OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Evolutionary Biology is 10. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
An update on recent developments at JEB	128
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	110
Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?	69
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change	65
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A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds	45
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Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets	37
Trade‐offs in defence to pathogen species revealed in expanding nematode populations	37
Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments	33
Genotype specific and microbiome effects of hypoxia in the model organism Daphnia magna	32
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Evolutionary divergence in phenotypic plasticity shapes brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes	27
Parasite‐induced shifts in host movement may explain the transient coexistence of high‐ and low‐pathogenic disease strains	25
New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis	24
Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs	23
Subfunctionalisation of paralogous genes and evolution of differential codon usage preferences: The showcase of polypyrimidine tract binding proteins	22
Assessing co-diversification in host-associated microbiomes	21
A novel cricket morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations	18
Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage	18
The potential for the evolution of thermally sensitive courtship behaviours in the treehopper, Enchenopa binotata	17
Soft selection reduces loss of heterozygosity in asexual reproduction	17
Ontogenetic change in effectiveness of chemical defence against different predators in Oxycarenus true bugs	17
Ghost introgression in ricefishes of the genus Adrianichthys in an ancient Wallacean lake	16

Epigenetics and reproductive isolation: a commentary on Westram et al., 2022	16
Assessment of phylogenetic approaches to study the timing of recombination cessation on sex chromosomes	16
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Evolution of thermal performance curves: A meta‐analysis of selection experiments	15
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Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?	14
Bet-hedging via dispersal aids the evolution of plastic responses to unreliable cues	14
Phenotypic variation and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of intraspecific diversity in a locust-specific fungal pathogen	14
Pre‐ and post‐association barriers to host switching in sympatric mutualists	14
Purifying selection against spurious splicing signals contributes to the base composition evolution of the polypyrimidine tract	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
Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds	13
Environmental variance in male mating success modulates the positive versus negative impacts of sexual selection on genetic load	13
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster	13
How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation	13
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Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes	13
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How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process	12
Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian‐perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus )	12
Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?	12
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog	12
Lack of alignment across yeast‐dependent life‐history traits may limit Drosophila melanogaster dietary specialization	12
Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco	12
Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage	12
Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology	12
Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four-eyed frogs	11
Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited	11
Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion	11
Female reproductive fluid concentrations affect sperm performance of alternative male phenotypes in an external fertilizer	11
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Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization	11
Why do Hymenopteran workers drift to non-natal groups? Generalized reciprocity and the maximization of group and parental success	11
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The effect of migration and variation on populations of Escherichia coli adapting to complex fluctuating environments	11
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
Seasonal stability and species specificity of environmentally acquired chemical mating signals in orchid bees	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
Reproductive isolating mechanisms contributing to asymmetric hybridization in Killifishes ( Fundulus spp.)	10
Hunger for sex: Abundant, heterogeneous resources select for sexual reproduction in the field	10
Recent expansion of the non‐recombining sex‐linked region on Silene latifolia sex chromosomes	10
100 years of Haldane's rule	10
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