OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Zoological Journal is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
First records of the rare shrimp family Disciadidae from Chinese waters with description of a new species	15
Hypodectes propus (Nitzsch, 1861) (Acarina: Hypoderatidae) in common wood pigeons ( Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves: Columbidae): the first rec	14
Consumption of polypropylene caused some ultrastructural and physiological changes in some tissues of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae	13
Insight into the larva of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella as a model organism, with a pictorial key for identifying larval stages	13
A forest path towards an education for global citizenship	13
Looks or personality: what drives damselfly male mating success in the wild?	13
Population structure and parasite fauna of stone moroko, Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) in a watercourse of the Oder catchment area (‘Central Plains’ E	13
Variability in fatty acids composition in eggs of an omnivorous waterbird, the black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus , foraging in different habitats	12
Assessing the effects of passive integrated transponders (PIT tags) on the survival of Po brook lamprey ( Lampetra zanandreai ) ammocoetes	11
Filial cannibalism in the Black Stork ( Ciconia nigra )	11
Is the skull of the black-headed gull dimorphic? Analysis of shape variation	11
Two new species of parasitic demodecid mites in the European polecat Mustela putorius and their co-infestation with Miridex putorii (Acari	11
The first records of Niphargus hrabei and N. potamophilus in Ukraine and Bulgaria significantly enlarge the ranges of these species	10
Description of five new species of the Macrolycus venustus species group (Coleoptera: Lycidae)	10
The first observation of the Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein, 1800) outside the northern limit of occurrence in Europe	10
The dominant species of piscivorous bird does not adversely affect fishery in the lagoons of the southern Baltic Sea	10
Integrative description of Macrobiotus kosmali sp. nov. (hufelandi group) from the Island of Madeira (Portugal)	10
Inter-annual variation in adult demography, but no sex bias in a large lowland population of the threatened Clouded ApolloParnassius mnemosynebutterfly	10
Alternative mating strategies in Eurasian Reed Warblers: extra-pair paternity and egg dumping	9
Whelks, rock-snails, and allied: a new phylogenetic framework for the family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)	9
Responses of ground and dung beetle assemblages to extreme events: the case of the windstorm “Vaia” in the Italian Alps	9
Diet composition of tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris ) and leopard ( Panthera pardus fusca ) from Bardia National Park: implications for con	9
Non-indigenous species contribution in the fouling communities of two recreational marinas along the Apulian coast (Ionian and South Adriatic seas)	8
The spatial structure (3D) and mechanical properties of the sponge Spongilla lacustris L. (Porifera: Spongillida) skeleton as a potential tensegral architecture	8
Marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis invades a nature reserve: how to stop further introductions?	8

First report and molecular analysis of population stability of the invasive Gulf wedge clam, Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) in the Pomerian Bay (Southern Baltic Sea)	8
An evo-devo perspective on the regeneration patterns of continuous arm structures in stellate echinoderms	8
Species-specific variation in mental gland secretions of turtles revealed by proteomic and lipidomic profiling	8
Toxic effects of nickel on tolerance and regeneration in the freshwater shrimp Neocaridina davidi	8
Assessing wild bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Calabria (southern Italy)	7
Multiple nest reuse by three passerine species	7
Population dynamics, feeding strategies, and coccinellid predators of the larch woolly adelgid exules on the European larch	7
Cosmopolitism, rareness and endemism in deep-sea marine nematodes	7
The Eurasian Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus feeding on nestlings of the Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus	7
The subgenus Oligonychus (Oligonychus) Berlese (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae), diagnostic keys to world species, and taxonomic notes	7
Hidden jewels of Malaysia: two new genera and species of remarkable clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Osminiini)	7
Morphology, phylogenetic position, and mating behaviour of a new Mesobiotus (Tardigrada) species from a rock pool in the Socorro Box Canyon (New Mexico, USA)	7
Cavity nesting ants use more, larger grains of sand for nest entrance modification in repeated emigrations	7
How microhabitat characteristics influence the females’ nest site selection of the invasive alien species Trachemys scripta in the Angitola Lake (Calabria, Southern Ital	7
Honeybee age and inoculum concentration as factors affecting the development of Nosema ceranae infection	7
New aphid taxa from Obeshchayushchiy (north-eastern Russia) and their implications for the evolutionary stage of the group in the Late Cretaceous	6
Black kites wintering in Europe: estimated number, subspecies status, and behaviour of a bird wintering on Crete and Turkey	6
