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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka	60
Analysis of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) mitochondrial genomes in the context of a recent host range expansion	48
Assessing climate niche similarity between persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) areas in Iran	43
Ecological factors and parity mode correlate with genome size variation in squamate reptiles	37
Environmental colour pattern variation in Mediterranean Podarcis	35
Spatially heterogeneous selection and inter-varietal differentiation maintain population structure and local adaptation in a widespread conifer	26
Body mass evolution as a driver of morphological and ecological diversity in terrestrial mammals	24
Spatial population genetic structure and colony dynamics in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) from the southern Kalahari	23
Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation	21
Understanding the role of ecological divergence in the evolution of isolated populations in the Arremonops rufivirgatus species complex across Mesoamerica	21
A new whip scorpion (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) with a phoretic mite (Acariformes: Trochometridiidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber	20
Investigating the reliability of molecular estimates of evolutionary time when substitution rates and speciation rates vary	20
Evolutionary insights into Na+/K+-ATPase-mediated toxin resistance in the Crested Serpent-eagle preying on introduced cane toads in Okinawa, Japan	20
Reciprocal positive effects on parasitemia between coinfecting haemosporidian parasites in house sparrows	20
Small-scale habitat heterogeneity and genotype modulate in situ gene expression of the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii in front of a melting glacier	19
PhyloNext: a pipeline for phylogenetic diversity analysis of GBIF-mediated data	18
The emergence of ecotypes in a parasitoid wasp: a case of incipient sympatric speciation in Hymenoptera?	18
Diversity of attachment systems in heelwalkers (Mantophasmatodea) – highly specialized, but uniform	18
Anthropogenic disturbance has altered the habitat of two Azorean endemic coastal plants	18
Common lizard microhabitat selection varies by sex, parity mode, and colouration	17
Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect	17
The pillars of the sea: strategies to achieve successful marine citizen science programs in the Mediterranean area	16
Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland	16
Rapid genomic evolution in Brassica rapa with bumblebee selection in experimental evolution	16
Retraction Note: MtDNA structure: the women who formed the Brazilian Northeast	15

Pervasive non-random mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the hybrid water frog Pelophylax esculentus	15
Correction: Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	15
Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects	15
Glomalin related soil protein, soil aggregate stability and soil aggregate-associated organic carbon under agroforestry practices in southern Ethiopia	14
Forelimb feathering, soft tissues, and skeleton of the flying dromaeosaurid Microraptor	14
Tree regeneration characteristics in limestone forests of the Cat Ba National Park, Vietnam	13
Pelage variation and morphometrics of closely related Callithrix marmoset species and their hybrids	13
Age and environment are the main drivers shaping the wild common sole (Solea solea) microbiota	13
Functional mutations in the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor in natural stickleback populations at sites identical to human disease-causing mutations	13
Evolutionarily stable payoff matrix in hawk–dove games	13
Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures	13
The characteristics of the intestinal bacterial community from Oreochromis mossambicus and its interaction with microbiota from artificial fishery habitats	13
Lateral line system diversification during the early stages of ecological speciation in cichlid fish	13
Development of environmental DNA metabarcoding primers for marine mollusks and comparison with published primers	12
Species and structural diversity of trees at the structural type level	12
Community composition drives siderophore dynamics in multispecies bacterial communities	12
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)	12
Deciphering the variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of six European honey bee subspecies	12
Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas	11
Complex mitogenomic rearrangements within the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)	11
Genotyping by sequencing for estimating relative abundances of diatom taxa in mock communities	11
Correction: 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera	11
Detecting natural selection in trait-trait coevolution	11
Evolution of bird sex chromosomes: a cytogenomic approach in Palaeognathae species	11
Age, growth, and energy storage of the subterranean fish Triplophysa rosa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Chongqing, China	11
Unravelling the palaeobiogeographical history of the living fossil genus Rehderodendron (Styracaceae) with fossil and extant pollen and fruit data	11
Combining distribution modelling and phylogeography to understand present, past and future of an endangered spider	11
Cell size, body size and Peto’s paradox	10
Climatic data sources and limitations of ecological niche models impact the estimations of historical ranges and niche overlaps in distantly related Korean salamanders	10
Experimental evolution reveals evolutionary bias and its causes	10
The composition of braconid wasp communities in three forest fragments in a tropical lowland forest of Panama	10
Floral diversity and conservation status of vascular plants in arid mountainous areas	10
Artificial permanent ponds are valuable for bats: a comparison with temporary ponds in a Mediterranean region	10
Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary patterns of the genus Psammolestes Bergroth, 1911 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)	10
Seasonal trends and population status of the highly threatened Pteropus livingstonii in the Comoros archipelago	10
Widely used, short 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene fragments yield poor and erratic results in phylogenetic estimation and species delimitation of amphibians	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
Effects of habitat gradient and agro-climatic variation on selected soil physical and chemical properties in the Bale Mountains national park, south-eastern Ethiopia	10
Influence of hydraulic clam dredging and seasonal environmental changes on macro-benthic communities in the Southern Adriatic (Central Mediterranean Sea)	10
A new sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Germany and its implications for the mode of sphenodontian evolution	10
Song determined by phylogeny and body mass in two differently constrained groups of birds: manakins and cardinals	9
The sandfish identity: phylogeographic reconstructions uncover a species complex within the Indo-Pacific distribution of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra	9
