OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of BMC Ecology and Evolution is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Analysis of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) mitochondrial genomes in the context of a recent host range expansion	34
Assessing climate niche similarity between persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) areas in Iran	34
Earthworm diversity and spatial distribution across the Hazara Division	33
Convergent morphological and genetic patterns delimit Evolutionary Significant Units in endangered Aipysurus sea snakes	31
Spatially heterogeneous selection and inter-varietal differentiation maintain population structure and local adaptation in a widespread conifer	29
Environmental colour pattern variation in Mediterranean Podarcis	25
Genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure of Caucasian apple (Malus orientalis Uglitzk.) populations based on microsatellite markers for conservation strategy	22
Evolution’s hidden architecture: a non-lipschitz theory of creation and catastrophe	21
Introgression among maternal lineages inferred from complete mitogenomes and molecular dating helps resolve phylogeography of European roe deer	18
Body mass evolution as a driver of morphological and ecological diversity in terrestrial mammals	17
Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation	17
Ecological factors and parity mode correlate with genome size variation in squamate reptiles	17
Enhanced petroleum hydrocarbon degradation by biosurfactant-producing bacteria from Iko River estuarine sediments, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria	17
Diversity of attachment systems in heelwalkers (Mantophasmatodea) – highly specialized, but uniform	16
Boosting tree growth in the Amazon rainforest using Amazonian Dark Earths	16
Understanding the role of ecological divergence in the evolution of isolated populations in the Arremonops rufivirgatus species complex across Mesoamerica	16
Small-scale habitat heterogeneity and genotype modulate in situ gene expression of the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii in front of a melting glacier	16
The pillars of the sea: strategies to achieve successful marine citizen science programs in the Mediterranean area	15
Evolutionary insights into Na+/K+-ATPase-mediated toxin resistance in the Crested Serpent-eagle preying on introduced cane toads in Okinawa, Japan	15
A new whip scorpion (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) with a phoretic mite (Acariformes: Trochometridiidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber	14
PhyloNext: a pipeline for phylogenetic diversity analysis of GBIF-mediated data	14
Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures	14
Common lizard microhabitat selection varies by sex, parity mode, and colouration	14
Pervasive non-random mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the hybrid water frog Pelophylax esculentus	14
Anthropogenic disturbance has altered the habitat of two Azorean endemic coastal plants	14

Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish	13
Species and structural diversity of trees at the structural type level	13
Community composition drives siderophore dynamics in multispecies bacterial communities	13
Functional mutations in the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor in natural stickleback populations at sites identical to human disease-causing mutations	13
Deciphering the variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of six European honey bee subspecies	13
Rapid genomic evolution in Brassica rapa with bumblebee selection in experimental evolution	13
The characteristics of the intestinal bacterial community from Oreochromis mossambicus and its interaction with microbiota from artificial fishery habitats	13
Diversification of cichlids in the genus Danakilia in the Danakil depression of Eritrea and Ethiopia	13
Long-term monitoring reveals climate-driven seasonal dynamics of Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) in Tanzania and prospects for pest control	12
Correction: Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	12
Age and environment are the main drivers shaping the wild common sole (Solea solea) microbiota	12
Evolutionarily stable payoff matrix in hawk–dove games	12
Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland	12
Retraction Note: MtDNA structure: the women who formed the Brazilian Northeast	12
Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects	12
Pelage variation and morphometrics of closely related Callithrix marmoset species and their hybrids	11
Age, growth, and energy storage of the subterranean fish Triplophysa rosa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Chongqing, China	11
Climatic data sources and limitations of ecological niche models impact the estimations of historical ranges and niche overlaps in distantly related Korean salamanders	11
Forelimb feathering, soft tissues, and skeleton of the flying dromaeosaurid Microraptor	11
Genotyping by sequencing for estimating relative abundances of diatom taxa in mock communities	11
Evolution of bird sex chromosomes: a cytogenomic approach in Palaeognathae species	11
Open access and digital morphology data in evolutionary biology: expanding frontiers of knowledge	11
Glomalin related soil protein, soil aggregate stability and soil aggregate-associated organic carbon under agroforestry practices in southern Ethiopia	11
Combining distribution modelling and phylogeography to understand present, past and future of an endangered spider	11
Unravelling the palaeobiogeographical history of the living fossil genus Rehderodendron (Styracaceae) with fossil and extant pollen and fruit data	11
Correction: 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera	11
Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas	10
