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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Reproductive biology and sperm storage characters in two bobtail squid species (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae)	18
Gymnocranius indicus, a new large-eye seabream from the Indian Ocean	13
Redescription of the early zoeal stages of the snapping shrimp Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909 reared in laboratory conditions	11
MBI volume 101 issue 5 Cover and Front matter	11
Competition relations between selected microalgae and bloom-forming Ulva prolifera	10
Exploring reproductive and population characteristics of magnificent shrimp, Ancylomenes magnificus from the Gulf of Mannar, India	10
Coastal roots: the history of seagrass in Northern Ireland	10
On the species of the genus Talorchestia Dana, 1852 (Senticaudata, Talitridae) reported from India, with the description of a new species	10
Size-related, seasonal and interdecadal changes in the diet of the Patagonian longfin squid Doryteuthis gahi in the South-western Atlantic	9
Bayesian occupancy modelling of benthic Crustacea and the recovery of the European spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas	9
Growth assessment of the sea urchin Pseudechinus magellanicus (Temnopleuridae) in coastal habitats of central Patagonia, Argentina	8
Panulirus stimpsoni and checklist of Panulirus lobsters in Malaysian waters: morphological and molecular insights	8
First records of the ornate eagle ray Aetomylaeus vespertilio from the Inhambane Province, Mozambique	8
Chirostyloid and galatheoid anomurans (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Indian waters, with descriptions of three new species	8
New non-native ornamental octocorals threatening a South-west Atlantic reef	7
Biological sampling at Port-en-Bessin fish market: assessing the diversity and size structure of squid and cuttlefish populations in the English Channel	7
Biological sampling at port-en-bessin fish market: assessing the diversity and size structure of squid and cuttlefish populations in the English channel – CORRIGENDUM	7
First record of Goniadella gracilis (Verrill, 1873) (Glyceriformia, Goniadidae) in the Italian waters	7
Application of a national monitoring approach for an initial assessment of the current distribution of marine invertebrate protected by the Habitat Directive (92/43/EEC) along the Italian coasts	6
Climate change impacts on the coral reefs of the UK Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands: resilience and adaptation considerations	6
Integrative taxonomy confirms the presence of the enigmaticLysmata olavoiFransen, 1991 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	6
Intraspecific space competition in Halichondria panicea (Porifera: Demospongiae)	6
High prevalence of the parasite Monorchis parvus in cockles (Cerastoderma edule) from the Limfjorden (Denmark) despite missing fish host: host effects and alternative life cycle options	6
Shell shape, morphometrics and relative growth of four sympatric limpet species from the Algarve coast (southern Portugal)	6
Range extension of invasive Cancer irroratus and native Carcinus maenas polewards in the Ascophyllum-dominated intertidal zone in north-west Iceland	6

Metabolic rate thermal plasticity in the marine annelid Ophryotrocha labronica across two successive generations	6
New records and range extension of two deep-sea skate genera,AmblyrajaandNotoraja(Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes), in the southeastern Pacific Ocean	6
Well-known mesophotic kelp populations in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park marine-protected area, east coast, South Africa	5
New record of smalltooth sand tiger Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) in the Mediterranean	5
Cetacean diversity of the eastern South Atlantic Ocean and Vema Seamount detected during a visual and passive acoustic survey, 2019	5
The odd octopus: identification and burrowing behaviour of a deep-water octopus, Muusoctopus leioderma, found in a shallow-water bay	5
Soft-walled monothalamid foraminifera from the intertidal zones of the Lorn area, north-west Scotland	5
New contributions to the subfamily Polycerinae (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae): description of three new species and one new genus	5
MBI volume 101 issue 5 Cover and Back matter	5
Life-history traits variation of Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in the waters off Northern Vietnam	5
Navigating the microbial seas: a global analysis of gut microbiota in marine mammals	5
Reproductive traits of the round sardinella in the Canary Islands (Spain, NW Africa)	5
