ability: interplay with executive functions and Theory of Mind	70
Spatial–social familiarity complements the spatial–social interface: evidence from Yellowstone bison	70
Pregnancy at high altitude: evolutionary and historical perspectives	69
A perspective on Notch signalling in progression and arrhythmogenesis in familial hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies	69
The development of a silage-based biorefinery to deliver the maximum nutritional benefit for human consumption from UK grasslands	68
Base structures across lexical and notational numeral modalities	68
Extraembryonic tissue in chelicerates: a review and outlook	68
Modelling exo-biospheres for biosignature predictions	65
Peripersonal space: why so last-second?	65
Dynamics of collective motion across time and species	62
Causal learning, counterfactual reasoning and pretend play: a cross-cultural comparison of Peruvian, mixed- and low-socioeconomic status U.S. children	62
Distinct Anthropocene biosphere recorded by the rise of green algae and chrysophytes in varved sediments of Crawford Lake (Ontario, Canada)	61
Selection of an anti-pathogen skin microbiome following prophylaxis treatment in an amphibian model system	61
Symbol ungrounding: what the successes (and failures) of large language models reveal about human cognition	61

Spatial food webs in the Barents Sea: atlantification and the reorganization of the trophic structure	60
Nonlinear phenomena in mammalian vocal communication: an introduction and scoping review	59
The urgent search for predictive biomarkers in the emerging era of universal congenital cytomegalovirus screening	56
The relation between children’s shyness and their contingent dialogical actions when reacting to a social robot’s instructions	55
Tissue-specific epigenetic and genetic regulation of sexual dimorphism	54
Scaling approaches and macroecology provide a foundation for assessing ecological resilience in the Anthropocene	54
DNA methylation is associated with genomic architecture, genetic variation and dispersal-related traits in an expanding invasion	54
Temporal and spatial variation in temperature and oxygen at the microscale: key niche axes for aquatic life	53
Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead	53
Continuities and discontinuities in the cultural evolution of global consciousness	53
Honey-hunting with honeyguides in northern Ghana: cultural continuity amid change	51
The utility of the Living Planet Index as a policy tool and for measuring nature recovery	51
Evolution of nest architecture in tyrant flycatchers and allies	50
Evolutionary game theory and the adaptive dynamics approach: adaptation where individuals interact	49
A framework for the detection and attribution of biodiversity change	49
Social structure as a form of collective intelligence: a new framework	48
Systematic challenges and opportunities in insect monitoring: a Global South perspective	48
The framework species method: harnessing natural regeneration to restore tropical forest ecosystems	48
Thermal variability during development facilitates enduring physiological tolerance	47
Energy homeostasis from Lavoisier to control theory	47
Antimicrobial pharmacodynamics: defining regimens of antibiotics that are safe, effective and prevent the emergence of resistance	45
Aligned bodies, united hearts: embodied emotional dynamics of an Islamic ritual	45