Restricted antennal movement impacts the tandem running dynamics in a ponerine ant	9
Assessing the application of landmark-free morphometrics to macroevolutionary analyses	9
Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales	9
Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)	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
Reduced olfactory acuity in recently flightless insects suggests rapid regressive evolution	9
Assessment of future habitat suitability and ecological vulnerability of Collichthys at population and species level	9

Dosage balance acts as a time-dependent selective barrier to subfunctionalization	9
Patterns of enrichment and acceleration in evolutionary rates of promoters suggest a role of regulatory regions in cetacean gigantism	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
Phyllosphere pathogen diversity and leaf functional traits covary at a local scale in subtropical forests	8
Positive selection and relaxed purifying selection contribute to rapid evolution of sex-biased genes in green seaweed Ulva	8
Geographic range size and speciation in honeyeaters	8
Unparalleled details of soft tissues in a Cretaceous ant	8
A novel distribution of supergene genotypes is present in the socially polymorphic ant Formica neoclara	8
Temporal and spatial variations in local sex ratios in a suburban population of the European green toad Bufotes viridis	8
Tracing the paths of modular evolution by quantifying rearrangement events of protein domains	8
2024 joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition: the winning images	8
Impact of cucurbit crop management techniques on the foraging behavior of honeybees and hoverflies in Morogoro, Tanzania	8
The dilemma of underestimating freshwater biodiversity: morphological and molecular approaches	8
Reconstructing the neuromuscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: new data from the Lophopodidae	8
Distribution and extent of suitable habitats of Ruspoli’s Turaco (Tauraco ruspolii) and White-cheeked Turaco (Tauraco leucotis) under a changing climate in Ethiopia	8
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits	8
Research on agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation: what can we conclude so far and what should we improve?	8
Contrasting effects of agriculture and urbanisation on bird and reptile communities in a Mediterranean delta (Gediz Delta, Türkiye)	8
Genomic evidence indicates small island-resident populations and sex-biased behaviors of Hawaiian reef Manta Rays	8
Evidence for a chemical arms race between cuckoo wasps of the genus Hedychrum and their distantly related host apoid wasps	8
Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males	8
mtDNA “nomenclutter” and its consequences on the interpretation of genetic data	7
Ecosystem restoration, regeneration and rewilding	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
Paleoecology of extinct species	7
Large-scale geographic patterns and environmental and anthropogenic drivers of wetland plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	7
Volunteers’ diverse and unexpected knowledge practices in contributory citizen science	7
The influence of native shrub density on bird communities in the southern drylands of California, USA	7
Heterogeneity in maternal mRNAs within clutches of eggs in response to thermal stress during the embryonic stage	7
Response of arboreal Collembola communities to the conversion of lowland rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations	7
Resource presentation dictates genetic and phenotypic adaptation in yeast	7
Does the expensive brain hypothesis apply to amphibians and reptiles?	7
A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria	7
Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	7
Crowdsourcing conservation: unveiling Taiwan’s sea turtle foraging grounds, emerging threats, and residency with broad societal engagement	7
The natural and human-mediated expansion of a human-commensal lizard into the fringes of Southeast Asia	7
Biogeographic and demographic history of the Mediterranean snakes Malpolon monspessulanus and Hemorrhois hippocrepis across the Strait of Gibraltar	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
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
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
A novel SNP assay reveals increased genetic variability and abundance following translocations to a remnant Allegheny woodrat population	7
Elusive origin of mitochondria shared by two sister species of Eurema butterflies	7
QInfoMating: sexual selection and assortative mating estimation software	7
Floral diversity, structural integrity, and regeneration patterns of Endba-Zend dry Afromontane forest in Northwestern Ethiopia	7
Chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA and retroelement sequences and its implications for the chromosomal evolution process in Ctenoluciidae (Characiformes)	7
Mitochondrial composition of and diffusion limiting factors of three social wasp genera Polistes, Ropalidia, and parapolybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)	7
Unveiling a hotspot of genetic diversity in southern Italy for the endangered Hermann’s tortoise Testudo hermanni	7
Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight	7
The evolution of vitamin C biosynthesis and transport in animals	6
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia	6
Genomic variation in baboons from central Mozambique unveils complex evolutionary relationships with other Papio species	6
Gazella arabica dareshurii: a remarkable relict population on Farur Island, Iran	6
Plants under pressure: the impact of environmental change on plant ecology and evolution	6
The first mitogenomic phylogenetic framework of Dorcus sensu lato (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), with an emphasis on generic taxonomy in Eastern Asia	6
Synergistic inter-clonal cooperation involving crosstalk, co-option and co-dependency can enhance the invasiveness of genetically distant cancer clones	6
Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity	6
Species delimitation and coexistence in an ancient, depauperate vertebrate clade	6
Expectations of duplicate gene retention under the gene duplicability hypothesis	6
Beating the heat: ecology of desert bobcats	6
Modeling the effect of grazing on carbon and water use efficiencies in grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	6
Come to the dark side – citizen science in nighttime ecology	6
Relative model selection of evolutionary substitution models can be sensitive to multiple sequence alignment uncertainty	6
History of the terrestrial isopod genus Ligidium in Japan based on phylogeographic analysis	6
Semicircular canal shape diversity among modern lepidosaurs: life habit, size, allometry	6
Re-study of Guangdedendron micrum from the Late Devonian Xinhang forest	6
Exome analysis reveals species divergence in TYR and identifies species genetic markers in five endemic Macaca species on Sulawesi Island	6
Mitochondrial phylogenomics and mitogenome organization in the parasitoid wasp family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)	6
Molecular characterisation of Pinus sylvestris (L.) in Ireland at the western limit of the species distribution	6
Do morphometric data improve phylogenetic reconstruction? A systematic review and assessment	6