OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Organisms Diversity & Evolution is 2. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Checklist of tardigrades in Germany as a contribution to biodiversity research	45
Integrated evidence sheds light on the taxonomy of the widespread Tantilla melanocephala species complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) and indicates the existence of a new species from southern South Americ	31
Observations on flower and fruit anatomy in dioecious species of Cordia (Cordiaceae, Boraginales) with evolutionary interpretations	25
Application of genomic markers generated for ray-finned fishes in chondrichthyan Phylogenomics	21
Evolution of chromosome number in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididae)	15
Symbiodiniaceae diversity and characterization of palytoxin in various zoantharians (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia)	14
Species delimitation in Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) from Southwestern Mexico, in light of reproductive and climatic diversification	14
Integrated analysis reveals a new species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) in the lower Iguassu River, Brazil	13
Echiniscus quasiporus sp. nov. reveals a new type of cuticular plate puncturing in Echiniscoidea (Heterotardigrada)	13
Molecular footprint of parasite co-introduction with Nile tilapia in the Congo Basin	13
Loss of complexity from larval towards adult nervous systems in Chaetopteridae (Chaetopteriformia, Annelida) unveils evolutionary patterns in Annelida	12
Turtle and tortoise mitogenomes under contrasting positive selection pressure	12
New Cretaceous fossil mantispids highlight the palaeodiversity of the extinct subfamily Doratomantispinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae)	11
Independent acquisition of sulfide tolerance in a population of tubificine worms: a habitat extension for the Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri complex	11
An integrative description of a new species of the genus Mesobiotus (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Poland	10
DNA barcoding and genetic variability of earthworms (Clitellata: Oligochaeta) with new records from Mizoram, India	10
Taxonomic, ecological and morphological diversity of Ponto-Caspian gammaroidean amphipods: a review	9
Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the burrowing scorpion genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) in the Mediterranean Basin	9
Complete mitochondrial genomes of Chionomys roberti and Chionomys nivalis (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Turkey: Insight into their phylogenetic position within Arvicolinae	9
Novel distribution records of marine Tardigrada from abyssal sediments of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean	8
South! Phylogeography of the Antarctic fairy shrimp Branchinecta gaini and its closest Patagonian congener Branchinecta granulosa reveals a long-term association of freshwater fauna with the southern	8
Molecular evolution of the mitochondrial genome underlies semi-aquatic adaptation in lutrinae	8
Digging into boring bryozoans: new characters and new species of Immergentiidae	8
Cryptic subterranean diversity: regional phylogeography of the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 in the wider Namib region	7
Correction to: Ramisyllis kingghidorahi n. sp., a new branching annelid from Japan	7

Is the copulation of silver-washed fritillary inverted? Function of the female genital projection (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Argynnini)	7
Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the genus Poecilocricus Schubart, 1962 (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Rhinocricidae)	7
Alcyonidium kuklinskii sp. nov., a new species of Antarctic ctenostome bryozoan with a key to all Antarctic species of the genus	7
Lights on tardigrade biodiversity: integrative redescription of Eremobiotus alicatai (Eutardigrada, Isohypsibiidae) with new insights on its morphology, phylogeny, and biogeography	7
Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of the poorly known genus Spalerosophis (Serpentes: Colubridae)	6
Intermediary floral traits between natural hybrid and its parents in the Xiquexique (Cactaceae)	6
From clustering to overdispersion: a north to south gradient in the patterns of phylogenetic structure in North American hummingbird assemblages	6
The sperm aggregation in a whirligig beetle (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae): structure, functions, and comparison with related taxa	6
Contrasting phylogeographic patterns of intertidal mites (Acari, Oribatida) along the South African shoreline	6
Size does matter: integrative taxonomy and size evolution of threatened charopid land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)	6
