OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Frontiers in 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Establishing RNAi for basic research and pest control and identification of the most efficient target genes for pest control: a brief guide	34
Mitochondria as a target and central hub of energy division during cold stress in insects	30
Biogeography of Italy revisited: genetic lineages confirm major phylogeographic patterns and a pre-Pleistocene origin of its biota	27
Influences of submerged plant collapse on diet composition, breadth, and overlap among four crane species at Poyang Lake, China	25
Differential effects of larval and adult nutrition on female survival, fecundity, and size of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti	19
Feasting, not fasting: winter diets of cave hibernating bats in the United States	19
Habitat influences skeletal morphology and density in the snailfishes (family Liparidae)	19
Ontogeny of the elemental composition and the biomechanics of radular teeth in the chiton Lepidochitona cinerea	19
Heat production in a feeding matrix formed on carrion by communally breeding beetles	16
First characterization of toxic alkaloids and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the cryptic dendrobatid Silverstoneia punctiventris	16
Using natural history to guide supervised machine learning for cryptic species delimitation with genetic data	16
Amphibian breeding phenology influences offspring size and response to a common wetland contaminant	15
Differential time allocation of foraging workers in the subterranean termite	14
Metabolic responses of plasma to extreme environments in overwintering Tibetan frogs Nanorana parkeri: a metabolome integrated analysis	14
Improved histological fixation of gelatinous marine invertebrates	13
Combining the responses of habitat suitability and connectivity to climate change for an East Asian endemic frog	13
Mitochondrial alternative oxidase contributes to successful tardigrade anhydrobiosis	13
Multiple phenotypic traits as triggers of host attacks towards ant symbionts: body size, morphological gestalt, and chemical mimicry accuracy	12
Plasma oxidative stress in reproduction of two eusocial African mole-rat species, the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat	12
Cellular proliferation dynamics during regeneration in Syllis malaquini (Syllidae, Annelida)	11
Mixed-species groups in bats: non-random roost associations and roost selection in neotropical understory bats	11
Love bites: male frogs (Plectrohyla, Hylidae) use teeth scratching to deliver sodefrin precursor-like factors to females during amplexus	11
Pollinating fig wasps’ simple solutions to complex sex ratio problems: a review	11
Population variation alters aggression-associated oxytocin and vasopressin expressions in brains of Brandt’s voles in field conditions	10
Tissue dissociation for single-cell and single-nuclei RNA sequencing for low amounts of input material	10

Measuring body condition of lizards: a comparison between non-invasive dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, chemical fat extraction and calculated indices	10
Ontogenetic plasticity in cranial morphology is associated with a change in the food processing behavior in Alpine newts	10
Population genomics reveal rapid genetic differentiation in a recently invasive population of Rattus norvegicus	9
Superior continuous quantity discrimination in a freshwater turtle	9
Development of the caudal-fin skeleton reveals multiple convergent fusions within Atherinomorpha	9
Movement and storage of nematocysts across development in the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005)	9
Cranial morphology of captive mammals: a meta-analysis	8
Interspecific attraction between ground-nesting songbirds and ants: the role of nest-site selection	8
When SEM becomes a deceptive tool of analysis: the unexpected discovery of epidermal glands with stalked ducts on the ultimate legs of geophilomorph centipedes	8
Sexual dimorphism in ritualized agonistic behaviour, fighting ability and contest costs of Sus scrofa	8
Gut microbiota composition and metabolomic profiles of wild and captive Chinese monals (Lophophorus lhuysii)	8
Insights into the structure and morphogenesis of the giant basal spicule of the glass sponge Monorhaphis chuni	8
Evolution and development of the bird chondrocranium	8
A small neighborhood well-organized: seasonal and daily activity patterns of the community of large and mid-sized mammals around waterholes in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia	8
Life history traits and reproductive ecology of North American chorus frogs of the genus Pseudacris (Hylidae)	8
Eggs to long-legs: embryonic staging of the harvestman Phalangium opilio (Opiliones), an emerging model arachnid	8
Natural variation in yolk fatty acids, but not androgens, predicts offspring fitness in a wild bird	8
Interactions between carnivore species: limited spatiotemporal partitioning between apex predator and smaller carnivores in a Mediterranean protected area	7
A microCT-based atlas of the central nervous system and midgut in sea spiders (Pycnogonida) sheds first light on evolutionary trends at the family level	7
Hanging by a thread: unusual nocturnal resting behaviour in a jumping spider	7
