OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Integrative and Comparative Biology is 7. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

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	49
An Animal Model of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Exposure to Light and Sound in the Preterm Infant	47
Integrating DNA-Based Prey Occurrence Probability into Stable Isotope Mixing Models	44
Estimating Wingbeat Frequency of Hummingbirds Using a No-Labeling Learning Computer Vision Approach	38
Mind the Gap: A Review of Disjunctions in Coastal Marine Species	37
Day Versus Night Melatonin and Corticosterone Modulation by LPS in Distinct Tissues of Toads ( Rhinella Icterica )	37
Beyond the Hexagon: Meso-structures in the Bee’s Honeycomb for Bio-Inspired Design	36
Collective Neuromechanics in Sea Stars	35
Gut Microbial Ecology of Five Species of Sympatric Desert Rodents in Relation to Herbivorous and Insectivorous Feeding Strategies	35
Trunk Tip Wear in Wild African Savanna Elephants	33
The Shape of Water: Physiological Adaptations to Habitat Aridity in the Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)	33
Rare and Opportunistic Use of Torpor in Mammals—An Echo from the Past?	32
Hydric Environment and Chemical Composition Shape Non-avian Reptile Eggshell Absorption	31
Climate-Change Impacts on Cephalopods: A Meta-Analysis	29
Exoskeletal Trade-off between Claws and Carapace in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Decapod Crustaceans	27
Exploring the Unknown: How Can We Improve Single-cell RNAseq Cell Type Annotations in Non-model Organisms?	26
Incorporating Sex-Diverse and Gender-Inclusive Perspectives in Higher Education Biology Courses	25
Maternal Responses in the Face of Infection Risk	25
Effect of Network Structure and Adaptive Foraging on Pollination Services of Species-Rich Plant-Pollinator Communities	23
Correction to: Proteomic Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility in Mexican Free-tailed Bats and Their Application to Viral Surveillance	23
Comparing Functional Immune Responses in Three Aquatic Turtle Species	21
Physiological Basis of Convergent Evolution in Animal Communication Systems	21
Innovative techniques to investigate comparative biomaterials across disciplines and length scales	21
Asymmetric Segregation of Maternal mRNAs and Germline-related Determinants in Cephalochordate Embryos: Implications for the Evolution of Early Patterning Events in Chordates	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	20
From Individual Calcifiers to Ecosystem Dynamics: Ocean Acidification Effects on Urchins and Abalone	20
Temperature and Turgor “Limitation” and Environmental “Control” in Xylem Biology and Dendrochronology	20
Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Awarded at the SICB Meeting in January 2023	20
Ecological Transitions and the Shape of the Decapod Tree of Life	19
Sleep Posture Influences Metabolic Rate and Vigilance in the Common Whitethroat (Curruca Communis)	19
The Versatility of Simplicity: Structures of Cardiocephaloides longicollis Used for Different Purposes during Cercarial Transmission	18
Developmental Plasticity in Anurans: Meta-analysis Reveals Effects of Larval Environments on Size at Metamorphosis And Timing of Metamorphosis	18
Scaling of Jumping Performance in Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae)	18
Induced Power Scaling Alone Cannot Explain Griffenfly Gigantism	17
Sex Without Sexes: Can the Cost of Finding a Mate Explain Diversity in Fungal Mating Systems?	17
Common Interests Without Common Expertise: Reflections on Early-career Experiences in Cross-Disciplinary Research	17
A Perspective on the Role of Motivated Thinking in Research on Black Representation in Science	17
Trait Loss in Evolution: What Cavefish Have Taught Us about Mechanisms Underlying Eye Regression	17
Practical Guidance and Workflows for Identifying Fast Evolving Non-Coding Genomic Elements Using PhyloAcc	17
Early Development of Locomotion in the Term Piglet Model: Does Size Matter?	16
Building, Maintaining, and (re-)Deploying Genetic Toolkits during Convergent Evolution	16
On the Physiology of High-altitude Flight and Altitudinal Migration in Birds	16
Overcoming Waves of Challenges: Experiences of BIPOC Shark Scientists in the Global South	16
Chronic Stress Decreases Lactation Performance	16
Oxygenation-Controlled Collective Dynamics in Aquatic Worm Blobs	16
Equipment Repositories for Accessibility: A Model for Improving Access in Field Science	16
How Hot is too Hot? Metabolic Responses to Temperature Across Life Stages of a Small Ectotherm	16
The role of epigenetics and non-genetic inheritance in plant–pollinator interactions: A perspective	16
Racing Time: Physiological Rates and Metabolic Scaling in Marine Mammals	16
Non-Bilaterians as Model Systems for Tissue Mechanics	15
