OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 13. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Onboard Sensors Reveal New Insights into Animal Decision-Making	145
Geographic Gradients in Species Interactions: From Latitudinal Patterns to Ecological Mechanisms	117
Effects of Phenology on Plant Community Assembly and Structure	109
The Invasion Ecology of Mutualism	106
Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes	104
Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins	95
The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life	94
Plant Mating Systems in Small Populations	92
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution	90
The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project	81
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions	79
Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences	78
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities	77
Evolution of the Mode of Nutrition in Symbiotic and Saprotrophic Fungi in Forest Ecosystems	72
Patterns of Non-Native Species Introduction, Spread, and Ecological Impact in South Florida, the World's Most Invaded Continental Ecoregion	70
Ecology and Evolution of the Social Microbiome	69
Functional Trait Variation Along Animal Invasion Pathways	68
Animal Linguistics	67
Review of the Pelycosauria Revisited: Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsida, Their Role in Updated Interpretations of Early Amniotes, and Their Importance in Understanding the Origin of Modern Terrestrial Foo	66
A Dual Role for Behavior in Evolution and Shaping Organismal Selective Environments	61
Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Bats	59
Smooth and Spiky: The Importance of Variability in Marine Climate Change Ecology	58
The Ecology and Evolution of Model Microbial Mutualisms	56
From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes	51
How Whales Dive, Feast, and Fast: The Ecophysiological Drivers and Limits of Foraging in the Evolution of Cetaceans	50

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects	50
Plant Invasions in a Changing Climate: Reshaping Communities, Ecosystem Functions, and Services	48
Novel Disturbance Regimes and Ecological Responses	43
Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales	42
Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards	39
Origin and Early Evolution of Squamates and Their Kin: From Fossils to Genomes	39
Weighing the Evidence for a Deuterostome Branch of Animals and Implications for Understanding Chordate Origins	37
Ocean Giants Through Time: Evolution and Ecology Intertwined	36
Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change	35
Looking Back for the Future: The Ecology of Terrestrial Communities Through the Lens of Conservation Paleobiology	35
The Ecological Importance of Allelopathy	33
Density-Dependent Selection	33
The Ecology and Evolution of Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers That Ameliorate Climate Change	29
Functional Roles of Parasitic Plants in a Warming World	29
Are Terrestrial Biological Invasions Different in the Tropics?	28
The Macroevolutionary History of Bony Fishes: A Paleontological View	28
Climate Change Effects on Interacting Disturbances in Forest Ecosystems	28
Effects of Selection at Linked Sites on Patterns of Genetic Variability	26
The Evolution and Ecology of Specialized Mutualisms Between Perfume Flowers and Male Euglossine Bees	24
Why Are Species’ Traits Weak Predictors of Range Shifts?	23
Niche Theory and Species Range Limits Along Elevational Gradients: Perspectives and Future Directions	22
Evolution and Community Assembly Across Spatial Scales	22
A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation	21
Rethinking the Prevalence and Relevance of Chaos in Ecology	21
A Genetic Perspective on Cetacean Evolution	19
Asymmetric Inheritance: The Diversity and Evolution of Non-Mendelian Reproductive Strategies	19
The Causes and Consequences of Seed Dispersal	18
A Renaissance of Atoll Ecology	17
The Prominent Role of the Matrix in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation	17
Phylogenetic Insights into Diversification	16
Multispecies Coalescent: Theory and Applications in Phylogenetics	15
Evolvability: A Quantitative-Genetics Perspective	15
Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change	15
From Organism Traits to Ecosystem Processes: Why Size Is So Important	14
Mechanisms and Consequences of Plant–Pollinator–Pathogen Interactions	13