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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The skeletome of the red coral Corallium rubrum indicates an independent evolution of biomineralization process in octocorals	60
Horizontal gene transfer and recombination analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genes helps discover its close relatives and shed light on its origin	45
A divide-and-conquer phylogenomic approach based on character supermatrices resolves early steps in the evolution of the Archaea	44
Airborne environmental DNA metabarcoding detects more diversity, with less sampling effort, than a traditional plant community survey	31
Meta-analysis of the impact of plant invasions on soil microbial communities	30
A second view on the evolution of flight in stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea)	28
Widely used, short 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene fragments yield poor and erratic results in phylogenetic estimation and species delimitation of amphibians	27
Divergence time estimation of Galliformes based on the best gene shopping scheme of ultraconserved elements	24
European agroforestry has no unequivocal effect on biodiversity: a time-cumulative meta-analysis	23
Seeing through sedimented waters: environmental DNA reduces the phantom diversity of sharks and rays in turbid marine habitats	21
Genome-wide characterization of MATE gene family and expression profiles in response to abiotic stresses in rice (Oryza sativa)	21
Restoring a butterfly hot spot by large ungulates refaunation: the case of the Milovice military training range, Czech Republic	20
Exploring the evolutionary characteristics between cultivated tea and its wild relatives using complete chloroplast genomes	19
Trophic specialisation reflected by radular tooth material properties in an “ancient” Lake Tanganyikan gastropod species flock	19
Mitochondrial phylogenomics and mitogenome organization in the parasitoid wasp family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)	18
Evolution in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish is marked by rate shifts, reversals, and origin of novel traits	18
Plastome structure and phylogenetic relationships of Styracaceae (Ericales)	18
Niche partitioning between sympatric wild canids: the case of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) and the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in north-eastern Italy	16
Sustained population decline of rodents is linked to accelerated climate warming and human disturbance	16
Evidence for multiple introductions of an invasive wild bee species currently under rapid range expansion in Europe	15
Gene coexpression networks reveal molecular interactions underlying cichlid jaw modularity	15
Evolutionary and demographic consequences of temperature-induced masculinization under climate warming: the effects of mate choice	15
The complete mitochondrial genome of the intertidal spider (Desis jiaxiangi) provides novel insights into the adaptive evolution of the mitogenome and the evolution of spiders	15
Plankton classification with high-throughput submersible holographic microscopy and transfer learning	15
Complete mitochondrial genomes reveal robust phylogenetic signals and evidence of positive selection in horseshoe bats	14

Host-plant adaptation as a driver of incipient speciation in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)	14
Nectar-dwelling microbes of common tansy are attractive to its mosquito pollinator, Culex pipiens L.	14
The legacy of Eastern Mediterranean mountain uplifts: rapid disparity of phylogenetic niche conservatism and divergence in mountain vipers	13
The evolution of vitamin C biosynthesis and transport in animals	13
Demographic history and divergence of sibling grouse species inferred from whole genome sequencing reveal past effects of climate change	13
Geographic range size and speciation in honeyeaters	13
Limitations of eDNA analysis for Carcinus maenas abundance estimations	13
New Guinean orogenic dynamics and biota evolution revealed using a custom geospatial analysis pipeline	13
An exploratory investigation of glucocorticoids, personality and survival rates in wild and rehabilitated hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Denmark	13
Assessment of mitochondrial genomes for heterobranch gastropod phylogenetics	13
Marine protected areas do not buffer corals from bleaching under global warming	12
Breaking down population density into different components to better understand its spatial variation	12
Positive natural selection in primate genes of the type I interferon response	12
Functional ecological convergence between the thylacine and small prey-focused canids	12
Using environmental DNA methods to improve detectability in an endangered sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) monitoring program	12
Wolbachia-driven selective sweep in a range expanding insect species	12
Lizards and snakes from the earliest Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France: an anatomical and histological approach of some of the oldest Neogene squamates from Europe	12
Evolutionary pattern of karyotypes and meiosis in pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): implications for reconstructing chromosome evolution of araneomorph spiders	11
Whole genome based insights into the phylogeny and evolution of the Juglandaceae	11
Seminal fluid gene expression and reproductive fitness in Drosophila melanogaster	11
Exposure to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis affects chemical defences in two anuran amphibians, Rana dalmatina and Bufo bufo	11
Prevalence and relationship of endosymbiotic Wolbachia in the butterfly genus Erebia	11
Genome-wide characterization of PEBP family genes in nine Rosaceae tree species and their expression analysis in P. mume	11
The evolution of hard tick-borne relapsing fever borreliae is correlated with vector species rather than geographical distance	11
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits	11
