OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Integrative and Comparative Biology is 21. 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
The Metamorphosing Professor: Adapting Teaching to Fulfill the Promise of Biology Education	73
Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Awarded at the SICB Meeting in January 2024	46
An Animal Model of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Exposure to Light and Sound in the Preterm Infant	39
Integrating DNA-Based Prey Occurrence Probability into Stable Isotope Mixing Models	39
Mind the Gap: A Review of Disjunctions in Coastal Marine Species	36
Hydric Environment and Chemical Composition Shape Non-avian Reptile Eggshell Absorption	36
Estimating Wingbeat Frequency of Hummingbirds Using a No-Labeling Learning Computer Vision Approach	36
Climate-Change Impacts on Cephalopods: A Meta-Analysis	35
Collective Neuromechanics in Sea Stars	34
Trunk Tip Wear in Wild African Savanna Elephants	33
Exploring the Unknown: How Can We Improve Single-cell RNAseq Cell Type Annotations in Non-model Organisms?	32
Beyond the Hexagon: Meso-structures in the Bee’s Honeycomb for Bio-Inspired Design	29
The Shape of Water: Physiological Adaptations to Habitat Aridity in the Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)	27
Rare and Opportunistic Use of Torpor in Mammals—An Echo from the Past?	27
Exoskeletal Trade-off between Claws and Carapace in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Decapod Crustaceans	27
Maternal Responses in the Face of Infection Risk	26
Effect of Network Structure and Adaptive Foraging on Pollination Services of Species-Rich Plant-Pollinator Communities	24
Correction to: Proteomic Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility in Mexican Free-tailed Bats and Their Application to Viral Surveillance	24
Innovative techniques to investigate comparative biomaterials across disciplines and length scales	23
Comparing Functional Immune Responses in Three Aquatic Turtle Species	22
Temperature and Turgor “Limitation” and Environmental “Control” in Xylem Biology and Dendrochronology	21
Physiological Basis of Convergent Evolution in Animal Communication Systems	21
The Variability and Malleability of Frog Call-Timing Mechanisms are Neglected in Traditional Call-Timing Models	21
A Mitochondrial Perspective on the Demands of Reproduction	21
Incorporating Sex-Diverse and Gender-Inclusive Perspectives in Higher Education Biology Courses	21

Asymmetric Segregation of Maternal mRNAs and Germline-related Determinants in Cephalochordate Embryos: Implications for the Evolution of Early Patterning Events in Chordates