Mitochondrial marker–based analyses provide new insights into role of coral reef ecosystems in molluscan speciation	6
Diversity of the scenedesmacean genus Chodatodesmus (Chlorophyta) and new cryptic species in the algae flora of Lake Baikal revealed by an integrative approach	6
A strong backbone for an invertebrate group: anchored phylogenomics improves the resolution of genus-level relationships within the Lumbricidae (Annelida, Crassiclitellata)	6
A new Loriciferan, Scaberiloricus samba gen. et sp. nov., links the Higgins larva and the aberrant Shira larva	5
Genomic and molecular characterization of TGF-beta superfamily in Parus major	5
Slow and steady saves the race: molecular and morphological analysis of three new cryptic species of Iberus land snails from the Iberian Peninsula	5
Species delimitation in Neotropical fishes of Mesonauta Günther 1862 (Cichliformes: Cichlidae)	5
Connected across the ocean: taxonomy and biogeography of deep-water Nudibranchia from the Northwest Pacific reveal trans-Pacific links and two undescribed species	5
Evolution of egg deposition strategies, exaptations of exuvia, and thanatochresis in tardigrades	5
Revealing morphological characteristics of Goniodorididae genera (Mollusca: Nudibranchia)	5
Molecular investigation and description of Iberozospeum n. gen., including the description of one new species (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae)	5
Comparative cytogenetics of Lachnaia species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reveals a novel telomeric motif (TTTGG) in insects	5
A widespread commensal loses its identity: suggested taxonomic revision for Indotyphlops braminus (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) based on molecular data	5
Differentiation of skull morphology and cranial kinesis in common toads	5
Clonal thermal preferences affect the strength of the temperature-size rule	5
Phylogenomic analysis with improved taxon sampling corroborates an Alydidae + Hydarinae + Pseudophloeinae clade (Heteroptera: Coreoidea: Alydidae, Coreidae)	4
Morphological and genetic data suggest a complex pattern of inter-island colonisation and differentiation for mining bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Andrena) on the Macaronesian Islands	4
Assessing troglomorphic and phylogenetically informative traits in troglobionts: a new cave-dwelling centipede illuminates the evolution of a soil-dwelling lineage (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)	4
Evolution and phylogeny of the deep-sea isopod families Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 and Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda: Asellota)	4
Multilocus phylogenetics of Palearctic Amelini shed light on the long-standing taxonomic puzzle of the dwarf-mantises Ameles, Pseudoyersinia, and Apteromantis	4
Phylogenetic and functional diversity of Chrysophyceae in inland waters	4
Publisher Correction to: Novel integrative data for Indomalayan echiniscids (Heterotardigrada): new species and old problems	4
A mosaic of conserved and novel modes of gene expression and morphogenesis in mesoderm and muscle formation of a larval bivalve	4
Phylogeography reveals a panmictic population of the Chilean nylon shrimp along its exploitation range in the southeast Pacific Ocean	4
Towards a global list of accepted species VI: The Catalogue of Life checklist	4
The Chinese species of skipper butterflies in the tribe Tagiadini Mabille, 1878 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): insights from phylogeny, hostplants, and biogeography	4
New bathyal amphipod species (Amphipoda: Eusiridae: Rhachotropis) from southwestern Pacific through integrative taxonomy	3
Diversification rates in Tardigrada indicate a decreasing tempo of lineage splitting regardless of reproductive mode	3
An update on the phylogeny of Spintharinae with analysis based on morphological characters and taxonomy of Janula (Araneae, Theridiidae)	3
First non-feeding Sericini beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): new genus from Amazonia and phylogenetic position	3
Morphological study using both light and scanning electron microscopy reveals systematic and ecological importance of antennal morphology in big-eyed bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocoridae)	3
Ramisyllis kingghidorahi n. sp., a new branching annelid from Japan	3
Pheretimoid earthworms of India: new insight from molecular systematics and phylogenetic relationship with new records	3
The Macrobiotus persimilis-polonicus complex (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae), another example of problematic species identification, with the description of four new species	3
An unknown segment number in centipedes: a new species of Scolopocryptops (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Trinidad with 25 leg-bearing segments	3
