OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Integrative Organismal Biology 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The Effect of Locomotion Mode on Body Shape Evolution in Teleost Fishes	19
Exceptional Changes in Skeletal Anatomy under Domestication: The Case of Brachycephaly	14
Dermal Denticle Diversity in Sharks: Novel Patterns on the Interbranchial Skin	14
Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head	13
A Global Synthesis of the Correspondence Between Epizoic Barnacles and Their Sea Turtle Hosts	13
Wing Musculature Reconstruction in Extinct Flightless Auks (PinguinusandMancalla) Reveals Incomplete Convergence with Penguins (Spheniscidae) Due to Differing Ancestral States	11
Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities	11
Rorqual Lunge-Feeding Energetics Near and Away from the Kinematic Threshold of Optimal Efficiency	10
SegmentGeometry: A Tool for Measuring Second Moment of Area in 3D Slicer	10
Crayfish Eating in Snakes: Testing How Anatomy and Behavior Affect Prey Size and Feeding Performance	9
Environmental Thermal Stress Induces Neuronal Cell Death and Developmental Malformations in Reptiles	8
Reconstructing Articular Cartilage in the Australopithecus afarensis Hip Joint and the Need for Modeling Six Degrees of Freedom	8
Multiple sensory modalities in diurnal geckos is associated with the signalling environment and evolutionary constraints	8
Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales	8
Cranial Musculoskeletal Description of Black-Throated Finch (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) with DiceCT	8
AutoBend: An Automated Approach for Estimating Intervertebral Joint Function from Bone-Only Digital Models	8
Wing Shape in Waterbirds: Morphometric Patterns Associated with Behavior, Habitat, Migration, and Phylogenetic Convergence	7
Predictive Simulations of Musculoskeletal Function and Jumping Performance in a Generalized Bird	7
Scaling Relationships of Maximal Gape in Two Species of Large Invasive Snakes, Brown Treesnakes and Burmese Pythons, and Implications for Maximal Prey Size	7
A New Era of Morphological Investigations: Reviewing Methods for Comparative Anatomical Studies	7
Flexibility in the Critical Period of Nutrient Sequestration in Bumble Bee Queens	6
A Roadmap to Reconstructing Muscle Architecture from CT Data	6
More Challenging Diets Sustain Feeding Performance: Applications Toward the Captive Rearing of Wildlife	6
Increasing Viscosity Helps Explain Locomotor Control in Swimming Polypterus senegalus	6
No Guts About It: Captivity, But Not Neophobia Phenotype, Influences the Cloacal Microbiome of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)	6

Regional tongue deformations during chewing and drinking in the pig	6
Abdominal Movements in Insect Flight Reshape the Role of Non-Aerodynamic Structures for Flight Maneuverability I: Model Predictive Control for Flower Tracking	5
Only the Good Die Old? Ontogenetic Determinants of Locomotor Performance in Eastern Cottontail Rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus)	5
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	5
Defibrillate You Later, Alligator: Q10 Scaling and Refractoriness Keeps Alligators from Fibrillation	5
Predator–Prey Interactions Examined Using Lionfish Spine Puncture Performance	5
The Influence of Snow Properties on Speed and Gait Choice in the Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea)	4
Heat-Induced Hatching of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos: Hydration and Clutch Structure Increase Behavioral Thermal Tolerance	4
Precocious Sperm Exchange in the Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Nudibranch,Berghia stephanieae	4
Flight and Dietary Antioxidants Influence Antioxidant Expression and Activity in a Migratory Bird	4
Patterns of Body Shape Diversity and Evolution in Intertidal and Subtidal Lineages of Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)	4
Regional Variation in Contractile Patterns and Muscle Activity in Infant Pig Feeding	4
