OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Systematics and Biodiversity is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Integrative taxonomy supports high species diversity of south-eastern Brazilian mountain catfishes of theT. reinhardtigroup (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)	23
Systematics and biogeography of theBoana albopunctataspecies group (Anura, Hylidae), with the description of two new species from Amazonia	22
On the notions of taxonomic ‘impediment’, ‘gap’, ‘inflation’ and ‘anarchy’, and their effects on the field of conservation	18
The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist	15
Taxonomic status of generaNodularia,MiddendorffinaiaandInversiunio(Bivalvia: Unionidae) from South-East Asia: morphometric, genetic and GenBank data	13
The curious and intricate case of the European Hediste diversicolor (Annelida, Nereididae) species complex, with description of two new species	12
An updated lineage-based tribal classification of Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae with special focus on Iranian genera	12
Quest for the type species of the genus Hepatozoon – phylogenetic position of hemogregarines of rats and consequences for taxonomy	11
Phylogeny of terraranan frogs based on 2,665 loci and impacts of missing data on phylogenomic analyses	11
Ants of Brazil: an overview based on 50 years of diversity studies	11
Diversification of the Pristimantis conspicillatus group (Anura: Craugastoridae) within distinct neotropical areas throughout the Neogene	10
Speciation process on Brazilian continental islands, with the description of a new insular lancehead of the genusBothrops(Serpentes, Viperidae)	10
When did bumblebees reach South America? Unexpectedly old montane species may be explained by Mexican stopover (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	8
Molecular species delimitation reveals hidden specific diversity within a freshwater burrowing crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from southern Chile	8
Integrative taxonomy provides evidence for a cryptic lineage in the velvet worm Peripatopsis birgeri species complex (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) in KwaZulu-Natal, Sout	8
New considerations of the systematics of the family Holophryidae (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Prostomatea) with a description of Holophrya paradiscolor sp. nov. and a redescription of Pelagothrix	8
Three new species of spiny mice, genusNeacomysThomas, 1900 (Rodentia: Cricetidae), from Brazilian Amazonia	8
Shedding light on taxonomic chaos: Diversity and distribution of South Asian skipper frogs (Anura, Dicroglossidae,Euphlyctis)	7
Systematic positions and taxonomy of two new ciliates found in China: Euplotes tuffraui sp. nov. and E. shii sp. nov. (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Euplotida)	7
On the continuum of evolution: a putative new hybrid speciation event in Opuntia (Cactaceae) between a native and an introduced species in southern South America	7
An integrated approach to explore the monophyletic status of the cosmopolitan genus Hexabathynella (Crustacea, Bathynellacea, Parabathynellidae): two new species from Ro	7
Fixing the identity ofScolelepis squamata(Annelida: Spionidae) – neotype designation, redescription and DNA barcode sequences	7
Cryptic genetic structure within Valentin’s Lizard,Darevskia valentini(Boettger, 1892) (Squamata, Lacertidae), with implications for systematics and origins of parthenogenesis	7
Distribution analysis, updated checklist, and DNA barcodes of the endemic vascular flora of the Altai mountains, a Siberian biodiversity hotspot	7
Historical records of the blotched stingrayUrotrygon chilensis(Urotrygonidae: Myliobatiformes) yield insight into species distribution: the importance of natural history collections to question	7

Subspecies limits and hidden Wolbachia diversity in Actinote pellenea butterflies	6
Species distribution modelling and predictor variables for species distribution and niche preferences ofPilosocereus leucocephalusgroups.s.(Cactaceae)	6
A prelude to the molecular systematics and diversity of combtooth blennies (Teleostei: Blenniidae) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea	6
Systematic analysis of the genusEriocaulonL. in India based on molecular and morphological evidence	6
Do colour-morphs of an amphidromous goby represent different species? Taxonomy of Lentipes (Gobiiformes) from Japan and Palawan, Philippines, with phylogenomic approaches	6
In situ morphometric survey elucidates the evolutionary systematics of the orchid genus Gymnadenia in the British Isles	6
A slippery reality: the epistemological shifting sands of tokogeny, phylogeny, lineages and species delimitation	6
Morphological and molecular discordance in the taxonomic rearrangement of the Marmosops pinheiroi complex (Marsupialia: Didelphidae)	6
Molecular phylogeny of the subgenus Syrrhophus (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), with the description of a new species from Eastern Mexico	6
Combined multigene and morphological analysis reveals lineage-specific diversification of the neotropical freshwater crabs of the genusFrediusPretzmann, 1967 (Brachyura, Pseudothelphusidae)	6
Karyotype asymmetry shapes diversity within the physaloids (Physalidinae, Physalideae, Solanaceae)	5
A new genus of terraranas (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) from northern South America, with a systematic review ofTachiramantis	5
A mismatch between morphological and molecular data in lineages ofEnteromius(Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Lowa basin (East Democratic Republic of the Congo: DRC) with the description of	5
Two new enigmatic species of Rhinebothrium (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidae) from the Persian Gulf: notes on generic traits and host specificity	5
Molecular and morphological analyses reveal pseudocryptic diversity inMicromelo undatus(Bruguière, 1792) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplustridae)	5
Historical connections between Atlantic Forest and Amazonia drove genetic and ecological diversity in Lithobates palmipes (Anura, Ranidae)	5
Opportunities and challenges for herbaria in studying the spatial variation in plant functional diversity	5
The Atlantic connection: coastal habitat favoured long distance dispersal and colonization of Azores and Madeira by Dysdera spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae)	5
Increasing knowledge of the denizens of saline environments through integrative taxonomy: new Argentinian endemic taxa ofLiolaemus(Iguania: Liolaemidae) and their evolutionary relationships	5