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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The herpetofauna of priority highland areas for conservation of the Caatinga in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil	13
Medium and large-sized mammals in a mosaic within the MATOPIBA agricultural frontier, Brazil	8
Long-term ecological program reveals high species richness of medium- and large-sized mammals in forest fragments of the Cerrado	8
Enhancing public policies for Brazilian bullfrog farming	6
Spatial structure of phytoplankton metacommunities and their functional groups in a neotropical floodplain	6
Amphibians and reptiles of the Refúgio Biológico Bela Vista – Itaipu Dam, state of Paraná, southern Brazil	5
Ecological and biological patterns of stream fish studies from the Piracicaba-Capivari-Jundiaí Basin (PCJ Basin, SP) assessed through a systematic review	5
The neglected tropical grasslands: first record of campo com murundus and its plant communities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil	5
Polymitarcyidae Banks, 1900 (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from the Western Region of Pará, Brazil	5
Hidden in the dung: first record of Maculantrops hirtipes () (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from Brazil	5
The drift effect on nestedness of ephemeroptera, trichoptera and plecoptera orders in the Xingu River	5
Use of a geospatial tool to predict the distribution of Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) and some native freshwater gastropods found in Brazil	5
Ephemeroptera (Insecta) from the metropolitan region of Santarém, Pará, Brazil	5
Restoration effects on avian populations and communities: an integrative review	4
Fish fauna of the Río San Pedro and Río La Pasión, Usumacinta River Basin, Guatemala	4
Jaguar and puma cannibalism in its northern distribution range in Mexico	4
Floristics of the herbaceous-shrub vegetation in the restinga of Araoca Beach, municipality of Guimarães, Maranhão, Northeast Brazil	4
Amazonian forest termites: a species checklist from the State of Acre, Brazil	4
Diversity of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of an urban forest fragment in the Atlantic rainforest (São Paulo, Brazil)	4
The high biodiversity of benthic organisms in a coastal ecosystem revealed by an integrative approach	4
Priority areas for conservation of the vascular flora in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico	4
The use of birds for mapping natural grasslands in the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil	4
Threats to health and conservation of free-living sloths (Bradypus and Choloepus) under anthropic influence in the city of Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil	4
Updated list of long-term monitored tree species in a forest with high diversity and endemism in the highlands of Espírito Santo, Brazil	4
Reproductive migration and probable spawning areas of Calophysus macropterus (Pisces: Pimelodidae) in the Amazon basin: a critical review with structured synthesis	4

One more place to call home: the invasive bivalve Mytilopsis leucophaeata reaches the Maricá-Guarapina lagoon system (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)	4
Current knowledge of ferns and lycophytes in Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil	4
Length at first maturity of freshwater fish species targeted by artisanal fisheries in the lower Araguaia River, Tocantins–Araguaia Basin, Brazil	4
Everything is similar, everything is different! Trichorhina (Oniscidea, Platyarthridae) from Brazilian caves, with descriptions of 11 new species	3
Patterns of nesting activity and community structure of cavity-nesting solitary bees and wasps associated with urbanization	3
The ichthyofauna of streams in the upper Purus-Antimary interfluve, with an expansion in the occurrence of Amazonian fish species	3
What birds are found at the edge of a suburban forest? A case study around the Mata de Santa Genebra, Campinas, São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil	3
Woody vegetation in Atlantic Forest inselbergs: floristic similarity, patterns of richness, pollination/dispersal syndromes, and influence of climatic variables	3
Insect galls from the Serra da Bandeira (Barreiras, Western Bahia, Brazil)	3
Fishes from affluents of Rio Branco, Municipality of Caracaraí, Roraima State, northern Brazil	3
Inventory of birds in two urban wetlands in Temuco (Chile): a basis for monitoring species	3
Checklist of Bromeliaceae in the State of Bahia, Brazil	3
The effect of seasonality on fish composition in Amazonian streams: An analysis in areas with local-scale deforestation	3
Floristic data to support conservation in the Amazonian canga	3
Expanding knowledge of the flora of Maranhão: richness and distribution of Capparaceae	3
An annotated list of plant viruses described in Paraguay (1920–2023)	3
Social interaction in jaguars: does it promote learning?	3
Multifunctional roles of structural and histochemical traits in Fabaceae galls in Brazil	2
Phytoplankton composition from Araçá Bay and São Sebastião Channel, São Paulo, Brazil	2
Taxonomic synopsis of Euphorbiaceae in the threatened upland forests "Brejos de Altitude" in the Brazilian semi-arid region	2
Mauritia flexuosa (Buriti) forest description: hydro-edaphic effects on tree species distribution in western Amazon	2
Mapping threatened canga ecosystems in the Brazilian savanna using U-Net deep learning segmentation and Sentinel-2 images: a first step toward conservation planning	2
Effects of aquatic macrophytes on phytoplankton in a shallow tropical reservoir (Amazon, Brazil)	2
Ichthyofauna of the Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park: watershed divide in the main agricultural encroachment area in the Brazilian Cerrado	2
Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Cerrado and Caatinga conservation units, Minas Gerais, Brazil	2
Molecular and camera trap data confirm the occurrence of Dasypus septemcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil	2
Invasiveness in Schefflera s.l.: do non-native species outperform phylogenetically related native species?	2
Length-weight relationships of 24 stream-dwelling fish species from the Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2
Entomogenous galls and their associated fauna in deciduous dry forest and woodland vegetation remnants (Caatinga) in the Northern Depressão Sertaneja, Brazil	2
Contribution to the knowledge of Honduran flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)	2
Flora of Paraíba, Brazil: Commelinaceae Mirb.	2
Reviewers Volume 24 Biota Neotropica	2
Assessment of distribution of two sympatric mud crab species – Panopeus americanus and Panopeus austrobesus – in a Western Atlantic estuarine intertidal zone	2
Synopsis of Myrcia (Myrtaceae) in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil	2
Dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) from northeast Santa Catarina and notes on the occurrence of species in the region	2
Male Emphorini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) bees use flowers of Ipomoea carnea (Convolvulaceae) as overnight resting sites	2
In silico analysis of the biodiversity of endophytic fungi isolated from the Brazilian Cerrado	2
New records of Ceratocampinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) species from the Cerrado of Maranhão, Brazil	2
Accessing the sand fly diversity of Tocantins, Northern Brazil: species delimitation using COI DNA barcoding	2
Bryofaunal gastrotrichs from the Cerrado: First report of Dendroichthydium cf. ibyrapora from a Neotropical Savanna	2