Mitogenomics reveals low variation within a trigeneric complex of black corals from the North Pacific Ocean	3
Divergent evolution of mitogenomics in Cetartiodactyla niche adaptation	3
A novel three-part pharynx and its parallel evolution within symbiotic marine nematodes (Desmodoroidea, Stilbonematinae)	3
Shedding light on the origin of Acanthocystidae: Ricksol blepharistes gen. n., sp. n. (Ricksolidae fam. n., Panacanthocystida, Centroplasthelida), with notes on the evolution of the genera Acanthocyst	3
Evaluating the correlation between area, environmental heterogeneity, and species richness using terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) from the Pontine Islands (West Mediterranean)	3

Thecochaos is not a myth: study of the genus Thecochaos (Amoebozoa, Discosea) – a rediscovered group of lobose amoeba, with short SSU gene	3
The roles of niche divergence, dispersal, and geology on the diversification of Neotropical true frogs from the Rana palmipes species group (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) during the Great American Biotic	3
250 years of tardigrades: Goeze's discovery of a rare and peculiar creature	3
Phylogeographic structure suggests environmental gradient speciation in a montane frog from the northern Andes of Colombia	3
Comparative analysis of morphospace of Neotropical Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): disparity in the light of species diversity and activity patterns	3
Bumps on the back: An unusual morphology in phylogenetically distinct Peridinium aff. cinctum (= Peridinium tuberosum; Peridiniales, Dinophyceae)	3
Novel integrative data for Indomalayan echiniscids (Heterotardigrada): new species and old problems	2
ELAV Intron 8: a single-copy sequence marker for shallow to deep phylogeny in Eupulmonata Hasprunar & Huber, 1990 and Hygrophila Férussac, 1822 (Gastropoda: Mollusca)	2
Estimating range disjunction time of the Palearctic Admirals (Limenitis L.) with COI and histone H1 genes	2
Hardly Venus’s servant—morphological adaptations of Veneriserva to an endoparasitic lifestyle and its phylogenetic position within Dorvilleidae (Annelida)	2
Integrative taxonomy helps to revise systematics and questions the purported cosmopolitan nature of the type species within the genus Diaforobiotus (Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae)	2
A global revision of Oplophoroidea (Caridea: Decapoda) with a novel approach for visualizing genetic differences between species	2
Phylogeny of Lumbricidae based on mitochondrial genomes with emphasis on the genus Dendrobaena	2
A new cryptic species of the Darevskia parvula group from NE Anatolia (Squamata, Lacertidae)	2
Echiniscus quasiporus Dey, Ostoja-Wilamowski & Michalczyk – type series designation and etymology	2
A holistic approach to inventory the diversity of mobilid ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora: Peritrichia)	2
Exploring the diversity of the Malagasy Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna via integrative taxonomy	2
Reduction, rearrangement, fusion, and hypertrophy: evolution of the muscular system in polymorphic zooids of cheilostome Bryozoa	2
Molecular tools for resolving Merodon ruficornis group (Diptera, Syrphidae) taxonomy	2
Mitogenome of a new Ramazzottius species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Ramazzottiidae) discovered in rock pools along with its temperature and desiccation-related proteins repertoire	2
The diversification of thecae horns and their putative significance—a case study of Schismatoglottideae (Araceae)	2
Genetic and morphological differentiation among populations of the narrowly endemic and karst forest-adapted Pilea pteridophylla (Urticaceae)	2
Correction to: Alcyonidium kuklinskii sp. nov., a new species of Antarctic ctenostome bryozoan with a key to all Antarctic species of the genus	2
Molecular phylogeny and comparative morphology reveal the species validity and systematic position of Lepidodesma (Bivalvia: Unionidae)	2
Not the same: phylogenetic relationships and ecological niche comparisons between two different forms of Aglaoctenus lagotis from Argentina and Uruguay	2
Taxonomic revision and evolutionary history of the climbing mice in eastern Africa (Dendromus mystacalis clade): the role of elevation and geographical barriers in the speciation process	2
A first phylogenetic and taxonomic approach to sleepyhead snakes from Venezuela (Dipsadidae: Atractus), with the description of two new Andean species	2
Taxonomy of the rear-edge populations: the case of genus Anterastes (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)	2
A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia)	2
Distribution of tardigrade cryptobiotic abilities across a fine-scale habitat gradient	2