OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecology and Evolution 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
The Conditioned Environmental Center‐Periphery Hypothesis of Biogeography: Statistical Evidence From Tree Species	263
DNA barcoding of marine rocky reef fishes from northern Peru suggests a parapatric speciation in the Tropical Eastern Pacific	171
The Optimization of Stand Structure Can Significantly Alleviate the Flammability of Forest Ecosystems	114
Issue Information	64
Evaluating the evolutionary mechanisms maintaining alternative mating strategies in a simulated bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population	60
Genetic Differentiation of Chinese Fir Populations From Mainland China and Taiwan as Revealed by Genotyping‐By‐Sequencing Analysis, With Implication for Taxonomic Position of the Species	57
Remotely sensed environmental measurements detect decoupled processes driving population dynamics at contrasting scales	55
Increased Reproductive Output and Telomere Shortening Following Calcium Supplementation in a Wild Songbird	55
Cloning, characterization, and evolutionary patterns of KCNQ4 genes in anurans	53
Did extreme nest predation favor the evolution of obligate brood parasitism in a duck?	51
“Point by point” source: The Chinese pine plantations in North China by evidence from mtDNA	50
Spatio‐Temporal Patterns of Hybridization in an Alloploid Salamander (Ambystomatidae: Ambystoma) and Conservation Implications of Introgression in a Unisexual Vertebrate	49
Assessing the effects of native and alien plant ash on mosquito abundance	49
Registered Reports: A new chapter at Ecology & Evolution	49
Assessing spatial distribution, genetic variants, and virulence of pathogen Mycoplasma agassizii in threatened Mojave desert tortoises	47
Identifying microbial drivers in biological phenotypes with a Bayesian network regression model	47
Testing secondary sex ratio bias hypotheses in white‐tailed deer in Mississippi, USA	46
‘Out of the Tropics’ Sheds Light on Latitudinal Gradients in Clade Ages of Climbers, China	42
Effect of ecological and anthropogenic factors on grouping patterns in African lions across Kenya	42
Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records	42
Environment predicts Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis lineage distribution and zones of recombination in South Africa	39
Presence of the cloud cover and elevation angle of the sun affect measurements of eggshell coloration and patterning obtained from calibrated digital images	39
Trade‐Offs Between Forage Availability, Accessibility, and Predation Risk on Winter Foraging Strategies of Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae)	38
Phylogeographic and Genomic Insights Unveil the Evolutionary History and Post‐Glacial Recolonization Routes of the Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus) Into Europe	38
Ecological Niche Modeling Predicts Alarming Impacts of Global Climate Change on Economically Important Neotropical Trees	38

The Potential Role of Haploblocks in the Persistence of Small, Isolated Populations of Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)	36
Harem size should be measured by more than the sum of its parts: Phenology‐based measurements reveal joint effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on a polygamous herbivore under non‐stationary cli	35
Characterize the Complete Mitogenome of Semiaquilegia guangxiensis and Assess the Efficiency of the Mitochondrial Genes in Ranunculales Phylogeny	35
Functional Trait Divergence in Feeding Ecology Between Two Closely Related Upeneus Species in the Beibu Gulf: An Ecological Morphology Analysis	34
Population Genetics Reveals the Invasion Pathways of Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum in North America	34
Population Dynamics of Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803) Hints at Evolutionary Processes Shaping No	33
In search of a perfect trait set: A workflow presentation based on the conservation status assessment of Poland's dendroflora	33
Boldness suppresses hoarding behavior in food hoarding season and reduces over‐wintering survival in a social rodent	33
Genetic Relationship and Diversity of Ellochelon vaigiensis in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta Using Cytochrome b Gene Sequences	33
Divergent Bird Diversity Patterns Among Four Airports in the Same Bioregion: Assessing Local‐Scale Drivers of Bird Community Assembly	33