Do females of Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridarenest after offspring desertion?	6
First record of the genus Microichthyurus Pic, 1919 (Cantharidae, Chauliognathinae, Ichthyurini) from mainland China, with descriptions of four new species	6
Decline of Pelophylax lessonae in mixed populations of water frogs over the last 50 years	6
A new Diaforobiotus species (Tardigrada: eutardigrada: richtersiusidae) from the Mexican transition zone, described based on multiple lines of evidence	6
The reuse of Song Thrush ( Turdus philomelos ) nests by the Red-backed Shrike ( Lanius collurio ) in an intensive agricultural landscape:	6
Monacha samsunensis(Pfeiffer, 1868): another Anatolian species introduced to Western Europe, where it is known asMonacha atacisGittenberger & de Winter, 1985 (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata	6
Checklist of sponges (Porifera) at the shelf-break front of Argentina, SW Atlantic Ocean, with data on their settlement substrata	6
Effects of seasonality on the oviposition activity of potential vector mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the São João River Basin Environmental Protection Area of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazi	6
Jantarineura serafini gen. et sp. nov. supports biodiversity of Protodikraneurini in Eocene amber forest of Northern Europe (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)	6
The first case of bilateral gynandromorphic plumage type in the bearded reedling Panurus biarmicus	5
Interspecific differences in swimming performance, behavior and survival between native Italian gudgeon ( Gobio benacensis Pollini, 1816) and non-native European gudgeon	5
Nothing is as it seems: genetic analyses on stranded fin whales unveil the presence of a fin-blue whale hybrid in the Mediterranean Sea (Balaenopteridae)	5
Integrative taxonomy supports one rather than several species ofPalingeniain South-Eastern Europe (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Palingeniidae)	5
Cloning and bioinformatics analysis of aquaporin proteins in the European house dust mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus	5
Updating the geographic distribution of the protected hermit beetle Osmoderma italicum (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in southern Italy	5
Twinnia hydroides Novák, 1956 (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Romanian Carpathians: integrative molecular and morphological data shed light on a long-standing dilemma	5
Do non-direct heterospecific cues of avian predator activity alter reproductive modes of a passerine bird?	5
Effect of dietary supplementation with fatty acids on growth, survival, and fatty acid patterns in Procambarus clarkii and Procambarus virginalis: the first comparison of two invasive cr	5
Morphology and taxonomy of the genus Ramazzottius (Eutardigrada; Ramazzottiidae) with the integrative description of Ramazzottius kretschmanni sp. nov	4
Pre-hibernation energy reserves and their consumption during freezing in the moor frog Rana arvalis in Siberia	4
Effects of moisture decrease on behavioural and life history traits in three species of terrestrial isopods	4
Unwanted ‘hitchhikers’ of ornamental snails: a case report of digeneans transported via the international pet trade	4
The use of artificial floating nest platforms as conservation measure for the common ternSterna hirundo: a case study in the RAMSAR site Druzno Lake in Northern Poland	4
An alien and invasive species of freshwater mussel Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) asscociated with the parasitic species of water mite Unionicola ypsilo	4
A great little ally: revealing the morphology of the immature stages of the aphid pest predator Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Syrphidae)	4
A new species and a new record of the albuneid subfamily Lepidopinae (Crustacea: decapoda: anomura) from China	4
The case of subcutaneous emphysema in a Eurasian reed warbler nestling	4
Sampling parental cooperation: temporal fluctuations in starling provisioning and implications for methodology	4
Comparison of three indirect methods for density estimation of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) in different habitats in South Korea	4
DNA barcode insight into the diversity of water mites from eastern Türkiye, with the description of one new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)	4
How cadmium and copper change the sensitivity of the hemocytes of Steatoda grossa spider on immunostimulation: qualitative and quantitative analysis	4
Distribution of Cheyletus mites in dust samples	4
Impact of livestock grazing on the terrestrial arthropod diversity in the arid zone of Mongolia	4

Distribution and natural history of Plutonium zwierleini (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in Sicily (Italy)	4
The nonshivering thermogenesis of brown adipose tissue and fat mobilization of striped hamsters exposed to cycles of cold and warm temperatures	4
Changes in sponge fauna over a half-century from a rocky cliff of the Portofino Promontory (Ligurian Sea; Western Mediterranean)	4
Ecophysiological characteristics of wintering mute swan population in anthropogenically modified environments	4
Habitat preferences and spatial distribution of larvae of Lipara Meigen, 1830 (Diptera: chloropidae) and associated entomofauna in galls	4
Combined effects of pollution and bacterial infection in Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1971)	4
