OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecology and Evolution 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The Conditioned Environmental Center‐Periphery Hypothesis of Biogeography: Statistical Evidence From Tree Species	240
A Landscape Genetics Approach Reveals Species‐Specific Connectivity Patterns for Stream Insects in Fragmented Habitats	158
DNA barcoding of marine rocky reef fishes from northern Peru suggests a parapatric speciation in the Tropical Eastern Pacific	98
Quantification of Small‐Scale Spatial Patterns in Alpine–Treeline Ecotones	90
The Optimization of Stand Structure Can Significantly Alleviate the Flammability of Forest Ecosystems	83
Nectar robbing by bees affects the reproductive fitness of the distylous plant Tirpitzia sinensis (Linaceae)	73
Issue Information	63
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	58
Increased Reproductive Output and Telomere Shortening Following Calcium Supplementation in a Wild Songbird	54
Facultative cleaning of spiral‐horned antelope by the African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)	52
Remotely sensed environmental measurements detect decoupled processes driving population dynamics at contrasting scales	51
Cloning, characterization, and evolutionary patterns of KCNQ4 genes in anurans	49
Did extreme nest predation favor the evolution of obligate brood parasitism in a duck?	48
“Point by point” source: The Chinese pine plantations in North China by evidence from mtDNA	47
Registered Reports: A new chapter at Ecology & Evolution	47
Assessing the effects of native and alien plant ash on mosquito abundance	47
Lake Superior's summer cooling of shorelines and adjacent inland forests: Implications for refugia of boreal forests and disjunct arctic–alpine plants	46
Spatio‐Temporal Patterns of Hybridization in an Alloploid Salamander (Ambystomatidae: Ambystoma) and Conservation Implications of Introgression in a Unisexual Vertebrate	45
Identifying microbial drivers in biological phenotypes with a Bayesian network regression model	44
Assessing spatial distribution, genetic variants, and virulence of pathogen Mycoplasma agassizii in threatened Mojave desert tortoises	44
Testing secondary sex ratio bias hypotheses in white‐tailed deer in Mississippi, USA	43
Assessing diversity of King Crab Lithodes spp. in the south‐eastern pacific using phylogeny and molecular species delimitation methods	41
‘Out of the Tropics’ Sheds Light on Latitudinal Gradients in Clade Ages of Climbers, China	41
Genome‐Wide Development and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers in the Great Web‐Spinning Sawfly Acantholyda posticalis	40

Germination and seedling growth of Calluna vulgaris is sensitive to regional climate, heathland succession, and drought	40
Microparticles from dental calculus disclose paleoenvironmental and palaeoecological records	39
Foraging strategy as a route for sexual size dimorphism evolution	39
Predicting the Global Potential Suitable Areas of Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) Under Current and Future Climate Scenarios	39
Fertile Hybrids Could Aid Coral Adaptation	39
Effect of ecological and anthropogenic factors on grouping patterns in African lions across Kenya	38
Species asynchrony stabilizes productivity over 20 years in Northeast China	36
Environment predicts Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis lineage distribution and zones of recombination in South Africa	35
Presence of the cloud cover and elevation angle of the sun affect measurements of eggshell coloration and patterning obtained from calibrated digital images	35
Ecological Niche Modeling Predicts Alarming Impacts of Global Climate Change on Economically Important Neotropical Trees	34
Trade‐Offs Between Forage Availability, Accessibility, and Predation Risk on Winter Foraging Strategies of Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae)	34
Seasonal Plasticity in Tryptophan Metabolism Provides New Insights Into Physiological Adaptation in Snake Hibernation	34