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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Interactions between phytoplankton species and micro/nano‐plastics and heavy metal contamination	232
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	172
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	159
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	159
Sleep disruption as a potential mechanism contributing to post‐zygotic reproductive isolation in hybrids	154
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues	153
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	152
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives	148
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	130
Microclimate‐based oviposition site selection in butterflies and moths	124
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	123
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	120
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	118
Trade‐offs in avian parental care: a review of theory and meta‐analysis of brood size manipulations	105
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	100
Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns	95
Mechanisms underlying phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental change	94
Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution	94
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	88
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Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	80
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	77

The costs of extra‐pair behaviours in birds	76
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	76
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	75
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	68
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	63
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	60
The plastisphere as a nexus for antimicrobial resistance: micro(nano)plastics in pathogen colonization, gene transfer, and global health risks	59
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	58
Successional theories	57
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	57
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	53
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	50
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	49
Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms	48
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	46
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach	46
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	45
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review	45
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	44
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	44
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	44
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	44
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	43
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	43
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	43
Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas	43
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation	42
On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring	42
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	42
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	42
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	41
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	40
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	40
Methylation and merriment: an exploration of epigenetic mechanisms underlying play behaviour	39
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	39
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	39
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms	39
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	38
The evidence base for ranger patrol effectiveness in conservation and how to improve it	37
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	37
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	37
Early evolutionary history of the seed	37
The As and Bs of titi monkey linguistics: why emotional communication is not the enemy	37
Ecology needs a causal overhaul	36
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	36
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	36
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	35
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	35
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	35
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	34

Fraternal cooperation of hierarchical cancer parallels metazoan multicellularity and eusociality	33
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	33
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	32
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	32
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	31
The physiological effects of APOE genotype in healthy young/middle‐aged individuals	31
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	30
Marine foundation species facilitate biodiversity: systematic and quantitative syntheses identify trait‐based standards to understand seascape functionality	30
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Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	29
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	29
Waders in a sea of debris: a global overview	29
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects	29
Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals	29
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	29
Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade	29
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	29
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	28
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Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	28
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity	28
The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology	28
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	28
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Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	28
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	27
Ancestral‐area algorithms are unreliable	27
Prioritising research on endocrine disruption in the marine environment: a global perspective	27
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	27
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	27
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	26
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	26
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	26
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	25
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	25
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory	25
Bees feeling the burn	25
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	25
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	25
Integration of epigenetics into ecotoxicology: insights and fundamental research needs	25
Ecosystem services provided by spiders	25
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions	24
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	24
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	24
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	24
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	24
Animal linguistics: a primer	23
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	23
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	23
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	23
A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia	23
Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits	23
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	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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A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	22
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	22
Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution	22
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	22