OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biology Letters is 21. 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
The sex with the reduced sex chromosome dies earlier: a comparison across the tree of life	86
Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity	57
Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus	57
Nocturnal pollinators strongly contribute to pollen transport of wild flowers in an agricultural landscape	46
Salinity tolerance and geographical origin predict global alien amphipod invasions	43
Structural colours reflect individual quality: a meta-analysis	40
A paraphyletic ‘Silesauridae' as an alternative hypothesis for the initial radiation of ornithischian dinosaurs	40
The hidden army: corallivorous crown-of-thorns seastars can spend years as herbivorous juveniles	38
Microplastics disrupt hermit crab shell selection	37
Honeybee microbiome is stabilized in the presence of propolis	35
A review of clothing microbiology: the history of clothing and the role of microbes in textiles	34
Whole-genome analysis across 10 songbird families within Sylvioidea reveals a novel autosome–sex chromosome fusion	33
Extreme and variable torpor among high-elevation Andean hummingbird species	33
Early warning signals of malaria resurgence in Kericho, Kenya	27
Examining the mechanisms underlying the acquisition of animal tool behaviour	26
Predation risks of signalling and searching: bats prefer moving katydids	25
Bark water vapour conductance is associated with drought performance in tropical trees	24
The longer the better: evidence that narwhal tusks are sexually selected	24
Sucking or lapping: facultative feeding mechanisms in honeybees (Apis mellifera)	23
A poor substitute for the real thing: captive-reared monarch butterflies are weaker, paler and have less elongated wings than wild migrants	22
Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals	22
Inference in road ecology research: what we know versus what we think we know	21
Genetic evidence of widespread variation in ethanol metabolism among mammals: revisiting the ‘myth' of natural intoxication	21
Breeders are less active foragers than non-breeders in wild Damaraland mole-rats	21