The first record of the parasite Peltogaster lineata (Rhizocephala: Peltogastridae) on the hermit crab Pagurus middendorffii (Anomura: Paguridae)	4
A new species of Ninoe (Annelida: Lumbrineridae) from the continental shelf off southern Namibia	4
Spatial and seasonal changes in microphytoplankton and ciliate communities in a stressed area of the southeastern Mediterranean coast (Tunisia)	4
MBI volume 101 issue 6 Cover and Front matter	4
Assessing Guiana dolphin abundance and density in the Southwestern Atlantic: insights from conservation areas	4
Deepening our perspective about the small and medium pelagic fish: case study in the Canary Islands (NW Africa, Spain)	4
Intra- and interspecific variation of otolith morphometric asymmetry in Ethmalosa fimbriata, Galeoides decadactylus, and Cynoglossus monodi living at different depth levels in the Komo E	4
First record of the Western Atlantic cocoa damselfish Stegastes variabilis from the Levant (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)	4
Chondrichthyian biodiversity in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil	4
New distribution records of the Arctic bryozoan Uschakovia gorbunovi Kluge, 1946 in the Barents and Greenland Seas	4
Post-larval development and growth intraspecific variations in Ophiocoma echinata and Ophiocoma trindadensis from Brazil (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)	3
Population dynamics ofArctica islandicaat Georges Bank (USA): an analysis of sex-based demographics	3
Long-term storage of microalgae: determination of optimum cryopreservation conditions	3
On the presence of the deep-water mytilid Gigantidas horikoshii (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Taiwanese waters	3
Comparative study of fat content, profile and quality of fatty acid in three species of Carangidae of southwestern Mediterranean	3
Population characteristics and stock assessment of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus L., 1758) in coastal waters of the south-eastern Black Sea of Turkey	3
Diet and feeding of juvenile common two-banded sea bream, Diplodus vulgaris (Teleostei: Sparidae), in the eastern central Adriatic Sea	3
A critical deliberation of the ‘species complex’ status of the globally spread colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri	3
Seven new distributional records of cryptobenthic reef fishes in Lakshadweep, India	3
First record of the barnacle Conchoderma virgatum on an ephippid fish	3
Comparative study of fat content, profile and quality of fatty acid in three species of Carangidae of southwestern Mediterranean–CORRIGENDUM	3
Identifying humpback whale calving grounds: ensemble modelling and spatial analysis of critical habitat in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico	3
Molluscs along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon, southern Gulf of Mexico	3
Turkish marine biodiversity: chemical profile and in vitro biological activities	3
Cassiopea andromeda (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) in the subtropical eastern Atlantic	3
Photographic evidence from a recreational angler of the northernmost record of the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhinidae) in the western Pacific Ocean	3
Metazoan parasites of some meso- and bathypelagic fish from the Perdido region, southern Gulf of Mexico	3
A pilot tagging study of yellownose skate (Dipturus chilensis) and roughskin skate (Dipturus trachyderma) off southern Chile	3
Reproductive success of Antillean manatees released in Brazil: implications for conservation	3
Occurrence of Cyanea purpurea in Hong Kong waters observed by citizen scientists and confirmed with DNA analysis	3
Spatial–temporal variability of phytoplankton community and potentially harmful species in the Golden Horn Estuary (Sea of Marmara, Türkiye)	3
Compositional and functional features of the gut microbiota of the intertidal snailNerita yoldiialong China's coast	3
Bacterivory of the hydrothermal-vent-specific copepod Stygiopontius senokuchiae (Dirivultidae, Siphonostomatoida) from copepodite through adult stages	3
A phylogenetic study of a tropical sea urchin, Echinometra sp. EZ (Echinoidea: Camarodonta: Echinometridae) from the Persian Gulf	3
Biological observations and new maximum reported sizes for two threatened rays: ornate eagle ray Aetomylaeus vespertilio and mangrove whipray Urogymnus granulatus from the Gulf of Mannar	3
Antagonistic interactions among marine sedimentary bacteria in multispecies microcosms	3
First record of Xenocephalus australiensis (Actinopterygii: Uranoscopidae) from the Arabian Sea, Western Indian Ocean with taxonomic note	3
