OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom is 2. 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
Rocky shores as tractable test systems for experimental ecology	25
Biogeography of intertidal and subtidal native and invasive barnacles in Korea in relation to oceanographic current ecoregions and global climatic changes	18
Otolith fluctuating asymmetry inBoops boops(Actinopterygii, Sparidae) from two marine stations (Bizerte and Kelibia) in Tunisian waters	16
Discrimination ofDiplodus vulgaris(Actinopterygii, Sparidae) stock from two Tunisian lagoons using otolith shape analysis	14
Population dynamics ofArctica islandicaat Georges Bank (USA): an analysis of sex-based demographics	12
Molecular and phylogenetic analysis reveals new diversity of Dunaliella salina from hypersaline environments	11
Prey preferences of invasive (Hemigrapsus sanguineus, H. takanoi) and native (Carcinus maenas) intertidal crabs in the European Wadden Sea	11
Trophic niches and diet shifts of juvenile mullet species coexisting in marine and estuarine habitats	11
New non-native ornamental octocorals threatening a South-west Atlantic reef	11
Intrapopulation variation in the diet of franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei) off southern Brazil	11
Review of some Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) species of Group 2 sensu Hutchings, Reid & Wilson, 1991 from the Eastern and South-eastern Asian seas	10
Complex photobiont diversity in the marine lichen Lichina pygmaea	10
Effects of vehicle traffic and trampling on the macrobenthic community of Amazonian macrotidal sandy beaches	10
Introduction of macroalgae as a source of biodiesel in Iran: analysis of total lipid content, fatty acid and biodiesel indices	9
Bioeroding (boring) polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean)	9
Limpet larvae (Patella aspera Röding, 1798), obtained by gonad dissection and fecundation in vitro, settled and metamorphosed on crustose coralline algae	9
The growth and population dynamics ofOctopus insularistargeted by a pot longline fishery in north-eastern Brazil	9
Distribution of antifouling biocides in a coastal area of Tanabe Bay, Japan	8
Reproductive seasonality and the gonadal maturation of silver pomfret Pampus argenteus in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh	8
Impact of mechanized clam dredging on the discarded megabenthic fauna on the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean)	8
First record of swimming speed of the Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus using a baited camera array	8
A critical deliberation of the ‘species complex’ status of the globally spread colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri	7
Spatial variation in the structure of overwintering, remnant Saccorhiza polyschides sporophytes and their associated assemblages	7
A review of cephalopods (Phylum: Mollusca) of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (Central-East Atlantic, African coast)	7
Warning of warming limpets: sea temperature effects upon intertidal rocky assemblages	7

Abundance, placement and sexual identity of the epizoic barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria relative to the size and species of host turtles in Mabul Island, Malaysia	6
Distribution of Gymnodinium catenatum Graham cysts and its relation to harmful algae blooms in the northern Gulf of California	6
Dirivultidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from hydrothermal vent fields in the Okinawa Trough, North Pacific Ocean, with description of one new species	6
Differences in the morphological body condition index of sea turtles between species and size classes	6
Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880) (Acanthopterygii: Batrachoididae), a non-indigenous toadfish in Sepetiba Bay, south-eastern Brazil	6
DNA barcoding of commercially relevant marine fish species in Tunisian waters	6
Genetic evidence for cryptic species in the vulnerable spiny butterfly ray Gymnura altavela (Rajiformes: Gymnuridae)	6
Site fidelity, population identity and demographic characteristics of humpback whales in the New York Bight apex	6
Impacts of alien polychaete species in marine ecosystems: a systematic review	5
Trophic ecology and foraging areas of cetaceans sampled in the coastal waters of south-eastern Brazil assessed through skinδ¹³C andδ¹⁵N	5
Poorly known sponges in the Mediterranean with the detection of some taxonomic inconsistencies	5
Seawater warming favours the northward range expansion of Lessepsian species in the Mediterranean Sea: the cephalaspidean Lamprohaminoea ovalis	5
Simple harpacticoid composition observed at deep hydrothermal vent sites on sea knoll calderas in the North-west Pacific	5
Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida) utilizes shark teeth for nutrition	5
Design and implementation of two surveys targeted at describing fouling communities and identifying non-native species within active ports	5
Influence of some physico-chemical variables on wild fish richness beneath sea-cage fish farms in the Aegean Sea, Turkey	5
Reproductive biology of the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) in the central-eastern Pacific Ocean	5
Effects of habitat structure on the mollusc assemblage in Mussismilia corals: evaluation of the influence of different coral growth morphology	5
DNA barcoding and taxonomic validation ofCaranxspp. larvae	5
Quantifying use of kelp forest habitat by commercially important crustaceans in the United Kingdom	4
