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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change	125
A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds	108
An update on recent developments at JEB	68
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	66
Effects of genetic vs. environmental quality on condition‐dependent morphological and life history traits in a neriid fly	65
The evolution of the additive variance of a trait under stabilizing selection after autopolyploidization	44
Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?	43
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Trade‐offs in defence to pathogen species revealed in expanding nematode populations	36
Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets	31
Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments	31
Genotype specific and microbiome effects of hypoxia in the model organism Daphnia magna	30
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Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage	27
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Assessing co-diversification in host-associated microbiomes	25
Evolutionary divergence in phenotypic plasticity shapes brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes	24
Parasite‐induced shifts in host movement may explain the transient coexistence of high‐ and low‐pathogenic disease strains	22
New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis	22
A novel cricket morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations	20
Subfunctionalisation of paralogous genes and evolution of differential codon usage preferences: The showcase of polypyrimidine tract binding proteins	18
Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs	18
Corrigendum	17
Soft selection reduces loss of heterozygosity in asexual reproduction	17

Epigenetics and reproductive isolation: a commentary on Westram et al., 2022	16
Ontogenetic change in effectiveness of chemical defence against different predators in Oxycarenus true bugs	16
The potential for the evolution of thermally sensitive courtship behaviours in the treehopper, Enchenopa binotata	16
Ghost introgression in ricefishes of the genus Adrianichthys in an ancient Wallacean lake	15
Evolution of thermal performance curves: A meta‐analysis of selection experiments	14
Phenotypic variation and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of intraspecific diversity in a locust-specific fungal pathogen	14
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Pre‐ and post‐association barriers to host switching in sympatric mutualists	14
Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?	14
Assessment of phylogenetic approaches to study the timing of recombination cessation on sex chromosomes	14
Age-specific survival of territorial and non-territorial male chamois	14
Interpopulation variation in inbreeding is primarily driven by tolerance of mating with relatives in a spermcasting invertebrate	14
Purifying selection against spurious splicing signals contributes to the base composition evolution of the polypyrimidine tract	13
Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds	13
Bet-hedging via dispersal aids the evolution of plastic responses to unreliable cues	13
How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation	13
Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes	13
Environmental variance in male mating success modulates the positive versus negative impacts of sexual selection on genetic load	13
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Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco	12
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster	12
Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage	12
Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?	12
Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus	12
Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology	12
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Lack of alignment across yeast‐dependent life‐history traits may limit Drosophila melanogaster dietary specialization	12
Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian‐perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus )	12
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog	12
How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process	11
Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited	11
Female reproductive fluid concentrations affect sperm performance of alternative male phenotypes in an external fertilizer	11
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Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion	11
Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization	11
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Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four-eyed frogs	11
Recent expansion of the non‐recombining sex‐linked region on Silene latifolia sex chromosomes	10
Reproductive isolating mechanisms contributing to asymmetric hybridization in Killifishes ( Fundulus spp.)	10
The effect of migration and variation on populations of Escherichia coli adapting to complex fluctuating environments	10
Trade‐off between pre and post‐copulatory traits depends on locomotor activity in male Tribolium castaneum beetles	10
Cryptic community structure and metabolic interactions among the heritable facultative symbionts of the pea aphid	10
Evolution and dosage compensation of nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) mediated by mobile elements in turtles with female (ZZ/ZW) but not with male (XX/XY	10
100 years of Haldane's rule	10
Environmental effects rather than relatedness determine gut microbiome similarity in a social mammal	10
Why do Hymenopteran workers drift to non-natal groups? Generalized reciprocity and the maximization of group and parental success	10
