OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biology Letters 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Genetic and evolutionary divergence of harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) in Iliamna Lake, Alaska	7
Unravelling a diversity of cellular structures and aggregation dynamics during the early development of Myxococcus xanthus	6
Patterns of sexual dimorphism in the armoured tardigrades	6
Orsay virus infection increases Caenorhabditis elegans resistance to heat-shock	6
Chicks produce consonant, sometimes jazzy, sounds	6
Optimally warm roost temperatures during lactation do not improve body condition in a long-lived bat	5
Polarized light detection in bumblebees varies with light intensity and is mediated by both the ocelli and compound eyes	5
Fisheries-induced life-history changes recover in experimentally harvested fish populations	4
A demographic assessment of the Lansing Effect in duckweed ( Lemna turionifera Landolt)	4
A burrowing annelid from the early Cambrian	4
Activity of forkhead box P2-positive neurons is associated with tadpole begging behaviour	4
Sonic restoration: acoustic stimulation enhances plant growth-promoting fungi activity	4
Reproduction results in parallel changes of oxidative stress and immunocompetence in a wild long-living mammal—edible dormouse Glis glis	4
Pulsed artificial light at night alters moth flight behaviour	4
Distribution and developmental timing of zebrafish liver innervation	4
Dogs with a vocabulary of object labels retain them for at least 2 years	3
A brief review of non-avian dinosaur biogeography: state-of-the-art and prospectus	3
Bat consumption by holostean fishes in the Eocene Lake Messel: insights into the trophic adaptability of extinct gars and bowfins	3
Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North American forests	3
Neural mechanisms of mutualistic fish cleaning behaviour: a study in the wild	3
No evidence for an up-regulation of female immune function in response to elevated risk of sexual conflict	3
Host genetic diversity and body condition influence parasite resistance and clearance in a wild marine mammal population	3
Do risk-prone behaviours compromise reproduction and increase vulnerability of fish aggregations exposed to fishing?	3
The functions of leg muscles, structures and mechanisms in running	3
Breed function and behaviour correlate with endocranial volume in domestic dogs	3

Molecular correlates of swarming behaviour in Aedes aegypti males	3
Hidden rivals: the negative impacts of dolphinfish on seabird foraging behaviour	3
Exploring fluctuating asymmetry in two recovering populations of the Eurasian otter	3