OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Evolutionary Biology is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster	65
Evolutionary coexistence in a fluctuating environment by specialization on resource level	65
Reproductive trade‐offs and phenotypic selection change with body condition, but not with predation regime, across island lizard populations	53
A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds	53
Lack of alignment across yeast‐dependent life‐history traits may limit Drosophila melanogaster dietary specialization	46
The evolution of the additive variance of a trait under stabilizing selection after autopolyploidization	38
Mutation accumulation in inbreeding populations under evolution of the selfing rate	35
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Intraspecific variation in reproductive barriers between two closely related Arabidopsis sister species	19
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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)	19
Avoiding the tragedy of the commons: Improved group‐feeding performance in kin groups maintains foraging cooperation in subsocial Stegodyphus africanus spiders (Araneae, Eresidae)	18
Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology	18
A variance partitioning perspective of assortative mating: Proximate mechanisms and evolutionary implications	18
Evidence of prezygotic isolation, but not assortative mating, between locally adapted populations ofFundulus heteroclitusacross a salinity gradient	18
Multispecies colour polymorphisms associated with contrasting microhabitats in two Mediterranean wrasse radiations	18
Effects of genetic vs. environmental quality on condition‐dependent morphological and life history traits in a neriid fly	17
Phenotypic plasticity drives phenological changes in a Mediterranean blue tit population	16
Arms race and fluctuating selection dynamics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria coevolving with phage OMKO1	16
Species divergence and repeated ancient hybridization in a Sulawesian lake system	16
Sex chromosome evolution: The remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms	16
Variation in seasonal timing traits and life history along a latitudinal transect in Mimulus ringens	15

An update on recent developments at JEB	15
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Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?	13
Meiotic drive does not cause condition‐dependent reduction of the sexual ornament in stalk‐eyed flies	13
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Mitonuclear conflict in a macaque species exhibiting phylogenomic discordance	13
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The tarnished silver spoon? Trade‐off between prenatal growth and telomere length in wild boar	13
Evolution of reproductive structures for in‐flight mating in thynnine wasps (Hymenoptera: Thynnidae: Thynninae)	12
Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian‐perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus)	12
Sex ratio effects on reproductive success of male and female Daphnia	12
The role of migration in mutant dynamics in fragmented populations	12
Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco lizards	12
Extra‐pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds	12
Mixed support for an alignment between phenotypic plasticity and genetic differentiation in damselfly wing shape	11
Ecology, sexual dimorphism, and jumping evolution in anurans	11
A tangled web: Comparing inter‐ and intraspecific mating dynamics in Anasa squash bugs	11
Predation risk and the evolution of a vertebrate stress response: Parallel evolution of stress reactivity and sexual dimorphism	11
Phenotypic and functional variation in venom and venom resistance of two sympatric rattlesnakes and their prey	10
Erratum	10
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change	10
Evolutionary rescue under demographic and environmental stochasticity	10
Genetic colour variation visible for predators and conspecifics is concealed from humans in a polymorphic moth	10
How to fail in advertising: The potential of marketing theory to predict the community-level selection of defended prey	10
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog	10
Candidate gene polymorphisms are linked to dispersive and migratory behaviour: Searching for a mechanism behind the “paradox of the great speciators”	10
Comparative and experimental studies on the relationship between body size and countershading in caterpillars	10
Alteration of diet microbiota limits the experimentally evolved immune priming response in flour beetles, but not pathogen resistance	10
The effect of mutational robustness on the evolvability of multicellular organisms and eukaryotic cells	9
Positive genetic covariance and limited thermal tolerance constrain tropical insect responses to global warming	9
How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process	9
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	9
Evolutionary biology and development model of medicines: A necessary ‘pas de deux’ for future successful bacteriophage therapy	9
Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?	9
Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage	9
Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird	9
A lot of convergence, a bit of divergence: Environment and interspecific interactions shape body colour patterns in Lissotriton newts	9
Strong postmating reproductive isolation in Mimulus section Eunanus	8
Evidence for the Predator Attraction Hypothesis in an amphibian predator–prey system	8
Responses to artificial selection for locomotor activity: A focus on death feigning in red flour beetle	8
Ontogeny, phylogeny and mechanisms of adaptive changes in evaporative water loss in geckos	8
Variation in shape and consistency of selection between populations of the threatened Hihi (Notiomystis cincta)	8
To self or not to self? Absence of mate choice despite costly outcrossing in the fungus Podospora anserina	8
X chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species	8
A meta‐analysis on the heritability of vertebrate telomere length	8
Range expansions of sexual versus asexual organisms: Effects of reproductive assurance and migration load	8
A comment on The adaptive value of gluttony: predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold by Pruitt & Krauel (2010)	8

Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited	8
Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus	8
Advantages of laboratory natural selection in the applied sciences	8
Testing potential mechanisms of conspecific sperm precedence in Drosophila pseudoobscura	8
Non‐reproducible signals of adaptation to elevation between open and understorey microhabitats in snapdragon plants	8
The role of inter‐individual intolerance in group cohesion and the transition to sociality in spiders	8
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The evolution of conspicuousness in frogs: When to signal toxicity?	7
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Cytoplasmic incompatibility in hybrid zones: infection dynamics and resistance evolution	7
Inferring temperature adaptation from thermal performance curves of somatic growth rate: The importance of growth measurements and mortality	7
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Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets	7
Negotiating mutualism: A locus for exploitation by rhizobia has a broad effect size distribution and context‐dependent effects on legume hosts	7
Mistranslation can promote the exploration of alternative evolutionary trajectories in enzyme evolution	7
Evidence for genetic isolation and local adaptation in the field cricket Gryllus campestris	7
Measuring, comparing and interpreting phenotypic selection on floral scent	7
Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments	7
Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization	7
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The influence of divergent reproductive strategies in shaping modularity and morphological evolution in mammalian jaws	7
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Host genetic drift and adaptation in the evolution and maintenance of parasite resistance	7
Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion	7
Evolutionary dynamics of sex‐biased genes expressed in cricket brains and gonads	7
More to legs than meets the eye: Presence and function of pheromone compounds on heliothine moth legs	7
Multiple infection theory rather than ‘socio-virology’? A commentary on Leeks et al. 2023	7
Comparative analysis of the superoxide dismutase gene family in Cetartiodactyla	6
Epistatic interactions between sex chromosomes and autosomes can affect the stability of sex determination systems	6
Enforced specialization fosters mutual cheating and not division of labour in the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6
Sexually antagonistic evolution of mitochondrial and nuclear linkage	6
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Diet and habit explain head‐shape convergences in natricine snakes	6
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Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement inOhomopterusground beetles	6
Social animal models for quantifying plasticity, assortment, and selection on interacting phenotypes	6
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Individual reversible plasticity as a genotype‐level bet‐hedging strategy	6
Complex effects of environment and Wolbachia infections on the life history of Drosophila melanogaster hosts	6
No room for males in caves: Female‐biased sex ratio in subterranean amphipods of the genus Niphargus	6
Relaxed selection on male mitochondrial genes in DUI bivalves eases the need for mitonuclear coevolution	6
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Trade‐offs in defence to pathogen species revealed in expanding nematode populations	6