OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Avian Research is 4. 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
Avian responses to an extreme weather event: The case of the ‘Filomena’ snowstorm in Madrid (central Spain)	34
RETRACTED: The impact of weather conditions on the prevalence of avian influenza in dabbling ducks (genus Anas) during autumn migration in southern Western Siberia	21
DFEFM: Fusing frequency correlation and mel features for robust edge bird audio detection	20
Changes in the adult sex ratio of six duck species breeding populations over two decades	19
Weather influenced nestling growth of an insectivorous but not a granivorous grassland passerine in Argentina	18
Detour for the inexperienced? Migration count data suggest mostly juvenile Greater Spotted Eagles appear in coastal peninsulas in China	17
Are urbanization, biotic and social factors associated with the song frequency and song entropy attributes of three urban syntopic passerines?	16
More than a simple egg: Underlying mechanisms of cold tolerance in avian embryos	15
Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland	14
Corrigendum to “Crown saturation and intrasexual dominance: Evidence of a negatively correlated handicap in male Saffron Finches” [Avian Res. 16 (2025) 100241]	14
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)	14
Predicting the non-breeding distributions of the two Asian subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit using morphological information	13
Genomic evidence of hybridization between two species of Penduline Tits reveals postzygotic reproductive isolation	13
Intraguild niche partitioning in granivorous birds from the late past	12
Feeding ecology of a highly aerial bird during its long breeding season	12
Satellite tracking reveals a migratory divide and population-specific migratory strategies in White-naped Cranes	11
Highly divergent sympatric lineages of Leptotila verreauxi (Aves: Columbidae) suggest a secondary contact area in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico	11
Using non-destructive sampling to evaluate the population genomic status of captive Brown Eared Pheasants	10
The satellite tracking of Great Snipes from European Russia reveals low migratory connectivity	10
Three subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit share non-breeding sites in the world's largest river delta	10
Effects of night lighting on avian cognitive function: Mechanisms involving neurodegeneration, metabolic dysregulation and neuroinflammatory responses	10
Avian phylogenetic and functional diversity and their influencing factors in urban parks of Nanjing, China	9
Density dependence and weather drive dabbling duck spatiotemporal distributions and intercontinental migration	9
How many birds are there in Guangdong Province, China?	9
eDNA enhances detection efficiency but reveals lower waterbird diversity: A comparison with point counting method	8

Hard life for sons in the nest? Sex-dependent offspring mortality in Great Tits in urban and forest areas	8
Model-based assessment of muscle forces and strain distribution in the femur of Cabot's Tragopans (Tragopan caboti)	8
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) prefer shells for nesting: A field experiment	8
Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) equalizes foraging costs with depth by switching foraging tactics	8
Continent-wide vocal leapfrog pattern in Collared Scops Owls obfuscates species boundaries	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
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
The predictable HPAI H5 outbreaks in European wild birds	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	6
Shallow water habitats provide high-quality foraging environments for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper at a critical staging site	6
Are the impacts of artificial light exposure at night on bird's cognitive performances always negative?	6
Chinese Blackbirds (Turdus mandarinus) mimic electric moped sounds with lower consistency and frequencies	6
Tri-axial accelerometry allows to determine parental food provisioning behaviour in a marine bird	6
Responses of steppe birds to habitat fragmentation: Insights from niche specialization and functional traits	6
Microgeographic variation in the songs of an endemic Hawaiian honeycreeper	6
Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture	6
Genetic benefits of female from extra-pair paternity are context dependent within the socially monogamous Tree Sparrow	6
Mammal-rich diet associated with reproductive success of Saker Falcons in Mongolia	6
Sri Lanka's laughingthrush: An ecological and phylogenetic assessment of a babbler confused for a laughingthrush	6
Seasonal changes in Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) song syntax	6
Seasonal increase in nest defense, but not egg rejection, in a cuckoo host	6
Antipredatory call behavior of lapwing species in an Afrotropical environment	6
Vultures as a model for testing molecular adaptations of dietary specialization in birds	5
Most bird species remain poorly studied but threated status promotes research effort	5
Combining video and GPS-tracking to study the spatial foraging distribution of a single-prey loading seabird	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
Distribution pattern and niche overlap of sympatric breeding birds along human-modified habitat gradients in Inner Mongolia, China	5
Assessing the vulnerability of wintering habitats for the red-listed Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) using climate models and human impact assessments	5
Spatiotemporal variation and driving mechanisms of nest predation on Spotted Doves along an urbanization gradient	5
Multidimensional nestedness patterns and underlying processes of bird assemblages in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China	5
Species status and genetic isolation in the Subalpine Warbler complex: Insights from mitochondrial DNA analysis	5
Vinous-throated parrotbills breed in invasive smooth cordgrass habitat: Can native birds avoid the potential ecological trap?	5
Oriental Reed Warblers do not abandon Common Cuckoo chicks during prolonged nestling periods	5
The influence of the abundance and availability of alternative food on the foraging behavior of wintering Siberian Cranes (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)	5
Highway effects on artificial nest survival in a neotropical sand-coastal plain: A spatiotemporal approach	5
Migration patterns and spatial connectivity of Pallas's Gulls (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) from Alakol lake, Kazakhstan using ring recovery and tracking data	5
Individual consistency in spatiotemporal characteristics of migratory Whimbrels in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	5
Large-brained birds lay smaller but heavier clutches	5
Non-breeding movements of the Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)	5
CDA-Net: Cross dimensional attention network for wetland bird detection	4
Effects of constant light and dark conditions on the locomotor activity, body mass, and body temperature rhythms of Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus)	4
Spatiotemporal dynamics of migratory shorebird populations in Korean coastal wetlands within the East Asian–Australasian Flyway	4
How does asymmetric sibling rivalry respond under environmental metal pollution? A case study of the Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)	4
Use of evergreen and deciduous plants by nocturnal-roosting birds: A case study in Beijing	4
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings adapt their begging behavior to the host signal system	4
Data reliability of the emerging citizen science in the Greater Bay Area of China	4
Selecting the best: Interspecific and age-related diet differences among sympatric steppe passerines	4
Patterns and drivers of beta diversity in bird communities associated with blue-green infrastructure in rapidly urbanizing landscapes	4

Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data	4
The benefits of being smaller: Consistent pattern for climate-induced range shift and morphological difference of three falconiforme species	4
Spatiotemporal variation in potential gosling development windows across Mongolian Plateau in relation to climate change	4
Incubation temperature induced developmental plasticity of cold responsive physiological phenotypes in Japanese Quails	4
Balancing energy efficiency and avian conservation: divergent nest-site selection responses of Barn Swallows and Red-rumped Swallows to attached sunspaces in cold rural landscapes	4
Effects of photoperiod on basal metabolism and substrate metabolism in Zebra Finches	4