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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Checklist of tardigrades in Germany as a contribution to biodiversity research	17
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	17
A temperate group living in the subtropics: evolutionary history and integrative taxonomy of the pseudoscorpion genus Allochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) in Tai	15
Observations on flower and fruit anatomy in dioecious species of Cordia (Cordiaceae, Boraginales) with evolutionary interpretations	15
Application of genomic markers generated for ray-finned fishes in chondrichthyan Phylogenomics	14
Molecular footprint of parasite co-introduction with Nile tilapia in the Congo Basin	12
Turtle and tortoise mitogenomes under contrasting positive selection pressure	12
Echiniscus quasiporus sp. nov. reveals a new type of cuticular plate puncturing in Echiniscoidea (Heterotardigrada)	11
Independent acquisition of sulfide tolerance in a population of tubificine worms: a habitat extension for the Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri complex	10
Molecular evolution of the mitochondrial genome underlies semi-aquatic adaptation in lutrinae	10
Species delimitation in Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) from Southwestern Mexico, in light of reproductive and climatic diversification	10
An integrative description of a new species of the genus Mesobiotus (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Poland	10
Digging into boring bryozoans: new characters and new species of Immergentiidae	9
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
Alcyonidium kuklinskii sp. nov., a new species of Antarctic ctenostome bryozoan with a key to all Antarctic species of the genus	8
Lights on tardigrade biodiversity: integrative redescription of Eremobiotus alicatai (Eutardigrada, Isohypsibiidae) with new insights on its morphology, phylogeny, and biogeography	8
Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the burrowing scorpion genus Scorpio Linnaeus, 1758 (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) in the Mediterranean Basin	8
Novel distribution records of marine Tardigrada from abyssal sediments of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean	8
Diversity of the scenedesmacean genus Chodatodesmus (Chlorophyta) and new cryptic species in the algae flora of Lake Baikal revealed by an integrative approach	7
Integrative taxonomy of a new hyporheic ostracod species of the genus Candonopsis (Ostracoda: Candonidae) from Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, with first evidence of Cardinium bacterial infection in groun	7
A deep-time perspective on Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) through integrated phylogenetic and molecular clock analyses	7
Cryptic subterranean diversity: regional phylogeography of the sand termite Psammotermes allocerus Silvestri, 1908 in the wider Namib region	7
Slow and steady saves the race: molecular and morphological analysis of three new cryptic species of Iberus land snails from the Iberian Peninsula	7
Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of the poorly known genus Spalerosophis (Serpentes: Colubridae)	7
Is the copulation of silver-washed fritillary inverted? Function of the female genital projection (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Argynnini)	7

A strong backbone for an invertebrate group: anchored phylogenomics improves the resolution of genus-level relationships within the Lumbricidae (Annelida, Crassiclitellata)	6
Intermediary floral traits between natural hybrid and its parents in the Xiquexique (Cactaceae)	6
Genomic and molecular characterization of TGF-beta superfamily in Parus major	5
Differentiation of skull morphology and cranial kinesis in common toads	5
Comparative cytogenetics of Lachnaia species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reveals a novel telomeric motif (TTTGG) in insects	5
A new Loriciferan, Scaberiloricus samba gen. et sp. nov., links the Higgins larva and the aberrant Shira larva	5
Species delimitation in Neotropical fishes of Mesonauta Günther 1862 (Cichliformes: Cichlidae)	5
Phylogeography reveals a panmictic population of the Chilean nylon shrimp along its exploitation range in the southeast Pacific Ocean	5
Multilocus phylogenetics of Palearctic Amelini shed light on the long-standing taxonomic puzzle of the dwarf-mantises Ameles, Pseudoyersinia, and Apteromantis	5
Size does matter: integrative taxonomy and size evolution of threatened charopid land snails on Lord Howe Island (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)	5
Evolution of egg deposition strategies, exaptations of exuvia, and thanatochresis in tardigrades	5
A widespread commensal loses its identity: suggested taxonomic revision for Indotyphlops braminus (Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) based on molecular data	5