Seasonal stability and species specificity of environmentally acquired chemical mating signals in orchid bees	10
Hunger for sex: Abundant, heterogeneous resources select for sexual reproduction in the field	10
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Sex-specific trait architecture in a spider with sexual size dimorphism	9
Comparison of methodological approaches to the study of young sex chromosomes: A case study in Poecilia	9
Sexual signal evolution and patterns of assortative mating across an intraspecific contact zone	9
The social role of defective viral genomes in chronic viral infections: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	9
Hoisted with his own petard: How sex‐ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread	9
Long‐term persistence of exaggerated ornaments under Fisherian runaway despite costly mate search	9
Sensory plasticity in a socially plastic bee	9
Issue Information	9
Male size does not affect the strength of male mate choice for high-quality females in Drosophila melanogaster	9
Intraspecific variation in reproductive barriers between two closely related Arabidopsis sister species	8
Rapid hyperthyroidism-induced adaptation of salmonid fish in response to environmental pollution	8
Hybrid incompatibility between Drosophila virilis and D. lummei is stronger in the presence of transposabl	8
Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird	8
Candidate gene polymorphisms are linked to dispersive and migratory behaviour: Searching for a mechanism behind the “paradox of the great speciators”	8
Evidence of prezygotic isolation, but not assortative mating, between locally adapted populations of Fundulus heteroclitus across a salinity gradient	8
Evolution of territoriality in Hylinae treefrogs: Ecological and morphological correlates and lineage diversification	8
Ecology, sexual dimorphism, and jumping evolution in anurans	7
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Sexual selection drives the coevolution of male and female reproductive traits in Peromyscus mice	7
Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates	7
Open questions in the social lives of viruses	7
Identification of a cis‐sex chromosome transition in banded geckos (Coleonyx, Eublepharidae, Gekkota)	7
X chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species	7
Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement inOhomopterusground beetles	7
Adaptive phenotypic and genomic divergence in the common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) following niche expansion within a small oceanic island	7
phylosem: A fast and simple R package for phylogenetic inference and trait imputation using phylogenetic structural equation models	7
The adaptive role of melanin plasticity in thermally variable environments	7
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Sex chromosome evolution: The remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms	7
Evolutionary rescue under demographic and environmental stochasticity	7
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Responses to artificial selection for locomotor activity: A focus on death feigning in red flour beetle	7
Evolution of physical linkage between loci controlling ecological traits and mating preferences	7
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Evolution of reproductive modes in sharks and rays	6
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Mitonuclear discordance and patterns of reproductive isolation in a complex of simultaneously hermaphroditic species, the Allolobophora chlorotica case s	6
Forty‐two, and other precise answers to difficult questions: a commentary on Westram et al., 2022	6
Dewlap colour variation in Anolis sagrei is maintained among habitats within islands of the West Indies	6
Cryptic female choice within individual males – A neglected component of the postmating sexual selection?	6
The maintenance of genetic diversity under host–parasite coevolution in finite, structured populations	6
Static allometries do not reflect evolutionary allometry in exaggerated weaponry of male New Zealand sheetweb spiders ( Cambridgea spp.)	6
Implementing code review in the scientific workflow: Insights from ecology and evolutionary biology	6
A socially polymorphic Formica ant species exhibits a novel distribution of social supergene genotypes	6
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The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences	6
The social lives of viruses and other mobile genetic elements: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	6
Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience	6
The role of migration in mutant dynamics in fragmented populations	5
Experimental test of the influence of light availability on the evolution of eye size and behaviour in Daphnia	5
More to legs than meets the eye: Presence and function of pheromone compounds on heliothine moth legs	5
Evidence for the Predator Attraction Hypothesis in an amphibian predator–prey system	5
Measuring, comparing and interpreting phenotypic selection on floral scent	5
Extra‐pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds	5
Multiple infection theory rather than ‘socio-virology’? A commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	5
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Complex effects of environment and Wolbachia infections on the life history of Drosophila melanogaster hos	5
Multiple paternity is related to adult sex ratio and sex determination system in reptiles	5
Diverse strategies that animals use to deter intraspecific predation	5
The effect of mutational robustness on the evolvability of multicellular organisms and eukaryotic cells	5
Beyond classical theories: An integrative mathematical model of mating dynamics and parental care	5
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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