Extreme Morphology, Functional Trade-offs, and Evolutionary Dynamics in a Clade of Open-Ocean Fishes (Perciformes: Bramidae)	4
Ecomorphometric Analysis of Diversity in Cranial Shape of Pygopodid Geckos	4
Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) Queen Nest Searching Occurs Independent of Ovary Developmental Status	4
Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Modulates Locomotor Acceleration Induced by Nitric Oxide but not Serotonin inClione limacinaCentral Pattern Generator Swim Interneurons	4
Including Distorted Specimens in Allometric Studies: Linear Mixed Models Account for Deformation	3
Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae)	3
Social Group Size and Shelter Availability Influence Individual Metabolic Traits in a Social Fish	3
Stability–Maneuverability Tradeoffs Provided Diverse Functional Opportunities to Shelled Cephalopods	3
Not So Fast: Strike Kinematics of the Araneoid Trap-Jaw Spider Pararchaea alba (Malkaridae: Pararchaeinae)	3
Conserved and Taxon-Specific Patterns of Phenotypic Modularity in the Mammalian Dentition	3
Heat Wave Intensity Drives Sublethal Reproductive Costs in a Tidepool Copepod	3
Phylogenetics of Archerfishes (Toxotidae) and Evolution of the Toxotid Shooting Apparatus	3
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses in the Slipper SnailCrepidulafornicataUncover Shell Matrix Genes Expressed During Adult and Larval Biomineralization	3
Language Barriers in Organismal Biology: What Can Journals Do Better?	3
Lipopolysaccharide Regulates Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines, Corticosterone, and Melatonin in Toads	3
Elevated Salinity Rapidly Confers Cross-Tolerance to High Temperature in a Splash-Pool Copepod	3
Male Bowhead Whale Reproductive Histories Inferred from Baleen Testosterone and Stable Isotopes	3
Microstructure of the Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) Olfactory Rosette	3
The Human Neck is Part of the Musculoskeletal Core: Cervical Muscles Help Stabilize the Pelvis During Running and Jumping	3
Characteristics of The Bleached Microbiome of The Generalist CoralPocillopora damicornisfrom Two Distinct Reef Habitats	2
The Core Concepts, Competencies, and Grand Challenges of Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy and Morphology	2
Convergence is Only Skin Deep: Craniofacial Evolution in Electric Fishes from South America and Africa (Apteronotidae and Mormyridae)	2
The Evolutionary History of Siphonophore Tentilla: Novelties, Convergence, and Integration	2
Evidence of Selection in the Ectodysplasin Pathway among Endangered Aquatic Mammals	2
A Shrewd Inspection of Vertebral Regionalization in Large Shrews (Soricidae: Crocidurinae)	2
Differences in Mate Pairings of Hatchery- and Natural-Origin Coho Salmon Inferred from Offspring Genotypes	2
Sex Differences in How Territory Quality Affects Aggression in Convict Cichlids	2
Protein–lipid Association in Lizard Chemical Signals	2
From Fairies to Giants: Untangling the Effect of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ecology on Vertebral Bone Microstructure of Xenarthran Mammals	2
Effects of Intertidal Position on Metabolism and Behavior in the Acorn Barnacle,Balanus glandula	2
Size at Birth, Postnatal Growth, and Reproductive Timing in an Australian Microbat	2
Bone Density Variation in Rattails (Macrouridae, Gadiformes): Buoyancy, Depth, Body Size, and Feeding	2
Pretty Cool Beetles: Can Manipulation of Visible and Near-Infrared Sunlight Prevent Overheating?	2
Vibroacoustic Response of the Tympanic Membrane to Hyoid-Borne Sound Generated during Echolocation in Bats	2
Forensic odontology: Assessing bite wounds to determine the role of teeth in piscivorous fishes	2
Corrigendum to: A Global Synthesis of the Correspondence Between Epizoic Barnacles and Their Sea Turtle Hosts	2
The Digestive Diverticula in the Carnivorous Nudibranch, Melibe leonina, Do Not Contain Photosynthetic Symbionts	2
A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems	2

The Evolution of Feeding Mechanics in the Danioninae, or Why Giant Danios Don't Suck Like Zebrafish