Host–Microbiome Interactions as Moderators of Host Quality and Biodiversity–Disease Relationships	15
Limited Cranial Shifts in City-Dwelling Rodents after a Century of Urbanization	15
Food hoarding, anxiety, and stress in a mammalian hibernator	15
Suction Feeding Turned on Its Head: A Functional Novelty Facilitates Lower Jaw Protrusion	15
Revisiting TSHβ’s Role in Avian Seasonal Reproduction, Insights, and Challenges from Mammalian Models	14
Steep Decline in the Rare Flat Abalone, Haliotis walallensis, Following Fishing Exploitation and a Marine Heat Wave: The Next Neoextinction?	14
Foraging Under Fire: A Robotic Flower System Incorporating Multimodal Signaling and Aversive Stimuli	14
Starting a Dialogue: Understanding the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Values Related to Fisheries Management of a Black Fishing Community in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	14
SICB 2026 Annual Meeting Abstracts	14
Every Hue Has Its Fan Club: Diverse Patterns of Color-Dependent Flower Visitation across Lepidoptera	14
Freshwater Salinization Leads to Sluggish, Bloated Frogs and Small, Cramped Embryos but Adaptive Countergradient Variation in Eggs	14
Knowing Your Field Community: Elevating the Human Dimension in Ecological Research and Teaching	14
The Joy Factor: Redefining Leadership Excellence at Black in Marine Science through Joy-Centered Leadership Practices	13
Microbiomes in Animal Ecology: Advances, Assumptions, and Opportunities	13
The Influence of Bee Movements on Patterns of Pollen Transfer between Plants: An Exploratory Model	13
Muscle-Driven Predictive Physics Simulations of Quadrupedal Locomotion in the Horse	13
Does Urbanization Alter Purifying Selection? A Case Study in the Burrowing Owl	13
Mudskippers Modulate their Locomotor Kinematics when Moving on Deformable and Inclined Substrates	13
Communication via Biotremors in the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus): Part I- Biotremor Production and Response to Substrate-Borne Vibrations	13
Editor-in-Chief's Note—Thank you to Reviewers	13
An Exploratory Look at Functional Responses to a Second Antigen Injection in a Freshwater Turtle	13
What about Females? Urban Female Song Sparrows Elevate Aggressive Signaling Compared to Rural	13
Digestive Enzyme Activities in Mussel Mytilus californianus Endure Acute Heat Exposure in Air	12

The Development and Expansion of in vivo Germline Editing Technologies in Arthropods: Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo (ReMOT Control) and Beyond	12
Environmental Cue Integration and Phenology in a Changing World	12
Addressing Diverse Motivations to Enable Bioinspired Design	12
Water Availability and Temperature as Modifiers of Evaporative Water Loss in Tropical Frogs	12
Cross-sexual Transfer Revisited	12
The Spring-Mass Model and Other Reductionist Models of Bipedal Locomotion on Inclines	12
The Yin and Yang of Self-Regulation in Developing Vertebrates. An Energetics Perspective	11
Mechanosensory Control of Locomotion in Animals and Robots: Moving Forward	11
Microbiome Comparison and Pathogen Identification for Three Migrating Passerines Captured During Spring Season in Jordan Using 16S rRNA Sequencing	11
“The PO-Driven Model”: A Basic Science Pipeline for the Bioeconomy with Solutions Inspired by Convergent Evolution for Connecting Parallel Research Ideas	11
Application of Microbiome Feedback Theory to Animals: Can Parasites Drive Coexistence in Ungulate Communities?	11
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) and Wild Bee Resource Competition: How Big Is This Problem?	11
Does Phenotypic Integration Promote Convergent Evolution?	11
Sex, Science, and Society: Reckonings and Responsibilities for Biologists	11
Roles and Future Opportunities for Genomic Architecture in Understanding Repeated Evolution	11
An Integrative Perspective On the Mechanistic Basis of Context- Dependent Species Interactions	11
Invasive Spotted Lanternflies (Lycorma delicatula) Are Larger in More Urban Areas	11
Preferred body temperatures are increasing in 3 anguimorph lizards with passive thermoregulation	11
The Young and the Resilient: Investigating Coral Thermal Resilience in Early Life Stages	11
The Microbiome as a Maternal Effect: A Systematic Review on Vertical Transmission of Microbiota	11
Re-imagining Reproduction: The Queer Possibilities of Plants	10
Remaining safe conducting Field work While Black (FWB), and Tips for PIs, Universities, and Employers of Black Individuals	10
A Guide for Successful Research Collaborations between Zoos and Universities	10
What Women Want: Lessons Learned from Grant Applications	10
High Wing-Loading Correlates with Dive Performance in Birds, Suggesting a Strategy to Reduce Buoyancy	10
Analysis of Odor-Tracking Performance of Silk Moth Using a Sensory–Motor Intervention System	10
