OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Evolutionary Biology is 5. 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
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	137
Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?	120
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change	77
A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds	68
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Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets	40
Genotype specific and microbiome effects of hypoxia in the model organism Daphnia magna	39
Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments	37
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Evolutionary divergence in phenotypic plasticity shapes brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes	28
New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis	28
A novel cricket morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations	28
Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs	26
Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage	24
Assessing co-diversification in host-associated microbiomes	23
Subfunctionalisation of paralogous genes and evolution of differential codon usage preferences: The showcase of polypyrimidine tract binding proteins	20
Evolution of thermal performance curves: A meta‐analysis of selection experiments	18
The potential for the evolution of thermally sensitive courtship behaviours in the treehopper, Enchenopa binotata	18
Ghost introgression in ricefishes of the genus Adrianichthys in an ancient Wallacean lake	18
Soft selection reduces loss of heterozygosity in asexual reproduction	18
Ontogenetic change in effectiveness of chemical defence against different predators in Oxycarenus true bugs	18
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Epigenetics and reproductive isolation: a commentary on Westram et al., 2022	17

Interpopulation variation in inbreeding is primarily driven by tolerance of mating with relatives in a spermcasting invertebrate	16
Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?	16
Environmental variance in male mating success modulates the positive versus negative impacts of sexual selection on genetic load	15
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Purifying selection against spurious splicing signals contributes to the base composition evolution of the polypyrimidine tract	15
Age-specific survival of territorial and non-territorial male chamois	15
Phenotypic variation and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of intraspecific diversity in a locust-specific fungal pathogen	15
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Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds	14
Bet-hedging via dispersal aids the evolution of plastic responses to unreliable cues	14
Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes	14
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How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation	14
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog	13
Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco	13
Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian‐perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus )	13
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster	13
Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?	13
Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage	13
Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology	13
Female reproductive fluid concentrations affect sperm performance of alternative male phenotypes in an external fertilizer	12
How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process	12
Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four-eyed frogs	12
Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited	12
Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization	12
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Why do Hymenopteran workers drift to non-natal groups? Generalized reciprocity and the maximization of group and parental success	11
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Hunger for sex: Abundant, heterogeneous resources select for sexual reproduction in the field	11
The effect of migration and variation on populations of Escherichia coli adapting to complex fluctuating environments	11
Cryptic community structure and metabolic interactions among the heritable facultative symbionts of the pea aphid	11
Trade‐off between pre and post‐copulatory traits depends on locomotor activity in male Tribolium castaneum beetles	11
Reproductive isolating mechanisms contributing to asymmetric hybridization in Killifishes ( Fundulus spp.)	11
Seasonal stability and species specificity of environmentally acquired chemical mating signals in orchid bees	11
Environmental effects rather than relatedness determine gut microbiome similarity in a social mammal	11
100 years of Haldane's rule	10
Rapid hyperthyroidism-induced adaptation of salmonid fish in response to environmental pollution	10
The social role of defective viral genomes in chronic viral infections: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	10
Long‐term persistence of exaggerated ornaments under Fisherian runaway despite costly mate search	10
Sex-specific trait architecture in a spider with sexual size dimorphism	10
Male size does not affect the strength of male mate choice for high-quality females in Drosophila melanogaster	10
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Hybrid incompatibility between Drosophila virilis and D. lummei is stronger in the presence of transposabl	9
Intraspecific variation in reproductive barriers between two closely related Arabidopsis sister species	9
Sex chromosome evolution: The remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms	9
Hoisted with his own petard: How sex‐ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread	9
Evolution of territoriality in Hylinae treefrogs: Ecological and morphological correlates and lineage diversification	9
Evolutionary rescue under demographic and environmental stochasticity	9
Candidate gene polymorphisms are linked to dispersive and migratory behaviour: Searching for a mechanism behind the “paradox of the great speciators”	9
Sexual signal evolution and patterns of assortative mating across an intraspecific contact zone	9

Evidence of prezygotic isolation, but not assortative mating, between locally adapted populations of Fundulus heteroclitus across a salinity gradient	9
X chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species	9
Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement inOhomopterusground beetles	8
Ecology, sexual dimorphism, and jumping evolution in anurans	8
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Sexual selection drives the coevolution of male and female reproductive traits in Peromyscus mice	8
Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird	8
Open questions in the social lives of viruses	7
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The maintenance of genetic diversity under host–parasite coevolution in finite, structured populations	7
Adaptive phenotypic and genomic divergence in the common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) following niche expansion within a small oceanic island	7
Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates	7
The adaptive role of melanin plasticity in thermally variable environments	7
Static allometries do not reflect evolutionary allometry in exaggerated weaponry of male New Zealand sheetweb spiders ( Cambridgea spp.)	7
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Evolution of physical linkage between loci controlling ecological traits and mating preferences	7
phylosem: A fast and simple R package for phylogenetic inference and trait imputation using phylogenetic structural equation models	7
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The social lives of viruses and other mobile genetic elements: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	7
Forty‐two, and other precise answers to difficult questions: a commentary on Westram et al., 2022	6
Experimental test of the influence of light availability on the evolution of eye size and behaviour in Daphnia	6
Beyond classical theories: An integrative mathematical model of mating dynamics and parental care	6
Implementing code review in the scientific workflow: Insights from ecology and evolutionary biology	6
Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience	6
Evolution of reproductive modes in sharks and rays	6
The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences	6
Cryptic female choice within individual males – A neglected component of the postmating sexual selection?	6
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The effect of mutational robustness on the evolvability of multicellular organisms and eukaryotic cells	5
Multiple infection theory rather than ‘socio-virology’? A commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	5
To self or not to self? Absence of mate choice despite costly outcrossing in the fungus Podospora anserina	5
How do host plant use and seasonal life cycle relate to insect body size: A case study on European geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)	5
The role of migration in mutant dynamics in fragmented populations	5
Diverse strategies that animals use to deter intraspecific predation	5
More to legs than meets the eye: Presence and function of pheromone compounds on heliothine moth legs	5
Multiple paternity is related to adult sex ratio and sex determination system in reptiles	5
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Extra‐pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds	5
Measuring, comparing and interpreting phenotypic selection on floral scent	5
Evidence for the Predator Attraction Hypothesis in an amphibian predator–prey system	5
Not just the sum of its parts: Geographic variation and nonadditive effects of pyrazines in the chemical defence of an aposematic moth	5