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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Vibroacoustic Response of the Tympanic Membrane to Hyoid-Borne Sound Generated during Echolocation in Bats	17
Long-Axis Rotation of Jaws of Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) During Suction Feeding	16
The Human Neck is Part of the Musculoskeletal Core: Cervical Muscles Help Stabilize the Pelvis During Running and Jumping	16
Sharks Violate Rensch's Rule for Sexual Size Dimorphism	11
Winter Is Coming: Integrative Analysis of Cold Acclimation in a Freeze Tolerant Frog	11
Does the Glucocorticoid Stress Response Make Toads More Toxic? An Experimental Study on the Regulation of Bufadienolide Toxin Synthesis	10
Microstructure of the Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) Olfactory Rosette	10
Fluctuating and Stable High Temperatures Differentially Affect Reproductive Endocrinology of Female Pupfish	10
Experience with Aposematic Defense Triggers Attack Bias in a Mantid Predator (Stagmomantis carolina)	9
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses in the Slipper SnailCrepidulafornicataUncover Shell Matrix Genes Expressed During Adult and Larval Biomineralization	9
Syngnathoid Evolutionary History and the Conundrum of Fossil Misplacement	8
Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Toe Shape in Forest and Urban Lizards Following Hurricane Disturbances	8
Roles of Mono- and Bi-articular Muscles in Human Limbs: Two-joint Link Model and Applications	8
Scaling Relationships of Maximal Gape in Two Species of Large Invasive Snakes, Brown Treesnakes and Burmese Pythons, and Implications for Maximal Prey Size	7
The Role of Vibration Amplitude in the Escape-Hatching Response of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	7
Correction to: Evolutionary Patterns of Modularity in the Linkage Systems of the Skull in Wrasses and Parrotfish	7
A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems	7
A New Molecular Phylogeny of Salps (Tunicata: Thalicea: Salpida) and the Evolutionary History of Their Colonial Architecture	6
Amphibian Segmentation Clock Models Suggest How Large Genome and Cell Sizes Slow Developmental Rate	6
Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants	6
Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities	6
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	6
Corn Snakes Show Consistent Sarcomere Length Ranges Across Muscle Groups and Ontogeny	6
Morphological Species Delimitation in The Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys): Can Machine Learning Methods Aid in Cryptic Species Identification?	6
Masculinized Sexual Ornaments in Female Lizards Correlate with Ornament-Enhancing Thermoregulatory Behavior	6

Intraspecific Variation in the Placement of Campaniform Sensilla on the Wings of the Hawkmoth Manduca Sexta	6
Pretty Cool Beetles: Can Manipulation of Visible and Near-Infrared Sunlight Prevent Overheating?	5
SegmentGeometry: A Tool for Measuring Second Moment of Area in 3D Slicer	5
Mantis Shrimp Locomotion: Coordination and Variation of Hybrid Metachronal Swimming	5
Buffered Lugol's Iodine Preserves DNA Fragment Lengths	5
Protein–lipid Association in Lizard Chemical Signals	5
Climbing and Clinging of Urban Lizards are Differentially Affected by Morphology, Temperature, and Substrate	5
The Evolution of Feeding Mechanics in the Danioninae, or Why Giant Danios Don't Suck Like Zebrafish	5
Bone Density Variation in Rattails (Macrouridae, Gadiformes): Buoyancy, Depth, Body Size, and Feeding	5
An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models	5
Vertebral Trabecular Bone Mechanical Properties Vary Among Functional Groups of Cetaceans	5
Reconstructing Articular Cartilage in the Australopithecus afarensis Hip Joint and the Need for Modeling Six Degrees of Freedom	5
Variation in Molar Size and Proportions in the Hominid Lineage: An Inter- and Intraspecific Approach	5
Sniffing out Stingray Noses: The Functional Morphology of Batoid Olfaction	4
Morphological and Mechanical Tube Feet Plasticity among Populations of Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)	4
