OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Phycology 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
An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis	91
Forensic carbon accounting: Assessing the role of seaweeds for carbon sequestration	71
Rate and fate of dissolved organic carbon release by seaweeds: A missing link in the coastal ocean carbon cycle	57
Trichotorquatus gen. nov. ‐ a new genus of soil cyanobacteria discovered from American drylands¹	33
Formal recognition of host‐generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo‐Pacific reef corals	30
Coleofasciculaceae, a Monophyletic Home for the Microcoleus steenstrupii Complex and Other Desiccation‐tolerant Filamentous Cyanobacteria	30
Kelp‐associated Microbiota are Structured by Host Anatomy¹	25
Foliose Ulva Species Show Considerable Inter‐Specific Genetic Diversity, Low Intra‐Specific Genetic Variation, and the Rare Occurrence of Inter‐Specific Hybrids in the Wild	25
Cyanoseq: A database of cyanobacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences with curated taxonomy	24
Responses of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during the transition from P‐deficient to P‐sufficient growth (the P‐overplus response): The roles of the vacuolar transport chaperones and polyphosphate	24
Limitations of Using Cultured Algae to Study Cnidarian‐Algal Symbioses and Suggestions for Future Studies	24
The Influence of Bacteria on the Growth, Lipid Production, and Extracellular Metabolite Accumulation by Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyceae)	24
Thallus Growth Stage and Geographic Origin Shape Microalgal Diversity in Ramalina farinacea Lichen Holobionts	23
A New Species of Freshwater Algae Nephrochlamys yushanlensis sp. nov. (Selenastraceae, Sphaeropleales) and Its Lipid Accumulation during Nitrogen and Phosphorus Starvation	23
Diversity of the green macroalgal genus Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from the east and gulf coast of the United States based on molecular data	22
Revisiting the ‘bank of microscopic forms’ in macroalgal‐dominated ecosystems	22
Development of High‐Level Omega‐3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Production from Phaeodactylum tricornutum	22
Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration	21
Two New and Nontoxigenic Pseudo‐nitzschia species (Bacillariophyceae) from Chinese Southeast Coastal Waters	21
When will taxonomic saturation be achieved? A case study in Nunduva and Kyrtuthrix (Rivulariaceae, Cyanobacteria)	20
The microbiome of the habitat‐forming brown alga Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) has similar cross‐Atlantic structure that reflects past and present drivers¹	20
Shimiella gen. nov. and Shimiella gracilenta sp. nov. (Dinophyceae, Kareniaceae), a Kleptoplastidic Dinoflagellate from Korean Waters and its Survival under Starvation	20
Mates Matter: Gametophyte Kinship Recognition and Inbreeding in the Giant Kelp,Macrocystispyrifera(Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)	19
Type specimen sequencing, multilocus analyses, and species delimitation methods recognize the cosmopolitan Corallina berteroi and establish the northern Japanese C. yendoi sp. nov. (Cora	19
Whole System Analysis Is Required To Determine The Fate Of Macroalgal Carbon: A Systematic Review	19

Short‐term stress responses and recovery of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera, Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) juvenile sporophytes to a simulated marine heatwave and nitrate scarcity¹	17
OPTIMIZATION OF A NEW CULTURE MEDIUM FOR THE LARGE‐SCALE PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN‐RICH ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS (OSCILLATORIALES, CYANOPHYCEAE)	17
No evidence of Phago‐mixotropy in Micromonaspolaris (Mamiellophyceae), the Dominant Picophytoplankton Species in the Arctic	17
Revised classification of the Cyanidiophyceae based on plastid genome data with descriptions of the Cavernulicolales ord. nov. and Galdieriales ord. nov. (Rhodophyta)	16
Evidence for mixotrophy in pico‐chlorophytes from a new Picochlorum (Trebouxiophyceae) strain	16
A Rise in ROS and EPS Production: New Insights into the Trichodesmium erythraeum Response to Ocean Acidification	16
Trends in Free‐access Genomic Data Accelerate Advances in Cyanobacteria Taxonomy	16
