OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Evolutionary Biology is 7. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds	67
Predation risk and the evolution of a vertebrate stress response: Parallel evolution of stress reactivity and sexual dimorphism	67
Sex ratio effects on reproductive success of male and female Daphnia	55
Avoiding the tragedy of the commons: Improved group‐feeding performance in kin groups maintains foraging cooperation in subsocial Stegodyphus africanus spiders (Araneae, Eresidae)	53
Effects of genetic vs. environmental quality on condition‐dependent morphological and life history traits in a neriid fly	53
A tangled web: Comparing inter‐ and intraspecific mating dynamics in Anasa squash bugs	42
An update on recent developments at JEB	38
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change	35
Multispecies colour polymorphisms associated with contrasting microhabitats in two Mediterranean wrasse radiations	35
Evolutionary biology and development model of medicines: A necessary ‘pas de deux’ for future successful bacteriophage therapy	30
The evolution of the additive variance of a trait under stabilizing selection after autopolyploidization	26
Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?	24
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Mitonuclear conflict in a macaque species exhibiting phylogenomic discordance	21
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	21
Trade‐offs in defence to pathogen species revealed in expanding nematode populations	20
Issue Information	20
Variation in seasonal timing traits and life history along a latitudinal transect in Mimulus ringens	20
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Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments	18
Genotype specific and microbiome effects of hypoxia in the model organism Daphnia magna	18
Social animal models for quantifying plasticity, assortment, and selection on interacting phenotypes	18
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Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets	17
New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis	17

Correlated evolution of larval development, egg size and genome size across two genera of snapping shrimp	16
Assessing co-diversification in host-associated microbiomes	16
Moderate evidence for heritability in the duet contributions of a South American primate	16
A novel cricket morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations	16
Evolutionary divergence in phenotypic plasticity shapes brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes	15
Cover Picture and Issue Information	15
Parasite‐induced shifts in host movement may explain the transient coexistence of high‐ and low‐pathogenic disease strains	15
Reconstruction of evolutionary changes in fat and toxin consumption reveals associations with gene losses in mammals: A case study for the lipase inhibitor PNLIPRP1 and the xenobiotic receptor	15
Issue Information	15
Predictability of temporal variation in climate and the evolution of seasonal polyphenism in tropical butterfly communities	14
Subfunctionalisation of paralogous genes and evolution of differential codon usage preferences: The showcase of polypyrimidine tract binding proteins	14
Axes of multivariate sexual signal divergence among incipient species: Concordance with selection, genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity	14
Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs	14
Cover Picture and Issue Information	14
Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage	14
Epigenetics and reproductive isolation: a commentary on Westram et al., 2022	13
Selection on dispersal drives evolution of metabolic capacities for energy production in female wing‐polymorphic sand field crickets, Gryllus firmus	13
Assessment of phylogenetic approaches to study the timing of recombination cessation on sex chromosomes	13
The potential for the evolution of thermally sensitive courtship behaviours in the treehopper, Enchenopa binotata	13
Heightened among‐individual variation in life history but not morphology is related to developmental temperature in reptiles	12
Ontogenetic change in effectiveness of chemical defence against different predators in Oxycarenus true bugs	12
Corrigendum	12
Ghost introgression in ricefishes of the genus Adrianichthys in an ancient Wallacean lake	12
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Evolution of thermal performance curves: A meta‐analysis of selection experiments	11
The association between personalities, alternative breeding strategies and reproductive success in dunnocks	11
Soft selection reduces loss of heterozygosity in asexual reproduction	11
Pre‐ and post‐association barriers to host switching in sympatric mutualists	11
Interpopulation variation in inbreeding is primarily driven by tolerance of mating with relatives in a spermcasting invertebrate	10
Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?	10
Bet-hedging via dispersal aids the evolution of plastic responses to unreliable cues	10
Environment dependence of the expression of mutational load and species’ range limits	10
Age-specific survival of territorial and non-territorial male chamois	10
Genetic and social contributions to sex differences in lifespan in Drosophila serrata	10
Issue Information	10
Phenotypic variation and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of intraspecific diversity in a locust-specific fungal pathogen	10
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No genomic repercussions of assortative pairing in a colour polymorphic lizard	10
Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds	10
Trees growing in Eastern North America experience higher autumn solar irradiation than their European relatives, but is nitrogen limitation another factor explaining anthocyanin‐red autumn leaves?	9
How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation	9
Fluctuating selection driven by global and local climatic conditions leads to stasis in breeding time in a migratory bird	9
Environmental variance in male mating success modulates the positive versus negative impacts of sexual selection on genetic load	9
Implications of nitrogen translocation efficiency for hypotheses on the evolution of autumn colours—	9
Purifying selection against spurious splicing signals contributes to the base composition evolution of the polypyrimidine tract	9
Evolution of life cycles and reproductive traits: Insights from the brown algae	9
Colour pattern variation forms local background matching camouflage in a leaf‐mimicking toad	9
Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes	9
Cover Picture and Issue Information	9
Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization	8

Response to: A comment on The adaptive value of gluttony: Predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold by Pruitt and Krauel (2010) by Postma et al. (2021)	8
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster	8
Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco lizards	8
Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus	8
How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process	8
Mistranslation can promote the exploration of alternative evolutionary trajectories in enzyme evolution	8
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Lack of alignment across yeast‐dependent life‐history traits may limit Drosophila melanogaster dietary specialization	8
Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage	8
Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology	8
Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?	8
Genetic colour variation visible for predators and conspecifics is concealed from humans in a polymorphic moth	8
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog	8
Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian‐perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus)	8
Issue Information	8
Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion	8
Positive genetic covariance and limited thermal tolerance constrain tropical insect responses to global warming	8
The influence of divergent reproductive strategies in shaping modularity and morphological evolution in mammalian jaws	7
Ontogeny, phylogeny and mechanisms of adaptive changes in evaporative water loss in geckos	7
Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited	7
Reproductive isolating mechanisms contributing to asymmetric hybridization in Killifishes (Fundulus spp.)	7
Seasonal stability and species specificity of environmentally acquired chemical mating signals in orchid bees	7
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	7
Cryptic community structure and metabolic interactions among the heritable facultative symbionts of the pea aphid	7
Female reproductive fluid concentrations affect sperm performance of alternative male phenotypes in an external fertilizer	7
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Cover Picture and Issue Information	7
Cytoplasmic incompatibility in hybrid zones: infection dynamics and resistance evolution	7
No evidence for incipient speciation by selfing in North American Arabidopsis lyrata	7
Radiation‐mediated supply of genetic variation outweighs the effects of selection and drift in Chernobyl Daphnia populations	7
The following article for this Special Issue were previously published and can be found in its respective issue online	7
Evolution of antagonistic and mutualistic traits in the yucca‐yucca moth obligate pollination mutualism	7
Issue Information	7
Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four-eyed frogs	7
Sperm competition risk affects ejaculate strategy in terms of sperm number but not sperm size in squid	7
Recent expansion of the non‐recombining sex‐linked region on Silene latifolia sex chromosomes	7
Why do Hymenopteran workers drift to non-natal groups? Generalized reciprocity and the maximization of group and parental success	7
The effect of migration and variation on populations of Escherichia coli adapting to complex fluctuating environments	7