Metabarcoding Approaches in Amphibian Disease Ecology: Disentangling the Functional Contributions of Skin Bacteria on Disease Outcome	10
Kinematic Trajectories in Response to Speed Perturbations in Walking Suggest Modular Task-Level Control of Leg Angle and Length	10
The Aquatic Microbial Environment Shapes the Tadpole Microbiome and Antipredator Behavior	10
Best Practices of Bioinspired Design: Key Themes and Challenges	10
Complementary Roles for Differential Gene Expression and Differential Exon Use in the Heat Shock Response of an Intertidal Copepod	10
Multi-Joint Analysis of Pose Viability Supports the Possibility of Salamander-Like Hindlimb Configurations in the Permian TetrapodEryops megacephalus	10
Divergent Genital Morphologies and Female–Male Covariation in Watersnakes	10
Motherhood and Academia: Tradeoffs	10
Cnidarian Circadian Clocks Model How Animals Find Predictability in a Complex World	10
Sex and Biology: Broader Impacts Beyond the Binary	10
Interspecific Asymmetries in Behavioral Plasticity Drive Seasonal Patterns of Temporal Niche Partitioning in an Island Carnivore Community	10
Patterns of Phenotypic Evolution Associated with Marine/Freshwater Transitions in Fishes	9
Loss of collagen gene expression in the notochord of the tailless tunicate Molgula occulta	9
Investigating Best Practices for Applying a Quantitative Tooth Complexity Metric to Fishes	9
Cnidarian Eyes as a Meta-Model to Explore Evolutionary Repeatability Over Deep Time	9
Thermomechanical and Morphological Properties of Loligo vulgaris Squid Sucker Ring Teeth	9
Correction to: Awards, Scholarships, and Grants Awarded at the SICB Meeting in January 2022	9
Time-Series Sequences for Evolutionary Inferences	9
Methods for Artificial Incubation of Passerine Eggs	9
Interrogating Metabolic Plasticity in Marine Organisms: A Framework for Best Practices Using Metabolomic and Lipidomic Approaches	8
Rhagovelia Uses Interfacial Run-and-Tumble Locomotion to Improve Food Capture in Flowing Environments	8
Pheromone Perception in Fish: Mechanisms and Modulation by Internal Status	8
Testing the Adaptive Sterilization Hypothesis in Mice Inoculated with Chlamydia muridarum	8
The Causes and Consequences of Public Misunderstanding of Shark Conservation	8
Applying 3D Models of Giant Salamanders to Explore Form–Function Relationships in Early Digit-Bearing Tetrapods	8
CRISPR/Cas9 Protocols for Disrupting Gene Function in the Non-vertebrate Chordate Ciona	8
Scaling Relationships among the Mass of Eggshell, Albumen, and Yolk in Six Precocial Birds	8
Katydids Shift to Higher-Stability Gaits when Climbing Inclined Substrates	8
Towards a Grading Model That Supports Learning in Biology Courses	8
Introduction to the 2024 Chordate Origins, Evolution, and Development SICB Symposium	8
Biomechanics of Insect Flight Stability and Perturbation Response	7
Impacts of Quaternary Climatic Changes on the Diversification of Riverine Cichlids in the Lower Congo River	7
Viewing Fragmentation through the Disease Triangle: Implications for Pathogen Pressure on Seeds	7
Reproductive Steroid Hormone Patterns in Baleen of Two Pregnant Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)	7
The Effect of Venipuncture Site on Hematology of Bats: Implications for Comparative Analyses	7
The Silverjaw Minnow, Ericymba buccata: An Extraordinary Lateral Line System and its Contribution to Prey Detection	7
Mechanosensory Feedback in Lamprey Swimming Models and Applications in the Field of Spinal Cord Regeneration	7
Biotic Interactions and the Future of Fishes on Coral Reefs: The Importance of Trait-Based Approaches	7
Ontogenetic Plasticity in Shoaling Behavior in a Forage Fish under Warming	7
How Damage, Recovery, and Repair Alter the Fitness Impacts of Thermal Stress	7
Locomotor Challenges of Waterfall-Climbing Gobies during Transitions between Media	7
Perspectives on Bioinspired Product Development: Entrapping Surfaces Based on Leaf Microstructures	7
Independent Transitions to Freshwater Environments Promote Phenotypic Divergence, Not Convergence, in Stingrays	7
Repeated Hyposalinity Pulses Immediately and Persistently Impair the Sea Urchin Adhesive System	7
Do We All Walk the Walk? A Comparison of Walking Behaviors across Tetrapods	7
Diverse Tongue Base Retraction Strategies Drive Bolus Propulsion during Mammalian Swallowing	7
In Hot Water: Current Thermal Threshold Methods Unlikely to Predict Invasive Species Shifts in NW Atlantic	7
The Bioinspiration Feedback Loop: An Interdisciplinary Exchange of Processes and Progress Between Biologists and Engineers	7
An Adaptable Flying Fish Robotic Model for Aero- and Hydrodynamic Experimentation	7
Time-dependent Changes in Shrimp Armor and Escape Kinematics under Ocean Acidification and Warming	7
Under the Sea: Investigation of Telson Morphology and Cryptic Diversity within Eucopia sculpticauda, a Deep-Sea Lophogastrid from the Gulf of Mexico (Peracarida: Lophogastrida)	7