Recent postglacial population expansions may explain a surprising lack of lineage splitting in Arctic meiobenthic flatworms	10
Phylogenetic evidence reveals the classification and evolutionary history of endemic cavefish in China	10
Development of environmental DNA metabarcoding primers for marine mollusks and comparison with published primers	10
Detecting natural selection in trait-trait coevolution	10
Across a phylogeographic break in the Qinling Mountains-Huaihe River Line: Quaternary evolutionary history of a medicinal and edible homologous plant (Allium macrostemon) in China	10
Influence of hydraulic clam dredging and seasonal environmental changes on macro-benthic communities in the Southern Adriatic (Central Mediterranean Sea)	10
Seasonal trends and population status of the highly threatened Pteropus livingstonii in the Comoros archipelago	10
Artificial permanent ponds are valuable for bats: a comparison with temporary ponds in a Mediterranean region	10
Floral diversity and conservation status of vascular plants in arid mountainous areas	10
Detecting the effects of opencast mining on ecosystem services value in arid and semi-arid areas based on time-series remote sensing images and Google Earth Engine (GEE)	10
The composition of braconid wasp communities in three forest fragments in a tropical lowland forest of Panama	10
Assessment of future habitat suitability and ecological vulnerability of Collichthys at population and species level	10
Cell size, body size and Peto’s paradox	10
Song determined by phylogeny and body mass in two differently constrained groups of birds: manakins and cardinals	9
Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales	9
Patterns of enrichment and acceleration in evolutionary rates of promoters suggest a role of regulatory regions in cetacean gigantism	9
Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males	9
Evidence for a chemical arms race between cuckoo wasps of the genus Hedychrum and their distantly related host apoid wasps	9
Sexual differences of temporal marking and communication behaviours of common leopards (Panthera pardus) in Luolong County, Tibet	9
De novo genome assemblies of threatened Asian hornbills (Bucerotidae) reveal declining population trajectories during the late Pleistocene	9
Experimental evolution reveals evolutionary bias and its causes	9
Response strategies of five common warm temperate plant species to insect defoliation	9
Sequencing the orthologs of human autosomal forensic short tandem repeats provides individual- and species-level identification in African great apes	9

Dosage balance acts as a time-dependent selective barrier to subfunctionalization	9
A new sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Germany and its implications for the mode of sphenodontian evolution	9
The sandfish identity: phylogeographic reconstructions uncover a species complex within the Indo-Pacific distribution of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra	9
Distribution and extent of suitable habitats of Ruspoli’s Turaco (Tauraco ruspolii) and White-cheeked Turaco (Tauraco leucotis) under a changing climate in Ethiopia	9
Parallels of quantum superposition in ecological models: from counterintuitive patterns to eco-evolutionary interpretations of cryptic species	9
Linking morphology, performance, and habitat utilization: adaptation across biologically relevant ‘levels’ in tamarins	8
Fine-grained avian wildlife species classification: a comparative study of MambaVision, vision transformers, and CNN architectures	8
Impact of cucurbit crop management techniques on the foraging behavior of honeybees and hoverflies in Morogoro, Tanzania	8
Unparalleled details of soft tissues in a Cretaceous ant	8
Reconstructing the neuromuscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: new data from the Lophopodidae	8
Temporal and spatial variations in local sex ratios in a suburban population of the European green toad Bufotes viridis	8
A novel SNP assay reveals increased genetic variability and abundance following translocations to a remnant Allegheny woodrat population	8
Contrasting effects of agriculture and urbanisation on bird and reptile communities in a Mediterranean delta (Gediz Delta, Türkiye)	8
Tracing the paths of modular evolution by quantifying rearrangement events of protein domains	8
Positive selection and relaxed purifying selection contribute to rapid evolution of sex-biased genes in green seaweed Ulva	8
Restricted antennal movement impacts the tandem running dynamics in a ponerine ant	8
Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)	8
Phyllosphere pathogen diversity and leaf functional traits covary at a local scale in subtropical forests	8
2024 joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition: the winning images	8
A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria	8
mtDNA “nomenclutter” and its consequences on the interpretation of genetic data	8
The dilemma of underestimating freshwater biodiversity: morphological and molecular approaches	8
Genomic evidence indicates small island-resident populations and sex-biased behaviors of Hawaiian reef Manta Rays	8
Assessing the application of landmark-free morphometrics to macroevolutionary analyses	8
Biodiversity of freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) in Chile: exploration of unknown species	8
Does female control and male mating system predict courtship investment and mating outcomes? A comparative study in five widow spider species (genus Latrodectus) tested under similar laboratory condit	7
Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight	7
Evolutionary convergence and niche-specific regulation of core HIF1A pathway genes synergistically drive divergent hypoxia adaptation in mammals	7
Large-scale geographic patterns and environmental and anthropogenic drivers of wetland plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	7
