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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Dermal Denticle Diversity in Sharks: Novel Patterns on the Interbranchial Skin	23
The Effect of Locomotion Mode on Body Shape Evolution in Teleost Fishes	21
Exceptional Changes in Skeletal Anatomy under Domestication: The Case of Brachycephaly	18
Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head	16
A Global Synthesis of the Correspondence Between Epizoic Barnacles and Their Sea Turtle Hosts	14
Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities	14
Wing Musculature Reconstruction in Extinct Flightless Auks (PinguinusandMancalla) Reveals Incomplete Convergence with Penguins (Spheniscidae) Due to Differing Ancestral States	14
SegmentGeometry: A Tool for Measuring Second Moment of Area in 3D Slicer	13
Environmental Thermal Stress Induces Neuronal Cell Death and Developmental Malformations in Reptiles	12
AutoBend: An Automated Approach for Estimating Intervertebral Joint Function from Bone-Only Digital Models	11
Rorqual Lunge-Feeding Energetics Near and Away from the Kinematic Threshold of Optimal Efficiency	11
Crayfish Eating in Snakes: Testing How Anatomy and Behavior Affect Prey Size and Feeding Performance	11
Cranial Musculoskeletal Description of Black-Throated Finch (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) with DiceCT	11
Scaling Relationships of Maximal Gape in Two Species of Large Invasive Snakes, Brown Treesnakes and Burmese Pythons, and Implications for Maximal Prey Size	10
Wing Shape in Waterbirds: Morphometric Patterns Associated with Behavior, Habitat, Migration, and Phylogenetic Convergence	10
Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales	9
Reconstructing Articular Cartilage in the Australopithecus afarensis Hip Joint and the Need for Modeling Six Degrees of Freedom	8
Predictive Simulations of Musculoskeletal Function and Jumping Performance in a Generalized Bird	8
More Challenging Diets Sustain Feeding Performance: Applications Toward the Captive Rearing of Wildlife	8
A New Era of Morphological Investigations: Reviewing Methods for Comparative Anatomical Studies	8
A Shrewd Inspection of Vertebral Regionalization in Large Shrews (Soricidae: Crocidurinae)	8
Increasing Viscosity Helps Explain Locomotor Control in Swimming Polypterus senegalus	8
No Guts About It: Captivity, But Not Neophobia Phenotype, Influences the Cloacal Microbiome of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)	7
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	7
Regional tongue deformations during chewing and drinking in the pig	7

Predator–Prey Interactions Examined Using Lionfish Spine Puncture Performance	7
A Roadmap to Reconstructing Muscle Architecture from CT Data	7
Elevated Salinity Rapidly Confers Cross-Tolerance to High Temperature in a Splash-Pool Copepod	6
Beyond Janzen's Hypothesis: How Amphibians That Climb Tropical Mountains Respond to Climate Variation	6
Flexibility in the Critical Period of Nutrient Sequestration in Bumble Bee Queens	6
Abdominal Movements in Insect Flight Reshape the Role of Non-Aerodynamic Structures for Flight Maneuverability I: Model Predictive Control for Flower Tracking	6
Only the Good Die Old? Ontogenetic Determinants of Locomotor Performance in Eastern Cottontail Rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus)	5
Male Bowhead Whale Reproductive Histories Inferred from Baleen Testosterone and Stable Isotopes	5
Defibrillate You Later, Alligator: Q10 Scaling and Refractoriness Keeps Alligators from Fibrillation	5
Protein–lipid Association in Lizard Chemical Signals	5
Lipopolysaccharide Regulates Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines, Corticosterone, and Melatonin in Toads	5
Heat-Induced Hatching of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos: Hydration and Clutch Structure Increase Behavioral Thermal Tolerance	5
Language Barriers in Organismal Biology: What Can Journals Do Better?	5
Conserved and Taxon-Specific Patterns of Phenotypic Modularity in the Mammalian Dentition	5
Phylogenetics of Archerfishes (Toxotidae) and Evolution of the Toxotid Shooting Apparatus	5
Regional Variation in Contractile Patterns and Muscle Activity in Infant Pig Feeding	5
Flight and Dietary Antioxidants Influence Antioxidant Expression and Activity in a Migratory Bird	5
Ecomorphometric Analysis of Diversity in Cranial Shape of Pygopodid Geckos	4
Extreme Morphology, Functional Trade-offs, and Evolutionary Dynamics in a Clade of Open-Ocean Fishes (Perciformes: Bramidae)	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	4
Heat Wave Intensity Drives Sublethal Reproductive Costs in a Tidepool Copepod	4
Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) Queen Nest Searching Occurs Independent of Ovary Developmental Status	4
Microstructure of the Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) Olfactory Rosette	4
