OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 44. 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
	244
Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	232
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	172
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	159
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	159
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	154
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	153
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	152
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	148
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	130
Microclimate‐based oviposition site selection in butterflies and moths	124
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	123
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	120
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	118
Trade‐offs in avian parental care: a review of theory and meta‐analysis of brood size manipulations	105
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	100
Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns	95
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	94
Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution	94
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	88
Issue Information	86
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Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	80
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	77

The costs of extra‐pair behaviours in birds	76
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	75
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	68
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	63
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	60
The plastisphere as a nexus for antimicrobial resistance: micro(nano)plastics in pathogen colonization, gene transfer, and global health risks	59
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	58
Successional theories	57
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	57
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	53
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	50
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	49
Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms	48
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	46
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	46
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	45
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	45
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	44
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	44
The tandem–random transition of cellular patterning: proposed roles of N‐cadherin‐based orientational cell adhesions in the development, maintenance, and degeneration of the nucleus pulposus	44
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	44