OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biological Reviews is 23. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
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Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	290
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	282
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	200
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	193
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	181
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	148
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	137
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	134
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	127
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	119
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	113
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	111
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	110
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	108
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	106
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	105
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	103
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	101
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	101
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	97
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Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	96

Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	88
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	83
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	81
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	81
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	77
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	77
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	73
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	71
Successional theories	70
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	69
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	67
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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	62
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	60
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	60
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	60
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	60
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	54
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	53
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	50
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	50
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	49
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	49
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	49
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	48
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	47
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	47
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	47
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	47
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	46
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	45
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	43
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	43
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	43
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	42
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	42
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	40
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	40
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	39
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	39
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	39
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	38
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	38
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	38
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	38
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	38
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	37
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	37
Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	37
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	36

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Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	35
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	35
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	34
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	34
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	34
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	34
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	34
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	32
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	32
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	32
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	32
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	32
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	31
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Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	31
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	31
Ancestral‐area algorithms are unreliable	30
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	30
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	30
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	30
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	29
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	29
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	28
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	28
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	28
Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective	28
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	28
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	27
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	27
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	27
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Bees feeling the burn	27
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	26
Integration of epigenetics into ecotoxicology: insights and fundamental research needs	26
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	26
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	26
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Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	25
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	25
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	25
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	24
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	24
Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	24
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	24
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	24
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	23
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	23
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	23
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	23
Animal linguistics: a primer	23