Biological Reviews

Papers
(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 50. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?305
Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension255
Shrinking body sizes in response to warming: explanations for the temperature–size rule with special emphasis on the role of oxygen183
Lakes in the era of global change: moving beyond single‐lake thinking in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services160
Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates154
Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna139
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community135
Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps131
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application130
Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition100
Two hundred years of zooplankton vertical migration research96
Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps94
Regulatory mechanisms of lipid biosynthesis in microalgae91
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis91
Assessing ontogenetic maturity in extinct saurian reptiles88
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds86
The role of land‐use history in driving successional pathways and its implications for the restoration of tropical forests79
Climate change effects on animal ecology: butterflies and moths as a case study77
Clinical implications of sperm DNA damage in IVF and ICSI: updated systematic review and meta‐analysis74
The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole‐rat biology73
The biology of human hair greying72
Producing wood at least cost to biodiversity: integrating Triad and sharing–sparing approaches to inform forest landscape management72
How intelligent is a cephalopod? Lessons from comparative cognition71
The mitochondrial permeability transition pore: an evolving concept critical for cell life and death70
Poor nutritional condition promotes high‐risk behaviours: a systematic review and meta‐analysis70
Sociability as a personality trait in animals: methods, causes and consequences69
Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions68
Resolving the SLOSS dilemma for biodiversity conservation: a research agenda68
Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution67
Migration in butterflies: a global overview66
How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation63
Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review62
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis61
Seed ‘primeomics’: plants memorize their germination under stress60
Diverse roles of microbial indole compounds in eukaryotic systems59
Wolbachiahost shifts: routes, mechanisms, constraints and evolutionary consequences59
Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities58
Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review56
Salt to conserve: a review on the ecology and preservation of hypersaline ecosystems56
The biology and evolution of spider venoms56
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians55
Fire‐released seed dormancy ‐ a global synthesis55
Mechanosensing by Piezo1 and its implications for physiology and various pathologies55
Multifunctionality of belowground food webs: resource, size and spatial energy channels54
Omega‐3 PUFA profoundly affect neural, physiological, and behavioural competences – implications for systemic changes in trophic interactions54
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions53
Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects53
Plasticity of microglia52
When more is more: taking advantage of species diversity to move towards sustainable aquaculture51
The accuracy and precision of body mass estimation in non‐avian dinosaurs50
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