Sterol Biosynthesis in Four Green Algae: A Bioinformatic Analysis of the Ergosterol Versus Phytosterol Decision Point	15
Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae) genomes improve evaluation of nutrient acquisition strategies involved in brown tide dynamics	15
Corallinapetrales and Corallinapetraceae: A new order and family of coralline red algae including Corallinapetra gabrielii comb. nov.	15
Taxonomic Shift Over a Phosphorus Gradient Affects the Stoichiometry and Fatty Acid Composition of Stream Periphyton	15
Co‐suppression in Pyropia yezoensis (Rhodophyta) Reveals the Role of PyLHCI in Light Harvesting and Generation Switch	15
Persistence of seaweed forests in the anthropocene will depend on warming and marine heatwave profiles	15
NMR Metabolic Profiling of Sargassum Species Under Different Stabilization/Extraction Processes	14
Roles of Alkaline Phosphatase PhoA in Algal Metabolic Regulation under Phosphorus‐replete Conditions	14
Transcriptomic and Physiological Responses of the Tropical Reef Calcified Macroalga Amphiroa fragilissima to Elevated Temperature¹	14
Marine heatwaves and decreased light availability interact to erode the ecophysiological performance of habitat‐forming kelp species	14
Whole‐genome sequencing reveals forgotten lineages and recurrent hybridizations within the kelp genus Alaria (Phaeophyceae)	13
How many species of algae are there? A reprise. Four kingdoms, 14 phyla, 63 classes and still growing	13
Differential Frond Growth in the Isomorphic Haploid–diploid Red Seaweed Agarophyton chilense by Long‐term In Situ Monitoring	13
Iron Availability Modulates the Response of Endosymbiotic Dinoflagellates to Heat Stress	13
Density‐dependence and seasonal variation in reproductive output and sporophyte production in the kelp, Ecklonia radiata	13
Arabinogalactan‐like Glycoproteins from Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) Show Unique Features Compared to Land Plants AGPs	13
Algal Community Change in Mountain Lakes of the Alps Reveals Effects of Climate Warming and Shifting Treelines¹	13
Mojavia aguilerae and M. dolomitestris — two new Nostocaceae (Cyanobacteria) species from the Americas	13
Watanabeales ord. nov. and twelve novel species of Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta)	13
Assessing the importance of cobalt as a micronutrient for freshwater cyanobacteria	13
The occurrence of Affixifilum gen. nov. and Neolyngbya (Oscillatoriaceae) in South Florida (USA), with the description of A. floridanum sp. nov. and N. biscaynensis sp. nov	13
Phylogenomic analysis restructures the ulvophyceae	12
Morphological and genetic analyses of Ostreopsis (Dinophyceae, Gonyaulacales, Ostreopsidaceae) species from Vietnamese waters with a re‐description of the type species, O. siamensis	12
Spatial organization of dinoflagellate genomes: Novel insights and remaining critical questions	12
Exogenous Abscisic Acid Confers Salinity Tolerance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii During Its Life Cycle	12
Description of Flexiglena gen. nov. and new members of Discoplastis and Euglenaformis (Euglenida)	12
Growth, nitrate uptake kinetics, and biofiltration potential of eucheumatoids with different thallus morphologies	12
The Probable Mechanism for Silicon Capture by Diatom Algae: Assimilation of Polycarbonic Acids with Diatoms—Is Endocytosis a Key Stage in Building of Siliceous Frustules?	11
Air‐sea carbon dioxide equilibrium: Will it be possible to use seaweeds for carbon removal offsets?	11
On Sea Turtle‐associated Craspedostauros (Bacillariophyta), with Description of Three Novel Species	11
Olisthodiscus represents a new class of Ochrophyta	11
Obligate Brominating Enzymes Underlie Bromoform Production by Marine Cyanobacteria	11
Finding needles in a haystack—Extensive diversity in the eustigmatophyceae revealed by community metabarcode analysis targeting the rbcL gene using lineage‐directed primers	11
Insights into agar and secondary metabolite pathways from the genome of the red alga Gracilaria domingensis (Rhodophyta, Gracilariales)	11
Northward range extension for Durvillaea poha bull kelp: Response to tectonic disturbance?	10
Taxonomic revision of the Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta): Circumscribing the authentic Peyssonnelia clade and proposing four new genera and seven new species	10
Assessment of a Novel Oleaginous Filamentous Microalga Klebsormidium sp. Lgx80 (Streptophyta, Klebsormidiales) for Biomass and Lipid Production¹	10
