OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Review of Conservation Physiology	131
Differential Changes in Circulating Steroid Hormones in Hibernating Brown Bears: Preliminary Conclusions and Caveats	17
Back to the Womb: A Perinatal Perspective on Mammalian Hibernation	15
Front Matter	14
Hypoxic Jumbo Squid Activate Neuronal Apoptosis but Not MAPK or Antioxidant Enzymes during Oxidative Stress	11
Adaptation to Urban Heat Islands Enhances Thermal Performance Following Development under Chronic Thermal Stress but Not Benign Conditions in the Terrestrial Isopod Oniscus asellus	10
Variation in Melanin Content of Lizard Livers: Hybrids Turning to the Dark Side	10
Heritability and Parental Effects in Telomere Length in a Color Polymorphic Long-Lived Bird	10
The Rate of Cooling during Torpor Entry Drives Torpor Patterns in a Small Marsupial	9
Could Chronic Hypothermia in a Human Affect the Clock System?	9
Announcement: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology Is Changing Its Name to Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology	9
Upper Thermal Tolerance Indicated by CT_max Fails to Predict Migration Strategy and Timing, Growth, and Predation Vulnerability in Juvenile Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)	9
Allometric Scaling of Anaerobic Capacity Estimated from a Unique Field-Based Data Set of Fish Swimming	9
Front Cover	8
Front Matter	8
The Activation of Prosurvival Pathways in Myotis lucifugus during Torpor	8
Acute-Phase Immune Response Involves Fever, Sickness Behavior, and an Elevated Metabolic Rate in the Subterranean RodentCtenomys talarum	7
Physiological Ecology of Winter Hibernation by the High-Altitude Frog Nanorana parkeri	7
IGF-1 Levels Increase during an Immune but Not an Oxidative Challenge in an Avian Model, the Japanese Quail	7
Environmental Drivers of Growth and Oxidative Status during Early Life in a Long-Lived Antarctic Seabird, the Adélie Penguin	6
A Summer Heat Wave Reduced Activity, Heart Rate, and Autumn Body Mass in a Cold-Adapted Ungulate	6
Temperature Effects on DNA Damage during Hibernation	6
Front and Back Matter	5
Body Mass and Tail Girth Predict Hibernation Expression in Captive Dwarf Lemurs	5
Quantification of Urinary Sex Steroids in the Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)	5

Front Cover	5
Increased Metabolic Rate of Hauled-Out Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) during the Molt	5
Cascading Effects of Conspecific Aggression on Oxidative Status and Telomere Length in Zebra Finches	5
Understanding Patterns of Life History Trait Covariation in an Untapped Resource, the Lab Mouse	5
Using Integrative Biology to Infer Adaptation from Comparisons of Two (or a Few) Species	4
A Mesocosm Experiment in Ecological Physiology: The Modulation of Energy Budget in a Hibernating Marsupial under Chronic Caloric Restriction	4
Body Temperature Patterns and Energy Balance Hormones in Free-Living Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) from Different Latitudes	4
Chronic Thermal Acclimation Effects on Critical Thermal Maxima (CT_max) and Oxidative Stress Differences in White Epaxial Muscle between Surface and Cave Morphotypes of the Mexican Cavefish	4
Front Cover	4
Small Alpine Marsupials Regulate Evaporative Water Loss, Suggesting a Thermoregulatory Role Rather than a Water Conservation Role	4
Repeatability of Voluntary Thermal Maximum and Covariance with Water Loss Reveal Potential for Adaptation to Changing Climates	4
Front Cover	4
House Sparrows Vary Seasonally in Their Ability to Transmit West Nile Virus	4
Universality of Torpor Expression in Bats	4
Front Cover	4
For the Love of Snakes: Discovering Snakes in Wild Places Review	4
Osmoregulatory Performance among Prickly Sculpin (Cottus asper) Living in Contrasting Osmotic Habitats	4
Infection Causes Trade-Offs between Development and Growth in Larval Amphibians	4