OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of BMC Ecology and Evolution 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The skeletome of the red coral Corallium rubrum indicates an independent evolution of biomineralization process in octocorals	50
Horizontal gene transfer and recombination analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genes helps discover its close relatives and shed light on its origin	40
A divide-and-conquer phylogenomic approach based on character supermatrices resolves early steps in the evolution of the Archaea	29
Meta-analysis of the impact of plant invasions on soil microbial communities	25
Airborne environmental DNA metabarcoding detects more diversity, with less sampling effort, than a traditional plant community survey	24
A second view on the evolution of flight in stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea)	23
Seeing through sedimented waters: environmental DNA reduces the phantom diversity of sharks and rays in turbid marine habitats	19
European agroforestry has no unequivocal effect on biodiversity: a time-cumulative meta-analysis	18
Widely used, short 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene fragments yield poor and erratic results in phylogenetic estimation and species delimitation of amphibians	18
Evolution in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish is marked by rate shifts, reversals, and origin of novel traits	18
Divergence time estimation of Galliformes based on the best gene shopping scheme of ultraconserved elements	17
Restoring a butterfly hot spot by large ungulates refaunation: the case of the Milovice military training range, Czech Republic	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
Exploring the evolutionary characteristics between cultivated tea and its wild relatives using complete chloroplast genomes	15
Demographic history and divergence of sibling grouse species inferred from whole genome sequencing reveal past effects of climate change	15
Nectar-dwelling microbes of common tansy are attractive to its mosquito pollinator, Culex pipiens L.	15
Trophic specialisation reflected by radular tooth material properties in an “ancient” Lake Tanganyikan gastropod species flock	15
Genome-wide characterization of MATE gene family and expression profiles in response to abiotic stresses in rice (Oryza sativa)	14
Evolutionary and demographic consequences of temperature-induced masculinization under climate warming: the effects of mate choice	13
An exploratory investigation of glucocorticoids, personality and survival rates in wild and rehabilitated hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Denmark	12
Plankton classification with high-throughput submersible holographic microscopy and transfer learning	12
Geographic range size and speciation in honeyeaters	12
Mitochondrial phylogenomics and mitogenome organization in the parasitoid wasp family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)	12
Plastome structure and phylogenetic relationships of Styracaceae (Ericales)	12

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	12
Breaking down population density into different components to better understand its spatial variation	12
Genome-wide characterization of PEBP family genes in nine Rosaceae tree species and their expression analysis in P. mume	11
New Guinean orogenic dynamics and biota evolution revealed using a custom geospatial analysis pipeline	11
The legacy of Eastern Mediterranean mountain uplifts: rapid disparity of phylogenetic niche conservatism and divergence in mountain vipers	11
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	10
Limitations of eDNA analysis for Carcinus maenas abundance estimations	10
Functional ecological convergence between the thylacine and small prey-focused canids	10
Complete mitochondrial genomes reveal robust phylogenetic signals and evidence of positive selection in horseshoe bats	10
Seminal fluid gene expression and reproductive fitness in Drosophila melanogaster	10
Patterns of introgression vary within an avian hybrid zone	9
Niche partitioning between sympatric wild canids: the case of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) and the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in north-eastern Italy	9
Host-plant adaptation as a driver of incipient speciation in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)	9
Context-dependent and -independent selection on synonymous mutations revealed by 1,135 genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana	9
Prevalence and relationship of endosymbiotic Wolbachia in the butterfly genus Erebia	9
Marine protected areas do not buffer corals from bleaching under global warming	9
Three in one: evolution of viviparity, coenocytic placenta and polyembryony in cyclostome bryozoans	9
Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect	9
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits	9
Using environmental DNA methods to improve detectability in an endangered sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) monitoring program	9
Positive natural selection in primate genes of the type I interferon response	9
The evolution of hard tick-borne relapsing fever borreliae is correlated with vector species rather than geographical distance	9
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	9
Chromosomal painting of the sandpiper (Actitis macularius) detects several fissions for the Scolopacidae family (Charadriiformes)	8
Localized environmental heterogeneity drives the population differentiation of two endangered and endemic Opisthopappus Shih species	8
Exposure to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis affects chemical defences in two anuran amphibians, Rana dalmatina and Bufo bufo	8