Considerations on the claws of the Apochela and a novel detail of the bucco-pharyngeal apparatus of the genus Milnesium (Tardigrada: Apochela: Milnesiidae)	4
Long-term changes in the diversity of amphibian communities inhabiting small water bodies in the urban area of Olsztyn (NE Poland)	4
First occurrence of Bonnierilla similis Illg and Dudley, 1961 (Copepoda: notodelphyidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea	3
Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of the leech genus Dina R. Blanchard, 1892 (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae) from the ancient Skadar Lake basin in Montenegro	3
An overview of the genus Alaptus Westwood in India (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)	3
Integrative redescription of the Xerobiotus euxinus Pilato, Kiosya, Lisi, Inshina & Biserov, 2011 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) population from Ukraine	3
Colour pattern and DNA-barcoding reveal a wide distribution of the insular endemic bumble bee Bombus xanthopus in the Tuscan Archipelago	3
Diversity and behavior of sea slugs (Heterobranchia) in the rocky tide pools of Conero Riviera (western Adriatic Sea)	3
A contribution to the taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Chaetonotus (Gastrotricha, Paucitubulatina, Chaetonotidae), with the description of a new species from Italian	3
The influence of humidity gradient in a forest on ground spider assemblages: a preliminary study	3
Evidence of population stress linked to droughts in cave-dwelling spiders: the case of Meta bourneti in north-western Italy	3
Relationship between hatching success, nest location and egg traits in Kentish plovers Anarhynchus alexandrinus breeding in an oasis wetland in the Sahara Desert, Algeri	3
First records of limnoterrestrial tardigrades (Tardigrada) from Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada	3
Comparative cytogenetics of Hemorrhois hippocrepis and Malpolon monspessulanus highlights divergent karyotypes in Colubridae and Psammophiidae (Squamata: Serpentes)	3
Effects of different culture methods on growth, meat yield, and nutritional composition of Mediterranean mussels ( Mytilus galloprovincialis ), south side of Marmara Sea	3
Diversity pattern of ichthyofaunal assemblage in South-central coastal region of Bangladesh	3
Effects of copper nanoparticles on oxidative stress genes and their enzyme activities in common carp ( Cyprinus carpio )	3
Nesting biology of Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit, 1934) (Hymenoptera, Spheciformes) in Poland	3
First isolation of Leptomyxa (Amoebozoa, Leptomyxida) from endozoic conditions: an interaction between two common soil organisms	3
A new species of spider in the genus Yuelushannus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Guangdong, China	3
Feeding habits and diet overlap between Delminichthys ghetaldii and Telestes dabar , two endemic species from karst poljes in Bosnia and H	3
Presence of the endangered saproxylic species Cucujus haematodes (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) in Aspromonte National Park (Southern Italy)	3
Hitchhiking through life: a review of phoresy in Uropodina mites (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata)	3
Redescription of Scolelepis tridentata (Southern, 1914) (Annelida: Spionidae), with description of a new species of Scolelepis from the Bl	3
Microbiome response to cadmium and copper ingestion in the spider Steatoda grossa (Theridiidae): short-term and long-term effects of metal intoxication	3
Males of the solitary bee Anthophora plumipes have longer tongue, larger ocelli, and higher fluctuating asymmetry in more urbanised habitats	3
Visual prey categorization by a generalist jumping spider	3
Increasing body condition of autumn migrating Eurasian blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla over four decades	3
Phylogeographic structure of two sympatric species of Mediimorda Méquignon, 1946 (Mordellidae, Coleoptera)	3
Chelarctus and Crenarctus (Crustacea: Scyllaridae) from Coral Sea waters, with molecular identification of their larvae	3
Abundance and composition of invertebrate-feeding leeches in relation to fish status in ponds	3
Effects of diclofenac on the gametes and embryonic development of Arbacia lixula	3
New data on aphids from Taimyr amber and systematic evaluation of the Taimyraphidoidea (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha)	3
Aging and growth outside the comfort zone: the case of alien fire-bellied toads in France	3
Future effects of small hive beetle, Aethina tumida, on honey bee colony in Turkey based on temperature factor using a mathematical model	3
Effects of pharmacological castration on endocrinological and chemical profiles in captive red and fallow deer	3
Digit ratio in the common spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus (Anura: Mesobatrachia: Pelobatidae): patterns and correlations	3
The detection of specific prey cues triggers distinct predatory behaviour in Aurelia coerulea polyps (Cnidaria: scyphozoa)	3
Nesting behaviour and description of the larva ofAlysson spinosus(Panzer, 1801) (Hymenoptera: Bembicidae)	3
Biology and ecology of Zercon hamaricus Kaczmarek et al. 2021 (Parasitiformes: Zerconidae) with morphological study of all instars	3
Biometric variability and sexual size dimorphism in the Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	3