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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework	15
Effects of urbanization on the fauna of Odonata on the coast of southern Brazil	13
Building knowledge to save species: 20 years of ichthyological studies in the Tocantins-Araguaia River basin	12
Limnoperna fortunei - Updating the geographic distribution in the Brazilian watersheds and mapping the regional occurrence in the Upper Uruguay River basin	10
Brazilian mangroves at risk	10
Broad and fine-scale threats on threatened Brazilian freshwater fish: variability across hydrographic regions and taxonomic groups	9
From the headwaters to the Iguassu Falls: Inventory of the ichthyofauna in the Iguassu River basin shows increasing percentages of nonnative species	9
From insect-plant interactions to ecological networks	8
Historical survey of research related to fire management and fauna conservation in the world and in Brazil	7
Severe coral bleaching of Siderastrea stellata at the only atoll in the South Atlantic driven by sequential Marine Heatwaves	7
Microorganisms: the secret agents of the biosphere, and their key roles in biotechnology	6
Ecological and growth patterns of the longsnout seahorse Hippocampus reidi inferred by mark-recapture techniques in a tropical estuary	6
Scavengers flesh flies (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from two phytophysiognomies in the state of Maranhão, Northeastern of Brazil	6
speciesLink: rich data and novel tools for digital assessments of biodiversity	6
Diversity of Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil using a new type of bait	6
First record of Moenkhausia costae (Steindachner 1907) in the Paraíba do Norte basin after the São Francisco River diversion	5
Ferns and lycophytes in Chapada das Mesas National Park and surroundings, Maranhão State, Brazil	5
Checklist of mammals from Goiás, central Brazil	5
Long-term monitoring of marine turtle nests in northeastern Brazil	5
Aquatic oligochaetes (Annelida: Clitellata) in reservoirs in São Paulo State: list of occurrence and ecological observations on the species	5
Relative condition factor and predictive model for the presence of the invasive snail Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica in Sergipe, Northeast Brazil	5
Checklist of Damselflies and Dragonflies (Odonata) from Acre state, and the first record of Drepanoneura loutoni von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008 for Brazil	5
Herpetofauna of Matas de Água Azul, an Atlantic Forest remnant in Serra do Mascarenhas, Pernambuco state, Brazil	5
Gastrotrichs and tardigrades in a remnant of Atlantic Forest (Serra do Japi, SP, Brazil)	5
Spatio-temporal variation of Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) populations in Brazil according to meteorological factors	5

Insect (Hexapoda) diversity in the Oceanic Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Seasonality and Populational Density of Tabanidae (Diptera)	4
Effect of land-use types on the ecomorphological structure of fish assemblage in distinct mesohabitats of neotropical streams	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
Checklist and contribution to the knowledge of the odonatofauna of Paraíba state, Brazil	4
Nematodes of Proceratophrys ararype (Anura: Odontophrynidae), an endemic frog from the Araripe Plateau, northeastern Brazil	4
Metabarcoding advances for ecology and biogeography of Neotropical protists: what do we know, where do we go?	4
Phyllanthaceae in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil	4
Terrestrial Gastropoda from the caves of Presidente Olegário, southeastern Brazil	4
Yeasts in native fruits from Brazilian neotropical savannah: occurrence, diversity and enzymatic potential	4
Spatial and seasonal variation of benthic fish assemblages in whitewater rivers of Central Amazon	4
Seed removal of Araucaria angustifolia by native and invasive mammals in protected areas of Atlantic Forest	4
Fishes of the Mitú Region: middle basin of the río Vaupés, Colombian Amazon	3
Research trends on elasmobranchs from the Brazilian Amazon Coast: a four-decade review	3
The sweat bees from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)	3
Amphibians and reptiles from the Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Brazil, one of the world’s largest urban forests	3
March or Die: road-killed herpetofauna along BR-040 highway, an ancient road on the Atlantic Forest from Southeastern Brazil	3
