OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biology Letters is 23. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-11-01 to 2023-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The sex with the reduced sex chromosome dies earlier: a comparison across the tree of life	72
The effects of anthropogenic noise on animals: a meta-analysis	65
Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus	52
Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity	49
Nocturnal pollinators strongly contribute to pollen transport of wild flowers in an agricultural landscape	39
Salinity tolerance and geographical origin predict global alien amphipod invasions	38
A paraphyletic ‘Silesauridae' as an alternative hypothesis for the initial radiation of ornithischian dinosaurs	37
Structural colours reflect individual quality: a meta-analysis	36
Otolith chemistry indicates recent worsened Baltic cod condition is linked to hypoxia exposure	36
Microplastics disrupt hermit crab shell selection	36
The hidden army: corallivorous crown-of-thorns seastars can spend years as herbivorous juveniles	35
Plastic but repeatable: rapid adjustments of mitochondrial function and density during reproduction in a wild bird species	35
Does urbanization favour exotic bee species? Implications for the conservation of native bees in cities	34
Honeybee microbiome is stabilized in the presence of propolis	32
Extreme and variable torpor among high-elevation Andean hummingbird species	31
Temporal and spatial limitations in global surveillance for bat filoviruses and henipaviruses	30
Cuttlefish show flexible and future-dependent foraging cognition	29
Parasite-induced plasticity in host social behaviour depends on sex and susceptibility	29
A review of clothing microbiology: the history of clothing and the role of microbes in textiles	29
Whole-genome analysis across 10 songbird families within Sylvioidea reveals a novel autosome–sex chromosome fusion	29
Predator type influences the frequency of functional responses to prey in marine habitats	26
Early warning signals of malaria resurgence in Kericho, Kenya	25
Climate warming and trophic mismatches in terrestrial ecosystems: the green–brown imbalance hypothesis	24
Egg incubation temperature does not influence adult heat tolerance in the lizard Anolis sagrei	23
The dynamics underlying avian extinction trajectories forecast a wave of extinctions	23

Do penguins’ vocal sequences conform to linguistic laws?	23
Reactivity, fate and functional roles of dissolved organic matter in anoxic inland waters	23
Field-realistic antidepressant exposure disrupts group foraging dynamics in mosquitofish	23
Examining the mechanisms underlying the acquisition of animal tool behaviour	23
Predation risks of signalling and searching: bats prefer moving katydids	23