OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Avian Research 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Avian responses to an extreme weather event: The case of the ‘Filomena’ snowstorm in Madrid (central Spain)	38
RETRACTED: The impact of weather conditions on the prevalence of avian influenza in dabbling ducks (genus Anas) during autumn migration in southern Western Siberia	24
DFEFM: Fusing frequency correlation and mel features for robust edge bird audio detection	22
Weather influenced nestling growth of an insectivorous but not a granivorous grassland passerine in Argentina	22
Grassland birds in Asia: A review of their ecology, threats, and conservation	19
Changes in the adult sex ratio of six duck species breeding populations over two decades	19
LiBird: A new universal primer enhancing avian environmental DNA metabarcoding	18
Detour for the inexperienced? Migration count data suggest mostly juvenile Greater Spotted Eagles appear in coastal peninsulas in China	18
Feeding ecology of a highly aerial bird during its long breeding season	17
Decreased basal thermogenesis is associated with the downregulation of cellular metabolic activity of organs and serum thyroid hormones in fasting Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus)	15
Corrigendum to “Crown saturation and intrasexual dominance: Evidence of a negatively correlated handicap in male Saffron Finches” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100241]	15
Genomic evidence of hybridization between two species of Penduline Tits reveals postzygotic reproductive isolation	15
Intraguild niche partitioning in granivorous birds from the late past	13
More than a simple egg: Underlying mechanisms of cold tolerance in avian embryos	13
Are urbanization, biotic and social factors associated with the song frequency and song entropy attributes of three urban syntopic passerines?	13
Predicting the non-breeding distributions of the two Asian subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit using morphological information	13
Three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit share non-breeding sites in the world's largest river delta	12
Highly divergent sympatric lineages of Leptotila verreauxi (Aves: Columbidae) suggest a secondary contact area in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico	12
Satellite tracking reveals a migratory divide and population-specific migratory strategies in White-naped Cranes	12
Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland	12
How many birds are there in Guangdong Province, China?	11
The satellite tracking of Great Snipes from European Russia reveals low migratory connectivity	11
Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) equalizes foraging costs with depth by switching foraging tactics	11
Effects of night lighting on avian cognitive function: Mechanisms involving neurodegeneration, metabolic dysregulation and neuroinflammatory responses	10
Risk analysis of cross-interface spillover of avian influenza between terrestrial bird and seabird hosts	10

Using non-destructive sampling to evaluate the population genomic status of captive Brown Eared Pheasants	9
A novel machine learning model for the prediction of avian haemosporidian infection from morphological data	9
Avian phylogenetic and functional diversity and their influencing factors in urban parks of Nanjing, China	8
Hard life for sons in the nest? Sex-dependent offspring mortality in Great Tits in urban and forest areas	8
Multidimensional beta diversity and its influencing factors of bird communities in urban parks of Nanjing, China	8
Density dependence and weather drive dabbling duck spatiotemporal distributions and intercontinental migration	8
Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence characteristics in Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis isolates from dead Crested Ibis embryos at the artificial breeding base	8
eDNA enhances detection efficiency but reveals lower waterbird diversity: A comparison with point counting method	8
Model-based assessment of muscle forces and strain distribution in the femur of Cabot's Tragopans (Tragopan caboti)	8
Continent-wide vocal leapfrog pattern in Collared Scops Owls obfuscates species boundaries	8
Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site	7
Conserving waterbird diversity in fragmented agricultural wetlands: The roles of habitat heterogeneity and positive species associations in community persistence	7
The predictable HPAI H5 outbreaks in European wild birds	7
Sri Lanka's laughingthrush: An ecological and phylogenetic assessment of a babbler confused for a laughingthrush	7
Population trend and spatio-temporal distribution of Greater White-fronted (Anser albifrons) and Bean Geese (Anser fabalis) in Korea	7
Avian acoustic communication: Understanding of peripheral and central neural systems with ecological adaptations	7
Removing non-avian sounds enhances correlations between acoustic indices and bird vocal activity in urban environments	7
Seasonal changes in Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) song syntax	7
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment	7
Heterogeneity in song rates in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) explained with the availability parameter in generalized N-mixture models: Its importance for abundance estimates in avian	7
Microgeographic variation in the songs of an endemic Hawaiian honeycreeper	7
Responses of steppe birds to habitat fragmentation: Insights from niche specialization and functional traits	7
Comparing line transect and Indian White-eye mobbing call playback for detecting forest birds in subtropical Yunnan	6
Genetic benefits of female from extra-pair paternity are context dependent within the socially monogamous Tree Sparrow	6
Antipredatory call behavior of lapwing species in an Afrotropical environment	6
Multidimensional nestedness patterns and underlying processes of bird assemblages in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China	6
Seasonal increase in nest defense, but not egg rejection, in a cuckoo host	6
Are the impacts of artificial light exposure at night on bird's cognitive performances always negative?	6
Hourly analyses reveal environment-linked between-parent dynamics in a biparentally incubating shorebird	6
Tri-axial accelerometry allows to determine parental food provisioning behaviour in a marine bird	6
From traits to services: How urban avian communities support ecosystem services in Nanjing, China	6
Chinese Blackbirds (Turdus mandarinus) mimic electric moped sounds with lower consistency and frequencies	6
Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture	6
Migration patterns and spatial connectivity of Pallas's Gulls (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) from Alakol lake, Kazakhstan using ring recovery and tracking data	6
Most bird species remain poorly studied but threated status promotes research effort	6
Mammal-rich diet associated with reproductive success of Saker Falcons in Mongolia	6
Oriental Reed Warblers do not abandon Common Cuckoo chicks during prolonged nestling periods	5
Vinous-throated parrotbills breed in invasive smooth cordgrass habitat: Can native birds avoid the potential ecological trap?	5
Large-brained birds lay smaller but heavier clutches	5
Corrigendum to “Swan Project promotes citizen science initiative through a public bird migration tracking” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100298]	5
Habitat preferences and nest site selection by sympatric populations of Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) and Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) in natural mountain forests of Sout	5
Non-breeding movements of the Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)	5
Effects of constant light and dark conditions on the locomotor activity, body mass, and body temperature rhythms of Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus)	5
Spatiotemporal variation in potential gosling development windows across Mongolian Plateau in relation to climate change	5
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings adapt their begging behavior to the host signal system	5
The influence of the abundance and availability of alternative food on the foraging behavior of wintering Siberian Cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)	5
Spatiotemporal variation and driving mechanisms of nest predation on Spotted Doves along an urbanization gradient	5
Combining video and GPS-tracking to study the spatial foraging distribution of a single-prey loading seabird	5
Assessing the vulnerability of wintering habitats for the red-listed Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) using climate models and human impact assessments	5
Distribution pattern and niche overlap of sympatric breeding birds along human-modified habitat gradients in Inner Mongolia, China	5

Data reliability of the emerging citizen science in the Greater Bay Area of China	5
Vultures as a model for testing molecular adaptations of dietary specialization in birds	5
Highway effects on artificial nest survival in a neotropical sand-coastal plain: A spatiotemporal approach	5
Species status and genetic isolation in the Subalpine Warbler complex: Insights from mitochondrial DNA analysis	5
Individual consistency in spatiotemporal characteristics of migratory Whimbrels in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	5
CDA-Net: Cross dimensional attention network for wetland bird detection	5
Knowledge gaps in trace element contamination of shorebirds and allies along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway: A review	5