Fungal endophytes vary by species, tissue type, and life cycle stage in intertidal macroalgae	10
Seaweed biogeochemistry: Global assessment of C:N and C:P ratios and implications for ocean afforestation	10
Inherent tolerance of extreme seasonal variability in light and salinity in an Arctic endemic kelp (Laminaria solidungula)	10
Unraveling the Gonyaulax baltica Species Complex: Cyst–theca Relationship of Impagidinium variaseptum, Spiniferites pseudodelicatus sp. nov. and S. ristingensis (Gonyaulaca	10
Phytoplankton Blooms Below the Antarctic Landfast Ice During the Melt Season Between Late Spring and Early Summer	10
Macro‐ and micro‐scale adaptations allow distinct Stylophora pistillata‐symbiodiniaceae holobionts to optimize performance across a broad light habitat	10

New pelagophytes show a novel mode of algal colony development and reveal a perforated theca that may define the class	10
Taxonomic contributions to Hapalidiales (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta): Boreolithothamnion gen. nov., Lithothamnion redefined and with three new species and Roseolithon with new	9
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provides Insights into Response of Ulva compressa to Fluctuating Salinity Conditions	9
The role of seasonality in reproduction of multiannual delayed gametophytes ofSaccharina latissima	9
Dynamic Photophysiological Stress Response of a Model Diatom to Ten Environmental Stresses	9
Blowin’ in the wind: Dispersal, structure, and metacommunity dynamics of aeolian diatoms in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica	9
Reproductive phenology and morphology of Macrocystis pyrifera (Laminariales, Ochrophyta) from southern New Zealand in relation to wave exposure¹	9
Identification and Characterization of a Periplasmic α‐Carbonic Anhydrase (CA) in the Gametophytes of Saccharina japonica (Phaeophyceae)	9
Effects of temperature on the nitrate reductase activity and growth of Ulva prolifera	9
High Iron Requirements for Growth in the Nuisance Alga Gonyostomum semen (Raphidophyceae)	9
Novel Cyanobacterial Diversity Found in Costa Rican Thermal Springs Associated with Rincon de la Vieja and Miravalles Volcanoes: A Polyphasic Approach	9
Growth of the harmful alga,Prymnesium parvum(Prymnesiophyceae), after gradual and abrupt increases in salinity	9
Successional dynamics of the cultivated kelp microbiome	8
Revisiting the systematics of the genera Grateloupia, Phyllymenia, and Prionitis (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) with a description of a new species—Prionitis taiwani‐borealis	8
RNA‐seq between asexual archeospores and meiosis‐related conchospores in Neopyropia yezoensis using Smart‐seq2	8
Chloroplast genome evolution and phylogeny of the early‐diverging charophycean green algae with a focus on the Klebsormidiophyceae and Streptofilum	8
Distinct glycoconjugate cell surface structures make the pelagic diatom Thalassiosira rotula an attractive habitat for bacteria	8
Developing diatom‐based inference models to assess lake ecosystem change along a gradient of metal smelting impacts: Sudbury lakes revisited	8
Molecular analysis of a fungal disease in the habitat‐forming brown macroalga Phyllospora comosa (Fucales) along a latitudinal gradient	8
A new cyanobacterial genus Altericista and three species, A. lacusladogae sp. nov., A. violacea sp. nov., and A. variichlora sp. nov., described using a polyphasic approach	8
Phylotranscriptomics reveals the reticulate evolutionary history of a widespread diatom species complex	8
The role of ion‐transporting proteins in the evolution of salt tolerance in charophyte algae	8
Empirical testing of cryoconite granulation: Role of cyanobacteria in the formation of key biogenic structure darkening glaciers in polar regions	8
Exploring Core Response Mechanisms to Multiple Environmental Stressors Via A Genome‐Wide Study in the Brown Alga Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)	8
The austral biflagellate Chloromonas rubroleosa (Chlorophyceae) is the closest relative of the unusual quadriflagellate genus Chlainomonas, both found in snow	7
Taxonomic Variability in the Electron Requirement for Carbon Fixation Across Marine Phytoplankton	7
Validation of Direct Boiling Method for Simple and Efficient Genomic DNA Extraction and PCR‐based Macroalgal Species Determination	7
