OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 30. 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
Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes	123
Onboard Sensors Reveal New Insights into Animal Decision-Making	102
Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins	85
Effects of Phenology on Plant Community Assembly and Structure	85
The Invasion Ecology of Mutualism	82
Geographic Gradients in Species Interactions: From Latitudinal Patterns to Ecological Mechanisms	79
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution	76
The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life	75
The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project	72
Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences	70
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions	70
Evolution of the Mode of Nutrition in Symbiotic and Saprotrophic Fungi in Forest Ecosystems	65
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities	64
Patterns of Non-Native Species Introduction, Spread, and Ecological Impact in South Florida, the World's Most Invaded Continental Ecoregion	61
Functional Trait Variation Along Animal Invasion Pathways	59
Ecology and Evolution of the Social Microbiome	59
Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Bats	56
A Dual Role for Behavior in Evolution and Shaping Organismal Selective Environments	55
Animal Linguistics	53
Smooth and Spiky: The Importance of Variability in Marine Climate Change Ecology	47
The Ecology and Evolution of Model Microbial Mutualisms	45
From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes	45
The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects	44
How Whales Dive, Feast, and Fast: The Ecophysiological Drivers and Limits of Foraging in the Evolution of Cetaceans	43
Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales	41

Novel Disturbance Regimes and Ecological Responses	35
Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards	35
Looking Back for the Future: The Ecology of Terrestrial Communities Through the Lens of Conservation Paleobiology	33
Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change	33
Density-Dependent Selection	33