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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Toward understanding the fast latex coagulation in Campanula spp. (Campanulaceae)	20
Winter Is Coming: Integrative Analysis of Cold Acclimation in a Freeze Tolerant Frog	19
Sharks Violate Rensch's Rule for Sexual Size Dimorphism	18
Long-Axis Rotation of Jaws of Bamboo Sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) During Suction Feeding	17
Vibroacoustic Response of the Tympanic Membrane to Hyoid-Borne Sound Generated during Echolocation in Bats	15
The Human Neck is Part of the Musculoskeletal Core: Cervical Muscles Help Stabilize the Pelvis During Running and Jumping	15
Microstructure of the Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) Olfactory Rosette	14
Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Toe Shape in Forest and Urban Lizards Following Hurricane Disturbances	12
Fluctuating and Stable High Temperatures Differentially Affect Reproductive Endocrinology of Female Pupfish	12
Does the Glucocorticoid Stress Response Make Toads More Toxic? An Experimental Study on the Regulation of Bufadienolide Toxin Synthesis	11
Experience with Aposematic Defense Triggers Attack Bias in a Mantid Predator (Stagmomantis carolina)	11
Syngnathoid Evolutionary History and the Conundrum of Fossil Misplacement	10
Roles of Mono- and Bi-articular Muscles in Human Limbs: Two-joint Link Model and Applications	10
A Tunable, Simplified Model for Biological Latch Mediated Spring Actuated Systems	9
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses in the Slipper SnailCrepidulafornicataUncover Shell Matrix Genes Expressed During Adult and Larval Biomineralization	9
The Role of Vibration Amplitude in the Escape-Hatching Response of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	9
Intraspecific Variation in the Placement of Campaniform Sensilla on the Wings of the Hawkmoth Manduca Sexta	8
Amphibian Segmentation Clock Models Suggest How Large Genome and Cell Sizes Slow Developmental Rate	8
Scaling Relationships of Maximal Gape in Two Species of Large Invasive Snakes, Brown Treesnakes and Burmese Pythons, and Implications for Maximal Prey Size	8
Correction to: Evolutionary Patterns of Modularity in the Linkage Systems of the Skull in Wrasses and Parrotfish	8
Masculinized Sexual Ornaments in Female Lizards Correlate with Ornament-Enhancing Thermoregulatory Behavior	8
Parallel And Divergent Morphological Adaptations Underlying The Evolution of Jumping Ability in Ants	8
Corn Snakes Show Consistent Sarcomere Length Ranges Across Muscle Groups and Ontogeny	8
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	7
A New Molecular Phylogeny of Salps (Tunicata: Thalicea: Salpida) and the Evolutionary History of Their Colonial Architecture	7

Climbing and Clinging of Urban Lizards are Differentially Affected by Morphology, Temperature, and Substrate	7
SegmentGeometry: A Tool for Measuring Second Moment of Area in 3D Slicer	7
Comparative Study of Sun Compass Orientation in Migrating Anadromous versus Resident Freshwater Threespine Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	7
Morphological Species Delimitation in The Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys): Can Machine Learning Methods Aid in Cryptic Species Identification?	7
An Open-Source Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing 3D Models	7
Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities	7
Protein–lipid Association in Lizard Chemical Signals	7
Buffered Lugol's Iodine Preserves DNA Fragment Lengths	7
Pretty Cool Beetles: Can Manipulation of Visible and Near-Infrared Sunlight Prevent Overheating?	6
Dietary Breadth Predicts Toxin Expression Complexity in the Venoms of North American Gartersnakes	6
Morphological and Mechanical Tube Feet Plasticity among Populations of Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)	6
The Evolution of Feeding Mechanics in the Danioninae, or Why Giant Danios Don't Suck Like Zebrafish	6
Mantis Shrimp Locomotion: Coordination and Variation of Hybrid Metachronal Swimming	6
Bone Density Variation in Rattails (Macrouridae, Gadiformes): Buoyancy, Depth, Body Size, and Feeding	6
Seasonal Changes in Hematological Parameters in House Sparrows of Subtropical Pakistan	6
Vertebral Trabecular Bone Mechanical Properties Vary Among Functional Groups of Cetaceans	6
Reconstructing Articular Cartilage in the Australopithecus afarensis Hip Joint and the Need for Modeling Six Degrees of Freedom	6
Variation in Molar Size and Proportions in the Hominid Lineage: An Inter- and Intraspecific Approach	6
Sniffing out Stingray Noses: The Functional Morphology of Batoid Olfaction	5
Interspecific Variation in the Inner Ear Maculae of Sharks	5