Convergence is Only Skin Deep: Craniofacial Evolution in Electric Fishes from South America and Africa (Apteronotidae and Mormyridae)	4
The Influence of Snow Properties on Speed and Gait Choice in the Svalbard Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea)	4
Social Group Size and Shelter Availability Influence Individual Metabolic Traits in a Social Fish	4
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses in the Slipper SnailCrepidulafornicataUncover Shell Matrix Genes Expressed During Adult and Larval Biomineralization	4
Precocious Sperm Exchange in the Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Nudibranch,Berghia stephanieae	4
Patterns of Body Shape Diversity and Evolution in Intertidal and Subtidal Lineages of Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae)	4
Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae)	4
The Core Concepts, Competencies, and Grand Challenges of Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy and Morphology	3
Effects of Intertidal Position on Metabolism and Behavior in the Acorn Barnacle,Balanus glandula	3
Bone Density Variation in Rattails (Macrouridae, Gadiformes): Buoyancy, Depth, Body Size, and Feeding	3
Shaped by Their Environment: Variation in Blue Whale Morphology across Three Productive Coastal Ecosystems	3
The Human Neck is Part of the Musculoskeletal Core: Cervical Muscles Help Stabilize the Pelvis During Running and Jumping	3
Morphological Covariance and Onset of Foot Prehensility as Indicators of Integrated Evolutionary Dynamics in the Herons (Ardeidae)	3
From Fairies to Giants: Untangling the Effect of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ecology on Vertebral Bone Microstructure of Xenarthran Mammals	3
Stability–Maneuverability Tradeoffs Provided Diverse Functional Opportunities to Shelled Cephalopods	3
Metamorphosis Imposes Variable Constraints on Genome Expansion through Effects on Development	3
An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models	3
Forensic odontology: Assessing bite wounds to determine the role of teeth in piscivorous fishes	3
The Digestive Diverticula in the Carnivorous Nudibranch, Melibe leonina, Do Not Contain Photosynthetic Symbionts	3
Species-Specific Expression of Growth-Regulatory Genes in 2 Anoles with Divergent Patterns of Sexual Size Dimorphism	3
Not So Fast: Strike Kinematics of the Araneoid Trap-Jaw Spider Pararchaea alba (Malkaridae: Pararchaeinae)	3
Characteristics of The Bleached Microbiome of The Generalist CoralPocillopora damicornisfrom Two Distinct Reef Habitats	3
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	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

Low Antioxidant Glutathione Levels Lead to Longer Telomeres: A Sex-Specific Link to Longevity?	2
Testing Geology with Biology: Plate Tectonics and the Diversification of Microhylid Frogs in the Papuan Region	2
The Evolution of Derived Monomorphism From Sexual Dimorphism: A Case Study on Salamanders	2
Evidence of Selection in the Ectodysplasin Pathway among Endangered Aquatic Mammals	2
Seasonal Changes in Hematological Parameters in House Sparrows of Subtropical Pakistan	2
Does the Glucocorticoid Stress Response Make Toads More Toxic? An Experimental Study on the Regulation of Bufadienolide Toxin Synthesis	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
A Sexual Dimorphism in the Spatial Vision of North American Band-Winged Grasshoppers	2
New Method for Rapid 3D Reconstruction of Semi-Transparent Underwater Animals and Structures	2
The Evolutionary History of Siphonophore Tentilla: Novelties, Convergence, and Integration	2
Static Stability and Swim Bladder Volume in the Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)	2
Size at Birth, Postnatal Growth, and Reproductive Timing in an Australian Microbat	2
XROMM Analysis of Feeding Mechanics in Toads: Interactions of the Tongue, Hyoid, and Pectoral Girdle	2
Comparison of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics and Cobalt Chloride for Ablation of the Lateral Line System in Giant Danios	2
Roles of Mono- and Bi-articular Muscles in Human Limbs: Two-joint Link Model and Applications	2
Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Shape Differences in the Toes of Urban Lizards	2
Turtling the Salamander: Tail Movements Mitigate Need for Kinematic Limb Changes during Walking in Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) with Restricted Lateral Movement	2
A New Molecular Phylogeny of Salps (Tunicata: Thalicea: Salpida) and the Evolutionary History of Their Colonial Architecture	2
Corrigendum to: A Global Synthesis of the Correspondence Between Epizoic Barnacles and Their Sea Turtle Hosts	2
Scaling and Structural Properties of Juvenile Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana)	2
Sniffing out Stingray Noses: The Functional Morphology of Batoid Olfaction	2
Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants	2