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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing climate niche similarity between persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) areas in Iran	52
Ecological factors and parity mode correlate with genome size variation in squamate reptiles	31
Analysis of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) mitochondrial genomes in the context of a recent host range expansion	28
Understanding the role of ecological divergence in the evolution of isolated populations in the Arremonops rufivirgatus species complex across Mesoamerica	27
Earthworm diversity and spatial distribution across the Hazara Division	27
Body mass evolution as a driver of morphological and ecological diversity in terrestrial mammals	26
Convergent morphological and genetic patterns delimit Evolutionary Significant Units in endangered Aipysurus sea snakes	24
Citizen science in eDNA monitoring for Mediterranean monk seal conservation	23
Evolution’s hidden architecture: a non-lipschitz theory of creation and catastrophe	22
Reciprocal positive effects on parasitemia between coinfecting haemosporidian parasites in house sparrows	22
Spatially heterogeneous selection and inter-varietal differentiation maintain population structure and local adaptation in a widespread conifer	21
Investigating the reliability of molecular estimates of evolutionary time when substitution rates and speciation rates vary	19
Genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure of Caucasian apple (Malus orientalis Uglitzk.) populations based on microsatellite markers for conservation strategy	18
Environmental colour pattern variation in Mediterranean Podarcis	17
Evolutionary insights into Na+/K+-ATPase-mediated toxin resistance in the Crested Serpent-eagle preying on introduced cane toads in Okinawa, Japan	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
A new whip scorpion (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) with a phoretic mite (Acariformes: Trochometridiidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber	16
Boosting tree growth in the Amazon rainforest using Amazonian Dark Earths	16
PhyloNext: a pipeline for phylogenetic diversity analysis of GBIF-mediated data	15
Pervasive non-random mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the hybrid water frog Pelophylax esculentus	15
Anthropogenic disturbance has altered the habitat of two Azorean endemic coastal plants	15
Common lizard microhabitat selection varies by sex, parity mode, and colouration	15
The pillars of the sea: strategies to achieve successful marine citizen science programs in the Mediterranean area	15
Diversity of attachment systems in heelwalkers (Mantophasmatodea) – highly specialized, but uniform	15
Functional mutations in the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor in natural stickleback populations at sites identical to human disease-causing mutations	14

Diversification of cichlids in the genus Danakilia in the Danakil depression of Eritrea and Ethiopia	13
Age and environment are the main drivers shaping the wild common sole (Solea solea) microbiota	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
Community composition drives siderophore dynamics in multispecies bacterial communities	13
Temporal changes in the Swiss flora: implications for flower-visiting insects	12
Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland	12
Rapid genomic evolution in Brassica rapa with bumblebee selection in experimental evolution	12
Forelimb feathering, soft tissues, and skeleton of the flying dromaeosaurid Microraptor	12
Modeling the metabolic evolution of mixotrophic phytoplankton in response to rising ocean surface temperatures	11
Glomalin related soil protein, soil aggregate stability and soil aggregate-associated organic carbon under agroforestry practices in southern Ethiopia	11
Species and structural diversity of trees at the structural type level	11
Genotyping by sequencing for estimating relative abundances of diatom taxa in mock communities	11
Correction: Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions	11
Evolutionarily stable payoff matrix in hawk–dove games	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
Retraction Note: MtDNA structure: the women who formed the Brazilian Northeast	11
Deciphering the variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of six European honey bee subspecies	11
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
Detecting natural selection in trait-trait coevolution	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
Evolution of bird sex chromosomes: a cytogenomic approach in Palaeognathae species	10
Correction: 18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera	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
Development of environmental DNA metabarcoding primers for marine mollusks and comparison with published primers	10
Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas	10
Floral diversity and conservation status of vascular plants in arid mountainous areas	10
Recent postglacial population expansions may explain a surprising lack of lineage splitting in Arctic meiobenthic flatworms	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
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
Artificial permanent ponds are valuable for bats: a comparison with temporary ponds in a Mediterranean region	10
Cell size, body size and Peto’s paradox	10
Dosage balance acts as a time-dependent selective barrier to subfunctionalization	9
Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales	9
Song determined by phylogeny and body mass in two differently constrained groups of birds: manakins and cardinals	9
Influence of hydraulic clam dredging and seasonal environmental changes on macro-benthic communities in the Southern Adriatic (Central Mediterranean Sea)	9
Unparalleled details of soft tissues in a Cretaceous ant	9
Geographic range size and speciation in honeyeaters	9
Phylogenetic evidence reveals the classification and evolutionary history of endemic cavefish in China	9
The sandfish identity: phylogeographic reconstructions uncover a species complex within the Indo-Pacific distribution of Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra	9
Open access and digital morphology data in evolutionary biology: expanding frontiers of knowledge	9
Seasonal trends and population status of the highly threatened Pteropus livingstonii in the Comoros archipelago	9
Restricted antennal movement impacts the tandem running dynamics in a ponerine ant	9
Increased phenotypic diversity as a consequence of ecological opportunity in the island radiation of Sulawesi ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)	9
A new sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Germany and its implications for the mode of sphenodontian evolution	9
The composition of braconid wasp communities in three forest fragments in a tropical lowland forest of Panama	9
Assessment of future habitat suitability and ecological vulnerability of Collichthys at population and species level	9
