OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biological Reviews is 71. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-03-01 to 2023-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Confounding factors in the detection of species responses to habitat fragmentation	1385
Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity	1165
Terrestrial insects along elevation gradients: species and community responses to altitude	659
Modulation of aggressive behaviour by fighting experience: mechanisms and contest outcomes	508
Using experimental manipulation to assess the roles of leaf litter in the functioning of forest ecosystems	471
Pollen and seed dispersal among dispersed plants	376
Multiple successional pathways in human-modified tropical landscapes: new insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research	312
The evolution of egg colour and patterning in birds	287
The evolutionary origins of pesticide resistance	277
Analysing ecological networks of species interactions	253
Environmental constraints on life histories in Antarctic ecosystems: tempos, timings and predictability	222
A complete phylogeny of the whales, dolphins and even-toed hoofed mammals (Cetartiodactyla)	182
Complex interactions among mammalian carnivores in Australia, and their implications for wildlife management	170
Sexual selection research on spiders: progress and biases	169
Acoustic sequences in non-human animals: a tutorial review and prospectus	169
Fire as a key driver of Earth's biodiversity	168
Human cell type diversity, evolution, development, and classification with special reference to cells derived from the neural crest	156
Genetics of dispersal	150
Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands	145
Fungal evolution: diversity, taxonomy and phylogeny of the Fungi	139
The community and ecosystem consequences of intraspecific diversity: a meta-analysis	135
The ecology of overwintering among turtles: where turtles overwinter and its consequences	129
Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait‐based approach to plant‐associated fungi	126
Reproductive senescence: new perspectives in the wild	121
Fungal evolution: major ecological adaptations and evolutionary transitions	120
Trait‐based ecology of terrestrial arthropods	118
The functions of societies and the evolution of group living: spider societies as a test case	116
Mycorrhizal types differ in ecophysiology and alter plant nutrition and soil processes	116
Global effects of non‐native tree species on multiple ecosystem services	110
Uncovering trophic positions and food resources of soil animals using bulk natural stable isotope composition	109
Sex-biased dispersal: a review of the theory	98
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in naturally assembled communities	87
A long winter for the Red Queen: rethinking the evolution of seasonal migration	86
Synzoochory: the ecological and evolutionary relevance of a dual interaction	83
How do herbivorous insects respond to drought stress in trees?	82
Sexual selection and its evolutionary consequences in female animals	82
Enigmatic ear stones: what we know about the functional role and evolution of fish otoliths	80
Intrasexually selected weapons	78
Emergent properties from organisms to ecosystems: towards a realistic approach	77
Primate spermatogenesis: new insights into comparative testicular organisation, spermatogenic efficiency and endocrine control	77
The evolution of molluscs	76
Diversity in warning coloration: selective paradox or the norm?	75
Roles of microRNAs in mammalian reproduction: from the commitment of germ cells to peri-implantation embryos	75
Positive selection in the evolution of cancer	74
Causes and consequences of ontogenetic dietary shifts: a global synthesis using fish models	74
Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna	72
Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution	71