OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Marine Science is 49. 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 2020-06-01 to 2024-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Current Status of the Algae Production Industry in Europe: An Emerging Sector of the Blue Bioeconomy	304
The Globalization of Cultural Eutrophication in the Coastal Ocean: Causes and Consequences	216
Borealization of the Arctic Ocean in Response to Anomalous Advection From Sub-Arctic Seas	181
Microplastic Pollution in Deep-Sea Sediments From the Great Australian Bight	149
Argo Data 1999–2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats	121
Consistency and Challenges in the Ocean Carbon Sink Estimate for the Global Carbon Budget	119
Changing Biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean and Its Ecosystem Implications	106
Marine Environmental Plastic Pollution: Mitigation by Microorganism Degradation and Recycling Valorization	104
Automating the Analysis of Fish Abundance Using Object Detection: Optimizing Animal Ecology With Deep Learning	93
Impacts of Global Change on Ocean Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) Cycling	92
Marine Heatwave Stress Test of Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Alaska Pacific Cod Fishery	92
Seagrass Restoration Is Possible: Insights and Lessons From Australia and New Zealand	89
Novel Bioactive Compounds From Marine Sources as a Tool for Functional Food Development	88
A Review and Meta-Analysis of Potential Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Calcifiers From the Southern Ocean	83
The Essentials of Marine Biotechnology	82
End Overfishing and Increase the Resilience of the Ocean to Climate Change	82
An Overview of Ocean Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean pH, Dissolved Oxygen Concentration, Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Thickness and Volume, Sea Level and Streng	80
Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System	79
Personal Care and Cosmetic Products as a Potential Source of Environmental Contamination by Microplastics in a Densely Populated Asian City	76
Advancing Social Equity in and Through Marine Conservation	75
South Atlantic Coral Reefs Are Major Global Warming Refugia and Less Susceptible to Bleaching	75
Particulate Organic Carbon Deconstructed: Molecular and Chemical Composition of Particulate Organic Carbon in the Ocean	74
Under-Ice Phytoplankton Blooms: Shedding Light on the “Invisible” Part of Arctic Primary Production	69
Tracking Marine Litter With a Global Ocean Model: Where Does It Go? Where Does It Come From?	69
Edible Seaweeds: A Potential Novel Source of Bioactive Metabolites and Nutraceuticals With Human Health Benefits	67

Will COVID-19 Containment and Treatment Measures Drive Shifts in Marine Litter Pollution?	67
Combining Ecosystem and Single-Species Modeling to Provide Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Advice Within Current Management Systems	67
The Blue Economy–Cultural Livelihood–Ecosystem Conservation Triangle: The African Experience	64
Imprint of Climate Change on Pan-Arctic Marine Vegetation	64
Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea: Sources, Pollution Intensity, Sea Health, and Regulatory Policies	64
Future Vision for Autonomous Ocean Observations	63
Challenges for Restoration of Coastal Marine Ecosystems in the Anthropocene	62
Future Risk for Southern Ocean Ecosystem Services Under Climate Change	61
Micro(nano)plastics Prevalence, Food Web Interactions, and Toxicity Assessment in Aquatic Organisms: A Review	61
How to Deal With Seafloor Marine Litter: An Overview of the State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives	60
Priorities and Motivations of Marine Coastal Restoration Research	59
A Dynamically Downscaled Ensemble of Future Projections for the California Current System	59
Modeling the Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification Potential of Microplastics in a Cetacean Foodweb of the Northeastern Pacific: A Prospective Tool to Assess the Risk Exposure to Plastic Particles	59
GO-SHIP Repeat Hydrography Nutrient Manual: The Precise and Accurate Determination of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients in Seawater, Using Continuous Flow Analysis Methods	56
Recommendations for the Standardisation of Open Taxonomic Nomenclature for Image-Based Identifications	55
Indicators of Coastal Wetlands Restoration Success: A Systematic Review	53
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in Florida Is Associated With Disruption of Host–Zooxanthellae Physiology	52
Current and Future Influence of Environmental Factors on Small Pelagic Fish Distributions in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea	52
The Potential Role of Marine Fungi in Plastic Degradation – A Review	52
Impacts of Marine Litter on Mediterranean Reef Systems: From Shallow to Deep Waters	52
Preliminary Results From Detection of Microplastics in Liquid Samples Using Flow Cytometry	51
Estimating the Abundance of Marine Mammal Populations	51
Coming to Terms With Living Shorelines: A Scoping Review of Novel Restoration Strategies for Shoreline Protection	50
Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas	49