OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Conservation Physiology is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Effect of L-alanine exposure during early life stage on olfactory development, growth and survival in age-0 lake sturgeon	29
Nailing it: Investigation of elephant toenails for retrospective analysis of adrenal and reproductive hormones	26
Respiratory acidosis and O2 supply capacity do not affect the acute temperature tolerance of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	26
Could hair cortisol in free-ranging cattle be a proxy of wolf predation patterns?	25
Cortisol in fish scales remains stable during extended periods of storage	22
Ecological features of upriver migration in Kitakami River chum salmon and their connection to aerobic thermal performance	21
Validating enzyme immunoassays for non-invasive reproductive hormone monitoring in Temminck’s pangolin	20
Ontogenetic thermal and metabolic patterns guide physiologically informed, size-based fishery management	19
When the water heats up, brown trout pay the price	18
Repeatability of swimming activity of the Patagonian grouper Acanthistius patachonicus based on accelerometry	18
Identification of food deprivation in salmonids using gill biomarkers	17
Serum Virome of Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during a period of rapid climate change	17
Optimizing the prediction of discard survival of bottom-trawled plaice based on vitality indicators	17
Transcriptomic evidence of cytokine storm and sepsis in little brown bats exposed to white-nose syndrome	17
Correction to: Advancing urban ethnopharmacology: a modern concept of sustainability, conservation and cross-cultural adaptations of medicinal plant lore in the urban environment	16
How can physiology best contribute to wildlife conservation in a warming world?	16
The habitat quality paradox: loss of riparian forest cover leads to decreased risk of parasitism and improved body condition in an imperiled amphibian	16
Reflections on a decade of service as founding Editor-in-Chief ofConservation Physiology	16
Correction to: Endurance swimming performance and physiology of juvenile Green Sturgeon ( Acipenser medirostris ) at different temperatures	15
New insights into risk variables associated with gas embolism in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) caught in trawls and gillnets	15
Within-sample variability of steroid and thyroid metabolite measurements in faeces of Northeast Pacific resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)	15
Adrenal and metabolic hormones demonstrate risk–reward trade-offs for African elephants foraging in human-dominated landscapes	14
Methods for analysing wildlife DNA methylation data	13
Etorphine induces pathophysiology in immobilized white rhinoceros through sympathomimesis that is attenuated by butorphanol	12
Transcriptomic responses to thermal and angling stress in wild brook trout from a southern Ontario stream	12

Evaluation of myeloid-related protein 126, cardiac troponin C and serum amyloid A as potential plasma biomarkers of health and disease in sea turtles	12
Intake and growth histories modulate bone morphology, microarchitecture, and mineralization in juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas)	12
The impacts of diel thermal variability on growth, development and performance of wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from two thermally distinct rivers	12
Multiple morphophysiological responses of a tropical frog to urbanization conform to the pace-of-life syndrome	11
The fast-food effect: costs of being a generalist in a human-dominated landscape	11
How nesting time affects the health and survival of migratory birds	11
Variation in body condition, corticosterone response and immune function is related to the timing of nesting in Franklin’s Gull	11
Blubber biopsy biomarkers for baleen whales	11
Guiding plant conservation using physiological tools: how mechanistic research can bridge disciplinary divides	11
Successful acclimatization of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) translocated to Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, as measured by fecal glucocorticoid metabolites	10
Effects of disease on foraging behaviour and success in an individual free-ranging northern elephant seal	10
Linking nutritional biochemistry and trophic ecology to health of adult female California sea lions in the Gulf of California	10
In sea trout, the physiological response to salmon louse is stronger in female than in males	10
Simultaneous determination of steroid hormones and pharmaceuticals in killer whale (Orcinus orca) faecal samples by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry	9
The role of temperature in vitality and survival assessments of beam-trawled and discarded European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)	9
Connecting the dots: relationship between heart rate and overall dynamic body acceleration in free-ranging cattle	9
Correction to: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) age at maturity is strongly affected by temperature, population and age-at-maturity genotype	9
Habitat, seasonal temperature and collection year drive variable germination responses in the endangered plant Harperocallis flava	9
Increases in humidity will intensify lethal hyperthermia risk for birds occupying humid lowlands	8
The cost of sympatry: spatio-temporal patterns in leopard dietary and physiological responses to tiger competition gradient in Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, India	8
