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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Chromosome‐scale assembly and whole‐genome sequencing of 266 giant panda roundworms provide insights into their evolution, adaptation and potential drug targets	382
A chromosome‐scale genome assembly and annotation of the spring orchid (Cymbidium goeringii)	90
Alignment‐free methods for polyploid genomes: Quick and reliable genetic distance estimation	74
Good from far, but far from good: The impact of a reference genome on evolutionary inference	72
A road map for in vivo evolution experiments with blood‐borne parasitic microbes	65
Bayesian tests for random mating in polyploids	60
Use of 16S rRNA gene sequences to identify cyanobacteria that can grow in far‐red light	58
Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: A minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics	55
detectEVE: Fast, Sensitive and Precise Detection of Endogenous Viral Elements in Genomic Data	54
An Accessible Metagenomic Strategy Allows for Better Characterisation of Invertebrate Bulk Samples	54
Fast‐tracking bespoke DNA reference database generation from museum collections for biomonitoring and conservation	51
Chromosome‐Level Genome Assembly of the Loach Goby Rhyacichthys aspro Offers Insights Into Gobioidei Evolution	46
Issue Information	46
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	46
Stomach Content DNA (scDNA) Detection and Quantification for Predator Diet Assessment Using High‐Throughput Nanofluidic Chip Technology: Species‐Specific qPCR Assay Pa	44
Revisiting the Briggs Ancient DNA Damage Model: A Fast Maximum Likelihood Method to Estimate Post‐Mortem Damage	43
Evaluating the use of lake sedimentary DNA in palaeolimnology: A comparison with long‐term microscopy‐based monitoring of the phytoplankton community	42
An Innovative Binding‐Protein‐Based dsRNA Extraction Method: Comparison of Cost‐Effectiveness of Virus Detection Methods Using High‐Throughput Sequencing	42
A second unveiling: Haplotig masking of the eastern oyster genome improves population‐level inference	41
Molecular diet analysis in mussels and other metazoan filter feeders and an assessment of their utility as natural eDNA samplers	40
DNA barcoding of Chinese snakes reveals hidden diversity and conservation needs	40
metaPR²: A database of eukaryotic 18S rRNA metabarcodes with an emphasis on protists	39
The topological nature of tag jumping in environmental DNA metabarcoding studies	39
The voice of the little giants: Arcellinida testate amoebae in environmental DNA‐based bioindication, from taxonomy free to haplotypic level	39
Benchmarking the Mantel test and derived methods for testing association between distance matrices	38

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Chromosome‐level genome assembly reveals genomic architecture of northern range expansion in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	37
Particle size influences decay rates of environmental DNA in aquatic systems	37
Deciphering the molecular signal from past and alive bacterial communities in aquatic sedimentary archives	37
Demogenomic inference from spatially and temporally heterogeneous samples	36
RETRACTION: Age Prediction of Green Turtles With an Epigenetic Clock	35
Towards Large‐Scale Museomics Projects: A Cost‐Effective and High‐Throughput Extraction Method for Obtaining Historical DNA From Museum Insect Specimens	35
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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	35
Potential PCR amplification bias in identifying complex ecological patterns: Higher species compositional homogeneity revealed in smaller‐size coral reef zooplankton by metatranscriptomics	34
SPEDE‐sampler: An R Shiny application to assess how methodological choices and taxon sampling can affect Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescent output and interpretation	34
Monitoring of multiple fish species by quantitative environmental DNA metabarcoding surveys over two summer seasons	34
Simulating plasticity as a framework for understanding habitat selection and its role in adaptive capacity and extinction risk through an expansion of CDMetaPOP	34
A needle in a haystack: A new metabarcoding approach to survey diversity at the species level of Arcellinida (Amoebozoa: Tubulinea)	34