Spatiotemporal dynamics of mangrove forest and association with strandings of Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) calves in Paraíba, Brazil	4
Changes in phytoplankton composition of the Golden Horn Estuary (Sea of Marmara) following remediation	4
Use of otolith morphology and morphometry for species discrimination of megrims Lepidorhombus spp. in the Central Eastern Adriatic Sea	4
Toxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons to Brachyuran crabs: a review of deleterious effects of oil-related xenobiotics on life stages	4
Morphometry of the shell in Scaphopoda (Mollusca): a tool for the discrimination of taxa	4
Chirostyloid and galatheoid anomurans (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Indian waters, with descriptions of three new species	4
A new record of a cryptogenic Dipolydora species (Annelida: Spionidae) in South Africa	4
Cetacean strandings along the German North Sea coastline 1604–2017	4
Genetic diversity of marbled goby populations in the Anatolian coasts of the north-eastern Mediterranean	4
Size-related, seasonal and interdecadal changes in the diet of the Patagonian longfin squid Doryteuthis gahi in the South-western Atlantic	3
Two new genera (Paraeperopeus and Dentimelita) and four new deep-sea amphipod crustacean species of little-known genera (Neohela, Pardaliscella, Pardaliscoides and <	3
Reproductive success of Antillean manatees released in Brazil: implications for conservation	3
Factors affecting the seasonal variability of planktonic shrimps (Dendrobranchiata) along an estuary–ocean gradient on the Amazon continental shelf	3
Effect of food availability on the growth and age determination of European sardine (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792) larvae	3
Maximum gonad investment of the sexes of the broadcast-spawning sea cucumber Holothuria (Halodeima) inornata (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)	3
Species composition and habitat preferences of benthic ostracod and foraminifera in seagrass and non-seagrass systems within a tropical estuary	3
New record of smalltooth sand tiger Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) in the Mediterranean	3
Distribution and abundance of turritelline gastropods (Cerithioidea: Turritellidae) in Hong Kong and the English Channel: implications for a characteristic fossil assemblage	3
Apprehending novel biodiversity redux – thirteen new genera and three new families of Zealandian Bryozoa, with the first living species of the Eocene‒Miocene genusVincularia(Vinculariidae)	3
The influence of invasive ascidian diets on the growth of the sea star Henricia sanguinolenta	3
Variation in size distribution of juvenile pink shrimps Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis and F. paulensis in the estuarine-adjacent ocean area of Cananéia, south-eastern coast of Brazil	3
Population structure and reproductive performance in the sea anemone associated shrimp Ancylocaris brevicarpalis (Caridea: Palaemonidae)	3
Negative temperature dependence of statolith Sr/Ca and its intraspecific variability in experimentally maintained spear squid Heterololigo bleekeri	3
Spatial–temporal variability of phytoplankton community and potentially harmful species in the Golden Horn Estuary (Sea of Marmara, Türkiye)	3
First live sighting of an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in the Yellow Sea, the northern-most record of the species range	3
Global biogeography of estuary-associated fishes	3
Record of three specimens of megamouth sharks – Megachasma pelagios – in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans	3
The standing stock and CaCO₃ contribution of Halimeda macroloba in the tropical seagrass-dominated ecosystem in Dongsha Island, the main island of Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea	3
Encountering the morphological and molecular complexity in the bramble shark Echinorhinus cf. E. brucus (Bonnaterre 1788) from the Oman Sea	3
Comparative efficiency of Mytilus edulis as engineering species for shallow-water fouling communities on artificial structures in the White Sea	3

Macroalgae from two coastal lagoons of the Gulf of California as indicators of heavy metal contamination by anthropogenic activities	3
Inferring ecological connectivity between populations of Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880) from the southern Gulf of Mexico and the South-western Atlantic coast	3
Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus of Planoceridae (Polycladida, Acotylea) from Shimoda, Japan	3
DNA barcoding reveals deep divergent molecular units inPomatomus saltatrix(Perciformes: Pomatomidae): implications for management and global conservation	3
Distribution of Avicennia spp. in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with special reference to new distributional reports and post-tsunami colonization patterns	3
Assessment of phytoplankton group composition in the Golden Horn Estuary (Sea of Marmara, Turkey) determined with pigments measured by HPLC-CHEMTAX analyses and microscopy	3
Increased potential for shell competition among hermit crabs (Pagurus beringanus and Pagurus granosimanus) in the rocky intertidal	3
New records of invasive tubeworms (Ficopomatus, Serpulidae) in Mexico	3
First report on the diet and reproductive biology of red-toothed triggerfishOdonus niger(Ruppell, 1836) from the south-eastern Arabian Sea	3
Recruitment of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea in the Chafarinas Islands (SW Mediterranean)	3