The natural and human-mediated expansion of a human-commensal lizard into the fringes of Southeast Asia	7
The influence of native shrub density on bird communities in the southern drylands of California, USA	7
Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA and retroelement sequences and its implications for the chromosomal evolution process in Ctenoluciidae (Characiformes)	7
Does the expensive brain hypothesis apply to amphibians and reptiles?	7
Resource presentation dictates genetic and phenotypic adaptation in yeast	7
Thyasirid species composition (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) and genetic connectivity of Parathyasira equalis (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) in deep basins of sub-Arctic fjords	7
Revised taxonomy reveals sustained introgression and secondary contact in ancient lake ricefishes	7
Habitat use, selection, and population density of chameleon communities (Calumma spp.) in the fragmented central highlands forests of Madagascar	7
Crowdsourcing conservation: unveiling Taiwan’s sea turtle foraging grounds, emerging threats, and residency with broad societal engagement	7
Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	7
Snake-like bird hisses induce anti-predator responses in a frog	7
Shed teeth from Portezuelo formation at Sierra del Portezuelo reveal a higher diversity of predator theropods during Turonian-Coniacian times in northern Patagonia	7
Response of arboreal Collembola communities to the conversion of lowland rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations	7
Unveiling a hotspot of genetic diversity in southern Italy for the endangered Hermann’s tortoise Testudo hermanni	7
Elusive origin of mitochondria shared by two sister species of Eurema butterflies	7
Paleoecology of extinct species	7
Volunteers’ diverse and unexpected knowledge practices in contributory citizen science	7
Ecosystem restoration, regeneration and rewilding	7
Heterogeneity in maternal mRNAs within clutches of eggs in response to thermal stress during the embryonic stage	7
Prevalence of co-infection and genetic diversity of avian haemosporidian parasites in two rehabilitation facilities in Iran: implications for the conservation of captive raptors	7
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia	6
Multivariate assessment of morphological diversity in Moringa oleifera Lam. across agro-climatic zones of Rajasthan	6
History of the terrestrial isopod genus Ligidium in Japan based on phylogeographic analysis	6
Floral diversity, structural integrity, and regeneration patterns of Endba-Zend dry Afromontane forest in Northwestern Ethiopia	6
Confronting cultures: northern Madagascar’s cultural beliefs and the relationship of owls and humans	6
Modelling the current and future distribution potential areas of Peperomia abyssinica Miq., and Helichrysum citrispinum Steud. ex A. Rich. in Ethiopia	6
Novel genetic association with migratory diapause in Australian monarch butterflies	6
Shade tree diversity, structure, and regeneration dynamics in the Sheko semi-forest coffee agro ecosystem, southwest Ethiopia	6
Molecular characterisation of Pinus sylvestris (L.) in Ireland at the western limit of the species distribution	6
Genomic insights into the conservation status of the Idle Crayfish Austropotamobius bihariensis Pârvulescu, 2019: low genetic diversity in the endemic crayfish species of the Apuseni Mountains	6
High connectivity and genetic diversity in the Endangered endemic white-spotted sand bass ‘camotillo’ (Paralabrax albomaculatus) within the Galápagos Marine Reserve	6
Impact of area closure on woody species diversity and soil physicochemical properties: evidence from Hulberag District, Central Ethiopia	6
Semicircular canal shape diversity among modern lepidosaurs: life habit, size, allometry	6
Exome analysis reveals species divergence in TYR and identifies species genetic markers in five endemic Macaca species on Sulawesi Island	6
Modeling the effect of grazing on carbon and water use efficiencies in grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	6
Balancing risks and rewards of alternate strategies in the seaward extent, duration and timing of fjord use in contemporary anadromy of brown trout (Salmo trutta)	6
Next-generation phylogeography reveals unanticipated population history and climate and human impacts on the endangered floodplain bitterling (Acheilognathus longipinnis)	6
Woody plant species diversity, vegetation structure, and regeneration status of Modi-Geyi Forest in Andracha District, Southwest Ethiopia	6
Come to the dark side – citizen science in nighttime ecology	6
High functional allelic diversity and copy number in both MHC classes in the common buzzard	6
Expectations of duplicate gene retention under the gene duplicability hypothesis	6
QInfoMating: sexual selection and assortative mating estimation software	6
Synergistic inter-clonal cooperation involving crosstalk, co-option and co-dependency can enhance the invasiveness of genetically distant cancer clones	6
DNA metabarcoding reveals dietary niche partitioning among threatened Himalayan Ungulates based on chloroplast rbcL and nuclear ITS2 markers	6
Plants under pressure: the impact of environmental change on plant ecology and evolution	6
Snakes among citizens: distribution and ecology of the Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) in Bratislava revealed by citizen science	6
Acute heat stress induces short- and long-term epigenetic changes in the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)	6
The first mitogenomic phylogenetic framework of Dorcus sensu lato (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), with an emphasis on generic taxonomy in Eastern Asia	6
Do morphometric data improve phylogenetic reconstruction? A systematic review and assessment	6