OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 15. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Onboard Sensors Reveal New Insights into Animal Decision-Making	140
Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins	115
Effects of Phenology on Plant Community Assembly and Structure	105
The Invasion Ecology of Mutualism	100
Geographic Gradients in Species Interactions: From Latitudinal Patterns to Ecological Mechanisms	97
The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life	92
Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes	92
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution	89
The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project	88
Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences	77
Evolution of the Mode of Nutrition in Symbiotic and Saprotrophic Fungi in Forest Ecosystems	76
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions	74
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities	74
Animal Linguistics	71
Functional Trait Variation Along Animal Invasion Pathways	68
Patterns of Non-Native Species Introduction, Spread, and Ecological Impact in South Florida, the World's Most Invaded Continental Ecoregion	67
Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Bats	65
Ecology and Evolution of the Social Microbiome	64
A Dual Role for Behavior in Evolution and Shaping Organismal Selective Environments	63
Smooth and Spiky: The Importance of Variability in Marine Climate Change Ecology	57
From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes	56
The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects	55
The Ecology and Evolution of Model Microbial Mutualisms	53
How Whales Dive, Feast, and Fast: The Ecophysiological Drivers and Limits of Foraging in the Evolution of Cetaceans	49
Novel Disturbance Regimes and Ecological Responses	46

Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales	45
Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards	42
Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change	41
Looking Back for the Future: The Ecology of Terrestrial Communities Through the Lens of Conservation Paleobiology	40
Density-Dependent Selection	38
The Ecological Importance of Allelopathy	37
Functional Roles of Parasitic Plants in a Warming World	36
The Macroevolutionary History of Bony Fishes: A Paleontological View	34
Are Terrestrial Biological Invasions Different in the Tropics?	33
Effects of Selection at Linked Sites on Patterns of Genetic Variability	32
The Evolution and Ecology of Specialized Mutualisms Between Perfume Flowers and Male Euglossine Bees	31
The Ecology and Evolution of Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers That Ameliorate Climate Change	31
Why Are Species’ Traits Weak Predictors of Range Shifts?	29
Niche Theory and Species Range Limits Along Elevational Gradients: Perspectives and Future Directions	28
Asymmetric Inheritance: The Diversity and Evolution of Non-Mendelian Reproductive Strategies	26
Rethinking the Prevalence and Relevance of Chaos in Ecology	26
Evolution and Community Assembly Across Spatial Scales	26
A Genetic Perspective on Cetacean Evolution	25
A Renaissance of Atoll Ecology	20
Phylogenetic Insights into Diversification	20
The Causes and Consequences of Seed Dispersal	20
Multispecies Coalescent: Theory and Applications in Phylogenetics	19
Evolvability: A Quantitative-Genetics Perspective	19
The Prominent Role of the Matrix in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation	19
Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change	18
From Organism Traits to Ecosystem Processes: Why Size Is So Important	17
Mechanisms and Consequences of Plant–Pollinator–Pathogen Interactions	17
One Health for All: Advancing Human and Ecosystem Health in Cities by Integrating an Environmental Justice Lens	16
The Alignment of Natural and Sexual Selection	15
The Evolutionary Ecology of Species Interactions: Shared Mechanisms of Natural Selection and Population Regulation	15