Rosaceae, Brassicaceae and pollen beetles: exploring relationships and evolution in an anthophilous beetle lineage (Nitidulidae, Meligethes-complex of genera) using an integrative approach	6
Updated single cell reference atlas for the starlet anemone Nematostella vectensis	6
Neurogenesis of the scallop Azumapecten farreri: from the first larval sensory neurons to the definitive nervous system of juveniles	6
Body mass is associated with hibernation length, body temperature, and heart rate in free-ranging brown bears	6
Comparative cognition in three understudied ungulate species: European bison, forest buffalos and giraffes	6
Avian corticosteroid-binding globulin: biological function and regulatory mechanisms in physiological stress responses	6
Density-dependence of nestling immune function and physiological condition in semi-precocial colonial bird: a cross-fostering experiment	6
Dentition and body condition: tooth wear as a correlate of weight loss in roe deer	6
Noise constrains the evolution of call frequency contours in flowing water frogs: a comparative analysis in two clades	6
Social calls influence the foraging behavior in wild big-footed myotis	6
Effects of host state and body condition on parasite infestation of bent-wing bats	6
On springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola): a morphofunctional study of the jumping apparatus	6
Uniform trichromacy in Alouatta caraya and Alouatta seniculus: behavioural and genetic colour vision evaluation	5
Antennal sensory structures of Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)	5
Polymorphism of winter phenotype in Siberian hamster: consecutive litters do not differ in photoresponsiveness but prolonged acclimation to long photoperiod inhibits winter molt	5
Realized niche shift of an invasive widow spider: drivers and impacts of human activities	5
Conspecific odor cues induce different vocal responses in serrate-legged small treefrogs, but only in the absence of acoustic signals	5
Food availability positively affects the survival and somatic maintenance of hibernating garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus)	5
Contrasting ecological niches lead to great postzygotic ecological isolation: a case of hybridization between carnivorous and herbivorous cyprinid fishes	5
Scorpionfish rapidly change colour in response to their background	5
Lack of impact of radiation on blood physiology biomarkers of Chernobyl tree frogs	5
Male mate choice in mosquitofish: personality outweighs body size	5
Sequence of chondrocranial development in basal anurans—Let’s make a cranium	5
The interactive effect of ambient temperature and brood size manipulation on nestling body mass in blue tits: an exploratory analysis of a long-term study	4
Dynamic changes in DNA methylation during seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) postnatal development and settlement	4
Evolutionary trade-off between innate and acquired immune defences in birds	4
Individual experience influences reconstruction of division of labour under colony disturbance in a queenless ant species	4
What coloration brings: Implications of background adaptation to oxidative stress in anurans	4
Cloning and functional analysis of the molting gene CYP302A1 of Daphnia sinensis	4
Land-use preferences of the European green toad (Bufotes viridis) in the city of Vienna (Austria): the importance of open land in urban environments	4

Origin, behaviour, and genetics of reproductive workers in an invasive ant	4
A subterminal growth zone at arm tip likely underlies life-long indeterminate growth in brittle stars	4
Repeatability of endocrine traits and dominance rank in female guinea pigs	4
On latches in biological systems: a comparative morphological and functional study of the retinaculum and the dens lock in Collembola	3
The effect of temperature and invasive alien predator on genetic and phenotypic variation in the damselfly Ischnura elegans: cross-latitude comparison	3
Functional morphology of immature mating in a widow spider	3
Climatic niche differences among Zootoca vivipara clades with different parity modes: implications for the evolution and maintenance of viviparity	3
Myogenesis of Siboglinum fiordicum sheds light on body regionalisation in beard worms (Siboglinidae, Annelida)	3
Chromosome-level genome assembly of a high-altitude-adapted frog (Rana kukunoris) from the Tibetan plateau provides insight into amphibian genome evolution and adaptation	3
Mitonuclear mismatch alters nuclear gene expression in naturally introgressed Rhinolophus bats	3
A pilot study to estimate the population size of endangered Galápagos marine iguanas using drones	3
Revisiting kinorhynch segmentation: variation of segmental patterns in the nervous system of three aberrant species	3
Ontogeny and ecological significance of metabolic rates in sea turtle hatchlings	3
Revealing the coexistence of differentiation and communication in an endemic hare, Lepus yarkandensis (Mammalia, Leporidae) using specific-length amplified fragment sequencing	3
Monogeneans in intergeneric hybrids of leuciscid fish: Is parasite infection driven by hybrid heterosis, genetic incompatibilities, or host-parasite coevolutionary interactions?	3
Southeast Asian clearwing moths buzz like their model bees	3
Extrinsic stressors modulate resource evaluations: insights from territoriality under artificial noise	3
Diversification through gustatory courtship: an X-ray micro-computed tomography study on dwarf spiders	3