Soil moisture and temperature drive emergence delays associated with fire seasonality in eucalypt forests	8
Life cycle complexity and body mass drive erratic changes in climate vulnerability across ontogeny in a seasonally migrating butterfly	8
Taking Conservation Physiology forward: editorial vision of the new editor-in-chief	8
Bat cellular immunity varies by year and dietary habit amidst land conversion	8
Can scale cortisol concentration be quantified non-lethally in wild fish species?	7
Osmoregulation and hypoxia tolerance in the cenote isopod Creaseriella anops : insights into its distribution in karst subterranean estuaries	7
Adrenal response to competitive singing: glucocorticoid metabolites in male Saltator similis (Aves, Thraupidae)	7
Embryos are largely understudied in a representative sample of journals in conservation physiology	7
Reproductive phases coincide with changes in morphology and photosynthetic physiology in an endangered cycad species	7
Hot climate, hot koalas: the role of weather, behaviour and disease on thermoregulation	7
Embracing complexity at the physiology and behaviour interface will benefit conservation science	7
Land use influences the faecal glucocorticoid metabolites of multiple species across trophic levels	7
Correction to: Ocean warming favours a northern Argyrosomus species over its southern congener, whereas preliminary metabolic evidence suggests that hybridization may promote their adaptation	6
Determining physiological responses of mussels (Mytilus edulis) to hypoxia by combining multiple sensor techniques	6
A body composition model with multiple storage compartments for polar bears (Ursus maritimus)	6
Germination physiology of Cochlospermum fraseri (Bixaceae), a deciduous tree from Northern Australia with physical seed dormancy	6
Optimized methods for obtaining sequencing-quality RNA from blubber of free-ranging cetaceans collected under field conditions	6
Health assessment of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in one of their largest rookeries (central eastern Florida coast, USA)	6
Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment	6
Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for the detection of corticosterone metabolites from northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) feces	6
A sensitive liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry analytical method of steroid hormones in small blubber samples from four whale species	6
Fishing filters flathead form and function in Tasmania	6
Sperm performance of coastal northern pike ( Esox lucius L. ) from the Baltic Sea shows no impairment between freshwater and brackish conditions	6
Putting the health in hidden Markov models: incorporating allostatic load indices into movement ecology analyses	6
Artificial light at night during early development directly affects embryonic but not larval quality in a wild coral reef fish	6
Does aerobic scope influence geographical distribution of teleost fishes?	6
Thermal tolerance of giant salmonfly nymphs (Pteronarcys californica) varies across populations in a regulated river	6
Quantifying microplastic ingestion, degradation and excretion in insects using fluorescent plastics	6
Aqueous exposure to a pyrethroid pesticide results in behavioural effects in early life stage sturgeon	5
Assessing animal welfare in invasive bird management: evidence for reduced stress hormones with lethal shooting	5

Hair growth rate estimation in North American ursids	5
Living with the past: larval eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) culture salinity affects post-metamorphic physiological performance	5
Skin pH and buffering ability vary between two co-occurring semi-aquatic frog species	5
Mechanistic characterization of waterborne selenite uptake in the water flea, Daphnia magna, indicates water chemistry affects toxicity in coal mine-impacted waters	5
Dermal glucocorticoids are uncoupled from stress physiology and infection	5
Euryhaline Atlantic stingray ( Hypanus sabinus ) exhibit elevated oxygen supply capacity in hyposaline water: implications for estuarine species resilien	5
Assessing variation in faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in gray whales exposed to anthropogenic stressors	5
Ice-olating a health scoring system for wild polar bears	5
Pacific Cod metabolism and swimming performance are similar across temperatures following prolonged thermal acclimation	5
Can blubber steroid hormone measurements reveal reproductive state in narwhals?	5
Correction to: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) age at maturity is strongly affected by temperature, population and age-at-maturity genotype	5
Evaluating the vulnerability of critical early life stages in plants during heat extremes	5
Mercury exposure and health challenges in Rapa Nui green turtles: urging conservation and long-term monitoring in the South Pacific	5
HusMorph: a simple machine learning app for automated morphometric landmarking	5
Physiological responses to capture, handling and tagging in the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius)	5
A review of elasmobranch catch-and-release science: synthesis of current knowledge, implications for best practice and future research directions	5
Abnormal expression of natural mating behaviour of captive adult giant pandas is related to physiological stress	5
The effects of different sample storage conditions on faecal corticosterone metabolite measurements in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)	5