OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biota Neotropica is 2. 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
Effects of urbanization on the fauna of Odonata on the coast of southern Brazil	10
Brazilian mangroves at risk	8
From the headwaters to the Iguassu Falls: Inventory of the ichthyofauna in the Iguassu River basin shows increasing percentages of nonnative species	8
Broad and fine-scale threats on threatened Brazilian freshwater fish: variability across hydrographic regions and taxonomic groups	7
Building knowledge to save species: 20 years of ichthyological studies in the Tocantins-Araguaia River basin	7
Limnoperna fortunei - Updating the geographic distribution in the Brazilian watersheds and mapping the regional occurrence in the Upper Uruguay River basin	6
Microorganisms: the secret agents of the biosphere, and their key roles in biotechnology	5
Severe coral bleaching of Siderastrea stellata at the only atoll in the South Atlantic driven by sequential Marine Heatwaves	5
Long-term monitoring of marine turtle nests in northeastern Brazil	5
Spatio-temporal variation of Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) populations in Brazil according to meteorological factors	5
Herpetofauna of Matas de Água Azul, an Atlantic Forest remnant in Serra do Mascarenhas, Pernambuco state, Brazil	5
Diversity of Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil using a new type of bait	5
Yeasts in native fruits from Brazilian neotropical savannah: occurrence, diversity and enzymatic potential	4
Historical survey of research related to fire management and fauna conservation in the world and in Brazil	4
Foraging preferences of the native stingless bee Melipona seminigra pernigra (Apidae: Meliponini) in campo rupestre on canga of Serra dos Carajás, southeastern Amazonia	4
Aquatic oligochaetes (Annelida: Clitellata) in reservoirs in São Paulo State: list of occurrence and ecological observations on the species	4
Checklist of mammals from Goiás, central Brazil	4
Terrestrial Gastropoda from the caves of Presidente Olegário, southeastern Brazil	3
Drifting in a free-flowing river: Distribution of fish eggs and larvae in a small tributary of a Neotropical reservoir	3
Bioprospecting macroalgae, marine and terrestrial invertebrates & their associated microbiota	3
Ecological and growth patterns of the longsnout seahorse Hippocampus reidi inferred by mark-recapture techniques in a tropical estuary	3
Length-weight relationship and diet of the catfish Cambeva guareiensis (Siluriformes; Trichomycteridae)	3
A “hotspot” within a hotspot: the reptiles of the Estação Ecológica and Área de Proteção Ambiental de Murici, Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil	3
Seed removal of Araucaria angustifolia by native and invasive mammals in protected areas of Atlantic Forest	3
speciesLink: rich data and novel tools for digital assessments of biodiversity	3

Gastrotrichs and tardigrades in a remnant of Atlantic Forest (Serra do Japi, SP, Brazil)	3
First record of Moenkhausia costae (Steindachner 1907) in the Paraíba do Norte basin after the São Francisco River diversion	3
Relative condition factor and predictive model for the presence of the invasive snail Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica in Sergipe, Northeast Brazil	3
Individual niche trajectories in nesting green turtles on Rocas Atoll, Brazil: an isotopic tool to assess diet shifts over time	3
Spatial and seasonal variation of benthic fish assemblages in whitewater rivers of Central Amazon	3
The Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework	3
Trophic overlap of lionfish (Pterois volitans) and two native predators (Lutjanus apodus and Cephalopholis cruentata) in the western Caribbean	3
The sweat bees from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)	3
Lizards and snakes of Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Matas do Siriji, an Atlantic Forest hotspot of the Pernambuco Endemism Center, Northeastern Brazil	3
Mammals in São Paulo State: diversity, distribution, ecology, and conservation	3
Scavengers flesh flies (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from two phytophysiognomies in the state of Maranhão, Northeastern of Brazil	3
Metabarcoding advances for ecology and biogeography of Neotropical protists: what do we know, where do we go?	3
Diversity, distribution and host plants of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Espírito Santo, Brazil	3
From insect-plant interactions to ecological networks	3
Bioprospecting as a strategy for conservation and sustainable use of the Brazilian Flora	3
Insect (Hexapoda) diversity in the Oceanic Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Seasonality and Populational Density of Tabanidae (Diptera)	3
Functional Feeding Group composition and attributes: evaluation of freshwater ecosystems in Atlantic Forest, Brazil	2
Insect (Hexapoda) Diversity in the Oceanic Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Scenopinidae (Diptera)	2
Length-weight relationship and condition factor for Prochilodus lineatus, an important commercial fish, in contrasting water-quality environments of the middle Tietê River basin, Southeast Brazil	2
Correlations between morphological fruit types, fruit and seed colors, and functional groups	2
Potential dispersal of aquatic snails by waterbird endozoochory in neotropical wetlands	2
Fishes of the Mitú Region: middle basin of the río Vaupés, Colombian Amazon	2
Remote spatial analysis lacking ethnographic grounding mischaracterizes sustainability of Indigenous burning regime	2
Checklist of Damselflies and Dragonflies (Odonata) from Acre state, and the first record of Drepanoneura loutoni von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008 for Brazil	2
Anuran fauna of the Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho - Núcleo Sete Barras, southeastern Brazil: species composition, use of breeding sites, and seasonal patterns of breeding activity	2
Abundance and richness of Arctiinae moths throughout the night in a Cerrado area	2
Amphibians and reptiles from the Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Brazil, one of the world’s largest urban forests	2
Ferns and lycophytes in Chapada das Mesas National Park and surroundings, Maranhão State, Brazil	2
New records of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from Amapá state, Brazil	2
Vascular plant checklist in an area of extreme biological importance: filling gaps in the Caparaó National Park-ES, Brazil	2
Fish fauna of small-order streams of savannah and forest fragments landscape in the lower Tapajós River basin, Amazonia	2
Entomogenous galls and their associated fauna in deciduous dry forest and woodland vegetation remnants (Caatinga) in the Northern Depressão Sertaneja, Brazil	2
Multi-taxon inventory and landscape characterization in an agrosystem of the Brazilian Midwest targeted for payment for environmental services	2
Type of shelter and first description of the echolocation call of disk-winged bat (Thyroptera devivoi)	2
Nematodes of Proceratophrys ararype (Anura: Odontophrynidae), an endemic frog from the Araripe Plateau, northeastern Brazil	2
Effect of land-use types on the ecomorphological structure of fish assemblage in distinct mesohabitats of neotropical streams	2
Cecidomyiidae (Diptera, Insecta): richness of species and distribution in Brazil	2
Phyllanthaceae in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil	2
The butterflies of Cristalino Lodge, in the Brazilian southern Amazonia: An updated species list with a significant contribution from citizen science	2
Research trends on elasmobranchs from the Brazilian Amazon Coast: a four-decade review	2
Checklist and contribution to the knowledge of the odonatofauna of Paraíba state, Brazil	2