Patterns of enrichment and acceleration in evolutionary rates of promoters suggest a role of regulatory regions in cetacean gigantism	9

Evidence for a chemical arms race between cuckoo wasps of the genus Hedychrum and their distantly related host apoid wasps	9
Experimental evolution reveals evolutionary bias and its causes	9
Linking morphology, performance, and habitat utilization: adaptation across biologically relevant ‘levels’ in tamarins	8
The dilemma of underestimating freshwater biodiversity: morphological and molecular approaches	8
Impact of cucurbit crop management techniques on the foraging behavior of honeybees and hoverflies in Morogoro, Tanzania	8
Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males	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
Positive selection and relaxed purifying selection contribute to rapid evolution of sex-biased genes in green seaweed Ulva	8
Assessing the application of landmark-free morphometrics to macroevolutionary analyses	8
Resource presentation dictates genetic and phenotypic adaptation in yeast	8
Biodiversity of freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) in Chile: exploration of unknown species	8
Ecosystem restoration, regeneration and rewilding	8
Parallels of quantum superposition in ecological models: from counterintuitive patterns to eco-evolutionary interpretations of cryptic species	8
A novel SNP assay reveals increased genetic variability and abundance following translocations to a remnant Allegheny woodrat population	8
Reconstructing the neuromuscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: new data from the Lophopodidae	8
Contrasting effects of agriculture and urbanisation on bird and reptile communities in a Mediterranean delta (Gediz Delta, Türkiye)	8
Response strategies of five common warm temperate plant species to insect defoliation	8
A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria	8
Sequencing the orthologs of human autosomal forensic short tandem repeats provides individual- and species-level identification in African great apes	8
mtDNA “nomenclutter” and its consequences on the interpretation of genetic data	8
Tracing the paths of modular evolution by quantifying rearrangement events of protein domains	8
Temporal and spatial variations in local sex ratios in a suburban population of the European green toad Bufotes viridis	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
Response of arboreal Collembola communities to the conversion of lowland rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations	8
Genomic evidence indicates small island-resident populations and sex-biased behaviors of Hawaiian reef Manta Rays	8
Paleoecology of extinct species	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
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
Heterogeneity in maternal mRNAs within clutches of eggs in response to thermal stress during the embryonic stage	7
The natural and human-mediated expansion of a human-commensal lizard into the fringes of Southeast Asia	7
Habitat use, selection, and population density of chameleon communities (Calumma spp.) in the fragmented central highlands forests of Madagascar	7
Volunteers’ diverse and unexpected knowledge practices in contributory citizen science	7
Reconstruction of pectoral musculature in non-avialan paravians and basal birds: implications in the acquisition of flapping flight	7
Elusive origin of mitochondria shared by two sister species of Eurema butterflies	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
Floral diversity, structural integrity, and regeneration patterns of Endba-Zend dry Afromontane forest in Northwestern Ethiopia	7
Large-scale geographic patterns and environmental and anthropogenic drivers of wetland plant diversity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	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
Does the expensive brain hypothesis apply to amphibians and reptiles?	7
Unveiling a hotspot of genetic diversity in southern Italy for the endangered Hermann’s tortoise Testudo hermanni	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
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
Mitochondrial composition of and diffusion limiting factors of three social wasp genera Polistes, Ropalidia, and parapolybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)	7
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
Woody plant species diversity, vegetation structure, and regeneration status of Modi-Geyi Forest in Andracha District, Southwest Ethiopia	6
High functional allelic diversity and copy number in both MHC classes in the common buzzard	6
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia	6
Semicircular canal shape diversity among modern lepidosaurs: life habit, size, allometry	6
History of the terrestrial isopod genus Ligidium in Japan based on phylogeographic analysis	6
Shade tree diversity, structure, and regeneration dynamics in the Sheko semi-forest coffee agro ecosystem, southwest Ethiopia	6
Modeling the effect of grazing on carbon and water use efficiencies in grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	6
Novel genetic association with migratory diapause in Australian monarch butterflies	6
Do morphometric data improve phylogenetic reconstruction? A systematic review and assessment	6
The first mitogenomic phylogenetic framework of Dorcus sensu lato (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), with an emphasis on generic taxonomy in Eastern Asia	6
Plants under pressure: the impact of environmental change on plant ecology and evolution	6
Expectations of duplicate gene retention under the gene duplicability hypothesis	6
Re-study of Guangdedendron micrum from the Late Devonian Xinhang forest	6
Crowdsourcing conservation: unveiling Taiwan’s sea turtle foraging grounds, emerging threats, and residency with broad societal engagement	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
Next-generation phylogeography reveals unanticipated population history and climate and human impacts on the endangered floodplain bitterling (Acheilognathus longipinnis)	6
Synergistic inter-clonal cooperation involving crosstalk, co-option and co-dependency can enhance the invasiveness of genetically distant cancer clones	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
QInfoMating: sexual selection and assortative mating estimation software	6
Molecular characterisation of Pinus sylvestris (L.) in Ireland at the western limit of the species distribution	6
Species delimitation and coexistence in an ancient, depauperate vertebrate clade	6
The evolution of vitamin C biosynthesis and transport in animals	6
Exome analysis reveals species divergence in TYR and identifies species genetic markers in five endemic Macaca species on Sulawesi Island	6
Come to the dark side – citizen science in nighttime ecology	6
Snakes among citizens: distribution and ecology of the Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) in Bratislava revealed by citizen science	6