OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Animal Biology is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Expression patterns of clock genes in the kidney of two Lasiopodomys species	85
Sexual dimorphism in the mountain dragon, Diploderma micangshanensis (Squamata: Lacertilia: Agamidae) from central China	8
Biparental incubation behavior in the domestic house-farmed swiftlets (Aerodramus sp.) in central Peninsular Malaysia	5
Nest site selection and breeding ecology of the red-billed blue magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha in central China	4
Diet reflects opportunistic feeding habit of the Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)	4
On the behavioural biology of a morpho-variant of Myrmaplata plataleoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Araneae: Salticidae) with taxonomic notes	3
Segregation in diet composition of two syntopic tree frog species, Hyla simplex and Polypedates megacephalus, in Ben En National Park, Vietnam	3
Summer habitat selection by Mrs Hume’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) on Jinzhong Mountain, northwest Guangxi, China: implications for determining effective conservation actions using radio transmitters	3
A test of associative olfactory learning in the ant Formica clara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae); the power of a MaLER-based conditioning protocol	3
An improved protocol for inducing the gut cleaning process in earthworm for various experiments	3
Southernmost record and diet of Leptobrachella eos (Ohler, Woollen, Grosjean, Hendrix, Vences, Ziegler & Dubois, 2011) in Vietnam	3
Seasonal diets of two rhinolophid bats, Rhinolophus nippon and Rhinolophus cornutus, in the southern Japanese Alps	3
Behavioural assay of a newly identified lepidopteran, Pexicopia tungabhadrai (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) along with a first report of larval diapause	3
Distribution dynamics of waterbirds in Dongting Lake and surrounding lakes	2
Fatty acids for insect species remain constant: A case study of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)	2
Dietary partitioning in two gleaning bats, Japanese long-eared bats (Plecotus sacrimontis) and Ussuri tube-nosed bats (Murina ussuriensis): consuming insects of same order but different developmental	2
Conservation biology of the critically endangered salamander, Paradactylodon persicus gorganensis (Clergue-Gazeau & Thorn, 1979) (Amphibia: Hynobiidae) in northeastern Iran	2
Association of social group with both life-history traits and brain size in cooperatively breeding birds	2
Spatio-temporal occurrence of different early life stages of Periophthalmus modestus in a tropical estuary	1
Contents of Volume 71	1
Diversity patterns of herpetofauna communities along a habitat alteration gradient in an Afrotropical large wetland – a test of the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis	1
Responsive strategies of three sympatric small rodents to the altitudinal effects on microhabitats	1
Boldness behavior and ecological adaptability of stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva) in open-field testing	1
Heart position and pulmonary vasculature in snakes with different lung morphologies	1
Influence of larval nutrition on biological attributes and reproductive performance in Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under laboratory condition	1

Amplitude of the daily pattern of rest – activity in different species of Leopardus kept in captivity	1
Taxonomy of Naumann’s and dusky, red-throated and black-throated thrush complexes (Aves: Turdidae) using morphological and molecular characteristics	1
Variation in bird taxonomic distinctness, but not body mass or niche overlap, explains the robustness of Neotropical seed dispersal networks	1
No evidence that horn trimming affects white rhinoceros horn use during comfort behaviour and resource access	1
Age and growth of the mountain dragon, Diploderma micangshanense (Squamata: Lacertilia: Agamidae)	1
An experimental evolution study deciphers differences between the life attributes of developmental variants in Propylea dissecta (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)	1
An investigation on cauda storage of sperm in hamster epididymis	1
Mating status of coexisting conspecific individuals modulate reproduction in a ladybird, Menochilus sexmaculatus	1
Should I stay or should I go: escape behaviour of Russell’s vipers, Daboia russelii (Shaw & Nodder, 1797) in India’s agricultural landscapes	1
Plasma lactate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase activity changes with body mass and age across birds and mammals	1
Oviposition preference of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella on cotton	1
Impact of mixed groups on the gut bacterial structure of herring gull (Larus argentatus) and common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) on Binzhou Seashell Island in Wudi, China	1
The role of bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) as seed dispersers in indigenous forests in the Soutpansberg Mountain range, South Africa	1
Evaluation of oviposition substrates for laboratory rearing of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)	1
Correlated evolution between herbivory and gastrointestinal tract in a prolific lizard adaptive radiation	1