Hadrosauroid eggs and embryos from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Jiangxi Province, China	10
Biogeographic and demographic history of the Mediterranean snakes Malpolon monspessulanus and Hemorrhois hippocrepis across the Strait of Gibraltar	10
Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect	10
Complex mitogenomic rearrangements within the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)	10
Bacterial avidins are a widely distributed protein family in Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes	10
Patterns of introgression vary within an avian hybrid zone	10
The diversity of opsins in Lake Baikal amphipods (Amphipoda: Gammaridae)	10
Cell-division pattern and phylogenetic analyses of a new ciliate genus Parasincirra n. g. (Protista, Ciliophora, Hypotrichia), with a report of a new soil species, P. sinica n. sp. from northwest Chin	10
Context-dependent and -independent selection on synonymous mutations revealed by 1,135 genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana	10
Development and selective grain make plasticity 'take the lead' in adaptive evolution	9
Genetic diversity and variation of seven Chinese grass shrimp (Palaemonetes sinensis) populations based on the mitochondrial COI gene	9
The evolution of the metazoan Toll receptor family and its expression during protostome development	9
A common gene drive language eases regulatory process and eco-evolutionary extensions	9
Positive selection of skeleton-related genes during duck domestication revealed by whole genome sequencing	9
Comparative genomics highlight the importance of lineage-specific gene families in evolutionary divergence of the coral genus, Montipora	9
Localized environmental heterogeneity drives the population differentiation of two endangered and endemic Opisthopappus Shih species	9
The gut microbiome as an indicator of habitat disturbance in a Critically Endangered lemur	9
Anthropogenic effects on the body size of two neotropical orchid bees	9
A multidisciplinary approach to identify priority areas for the monitoring of a vulnerable family of fishes in Spanish Marine National Parks	9
Phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis of the complete genome of the West Nile virus lineage 2 (WNV-2) in the Mediterranean basin	9
The reduced genome of a heritable symbiont from an ectoparasitic feather feeding louse	9
Occasional long-distance dispersal may not prevent inbreeding in a threatened butterfly	9
Insertion/deletion hotspots in the Nsp2, Nsp3, S1, and ORF8 genes of SARS-related coronaviruses	9
Phylogenetic history influences convergence for a specialized ecology: comparative skull morphology of African burrowing skinks (Squamata; Scincidae)	9
Drought of early time in growing season decreases community aboveground biomass, but increases belowground biomass in a desert steppe	9

Three in one: evolution of viviparity, coenocytic placenta and polyembryony in cyclostome bryozoans	9
Slope aspect affects the soil microbial communities in karst tiankeng negative landforms	9
Care-giver identity impacts offspring development and performance in an annually social bumble bee	8
The rhodopsin-retinochrome system for retinal re-isomerization predates the origin of cephalopod eyes	8
Large mammal telomere length variation across ecoregions	8
Genetic mapping of metabolic traits in the blind Mexican cavefish reveals sex-dependent quantitative trait loci associated with cave adaptation	8
Quantification and evolution of mitochondrial genome rearrangement in Amphibians	8
Multiple paths to cold tolerance: the role of environmental cues, morphological traits and the circadian clock gene vrille	8
Long-term individualized monitoring of sympatric bat species reveals distinct species- and demographic differences in hibernation phenology	8
Conifers and non-native tree species shift trophic niches of generalist arthropod predators in Central European beech forests	8
DeepHBV: a deep learning model to predict hepatitis B virus (HBV) integration sites	8
Coevolution of group-living and aposematism in caterpillars: warning colouration may facilitate the evolution from group-living to solitary habits	8
Incipient speciation between host-plant strains in the fall armyworm	8
Extensive loss of Wnt genes in Tardigrada	8
Re-study of Guangdedendron micrum from the Late Devonian Xinhang forest	8
Molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships of Ligusticum (Apiaceae) inferred from the whole plastome sequences	8
Extensive non-redundancy in a recently duplicated developmental gene family	8
Chromosomal painting of the sandpiper (Actitis macularius) detects several fissions for the Scolopacidae family (Charadriiformes)	8
Delimiting cryptic species within the brown-banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum in the Indo-Australian region with mitochondrial DNA and genome-wide SNP approaches	8
Can DNA help trace the local trade of pangolins? Conservation genetics of white-bellied pangolins from the Dahomey Gap (West Africa)	8
Historical biogeography, systematics, and integrative taxonomy of the non-Ethiopian speckled pelage brush-furred rats (Lophuromys flavopunctatus group)	8
Cospeciation of coronavirus and paramyxovirus with their bat hosts in the same geographical areas	8
The evolution of opsin genes in five species of mirid bugs: duplication of long-wavelength opsins and loss of blue-sensitive opsins	8
Museomics and phylogenomics with protein-encoding ultraconserved elements illuminate the evolution of life history and phallic morphology of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)	8
Sequencing refractory regions in bird genomes are hotspots for accelerated protein evolution	8
Evolution of mechanisms controlling epithelial morphogenesis across animals: new insights from dissociation-reaggregation experiments in the sponge Oscarella lobularis	7
Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures	7
Odorant-binding proteins in canine anal sac glands indicate an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian chemical communication	7