Reproductive biology and placentotrophic embryonic development of the smalleye smooth-hound shark, Mustelus higmani, from the south-eastern Caribbean	3
Using off-the-shelf GPS loggers to assess co-occurrence between marine mammals and small-scale fisheries: a pilot study from the Mediterranean Sea	2
Revision of the Cheilostomatida (Bryozoa) collected during the HMS ‘Challenger’ Expedition (1872–1876) in the central North Atlantic	2
Additional floristic study of planktonic and seaweed-associated diatoms in Chuuk, Micronesia	2
Fatty acid composition in common deep-water shrimps of the Arabian Sea and its importance to human nutrition	2
First documented observation of the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Physaliidae) on the west coast of Algeria	2
Bayesian occupancy modelling of benthic Crustacea and the recovery of the European spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas	2
Descriptions of Deontolaimus holovachovi sp. nov. and Campylaimus zhoui sp. nov. from Chinese sea areas	2
The area south of the Po River delta (Italy) is a hot spot for strandings of loggerhead sea turtles	2
Bacterivory of the hydrothermal-vent-specific copepod Stygiopontius senokuchiae (Dirivultidae, Siphonostomatoida) from copepodite through adult stages	2
Molluscs along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon, southern Gulf of Mexico	2
Response of a southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) population to three years of Marine Protected Area implementation within South Australia	2
Contrasting drivers of sponge and seagrass assemblage composition in an Indo-Pacific seagrass meadow	2
New epibiotic association in the deep-sea: the amphipod Caprella ungulina and the Patagonian lobsterette Thymops birsteini in the South-western Atlantic	2
Recent occurrence of marine mammals and sea turtles off Angola and first report of right whales since the whaling era	2
More than local adaptation: high diversity of response to seawater acidification in seven coral species from the same assemblage in French Polynesia	2
Integrative taxonomy confirms the presence of the enigmaticLysmata olavoiFransen, 1991 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	2
The new distribution records of recently described gobies: Aegean Sea records for Pomatoschistus nanus Engin & Seyhan Öztürk, 2017 and easternmost records of Buenia massutii Kovačić,	2
Competition relations between selected microalgae and bloom-forming Ulva prolifera	2
Assessing fish communities in a multiple-use marine protected area using an underwater drone (Aegean Sea, Greece)	2
Effects of season and mesh size on the selection of narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson in the Persian Gulf artisanal gillnet fishery	2
Compositional and functional features of the gut microbiota of the intertidal snailNerita yoldiialong China's coast	2
Thirty-one new records of reef fish species for Hong Kong waters	2
On the presence of the deep-water mytilid Gigantidas horikoshii (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Taiwanese waters	2
Effect of a cold event on population and community of pit-inhabiting sea urchins in Western Pacific coasts	2
Larval development of the Caribbean king crabMaguimithrax spinosissimus(Lamarck, 1818), the largest brachyuran in the western Atlantic (Crustacea: Decapoda: Majoidea)	2
Two new Pseudoceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Pseudocerotidae) from Agatti Island, India and a species checklist from Indian waters	2
Bottlenose dolphins in the Netherlands come from two sides: across the North Sea and through the English Channel	2
Concentrations of organotin compounds in aquatic biota in coastal waters of Johor, Malaysia	2
Feeding ecology of the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Ecuadorian Pacific Ocean	2
Interannual variability and decadal stability of benthic organisms on an Indonesian coral reef	2
First mitochondrial genome of a lugworm (Annelida: Arenicolidae) and its phylogenetic position	2
Occurrence of baleen whales in the New York Bight, 1998–2017: insights from opportunistic data	2
The community structure of hyperiid amphipods associated with two seamount regions in the South-east Pacific	2
Reproductive variables of Hypleurochilus fissicornis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Pisces: Blenniidae) on rocky intertidal zones in the South-western Atlantic	2
Temporal variation in the recruitment of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) in Todos os Santos Bay, tropical Brazilian coast	2
Influence of environmental factors on biodiversity, abundance and the distribution pattern of dinoflagellates and ciliates during spring and summer in coastal waters of Algeria (southwestern Mediterra	2
Unveiling the wasp-waist structure of the Falkland shelf ecosystem: the role of Doryteuthis gahi as a keystone species and its trophic influences	2
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the surrounding waters of Isabel Island in western-central Mexico: unveiling a little-known wintering area	2
Comparative cleaning behaviour of Pederson's cleaner shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni) between geographically close yet ecologically dissimilar coral reef habitats	2
Characterization of the lesser known Korean seerfishScomberomorus koreanus(Kishinouye, 1915) (Scombriformes: Scombridae) in Indian waters	2
No effect of nearby natural reef existence on fish assemblages at shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea	2