An African Royal Flush: five crowned nudibranch species (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae) recovered from temperate southern Africa using integrative taxonomy	5
Anthropogenic translocations could explain contrasting patterns of genetic variation in the historically traded Western Mediterranean pond turtle, Mauremys leprosa (Testudines: Geoemydidae)	4
New bathyal amphipod species (Amphipoda: Eusiridae: Rhachotropis) from southwestern Pacific through integrative taxonomy	4
Bumps on the back: An unusual morphology in phylogenetically distinct Peridinium aff. cinctum (= Peridinium tuberosum; Peridiniales, Dinophyceae)	4
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	4
Publisher Correction to: Novel integrative data for Indomalayan echiniscids (Heterotardigrada): new species and old problems	4
Tracing the origins of Mediterranean steppe flora: phylogenetics and biogeography of Iberian Astragalus sect. Platyglottis	4
Pheretimoid earthworms of India: new insight from molecular systematics and phylogenetic relationship with new records	4
Diversification rates in Tardigrada indicate a decreasing tempo of lineage splitting regardless of reproductive mode	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
Measuring morphological disparity in fish body shape using geometric morphometrics: Gerreidae as a case study	4
Thecochaos is not a myth: study of the genus Thecochaos (Amoebozoa, Discosea) – a rediscovered group of lobose amoeba, with short SSU gene	4
Diversity of Symbiodiniaceae (Dinophyceae) in the sea slug clade Cladobranchia (Nudibranchia)	4
Exploring the ecological and functional adaptations in cephalopod beak morphology	4
A mosaic of conserved and novel modes of gene expression and morphogenesis in mesoderm and muscle formation of a larval bivalve	4
A novel three-part pharynx and its parallel evolution within symbiotic marine nematodes (Desmodoroidea, Stilbonematinae)	4
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
Molecular tools for resolving Merodon ruficornis group (Diptera, Syrphidae) taxonomy	3
Exploring the diversity of the Malagasy Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna via integrative taxonomy	3
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	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
Pharynx associated musculature in the Stilbonematinae (Desmodoroidea, Nematoda) with focus on the spiral muscle as a synapomorphic trait between Dorylaimia and Chromadoria	3
250 years of tardigrades: Goeze's discovery of a rare and peculiar creature	3
Taxonomy of the rear-edge populations: the case of genus Anterastes (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)	3
Integrative taxonomy helps to revise systematics and questions the purported cosmopolitan nature of the type species within the genus Diaforobiotus (Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae)	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
Divergent evolution of mitogenomics in Cetartiodactyla niche adaptation	3
The diversification of thecae horns and their putative significance—a case study of Schismatoglottideae (Araceae)	3
A global revision of Oplophoroidea (Caridea: Decapoda) with a novel approach for visualizing genetic differences between species	3
A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia)	3
Estimating range disjunction time of the Palearctic Admirals (Limenitis L.) with COI and histone H1 genes	2
Phylogeny of Lumbricidae based on mitochondrial genomes with emphasis on the genus Dendrobaena	2
Hardly Venus’s servant—morphological adaptations of Veneriserva to an endoparasitic lifestyle and its phylogenetic position within Dorvilleidae (Annelida)	2
Ecomorphological disparity in closely related mountainous tropical Thai rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae): linking morphology, ecology, and evolution	2
Echiniscus quasiporus Dey, Ostoja-Wilamowski & Michalczyk – type series designation and etymology	2
Not the same: phylogenetic relationships and ecological niche comparisons between two different forms of Aglaoctenus lagotis from Argentina and Uruguay	2
Reduction, rearrangement, fusion, and hypertrophy: evolution of the muscular system in polymorphic zooids of cheilostome Bryozoa	2

Molecular phylogeny and comparative morphology reveal the species validity and systematic position of Lepidodesma (Bivalvia: Unionidae)	2
Distribution of tardigrade cryptobiotic abilities across a fine-scale habitat gradient	2
A first phylogenetic and taxonomic approach to sleepyhead snakes from Venezuela (Dipsadidae: Atractus), with the description of two new Andean species	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
Mitogenome of a new Ramazzottius species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Ramazzottiidae) discovered in rock pools along with its temperature and desiccation-related proteins repertoire	2