OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Integrative Organismal Biology is 5. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Dermal Denticle Diversity in Sharks: Novel Patterns on the Interbranchial Skin	22
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	15
Wing Musculature Reconstruction in Extinct Flightless Auks (PinguinusandMancalla) Reveals Incomplete Convergence with Penguins (Spheniscidae) Due to Differing Ancestral States	14
A Global Synthesis of the Correspondence Between Epizoic Barnacles and Their Sea Turtle Hosts	14
Designing a Seasonal Acclimation Study Presents Challenges and Opportunities	13
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
Rorqual Lunge-Feeding Energetics Near and Away from the Kinematic Threshold of Optimal Efficiency	11
AutoBend: An Automated Approach for Estimating Intervertebral Joint Function from Bone-Only Digital Models	11
Cranial Musculoskeletal Description of Black-Throated Finch (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) with DiceCT	11
Crayfish Eating in Snakes: Testing How Anatomy and Behavior Affect Prey Size and Feeding Performance	11
Wing Shape in Waterbirds: Morphometric Patterns Associated with Behavior, Habitat, Migration, and Phylogenetic Convergence	10
Scaling Relationships of Maximal Gape in Two Species of Large Invasive Snakes, Brown Treesnakes and Burmese Pythons, and Implications for Maximal Prey Size	10
Fast and Furious: Energetic Tradeoffs and Scaling of High-Speed Foraging in Rorqual Whales	9
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
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
Regional tongue deformations during chewing and drinking in the pig	7
Size And Locomotor Ecology Have Differing Effects on the External and Internal Morphologies of Squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) Limb Bones	7
A Roadmap to Reconstructing Muscle Architecture from CT Data	7

Predator–Prey Interactions Examined Using Lionfish Spine Puncture Performance	7
Abdominal Movements in Insect Flight Reshape the Role of Non-Aerodynamic Structures for Flight Maneuverability I: Model Predictive Control for Flower Tracking	6
No Guts About It: Captivity, But Not Neophobia Phenotype, Influences the Cloacal Microbiome of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)	6
Flexibility in the Critical Period of Nutrient Sequestration in Bumble Bee Queens	6
Defibrillate You Later, Alligator: Q10 Scaling and Refractoriness Keeps Alligators from Fibrillation	5
Flight and Dietary Antioxidants Influence Antioxidant Expression and Activity in a Migratory Bird	5
Conserved and Taxon-Specific Patterns of Phenotypic Modularity in the Mammalian Dentition	5
Male Bowhead Whale Reproductive Histories Inferred from Baleen Testosterone and Stable Isotopes	5
Heat-Induced Hatching of Red-Eyed Treefrog Embryos: Hydration and Clutch Structure Increase Behavioral Thermal Tolerance	5
Beyond Janzen's Hypothesis: How Amphibians That Climb Tropical Mountains Respond to Climate Variation	5
Only the Good Die Old? Ontogenetic Determinants of Locomotor Performance in Eastern Cottontail Rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus)	5
Phylogenetics of Archerfishes (Toxotidae) and Evolution of the Toxotid Shooting Apparatus	5
Elevated Salinity Rapidly Confers Cross-Tolerance to High Temperature in a Splash-Pool Copepod	5
Language Barriers in Organismal Biology: What Can Journals Do Better?	5
Lipopolysaccharide Regulates Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines, Corticosterone, and Melatonin in Toads	5
Regional Variation in Contractile Patterns and Muscle Activity in Infant Pig Feeding	5