OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biological Reviews is 48. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?	324
Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension	265
Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates	159
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	141
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application	134
Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps	132
Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition	102
Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps	100
Two hundred years of zooplankton vertical migration research	98
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	96
Regulatory mechanisms of lipid biosynthesis in microalgae	94
Assessing ontogenetic maturity in extinct saurian reptiles	90
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	86
The role of land‐use history in driving successional pathways and its implications for the restoration of tropical forests	84
Climate change effects on animal ecology: butterflies and moths as a case study	83
Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review	75
Clinical implications of sperm DNA damage in IVF and ICSI: updated systematic review and meta‐analysis	75
The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole‐rat biology	74
Sociability as a personality trait in animals: methods, causes and consequences	73
Producing wood at least cost to biodiversity: integrating Triad and sharing–sparing approaches to inform forest landscape management	72
Poor nutritional condition promotes high‐risk behaviours: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	71
The mitochondrial permeability transition pore: an evolving concept critical for cell life and death	70
Resolving the SLOSS dilemma for biodiversity conservation: a research agenda	70
Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions	69
Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution	67

Wolbachiahost shifts: routes, mechanisms, constraints and evolutionary consequences	66
Migration in butterflies: a global overview	66
How fire interacts with habitat loss and fragmentation	65
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis	64
Seed ‘primeomics’: plants memorize their germination under stress	61
Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities	59
Diverse roles of microbial indole compounds in eukaryotic systems	59
Salt to conserve: a review on the ecology and preservation of hypersaline ecosystems	58
Mechanosensing by Piezo1 and its implications for physiology and various pathologies	58
Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review	57
The biology and evolution of spider venoms	57
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	57
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	55
Multifunctionality of belowground food webs: resource, size and spatial energy channels	55
Fire‐released seed dormancy ‐ a global synthesis	55
Omega‐3 PUFA profoundly affect neural, physiological, and behavioural competences – implications for systemic changes in trophic interactions	54
Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects	54
Plasticity of microglia	54
When more is more: taking advantage of species diversity to move towards sustainable aquaculture	53
Riverscape approaches in practice: perspectives and applications	51
The hallmarks of myotonic dystrophy type 1 muscle dysfunction	49
Anticipated effects of abiotic environmental change on intraspecific social interactions	49
Chronic stress and Alzheimer's disease: the interplay between the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, genetics and microglia	49
The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review	48
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	48
Speciation across theTree ofLife	48