Investigating the palps of the polychaete Hediste diversicolor (Müller, 1776) through histochemistry and transmission electron microscopy	2

Molecular genetic biodiversity assessment of the Wallis Island sponge fauna in the Tropical Pacific	2
A new record of a white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Papeete, Tahiti	2
Impact of historic sediment characterisation on predicting polychaete distributions: a case study of so-called muddy habitat shovelhead worms (Annelida: Magelonidae)	2
First genetic and morphological records of Balloon Alfonsin, Beryx mollis egg and larvae	2
First documented observation of the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Physaliidae) on the west coast of Algeria	2
First record of a benthic ctenophore in the Mexican Atlantic:Vallicula multiformis(Platyctenida, Coeloplanidae)	2
Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida) utilizes shark teeth for nutrition	2
Alebion carchariae (Copepod: Caligidae) host plasticity and distribution: a new host and locality record from Ascension Island	2
First sightings of mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidia) from the Southwest Indian Ocean with photographic records from the Inhambane Province of southern Mozambique	2
Identifying Humpback Whale Calving Grounds: Ensemble Modeling and Spatial Analysis of Critical Habitat in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico – CORRIGENDUM	2
Expanding north: first record of the beaded sea cucumber Euapta lappa at Madeira Island	2
Together till the end: endosymbiosis of the annelid Haplosyllides floridana in the giant barrel-shaped sponge Xestospongia muta throughout the Tropical Atlantic	2
Oyster allometry: growth relationships vary across space	2
Feeding ecology of the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Ecuadorian Pacific Ocean	2
An updated checklist of Stomiiformes from Indian waters with nine new records	2
New records of invasive tubeworms (Ficopomatus, Serpulidae) in Mexico – CORRIGENDUM	2
New epibiotic association in the deep-sea: the amphipod Caprella ungulina and the Patagonian lobsterette Thymops birsteini in the South-western Atlantic	2
Sharks and skates in the Comau Fjord, northern Patagonia, Chile: an elasmobranch species checklist with biological aspects	2
Antifungal properties and membrane-disrupting action of two modified aquatic antimicrobial peptides	2
First record of Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830), a Pacific south sea anemone in European shores	2
On Ophioderma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) coming of age: morphological variations in three eastern Pacific species	2
Effect of sediment on meiofauna and Nematoda structure in different freshwater Amazon environments under the influence of mesotides	2
Unveiling a new species of Trapania (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the South-eastern Pacific using anatomical and molecular tools	2
New data on South American fur seals and sea lions' occupation of the Wildlife Refuge of Ilha dos Lobos, southern Brazil	2
The distribution of the red-throated ascidian Herdmania momus shifts northwards in association with ocean warming in the Korean Peninsula	2
First record of the bluespotted dottyback Pseudochromis persicus (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	2
Notable Crustacea (Mysida, Amphipoda and Decapoda) from England's deepest and most remote Marine Conservation Zone	2
First mesophotic Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales) records within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park marine-protected area, east coast, South Africa	2
Macroalgae from two coastal lagoons of the Gulf of California as indicators of heavy metal contamination by anthropogenic activities	2
Spatiotemporal fluctuations in surface copepods community structure in Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman, Iran	2
An individual based model of female brown crab movements in the western English channel: modelling migration behaviour	2
Age, growth and otolith morphometrics of Serranus hepatus (L., 1758) in two areas of the Eastern Mediterranean	2
Shrimps from a marine biodiversity hotspot: new records and molecular analysis of alpheids from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Decapoda: Caridea)	2
Microzooplankton community structure in a subtropical South-West Atlantic coastal site	2
First records of two large pelagic fishes in the Red Sea: wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) and striped marlin (Kajikia audax)	2
New record of Calcinus morgani (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Andaman Islands, and a key to Calcinus species in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands	2