Base-substitution mutation rate across the nuclear genome of Alpheus snapping shrimp and the timing of isolation by the Isthmus of Panama	7
Cranial shape diversification in horses: variation and covariation patterns under the impact of artificial selection	7
The significance of biomass allocation to population growth of the invasive species Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ambrosia trifida with different densities	7
Signal, bias, and the role of transcriptome assembly quality in phylogenomic inference	7
Landscape and climatic features drive genetic differentiation processes in a South American coastal plant	7
Impact of model assumptions on demographic inferences: the case study of two sympatric mouse lemurs in northwestern Madagascar	7
Molecular and morphological clocks for estimating evolutionary divergence times	7
Biomonitoring via DNA metabarcoding and light microscopy of bee pollen in rainforest transformation landscapes of Sumatra	7
Spatial population genetic structure and colony dynamics in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) from the southern Kalahari	7
Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia	7
Gut microbiota in two recently diverged passerine species: evaluating the effects of species identity, habitat use and geographic distance	7
Integrative taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of three poorly known tintinnine ciliates, with the establishment of a new genus (Protista; Ciliophora; Oligotrichea)	7
Transcriptomics provides a robust framework for the relationships of the major clades of cladobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), but fails to resolve the position of the enigmati	7
Response of arboreal Collembola communities to the conversion of lowland rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations	7
Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka	7
Fine-scale habitat heterogeneity favours the coexistence of supergene-controlled social forms in Formica selysi	7
Analysis of multiple chromosomal rearrangements in the genome of Willisornis vidua using BAC-FISH and chromosome painting on a supposed conserved karyotype	7
Shifts in morphology, gene expression, and selection underlie web loss in Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders	7
Searching for signatures of positive selection in cytochrome b gene associated with subterranean lifestyle in fast-evolving arvicolines (Arvicolinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia)	6
High functional allelic diversity and copy number in both MHC classes in the common buzzard	6
Structuring of plant communities across agricultural landscape mosaics: the importance of connectivity and the scale of effect	6
Environmental DNA analysis confirms extant populations of the cryptic Irwin’s turtle within its historical range	6
Positive selection on the MHC class II DLA-DQA1 gene in golden jackals (Canis aureus) from their recent expansion range in Europe and its effect on their body mass index	6
Multivariate analysis of morphology, behaviour, growth and developmental timing in hybrids brings new insights into the divergence of sympatric Arctic charr morphs	6
Genomic variation in the American pika: signatures of geographic isolation and implications for conservation	6
18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera	6
Unparalleled details of soft tissues in a Cretaceous ant	6
Male genital lobe morphology affects the chance to copulate in Drosophila pachea	6
Evolutionary pattern of Macaca fascicularis in Southeast Asia inferred using Y-chromosomal gene	6
Genetic diversity of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) populations in Ethiopia: insights from nuclear DNA microsatellites and implications for conservation	6
Exceptionally simple, rapidly replaced teeth in sauropod dinosaurs demonstrate a novel evolutionary strategy for herbivory in Late Jurassic ecosystems	6
Flexible conservatism in the skull modularity of convergently evolved myrmecophagous placental mammals	6
The strength of selection is consistent across both domains of the MHC class I peptide-binding groove in birds	6
Phenology-mediated effects of phenotype on the probability of social polygyny and its fitness consequences in a migratory passerine	6
Revisiting Theron’s hypothesis on the origin of fairy circles after four decades: Euphorbias are not the cause	6
Divergent and non-parallel evolution of MHC IIB in the Neotropical Midas cichlid species complex	6
Genetic variation and population structure of clonal Zingiber zerumbet at a fine geographic scale: a comparison with two closely related selfing and outcrossing Zingiber species	6
Life history, systematics and flight ability of the Early Permian stem-mayflies in the genus Misthodotes Sellards, 1909 (Insecta, Ephemerida, Permoplectoptera)	6
Evolutionary transitions in diet influence the exceptional diversification of a lizard adaptive radiation	6
The iron-sulfur scaffold protein HCF101 unveils the complexity of organellar evolution in SAR, Haptista and Cryptista	6
Diversity of dinoflagellate assemblages in coastal temperate and offshore tropical waters of Australia	6
Population dynamics and demographic history of Eurasian collared lemmings	6
Evolutionary ecology of the visual opsin gene sequence and its expression in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)	6
Differential allocation in a gift-giving spider: males adjust their reproductive investment in response to female condition	6
Evolution of transcriptional control of antigenic variation and virulence in human and ape malaria parasites	6
Dispersal ability, habitat characteristics, and sea-surface circulation shape population structure of Cingula trifasciata (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the remote Azores Archipelago	6
Reciprocal positive effects on parasitemia between coinfecting haemosporidian parasites in house sparrows	6
Consequences of mutation accumulation for growth performance are more likely to be resource-dependent at higher temperatures	6
Narrow environmental niches predict land-use responses and vulnerability of land snail assemblages	6