OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 44. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Onboard Sensors Reveal New Insights into Animal Decision-Making	135
Life as a Guide to Its Own Origins	112
Threshold Changes in Winter Temperature and Precipitation Drive Threshold Responses Across Nine Global Climate Zones and Associated Biomes	100
Geographic Gradients in Species Interactions: From Latitudinal Patterns to Ecological Mechanisms	97
Effects of Phenology on Plant Community Assembly and Structure	90
The Invasion Ecology of Mutualism	88
The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life	85
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution	84
The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project	83
A Critical Evaluation of Network Approaches for Studying Species Interactions	75
Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences	74
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities	72
Evolution of the Mode of Nutrition in Symbiotic and Saprotrophic Fungi in Forest Ecosystems	68
Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Bats	67
Ecology and Evolution of the Social Microbiome	67
Animal Linguistics	63
Functional Trait Variation Along Animal Invasion Pathways	63
A Dual Role for Behavior in Evolution and Shaping Organismal Selective Environments	61
Patterns of Non-Native Species Introduction, Spread, and Ecological Impact in South Florida, the World's Most Invaded Continental Ecoregion	60
Smooth and Spiky: The Importance of Variability in Marine Climate Change Ecology	56
The Ecology and Evolution of Model Microbial Mutualisms	55
From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes	55
The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects	51
Fungal Dispersal Across Spatial Scales	47
Novel Disturbance Regimes and Ecological Responses	44

How Whales Dive, Feast, and Fast: The Ecophysiological Drivers and Limits of Foraging in the Evolution of Cetaceans