Bioprospecting macroalgae, marine and terrestrial invertebrates & their associated microbiota	3
Diversity, distribution and host plants of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Espírito Santo, Brazil	3
Bioprospecting as a strategy for conservation and sustainable use of the Brazilian Flora	3
Fish assemblage patterns in a subtropical estuary in southern Brazil	3
Trophic overlap of lionfish (Pterois volitans) and two native predators (Lutjanus apodus and Cephalopholis cruentata) in the western Caribbean	3
Leaf morphoanatomy of an endemic massaranduba from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil	3
Mammals in São Paulo State: diversity, distribution, ecology, and conservation	3
Correlations between morphological fruit types, fruit and seed colors, and functional groups	3
New records of Tabanidae (Diptera) in an ecotone zone between the Cerrado and the Amazon Forest and an updated list of species of Tocantins, Brazil	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
Remote spatial analysis lacking ethnographic grounding mischaracterizes sustainability of Indigenous burning regime	3
Functional Feeding Group composition and attributes: evaluation of freshwater ecosystems in Atlantic Forest, Brazil	3
Lizards and snakes of Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Matas do Siriji, an Atlantic Forest hotspot of the Pernambuco Endemism Center, Northeastern Brazil	3
Drifting in a free-flowing river: Distribution of fish eggs and larvae in a small tributary of a Neotropical reservoir	3
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	3
Individual niche trajectories in nesting green turtles on Rocas Atoll, Brazil: an isotopic tool to assess diet shifts over time	3
The butterflies of Cristalino Lodge, in the Brazilian southern Amazonia: An updated species list with a significant contribution from citizen science	3
Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Iguaçu National Park and surrounding areas in southern Brazil: a long-term survey, with six new records for the Brazilian fauna	2
Vascular plant checklist in an area of extreme biological importance: filling gaps in the Caparaó National Park-ES, Brazil	2
Georeferenced database and interactive online map of limnoterrestrial and freshwater Tardigrada from Central and South America	2
Tree species composition in Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2
Multi-taxon inventory and landscape characterization in an agrosystem of the Brazilian Midwest targeted for payment for environmental services	2
From genes to ecosystems: a synthesis of amphibian biodiversity research in Brazil	2
Feeding habits of the Robber Frog Pristimantis paulodutrai (Bokermann, 1975) in northeastern Brazil	2
Cecidomyiidae (Diptera, Insecta): richness of species and distribution in Brazil	2
Ichthyofauna of the Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park: watershed divide in the main agricultural encroachment area in the Brazilian Cerrado	2
First occurrence in mangroves of South America of the exotic species Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham. from the Indo-Malayan region	2
Ephemeroptera (Insecta) from the metropolitan region of Santarém, Pará, 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
Entomogenous galls and their associated fauna in deciduous dry forest and woodland vegetation remnants (Caatinga) in the Northern Depressão Sertaneja, Brazil	2
Type of shelter and first description of the echolocation call of disk-winged bat (Thyroptera devivoi)	2
Chemical, diversity and biotechnological potential of endophytic fungi isolated from Brazilian Cerrado plants	2
Insect galls on Asteraceae in Brazil: richness, geographic distribution, associated fauna, endemism and economic importance	2

The high biodiversity of benthic organisms in a coastal ecosystem revealed by an integrative approach	2
Potential dispersal of aquatic snails by waterbird endozoochory in neotropical wetlands	2
Phylogeography of the white-crowned parrot (Pionus senilis)	2
Fish fauna of small-order streams of savannah and forest fragments landscape in the lower Tapajós River basin, Amazonia	2
Composition and diversity of phytophilous cladocerans of oxbow lakes of Southwest Amazonian, Acre state, Brazil	2
Abundance and richness of Arctiinae moths throughout the night in a Cerrado area	2
Insect (Hexapoda) Diversity in the Oceanic Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Scenopinidae (Diptera)	2
New records of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from Amapá state, Brazil	2