Historical biogeography, systematics, and integrative taxonomy of the non-Ethiopian speckled pelage brush-furred rats (Lophuromys flavopunctatus group)	8
Can DNA help trace the local trade of pangolins? Conservation genetics of white-bellied pangolins from the Dahomey Gap (West Africa)	8
Assessment of mitochondrial genomes for heterobranch gastropod phylogenetics	8
Sequencing refractory regions in bird genomes are hotspots for accelerated protein evolution	8
Care-giver identity impacts offspring development and performance in an annually social bumble bee	8
The diversity of opsins in Lake Baikal amphipods (Amphipoda: Gammaridae)	8
The evolution of the metazoan Toll receptor family and its expression during protostome development	8
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	8
A common gene drive language eases regulatory process and eco-evolutionary extensions	8
Large mammal telomere length variation across ecoregions	8
Conifers and non-native tree species shift trophic niches of generalist arthropod predators in Central European beech forests	8
Slope aspect affects the soil microbial communities in karst tiankeng negative landforms	8
Occasional long-distance dispersal may not prevent inbreeding in a threatened butterfly	8
Insertion/deletion hotspots in the Nsp2, Nsp3, S1, and ORF8 genes of SARS-related coronaviruses	8
Phylogenetic history influences convergence for a specialized ecology: comparative skull morphology of African burrowing skinks (Squamata; Scincidae)	8
A multidisciplinary approach to identify priority areas for the monitoring of a vulnerable family of fishes in Spanish Marine National Parks	8
Wolbachia-driven selective sweep in a range expanding insect species	8
Sustained population decline of rodents is linked to accelerated climate warming and human disturbance	8
Analysis of multiple chromosomal rearrangements in the genome of Willisornis vidua using BAC-FISH and chromosome painting on a supposed conserved karyotype	7
Signal, bias, and the role of transcriptome assembly quality in phylogenomic inference	7
Anthropogenic effects on the body size of two neotropical orchid bees	7
Biogeographic and demographic history of the Mediterranean snakes Malpolon monspessulanus and Hemorrhois hippocrepis across the Strait of Gibraltar	7
Positive selection of skeleton-related genes during duck domestication revealed by whole genome sequencing	7

Phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis of the complete genome of the West Nile virus lineage 2 (WNV-2) in the Mediterranean basin	7
Spatial population genetic structure and colony dynamics in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) from the southern Kalahari	7
Searching for signatures of positive selection in cytochrome b gene associated with subterranean lifestyle in fast-evolving arvicolines (Arvicolinae, Cricetidae, Rodentia)	7
Complex mitogenomic rearrangements within the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia)	7
Multiple paths to cold tolerance: the role of environmental cues, morphological traits and the circadian clock gene vrille	7
Molecular and morphological clocks for estimating evolutionary divergence times	7
Cospeciation of coronavirus and paramyxovirus with their bat hosts in the same geographical areas	7
Museomics and phylogenomics with protein-encoding ultraconserved elements illuminate the evolution of life history and phallic morphology of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)	7
The reduced genome of a heritable symbiont from an ectoparasitic feather feeding louse	7
Hadrosauroid eggs and embryos from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Jiangxi Province, China	7
Incipient speciation between host-plant strains in the fall armyworm	7
The evolution of opsin genes in five species of mirid bugs: duplication of long-wavelength opsins and loss of blue-sensitive opsins	7
Bacterial avidins are a widely distributed protein family in Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes	7
Molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships of Ligusticum (Apiaceae) inferred from the whole plastome sequences	7
Long-term individualized monitoring of sympatric bat species reveals distinct species- and demographic differences in hibernation phenology	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	6
Integrative taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of three poorly known tintinnine ciliates, with the establishment of a new genus (Protista; Ciliophora; Oligotrichea)	6
Odorant-binding proteins in canine anal sac glands indicate an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian chemical communication	6
18S rRNA variability maps reveal three highly divergent, conserved motifs within Rotifera	6
Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia	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
Comparative genomics highlight the importance of lineage-specific gene families in evolutionary divergence of the coral genus, Montipora	6
Delimiting cryptic species within the brown-banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum in the Indo-Australian region with mitochondrial DNA and genome-wide SNP approaches	6
Exceptionally simple, rapidly replaced teeth in sauropod dinosaurs demonstrate a novel evolutionary strategy for herbivory in Late Jurassic ecosystems	6
The evolution of vitamin C biosynthesis and transport in animals	6
The gut microbiome as an indicator of habitat disturbance in a Critically Endangered lemur	6
Evolution of mechanisms controlling epithelial morphogenesis across animals: new insights from dissociation-reaggregation experiments in the sponge Oscarella lobularis	6
Evolution of transcriptional control of antigenic variation and virulence in human and ape malaria parasites	6
Quantification and evolution of mitochondrial genome rearrangement in Amphibians	6