Species-Specific Expression of Growth-Regulatory Genes in 2 Anoles with Divergent Patterns of Sexual Size Dimorphism	4
Static Stability and Swim Bladder Volume in the Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)	4
Seasonal Changes in Hematological Parameters in House Sparrows of Subtropical Pakistan	4
Patterns of Genetic And Epigenetic Diversity Across A Range Expansion in The White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus Leucopus)	3
Extraoral Taste Buds on the Paired Fins of Damselfishes	3
Jumping Performance and Behavior of the Globular Springtail Dicyrtomina minuta	3
Convergence is Only Skin Deep: Craniofacial Evolution in Electric Fishes from South America and Africa (Apteronotidae and Mormyridae)	3
Understanding Organisms Using Ecological Observatory Networks	3
Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales	3
Forensic odontology: Assessing bite wounds to determine the role of teeth in piscivorous fishes	3
Dietary Breadth Predicts Toxin Expression Complexity in the Venoms of North American Gartersnakes	3
Interspecific Variation in the Inner Ear Maculae of Sharks	3
Testing Geology with Biology: Plate Tectonics and the Diversification of Microhylid Frogs in the Papuan Region	3
Tissue Distribution of mtDNA Copy Number And Expression Pattern of An mtDNA-Related Gene in Three Teleost Fish Species	3
Anthropogenic Impacts on Coral-Algal Interactions of the Subtropical Lagoonal Reef, Norfolk Island	3
Modulation of Paternal Care Behaviors in Response to Stream Conditions by Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)	3
Peptidergic Modulation of the Lobster Cardiac System Has Opposing Action on Neurons and Muscles	3
Sample Size and Geometric Morphometrics Methodology Impact the Evaluation of Morphological Variation	3
Morphological Covariance and Onset of Foot Prehensility as Indicators of Integrated Evolutionary Dynamics in the Herons (Ardeidae)	3
Shaped by Their Environment: Variation in Blue Whale Morphology across Three Productive Coastal Ecosystems	3
Turtle Shell Kinesis Underscores Constraints and Opportunities in the Evolution of the Vertebrate Musculoskeletal System	2
Metamorphosis Imposes Variable Constraints on Genome Expansion through Effects on Development	2
Biomechanical Specialization Acts as an Asymmetrical Constraint on the Phenotype	2
GoodFibes: An R Package for The Detection of Muscle Fibers from diceCT Scans	2
Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Shape Differences in the Toes of Urban Lizards	2
The Effect of Pollen Diet Composition and Quantity on Diapause Survival and Performance in an Annual Pollinator (Bombus Impatiens)	2
The Role of Polycystic Kidney Disease-Like Homologs in Planarian Nervous System Regeneration and Function	2
Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head	2
Investigating Metrics of Discrete-Individual Repeatability of the Stress Response	2
Flight and Dietary Antioxidants Influence Antioxidant Expression and Activity in a Migratory Bird	2
Volumetric versus Element-scaling Mass Estimation and Its Application to Permo-Triassic Tetrapods	2
How to Survive a (Juvenile) Piranha Attack: An Integrative Approach to Evaluating Predator Performance	2
Does the Pachytene Checkpoint, a Feature of Meiosis, Filter Out Mistakes in Double-Strand DNA Break Repair and as a side-Effect Strongly Promote Adaptive Speciation?	2
Evidence of Selection in the Ectodysplasin Pathway among Endangered Aquatic Mammals	2
Computational Approaches and Observer Variation in the 3D Musculoskeletal Modeling of the Heads of Anolis	2

Sex and State-Dependent Effects on Proactive Behaviors of Bent-Wing Bats Across Contexts	2
Post-Diapause DNA Replication during Oogenesis in a Capital-Breeding Copepod	2
Social predation by a nudibranch mollusc	2
Low Antioxidant Glutathione Levels Lead to Longer Telomeres: A Sex-Specific Link to Longevity?	2
From Fairies to Giants: Untangling the Effect of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ecology on Vertebral Bone Microstructure of Xenarthran Mammals	2