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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	283
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	270
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	194
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	186
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	165
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	141
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	133
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	128
Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	120
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	119
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	115
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	107
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	103
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	103
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	102
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	101
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	99
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	97
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Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	94
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	94
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	88

Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	85
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	83
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	83
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	81
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	78
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	75
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	73
Successional theories	71
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	69
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Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	66
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	64
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	62
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	60
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	58
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	57
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	57
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	56
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	54
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	51
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	49
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	49
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	48
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	47
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	47
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	47
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	46
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	46
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	45
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	44
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	44
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	44
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	43
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	41
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	41
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	40
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	39
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	39
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	38
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	37
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	37
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	37
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	36
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	36
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	36
Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	36
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	36
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	35
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	35

An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	35
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Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	34
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	32
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	32
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	32
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	32
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	32
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	31
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	31
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	31
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects	31
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	31
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	31
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	30
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	30
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	30
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	30
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	30
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	30
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Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	30
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	28
Corrigendum to ‘A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator‐rich landscapes: a case study of the UK’, published in Biological Reviews 93, p	28
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	28
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	28
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Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	28
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	28
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	27
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	27
Bees feeling the burn	27
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	27
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	26
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	26
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	26
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Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	25
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	24
Animal linguistics: a primer	24
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	24
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	24
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	24
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	24
Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	24
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	24
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	23
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	23
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	23
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	22
The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams	22
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	22
A reaction norm framework for the evolution of learning: how cumulative experience shapes phenotypic plasticity	22