Biology Letters

Papers
(The TQCC of Biology Letters is 17. 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.)
ArticleCitations
The sex with the reduced sex chromosome dies earlier: a comparison across the tree of life86
Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity57
Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus57
Nocturnal pollinators strongly contribute to pollen transport of wild flowers in an agricultural landscape46
Salinity tolerance and geographical origin predict global alien amphipod invasions43
A paraphyletic ‘Silesauridae' as an alternative hypothesis for the initial radiation of ornithischian dinosaurs40
Structural colours reflect individual quality: a meta-analysis40
The hidden army: corallivorous crown-of-thorns seastars can spend years as herbivorous juveniles38
Microplastics disrupt hermit crab shell selection37
Honeybee microbiome is stabilized in the presence of propolis35
A review of clothing microbiology: the history of clothing and the role of microbes in textiles34
Whole-genome analysis across 10 songbird families within Sylvioidea reveals a novel autosome–sex chromosome fusion33
Extreme and variable torpor among high-elevation Andean hummingbird species33
Early warning signals of malaria resurgence in Kericho, Kenya27
Examining the mechanisms underlying the acquisition of animal tool behaviour26
Predation risks of signalling and searching: bats prefer moving katydids25
Bark water vapour conductance is associated with drought performance in tropical trees24
The longer the better: evidence that narwhal tusks are sexually selected24
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 migrants22
Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals22
Inference in road ecology research: what we know versus what we think we know21
Genetic evidence of widespread variation in ethanol metabolism among mammals: revisiting the ‘myth' of natural intoxication21
Breeders are less active foragers than non-breeders in wild Damaraland mole-rats21
The nuclear envelope: LINCing tissue mechanics to genome regulation in cardiac and skeletal muscle20
Teenage dogs? Evidence for adolescent-phase conflict behaviour and an association between attachment to humans and pubertal timing in the domestic dog20
Expression levels of the tetratricopeptide repeat protein gene ttc39b covary with carotenoid-based skin colour in cichlid fish19
A review of research in primate sanctuaries19
Endocrine regulation of egg rejection in an avian brood parasite host19
The endangered Spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding19
Pythons in the Eocene of Europe reveal a much older divergence of the group in sympatry with boas18
Evidence for oscillating circadian clock genes in the copepodCalanus finmarchicusduring the summer solstice in the high Arctic18
Octopamine increases individual and collective foraging in a neotropical stingless bee18
Temperature and predator cues interactively affect ontogenetic metabolic scaling of aquatic amphipods18
The long-range echo scene of the sperm whale biosonar18
Born to be young? Prenatal thyroid hormones increase early-life telomere length in wild collared flycatchers17
Zygomorphic flowers have fewer potential pollinator species17
Acoustic allometry and vocal learning in mammals17
No, you go first: phenotype and social context affect house sparrow neophobia17
Examining the link between relaxed predation and bird coloration on islands17
How socio-ecological factors influence the differentiation of social relationships: an integrated conceptual framework17
The ecological consequences of a pandemic17
Chimpanzee lip-smacks confirm primate continuity for speech-rhythm evolution17
Vocal production learning in the pale spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus discolor17
Fish from urban rivers and with high pollutant levels have shorter telomeres17
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