OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 52. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	249
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	237
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	172
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	158
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	144
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	131
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	116
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	113
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	112
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	110
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	104
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	99
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	97
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	95
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	91
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	90
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Issue Information	88
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	84
The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles	84
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	82
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	81
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	80

Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	79
Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes	79
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	78
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	78
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	74
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	73
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	72
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	72
Successional theories	69
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	66
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	65
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	65
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	64
Issue Information	61
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	61
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	59
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	57
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	57
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	57
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	57
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	56
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	54
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	54
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	54
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	53
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	53
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	52