OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Zoological Letters is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Cellular and molecular aspects of oocyte maturation and fertilization: a perspective from the actin cytoskeleton	26
Sea as a color palette: the ecology and evolution of fluorescence	22
Integrative taxonomy resolves species identities within the Macrobiotus pallarii complex (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)	17
Natural selection, selective breeding, and the evolution of resistance of honeybees (Apis mellifera) against Varroa	16
The digestive tract as an essential organ for water acquisition in marine teleosts: lessons from euryhaline eels	15
The importance of being integrative: a remarkable case of synonymy in the genus Viridiscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae)	12
Detailed morphology of tentacular apparatus and central nervous system in Owenia borealis (Annelida, Oweniidae)	11
Developmental fates of shark head cavities reveal mesodermal contributions to tendon progenitor cells in extraocular muscles	9
Structural and immunohistochemical analysis of the cellular compositions of the liver of molly fish (Poecilia sphenops), focusing on its immune role	8
Targeted deletion of liver-expressed Choriogenin L results in the production of soft eggs and infertility in medaka, Oryzias latipes	8
The balance of crystalline and amorphous regions in the fibroin structure underpins the tensile strength of bagworm silk	8
New Indomalayan Nebularmis species (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) provoke a discussion on its intrageneric diversity	7
Management of flying insects on expressways through an academic-industrial collaboration: evaluation of the effect of light wavelengths and meteorological factors on insect attraction	7
Coloration principles of the Great purple emperor butterfly (Sasakia charonda)	6
An approach for elucidating dermal fibroblast dedifferentiation in amphibian limb regeneration	6
Coelomocytes of the Oligochaeta earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) as evolutionary key of defense: a morphological study	6
Functional identification of an opsin kinase underlying inactivation of the pineal bistable opsin parapinopsin in zebrafish	6
Ultrastructure of cerebral eyes in Oweniidae and Chaetopteridae (Annelida) – implications for the evolution of eyes in Annelida	6
New insights into the retinal microstructure-diurnal activity relationship in the African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata) (Lichtenstein, 1823)	6
New insights into the morphology and evolution of the ventral pharynx and jaws in Histriobdellidae (Eunicida, Annelida)	5
The role of clockwork orange in the circadian clock of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus	5
Evidence from ileum and liver transcriptomes of resistance to high-salt and water-deprivation conditions in camel	5
Structural and bio-functional assessment of the postaxillary gland in Nidirana pleuraden (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae)	5
First observation of larval oarfish, Regalecus russelii, from fertilized eggs through hatching, following artificial insemination in captivity	5
Influence of Quaternary environmental changes on mole populations inferred from mitochondrial sequences and evolutionary rate estimation	4

A new, widespread venomous mammal species: hemolytic activity of Sorex araneus venom is similar to that of Neomys fodiens venom	4
A new species of cascade frog (Anura: Ranidae: Amolops) from central Yunnan, China	4
Morphology of Stephanella hina (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata): common phylactolaemate and unexpected, unique characters	3
Structure of a hinge joint with textured sliding surfaces in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea)	3
Morphology and morphometry of the inner ear of the dromedary camel and their influence on the efficiency of hearing and equilibrium	3
Medaka, Oryzias latipes, egg envelopes are created by ovarian-expressed ZP proteins and liver-expressed choriogenins	3
Origin of the propatagium in non-avian dinosaurs	3
d-Tryptophan enhances the reproductive organ-specific expression of the amino acid transporter homolog Dr-SLC38A9 involved in the sexual induction of planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis	2
Paedomorphosis in the Ezo salamander (Hynobius retardatus) rediscovered after almost 90 years	2
Context-specific variation and repeatability in behavioral traits of bent-wing bats	2
Gene expression alterations from reversible to irreversible stages during coral metamorphosis	2
Type 1 vomeronasal receptor expression in juvenile and adult lungfish olfactory organ	2
A transcriptomic reevaluation of the accessory olfactory organ in Bichir (Polypterus senegalus)	2
Correction to: Natural selection, selective breeding, and the evolution of resistance of honeybees (Apis mellifera) against Varroa	2
Visualization of antennal lobe glomeruli activated by nonappetitive D-limonene and appetitive 1-octen-3-ol odors via two types of olfactory organs in the blowfly Phormia regina	2
Ancient rivers shaped the current genetic diversity of the wood mouse (Apodemus speciosus) on the islands of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan	2
A review of the reproductive system in anuran amphibians	2