OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biological Reviews is 22. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	234
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	224
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	163
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	156
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	155
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	150
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	146
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	146
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	139
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	126
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	123
Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns	120
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	118
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	116
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	114
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	101
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	94
Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution	93
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	83
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	79
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	79

The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	75
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	75
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	74
The plastisphere as a nexus for antimicrobial resistance: micro(nano)plastics in pathogen colonization, gene transfer, and global health risks	73
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	73
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	67
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	62
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	57
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	56
Successional theories	56
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Form and function of anguilliform swimming	54
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	51
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	50
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	47
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	45
Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms	44
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	44
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	44
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	43
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	43
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	43
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	43
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	43
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	42
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	42
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	42
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	42
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	41
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	41
Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas	41
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	41
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	40
The As and Bs of titi monkey linguistics: why emotional communication is not the enemy	40
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	39
Early evolutionary history of the seed	39
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	38
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	38
Methylation and merriment: an exploration of epigenetic mechanisms underlying play behaviour	37
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	36
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	36
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	36
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	36
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	36
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	35
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	35
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	35
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	35
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	34
The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it	34

Correction to “New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs”	33
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	33
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	33
Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	32
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	31
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	31
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Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	31
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	30
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	30
Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade	29
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	29
Marine foundation species facilitate biodiversity: systematic and quantitative syntheses identify trait‐based standards to understand seascape functionality	29
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	29
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	28
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	28
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	28
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	28
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	28
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	27
The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology	27
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Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	26
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	26
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	26
Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective	26
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	26
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	26
Ancestral‐area algorithms are unreliable	26
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	25
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	25
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	25
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	25
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	25
Integration of epigenetics into ecotoxicology: insights and fundamental research needs	25
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	25
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	24
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	24
Bees feeling the burn	24
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	24
A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia	23
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	23
Animal linguistics: a primer	23
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	23
Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits	23
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	23
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	22
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	22
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	22
Assessing flexibility in meaning and context in non‐human communication	22
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	22
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