OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Zoology is 3. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
BirdLasser: The influence of a mobile app on a citizen science project	16
Monitoring metals in South African harbours between 2008 and 2009, using resident mussels as indicator organisms	12
Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in the pet trade in South Africa	11
A review of some aspects of the ecology, population trends, threats and conservation strategies for the common hippopotamus,Hippopotamus amphibiusL, in Zimbabwe	11
Modelling continental range shift of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) under a changing climate and land cover: implications for future conservation of the species	8
Multiscale drivers of hippopotamus distribution in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa	8
Genetic identification of freely traded synanthropic invasive murid rodents in pet shops in Gauteng Province, South Africa	8
New insights into the taxonomic status, distribution and natural history of De Witte’s Clicking Frog (Kassinula wittei Laurent, 1940)	7
Dominance hierarchies within different size groupings of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and effects on growth and physiological responses	7
The influence of host dispersal on the gene flow and genetic diversity of generalist and specialist ectoparasites	7
Diet of the marsh mongoose around a non-permanent reservoir: response of a generalist opportunist forager to the absence of crabs	5
Genetic structure of bloodworm, Arenicola loveni (Annelida; Arenicolidae) suggests risk of local extinction in the face of overexploitation is lower than expected	5
Haematology and biochemistry values for Temminck’s pangolins (Smutsia temminckii) from Zimbabwe	4
Differences in metal compositions and concentrations of sympatric predatory fish and squid from the South Atlantic Ocean	4
Magnitude, patterns and composition of wildlife roadkill in the Serengeti ecosystem, northern Tanzania	4
Describing sexual dimorphism and fine scale spatial distributions in the Drab Thick-tail Scorpion, Parabuthus planicauda	4
Population and breeding patterns of the pest rodent: Mastomys natalensis in a maize dominated agroecosystem in Lake Victoria crescent zone, Eastern Uganda	4
Diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates in anthropogenically disturbed Aturukuku River, Eastern Uganda	3
A review of marine invertebrates used as fishing baits and the implications for national and regional management in the Western Indian Ocean	3
The wheat curl mite (Aceria tosichella, Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) could establish in South Africa	3
Lamproglena monodi Capart, 1944 infecting Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758): additional information on infection, morphology and genetic data	3
Milk evolution with emphasis on the Atlantogenata	3
Macrofauna associated with intertidal mussel beds in the Knysna estuarine embayment, South Africa	3