Phymatolithopsis gen. nov. (Hapalidiales, Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morpho‐anatomical evidence	7
A survey ofDinophysisspp. and their potential to cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning in coastal waters of the United States	7
Morphological evolution of silica scales in the freshwater genus Synura (Stramenopiles)	7
Phylogenetic insights into chroococcus‐like taxa (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), describing Cryptochroococcus tibeticus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Limnococcus fonticola sp. nov. from	7
The Inheritable Characteristics of Monoecy and Parthenogenesis Provide A Means for Establishing A Doubled Haploid Population in the Economically Important Brown Alga Undariapinnatifida (	7
Evaluation of argon‐induced hydrogen production as a method to measure nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria	7
Developing model systems for dinoflagellates in the post‐genomic era	7
Nitrogen availability improves the physiological resilience of coral endosymbiont Cladocopium goreaui to high temperature	7
Systematics, distribution, and sexual compatibility of six Scytosiphon species (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae) from Japan and the description of four new species	7
Impact of Menthol on Growth and Photosynthetic Function of Breviolum Minutum (Dinoflagellata, Dinophyceae, Symbiodiniaceae) and Interactions with its Aiptasia Host	7
Prey type constrains growth and photosynthetic capacity of the kleptoplastidic ciliate Mesodinium chamaeleon (Ciliophora)	6
Cascading effects of predators on algal size structure	6
Influence of Abiotic Factors on the Growth of Cyanobacteria Isolated from Nakdong River, South Korea¹	6
Kovacikia minuta sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new freshwater chlorophyll f‐producing cyanobacterium	6
Multigene phylogenetic data place monoraphid diatoms Schizostauron and Astartiella along with other fistula‐bearing genera in the Stauroneidaceae¹	6
Elevated CO₂ affects kelp nutrient quality: A case study of Saccharina japonica from CO₂‐enriched coastal mesocosm systems	6
Gene clusters for biosynthesis of mycosporine‐like amino acids in dinoflagellate nuclear genomes: Possible recent horizontal gene transfer between species of Symbiodiniaceae (Dinophyceae)	6
A Molecular Analysis of Microalgae from Around the Globe to Revise Raphidonema (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)	6
Cultivation and Photophysiological Characteristics of Desmids in Moderately Saline Aquaculture Wastewater	6
Empirical relationship between nifH gene abundance and diazotroph cell concentration in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre	6
Salinity‐induced Changes in Gene Expression in the Streptophyte Alga Chara: The Critical Role of a Rare Na⁺‐ATPase	6
Strong seasonal patterns of DOC release by a temperate seaweed community: Implications for the coastal ocean carbon cycle	6
Using RAD‐seq to develop sex‐linked markers in a haplodiplontic alga	6
Low light acclimation strategy of the brown macroalga Undaria pinnatifida: Significance of lipid and fatty acid remodeling for photosynthetic competence	6
Toxigenic Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria) affects the population growth of two common green microalgae: Evidence of other allelopathic metabolites different to cyanotoxins	6
Description of four new filamentous cyanobacterial taxa from freshwater habitats in the Azores Archipelago	6
Photosynthesis and photoprotection characteristics related to ROS production in three Chattonella (Raphidophyceae) species	6
Carbonic anhydrase isoforms of Neopyropia yezoensis: Intracellular localization and expression profiles in response to inorganic carbon concentration and life stage	6
Impact of Growth Phase, Pigment Adaptation, and Climate Change Conditions on the Cellular Pigment and Carbon Content of Fifty‐One Phytoplankton Isolates	6
Screening and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate granules, and phylogenetic analysis of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene PhaC in cyanobacteria	6
Intraspecific diversity and genetic structure in the widespread macroalga Agarophyton vermiculophyllum	6
On the role of cell surface associated, mucin‐like glycoproteins in the pennate diatom Craspedostauros australis (Bacillariophyceae)	6