OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 14. 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 Invasion Ecology of Mutualism	146
Effects of Phenology on Plant Community Assembly and Structure	138
Onboard Sensors Reveal New Insights into Animal Decision-Making	132
Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes	132
Geographic Gradients in Species Interactions: From Latitudinal Patterns to Ecological Mechanisms	111
Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins	110
An Integrative Perspective on Bat Evolution	93
The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life	81
Plant Mating Systems in Small Populations	63
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution	63
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions	61
Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences	61
The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project	54
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities	50
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Functional Trait Variation Along Animal Invasion Pathways	49
Ecology and Evolution of the Social Microbiome	48
Animal Linguistics	47
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	45
Patterns of Non-Native Species Introduction, Spread, and Ecological Impact in South Florida, the World's Most Invaded Continental Ecoregion	44
Smooth and Spiky: The Importance of Variability in Marine Climate Change Ecology	42
The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects	40
Plant Invasions in a Changing Climate: Reshaping Communities, Ecosystem Functions, and Services	36
Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales	35
How Whales Dive, Feast, and Fast: The Ecophysiological Drivers and Limits of Foraging in the Evolution of Cetaceans	34

Novel Disturbance Regimes and Ecological Responses	34
Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards	33
Origin and Early Evolution of Squamates and Their Kin: From Fossils to Genomes	30
Ocean Giants Through Time: Evolution and Ecology Intertwined	29
Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change	29
Weighing the Evidence for a Deuterostome Branch of Animals and Implications for Understanding Chordate Origins	28
Functional Roles of Parasitic Plants in a Warming World	25
Looking Back for the Future: The Ecology of Terrestrial Communities Through the Lens of Conservation Paleobiology	25
Density-Dependent Selection	25
The Ecology and Evolution of Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers That Ameliorate Climate Change	24
The Macroevolutionary History of Bony Fishes: A Paleontological View	24
The Ecological Impacts of Large-Carnivore Recovery in North America	22
The Evolution and Ecology of Specialized Mutualisms Between Perfume Flowers and Male Euglossine Bees	22
Climate Change Effects on Interacting Disturbances in Forest Ecosystems	22
Rethinking the Prevalence and Relevance of Chaos in Ecology	21
Niche Theory and Species Range Limits Along Elevational Gradients: Perspectives and Future Directions	19
Evolution and Community Assembly Across Spatial Scales	18
A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation	17
Asymmetric Inheritance: The Diversity and Evolution of Non-Mendelian Reproductive Strategies	17
The Prominent Role of the Matrix in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation	16
The Causes and Consequences of Seed Dispersal	16
A Renaissance of Atoll Ecology	14
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Phylogenetic Insights into Diversification	14