Jumping Performance and Behavior of the Globular Springtail Dicyrtomina minuta	5
Peptidergic Modulation of the Lobster Cardiac System Has Opposing Action on Neurons and Muscles	5
Species-Specific Expression of Growth-Regulatory Genes in 2 Anoles with Divergent Patterns of Sexual Size Dimorphism	5
Sample Size and Geometric Morphometrics Methodology Impact the Evaluation of Morphological Variation	5
Extraoral Taste Buds on the Paired Fins of Damselfishes	5
Static Stability and Swim Bladder Volume in the Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)	5
Convergence is Only Skin Deep: Craniofacial Evolution in Electric Fishes from South America and Africa (Apteronotidae and Mormyridae)	5
Modulation of Paternal Care Behaviors in Response to Stream Conditions by Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)	4
Morphological Covariance and Onset of Foot Prehensility as Indicators of Integrated Evolutionary Dynamics in the Herons (Ardeidae)	4
Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales	4
Anthropogenic Impacts on Coral-Algal Interactions of the Subtropical Lagoonal Reef, Norfolk Island	4
Understanding Organisms Using Ecological Observatory Networks	4
Tissue Distribution of mtDNA Copy Number And Expression Pattern of An mtDNA-Related Gene in Three Teleost Fish Species	4
Shaped by Their Environment: Variation in Blue Whale Morphology across Three Productive Coastal Ecosystems	4
Forensic odontology: Assessing bite wounds to determine the role of teeth in piscivorous fishes	4
Testing Geology with Biology: Plate Tectonics and the Diversification of Microhylid Frogs in the Papuan Region	4
Patterns of Genetic And Epigenetic Diversity Across A Range Expansion in The White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus Leucopus)	4
Computational Approaches and Observer Variation in the 3D Musculoskeletal Modeling of the Heads of Anolis	4
Post-Diapause DNA Replication during Oogenesis in a Capital-Breeding Copepod	3
Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head	3
The Role of Polycystic Kidney Disease-Like Homologs in Planarian Nervous System Regeneration and Function	3
From Fairies to Giants: Untangling the Effect of Body Size, Phylogeny, and Ecology on Vertebral Bone Microstructure of Xenarthran Mammals	3
Investigating Metrics of Discrete-Individual Repeatability of the Stress Response	3
Heat-Induced Hatching: Clarifying Effects of Hydration and Heating Rate on Behavioral Thermal Tolerance of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos	3
The Effect of Pollen Diet Composition and Quantity on Diapause Survival and Performance in an Annual Pollinator (Bombus Impatiens)	3
Energetics and Oxidative Status: Seasonal Variation in Blood Oxidative Stress Metrics in Four Species of Small Birds from a Cold Winter Climate	3
Sex and State-Dependent Effects on Proactive Behaviors of Bent-Wing Bats Across Contexts	3
Quantifying the denticle multiverse: a standardized coding system to capture three dimensional morphological variation for quantitative evolutionary and ecological studies of elasmobranch denticles	3
Social Predation by a Nudibranch Mollusc	3
Extraction and Optical Analysis of the Extracellular Fluid from the Body Segments of Apis mellifera Bees	3

Metamorphosis Imposes Variable Constraints on Genome Expansion through Effects on Development	3
Turtle Shell Kinesis Underscores Constraints and Opportunities in the Evolution of the Vertebrate Musculoskeletal System	3
Evidence of Selection in the Ectodysplasin Pathway among Endangered Aquatic Mammals	3
Biomechanical Specialization Acts as an Asymmetrical Constraint on the Phenotype	3
Low Antioxidant Glutathione Levels Lead to Longer Telomeres: A Sex-Specific Link to Longevity?	3
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
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
Embodied Computational Evolution: A Model for Investigating Randomness and the Evolution of Morphological Complexity	2
Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Shape Differences in the Toes of Urban Lizards	2
Flight and Dietary Antioxidants Influence Antioxidant Expression and Activity in a Migratory Bird	2
Baseline Testosterone Levels Peak During the Inactive Period in Male Degus (Octodon degus)	2
Design of A Highly Sensitive, Low-cost Underwater Force Plate to Record Substrate Reaction Forces	2
No Guts About It: Captivity, But Not Neophobia Phenotype, Influences the Cloacal Microbiome of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)	2
GoodFibes: An R Package for The Detection of Muscle Fibers from diceCT Scans	2
Regeneration and Musculature in Halved Cassiopea xamachana Ephyrae	2
Four-bar Geometry is Shared among Ecologically DivergentFish Species	2