OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Ecology Resources is 33. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Revisiting the Briggs Ancient DNA Damage Model: A Fast Maximum Likelihood Method to Estimate Post‐Mortem Damage	183
Chromosome‐Level Genome Assembly of the Loach Goby Rhyacichthys aspro Offers Insights Into Gobioid	83
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	82
Characterising Soil Eukaryotic Diversity From NEON Metagenomics Datasets	71
A second unveiling: Haplotig masking of the eastern oyster genome improves population‐level inference	60
An Accessible Metagenomic Strategy Allows for Better Characterisation of Invertebrate Bulk Samples	60
Use of 16S rRNA gene sequences to identify cyanobacteria that can grow in far‐red light	58
Bayesian tests for random mating in polyploids	58
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The topological nature of tag jumping in environmental DNA metabarcoding studies	53
Evaluating the use of lake sedimentary DNA in palaeolimnology: A comparison with long‐term microscopy‐based monitoring of the phytoplankton community	52
Fast‐tracking bespoke DNA reference database generation from museum collections for biomonitoring and conservation	52
An Innovative Binding‐Protein‐Based dsRNA Extraction Method: Comparison of Cost‐Effectiveness of Virus Detection Methods Using High‐Throughput Sequen	50
detectEVE : Fast, Sensitive and Precise Detection of Endogenous Viral Elements in Genomic Data	49
Stomach Content DNA ( scDNA ) Detection and Quantification for Predator Diet Assessment Using High	48
DNA barcoding of Chinese snakes reveals hidden diversity and conservation needs	48
The Pan‐Genome of 1107 Spotted Sea Bass Accessions Reveals Gene Evolution Patterns During Domestication Selection	41
Benchmarking the Mantel test and derived methods for testing association between distance matrices	41
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GeneMiner2 : Accurate and Automated Recovery of Genes From Genome Skimming Data	39
Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: A minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics	37
Particle size influences decay rates of environmental DNA in aquatic systems	37
Molecular diet analysis in mussels and other metazoan filter feeders and an assessment of their utility as natural eDNA samplers	37

The voice of the little giants: Arcellinida testate amoebae in environmental DNA‐based bioindication, from taxonomy free to haplotypic level	37
Potential PCR amplification bias in identifying complex ecological patterns: Higher species compositional homogeneity revealed in smaller‐size coral reef zooplankton by metatranscriptomics	36
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Saprotrophic Arachnopeziza Species as New Resources to Study the Obligate Biotrophic Lifestyle of Powdery Mildew Fungi	36
MaxTemp : A Method to Maximise Precision of the Temporal Method for Estimating	35
Inference of the distribution of fitness effects of mutations is affected by single nucleotide polymorphism filtering methods, sample size and population structure	34
Beware of Plant DNA in Animal Dietary Metabarcoding: Lessons From a Strictly Insectivorous Bat	34
Monitoring of multiple fish species by quantitative environmental DNA metabarcoding surveys over two summer seasons	33
RETRACTION : Age Prediction of Green Turtles With an Epigenetic Clock	33