Base-substitution mutation rate across the nuclear genome of Alpheus snapping shrimp and the timing of isolation by the Isthmus of Panama	6
DeepHBV: a deep learning model to predict hepatitis B virus (HBV) integration sites	6
Narrow environmental niches predict land-use responses and vulnerability of land snail assemblages	6
Development and selective grain make plasticity 'take the lead' in adaptive evolution	6
Genetic diversity and variation of seven Chinese grass shrimp (Palaemonetes sinensis) populations based on the mitochondrial COI gene	6
Drought of early time in growing season decreases community aboveground biomass, but increases belowground biomass in a desert steppe	6
Diversity of dinoflagellate assemblages in coastal temperate and offshore tropical waters of Australia	6
Flexible conservatism in the skull modularity of convergently evolved myrmecophagous placental mammals	6
Impact of model assumptions on demographic inferences: the case study of two sympatric mouse lemurs in northwestern Madagascar	6
Extensive loss of Wnt genes in Tardigrada	6
Extensive non-redundancy in a recently duplicated developmental gene family	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
Coevolution of group-living and aposematism in caterpillars: warning colouration may facilitate the evolution from group-living to solitary habits	6
Structuring of plant communities across agricultural landscape mosaics: the importance of connectivity and the scale of effect	6
Genetic mapping of metabolic traits in the blind Mexican cavefish reveals sex-dependent quantitative trait loci associated with cave adaptation	6
Gut microbiota in two recently diverged passerine species: evaluating the effects of species identity, habitat use and geographic distance	6
Phylogeny, diversification, and biogeography of a hemiclonal hybrid system of native Australian freshwater fishes (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae: Hypseleotris)	5
Jurassic scorpionflies (Mecoptera) with swollen first metatarsal segments suggesting sexual dimorphism	5
Dispersal ability, habitat characteristics, and sea-surface circulation shape population structure of Cingula trifasciata (Gastropoda: Rissoidae) in the remote Azores Archipelago	5
Biomonitoring via DNA metabarcoding and light microscopy of bee pollen in rainforest transformation landscapes of Sumatra	5
The significance of biomass allocation to population growth of the invasive species Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ambrosia trifida with different densities	5
Skeletal variation in extant species enables systematic identification of New Zealand’s large, subfossil diplodactylids	5
The rhodopsin-retinochrome system for retinal re-isomerization predates the origin of cephalopod eyes	5
Molecular evolutionary analysis of human primary microcephaly genes	5
How do lizard niches conserve, diverge or converge? Further exploration of saurian evolutionary ecology	5
Shifts in morphology, gene expression, and selection underlie web loss in Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders	5
Genetic basis of orange spot formation in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)	5
Differential allocation in a gift-giving spider: males adjust their reproductive investment in response to female condition	5
The evolutionary history of cribellate orb-weaver capture thread spidroins	5
Divergent and non-parallel evolution of MHC IIB in the Neotropical Midas cichlid species complex	5
Fine-scale habitat heterogeneity favours the coexistence of supergene-controlled social forms in Formica selysi	5
Life history, systematics and flight ability of the Early Permian stem-mayflies in the genus Misthodotes Sellards, 1909 (Insecta, Ephemerida, Permoplectoptera)	5
The origin of the parrotfish species Scarus compressus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: region-wide hybridization between ancient species pairs	5
Intraspecific convergence of floral size correlates with pollinator size on different mountains: a case study of a bumblebee-pollinated Lamium (Lamiaceae) flowers in Japan	5
Assessment of habitat change on bird diversity and bird–habitat network of a Coral Island, South China Sea	5
Symbiosis of the millipede parasitic nematodes Rhigonematoidea and Thelastomatoidea with evolutionary different origins	5
Population dynamics and demographic history of Eurasian collared lemmings	5
Landscape and climatic features drive genetic differentiation processes in a South American coastal plant	5
Patterns of variation of mutation rates of mitochondrial and nuclear genes of gastropods	5
Genomic variation in the American pika: signatures of geographic isolation and implications for conservation	5
The baculum affects paternity success of first but not second males in house mouse sperm competition	5
Unparalleled details of soft tissues in a Cretaceous ant	5
Revisiting Theron’s hypothesis on the origin of fairy circles after four decades: Euphorbias are not the cause	5
Consequences of mutation accumulation for growth performance are more likely to be resource-dependent at higher temperatures	5
Genetic diversity of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) populations in Ethiopia: insights from nuclear DNA microsatellites and implications for conservation	5
Evolution of reproductive traits have no apparent life-history associated cost in populations of Drosophila melanogaster selected for cold shock resistance	5
Re-study of Guangdedendron micrum from the Late Devonian Xinhang forest	5
Behavioural synchrony between fallow deer Dama dama is related to spatial proximity	5
Multivariate analysis of morphology, behaviour, growth and developmental timing in hybrids brings new insights into the divergence of sympatric Arctic charr morphs	5