OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Subterranean Biology is 2. 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
The key role of humidity for the survival of cave beetles in a context of climate change	17
Collecting empires: Dominik Bilimek and early subterranean zoology between politics and field research	13
Two new phreatic snails (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Edwards and Edwards-Trinity aquifers, Texas	12
Comparative phylogeography of two troglobitic Coleoptera (Leiodidae, Leptodirini) species from Romania based on mitochondrial DNA	10
The overview of lithobiomorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) from caves of Slovenia	8
The troglophilic population of Lithobius peregrinus Latzel, 1880 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) from Gaura cu Muscă Cave – first record of the species in Romania: morphological variations, asymmetry, ter	7
Neotrombidiidae (Acari, Trombidiformes) from Nullarbor caves, southern Australia including the apparently troglomorphic Cruralonga gen. nov.	7
Revisiting and rediscovering the tarantulas (Araneae, Theraphosidae) of Culapnitan (Libmanan) Caves in the Philippines: troglomorphism, taxonomy, phylogeny and ecological niche	7
In Memoriam – Daniel Wu Fong (born December 1, 1954; died April 25, 2025)	6
Distribution of Stenasellidae in Africa and description of a new species of Metastenasellus from Cameroonian groundwaters	6
The biospeleological work of Carl L. Hubbs (1894–1979): an appraisal	6
Integrating formal surveys and local knowledge: Insights into the subterranean fauna of Apulia	5
Postembryonic development of the troglobitic planthopper species Valenciolenda fadaforesta Hoch & Sendra, 2021 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Kinnaridae), with a key to nymphal instars	5
The first troglobitic Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from the karst area of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil: a threatened species	5
Divergent evolutionary pathways for aggression and territoriality in Astyanax cavefish	4
Remarkably low genetic diversity in the widespread cave spider Phanetta subterranea (Araneae, Linyphiidae)	4
Elaphoidella quangnamensis sp. nov. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Canthocamptidae), a new hyporheic species from central Vietnam	4
Life history observations of the Illinois state endangered Enigmatic Cavesnail, Fontigens antroecetes (Hubricht, 1940) made under simulated cave conditions	4
Amphicutis stygobita (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata, Amphilepididae), a brooding brittle star from anchialine caves in The Bahamas: feeding, reproduction, morphology, paedomorphisms and tr	3
Four new species of the genus Ochyrocera (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from iron caves of the state of Minas Gerais, with the description of the third anophtalmic species from Brazil	3
A new cave population of Astyanax mexicanus from Northern Sierra de El Abra, Tamaulipas, Mexico	3
First biological data, associated fauna, and microclimate preferences of the enigmatic cave-dwelling beetle Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)	3
Vertical distribution of spiders (Araneae) in Central European shallow subterranean habitats	3
Unique and fragile diversity emerges from Brazilian caves – two new amphibious species of Xangoniscus Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014 (Oniscidea, Styloniscidae) from Serra do Ramalho karst	3
Contributions of molecular and cranial specializations for sensory adaptation in the subterranean blind mole rats (Nannospalax xanthodon)	3

Four new species of troglomorphic Coecobrya Yosii, 1956 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Thailand based on morphological and molecular evidence, with an updated key of Thai troglomorphic species	3
How to map potential mesovoid shallow substratum (MSS) habitats? A case study in colluvial MSS	3
At the edge of darkness and light: macrozoobenthic assemblages of streams in the entrance zone of caves in the Western Caucasus	2
First record of a freshwater cave sponge (Porifera, unknown gen. and sp.) in a cave inhabited by Astyanax cavefish in the Sierra de El Abra, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	2
Protocol for lens removal in embryonic fish and its application on the developmental effects of eye regression	2
Behavioral observations of the olm (Proteus anguinus) in a karst spring via direct observations and camera trapping	2
Evidence of ancestral nocturnality, locomotor clock regression, and cave zone-adjusted sleep duration modes in a cave beetle	2
New vouchered and taxonomically verified records of cave-dwelling populations of catfishes of the genus Rhamdia (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Costa Rica	2
Whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypigi) from Colombian Caves: A review, new records and description of a new species	2
Arthropod diversity in shallow subterranean habitats of the Appalachian Mountains	2
The distribution of bat species across the underground sites of Georgia	2
Temporal consistency and spatial variability in detection: implications for monitoring of macroinvertebrates from shallow groundwater aquifers	2
Isotopic variability of δ13C and δ15N signals in cave systems: insights from the blind tetra Astyanax mexicanus	2
A modified trap design for sampling subterranean habitats for central Texas Eurycea salamanders	2
First blind daddy long-legs spiders from Australia and Réunion (Araneae, Pholcidae)	2
Why cave planthoppers study matters: are Cixiidae a subtroglophile lineage? (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)	2
Evidence for metapopulation structure in seep-dwelling amphipods	2
New records of cave-dwelling populations of Rhamdia catfishes (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Chiapas, Mexico	2
Two new troglobitic species of Iansaoniscus from Brazilian caves (Crustacea, Isopoda, Pudeoniscidae)	2
Checking the depth specificity of a subterranean sampling device in alpine rock debris	2