OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Ecology Resources is 34. 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
An Innovative Binding‐Protein‐Based dsRNA Extraction Method: Comparison of Cost‐Effectiveness of Virus Detection Methods Using High‐Throughput Sequencing	401
The voice of the little giants: Arcellinida testate amoebae in environmental DNA‐based bioindication, from taxonomy free to haplotypic level	107
Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: A minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics	77
Particle size influences decay rates of environmental DNA in aquatic systems	70
metaPR²: A database of eukaryotic 18S rRNA metabarcodes with an emphasis on protists	65
The topological nature of tag jumping in environmental DNA metabarcoding studies	64
Use of 16S rRNA gene sequences to identify cyanobacteria that can grow in far‐red light	63
Chromosome‐Level Genome Assembly of the Loach Goby Rhyacichthys aspro Offers Insights Into Gobioidei Evolution	61
Evaluating the use of lake sedimentary DNA in palaeolimnology: A comparison with long‐term microscopy‐based monitoring of the phytoplankton community	57
Stomach Content DNA (scDNA) Detection and Quantification for Predator Diet Assessment Using High‐Throughput Nanofluidic Chip Technology: Species‐Specific qPCR Assay Pa	57
A minimally invasive, field‐applicable CRISPR/Cas biosensor to aid in the detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative fungal agent of white‐nose syndrome in bats	55
Fast‐tracking bespoke DNA reference database generation from museum collections for biomonitoring and conservation	54
detectEVE: Fast, Sensitive and Precise Detection of Endogenous Viral Elements in Genomic Data	49
A road map for in vivo evolution experiments with blood‐borne parasitic microbes	47
Issue Information	47
Revisiting the Briggs Ancient DNA Damage Model: A Fast Maximum Likelihood Method to Estimate Post‐Mortem Damage	44
Bayesian tests for random mating in polyploids	44
A chromosome‐scale genome assembly and annotation of the spring orchid (Cymbidium goeringii)	44
Characterising Soil Eukaryotic Diversity From NEON Metagenomics Datasets	42
Molecular diet analysis in mussels and other metazoan filter feeders and an assessment of their utility as natural eDNA samplers	42
DNA barcoding of Chinese snakes reveals hidden diversity and conservation needs	42
An Accessible Metagenomic Strategy Allows for Better Characterisation of Invertebrate Bulk Samples	41
Benchmarking the Mantel test and derived methods for testing association between distance matrices	41
A second unveiling: Haplotig masking of the eastern oyster genome improves population‐level inference	41
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Inference of the distribution of fitness effects of mutations is affected by single nucleotide polymorphism filtering methods, sample size and population structure	39
Simulating plasticity as a framework for understanding habitat selection and its role in adaptive capacity and extinction risk through an expansion of CDMetaPOP	37
Beware of Plant DNA in Animal Dietary Metabarcoding: Lessons From a Strictly Insectivorous Bat	36
Potential PCR amplification bias in identifying complex ecological patterns: Higher species compositional homogeneity revealed in smaller‐size coral reef zooplankton by metatranscriptomics	36
SPEDE‐sampler: An R Shiny application to assess how methodological choices and taxon sampling can affect Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescent output and interpretation	36
Monitoring of multiple fish species by quantitative environmental DNA metabarcoding surveys over two summer seasons	36
RETRACTION: Age Prediction of Green Turtles With an Epigenetic Clock	35
Demogenomic inference from spatially and temporally heterogeneous samples	34
Saprotrophic Arachnopeziza Species as New Resources to Study the Obligate Biotrophic Lifestyle of Powdery Mildew Fungi	34
Towards Large‐Scale Museomics Projects: A Cost‐Effective and High‐Throughput Extraction Method for Obtaining Historical DNA From Museum Insect Specimens	34
MaxTemp: A Method to Maximise Precision of the Temporal Method for Estimating N_e in Genetic Monitoring Programs	34