OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences is 32. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Cool-edge populations of the kelp Ecklonia radiata under global ocean change scenarios: strong sensitivity to ocean warming but little effect of ocean acidification	118
Seeds of language-like generativity in bird call combinations	110
The gaze of a social monkey is perceptible to conspecifics and predators but not prey	87
Asymmetric arms races between predators and prey: a tug of war between the life–dinner principle and the rare-enemy principle	75
Comparative genomics reveals convergent signals associated with the high metabolism and longevity in birds and bats	67
Seed size variation impacts local adaptation and life-history strategies in a perennial grass	66
Genotype-by-environment interactions influence the composition of the Drosophila seminal proteome	63
Ecological determinants of rabies virus dynamics in vampire bats and spillover to livestock	56
Quantitative genetic-by-soil microbiome interactions in a perennial grass affect functional traits	53
External and internal driving forces of community and functional group stability in the forest mammal community	53
Modelling the emergence of synchrony from decentralized rhythmic interactions in animal communication	52
Human-driven breakdown of predator–prey interactions in the northern Adriatic Sea	45
Labour's pain: strenuous subsistence work, mechanical wear-and-tear and musculoskeletal pain in a non-industrialized population	42
Feather chemicals contain information about the major histocompatibility complex in a highly scented seabird	42
In search of the genetic variants of human sex ratio at birth: was Fisher wrong about sex ratio evolution?	41
Swimming through sand: using accelerometers to observe the cryptic, pre-emergence life-stage of sea turtle hatchlings	41
Correction to: ‘Age determination in echinoderms: first evidence of annual growth rings in holothuroids’ 2022 by Sun et al.	40
Multiscale analysis of the randomization limits of the chromosomal gene organization between Lepidoptera and Diptera	40
Shifts in predator behaviour following climate induced disturbance on coral reefs	39
Social restructuring during harsh environmental conditions promotes cooperative behaviour in a songbird	37
Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of Hydrangeeae (Hydrangeaceae) elucidate the effects of geologic and climatic dynamics on diversification	36
Ants act as olfactory bio-detectors of tumours in patient-derived xenograft mice	36
King- and queen-specific degradation of uric acid contributes to reproduction in termites	35
Kin selection of time travel: the social evolutionary causes and consequences of dormancy	35
The psychology of relative state, desperation and violence: a commentary on de Courson et al. (2023)	35

Energetic trade-offs in migration decision-making, reproductive effort and subsequent parental care in a long-distance migratory bird	34
Beak morphometry and morphogenesis across avian radiations	34
Crocodile perception of distress in hominid baby cries	33
Rare edges and abundant cores: range-wide variation in abundance in North American birds	32
Evolution of bioluminescence in Anthozoa with emphasis on Octocorallia	32
Mosquito ageing modulates the development, virulence and transmission potential of pathogens	32
Sub-communities of the vaginal microbiota in pregnant and non-pregnant women	32