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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Gymnocranius indicus, a new large-eye seabream from the Indian Ocean	19
Reproductive biology and sperm storage characters in two bobtail squid species (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae)	15
Exploring reproductive and population characteristics of magnificent shrimp, Ancylomenes magnificus from the Gulf of Mannar, India	12
First occurrence of the genus Pandeopsis (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) in the South Atlantic Ocean	12
Biological sampling at port-en-bessin fish market: assessing the diversity and size structure of squid and cuttlefish populations in the English channel – CORRIGENDUM	12
On the species of the genus Talorchestia Dana, 1852 (Senticaudata, Talitridae) reported from India, with the description of a new species	11
Growth assessment of the sea urchin Pseudechinus magellanicus (Temnopleuridae) in coastal habitats of central Patagonia, Argentina	11
Panulirus stimpsoni and checklist of Panulirus lobsters in Malaysian waters: morphological and molecular insights	11
The first record of Didemnum pseudovexillum (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae) in the UK	11
Coastal roots: the history of seagrass in Northern Ireland	10
Competition relations between selected microalgae and bloom-forming Ulva prolifera	10
Redescription of the early zoeal stages of the snapping shrimp Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909 reared in laboratory conditions	10
First record of Goniadella gracilis (Verrill, 1873) (Glyceriformia, Goniadidae) in the Italian waters	9
Chirostyloid and galatheoid anomurans (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Indian waters, with descriptions of three new species	9
Well-known mesophotic kelp populations in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park marine-protected area, east coast, South Africa	9
Biological sampling at Port-en-Bessin fish market: assessing the diversity and size structure of squid and cuttlefish populations in the English Channel	8
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	8
Range extension of invasive Cancer irroratus and native Carcinus maenas polewards in the Ascophyllum-dominated intertidal zone in north-west Iceland	8
Integrative taxonomy confirms the presence of the enigmaticLysmata olavoiFransen, 1991 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	8
New records and range extension of two deep-sea skate genera,AmblyrajaandNotoraja(Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes), in the southeastern Pacific Ocean	7
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	7
First record of anomalous otoliths in farmed dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)	7
Climate change impacts on the coral reefs of the UK Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands: resilience and adaptation considerations	7
The misuse of morphometrics multiplies the number of invalid names: the case of Yoldiella lapernoi and Yoldiella paranapuensis	6
New contributions to the subfamily Polycerinae (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae): description of three new species and one new genus	6

Soft-walled monothalamid foraminifera from the intertidal zones of the Lorn area, north-west Scotland	6
Life-history traits variation of Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in the waters off Northern Vietnam	6
Intraspecific space competition in Halichondria panicea (Porifera: Demospongiae)	6
Navigating the microbial seas: a global analysis of gut microbiota in marine mammals	6
First record of the benthic unarmoured dinoflagellate Bispinodinium angelaceum in Tenerife, Canary Islands	5
Assessing Guiana dolphin abundance and density in the Southwestern Atlantic: insights from conservation areas	5
The odd octopus: identification and burrowing behaviour of a deep-water octopus, Muusoctopus leioderma, found in a shallow-water bay	5
A new species of Ninoe (Annelida: Lumbrineridae) from the continental shelf off southern Namibia	5
Chondrichthyian biodiversity in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil	5
New record of smalltooth sand tiger Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) in the Mediterranean	5
Reproductive traits of the round sardinella in the Canary Islands (Spain, NW Africa)	5
Spatial and seasonal changes in microphytoplankton and ciliate communities in a stressed area of the southeastern Mediterranean coast (Tunisia)	5
Records of some deep-sea corals (Antipatharia and Octocorallia) from the Daito Islands, Okinawa, Japan	5
Cetacean diversity of the eastern South Atlantic Ocean and Vema Seamount detected during a visual and passive acoustic survey, 2019	5
First record of the Western Atlantic cocoa damselfish Stegastes variabilis from the Levant (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)	5
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
The first record of the parasite Peltogaster lineata (Rhizocephala: Peltogastridae) on the hermit crab Pagurus middendorffii (Anomura: Paguridae)	4
Assessment of the regional and local metazoan parasite specie-richness of Floridichthys polyommus (Cyprinodontidae) along coastal areas of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico	4
Identifying humpback whale calving grounds: ensemble modelling and spatial analysis of critical habitat in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico	4
Post-larval development and growth intraspecific variations in Ophiocoma echinata and Ophiocoma trindadensis from Brazil (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)	4
Seven new distributional records of cryptobenthic reef fishes in Lakshadweep, India	4
Comparative study of fat content, profile and quality of fatty acid in three species of Carangidae of southwestern Mediterranean–CORRIGENDUM	4
Revealing hidden diversity: new Latrunculia and Iophon species (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) f	4
New distribution records of the Arctic bryozoan Uschakovia gorbunovi Kluge, 1946 in the Barents and Greenland Seas	4
Reproductive success of Antillean manatees released in Brazil: implications for conservation	4
On the presence of the deep-water mytilid Gigantidas horikoshii (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Taiwanese waters	4
First record of the barnacle Conchoderma virgatum on an ephippid fish	4
Turkish marine biodiversity: chemical profile and in vitro biological activities	4
Deepening our perspective about the small and medium pelagic fish: case study in the Canary Islands (NW Africa, Spain)	4
Long-term storage of microalgae: determination of optimum cryopreservation conditions	4
Two marine protists (Rhizaria: Cercozoa: Phaeodaria) in the deep Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean)	4
First record of Xenocephalus australiensis (Actinopterygii: Uranoscopidae) from the Arabian Sea, Western Indian Ocean with taxonomic note	4
Bacterivory of the hydrothermal-vent-specific copepod Stygiopontius senokuchiae (Dirivultidae, Siphonostomatoida) from copepodite through adult stages	4
Spatial–temporal variability of phytoplankton community and potentially harmful species in the Golden Horn Estuary (Sea of Marmara, Türkiye)	4
A new record of a white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Papeete, Tahiti	3
First mesophotic Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales) records within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park marine-protected area, east coast, South Africa	3
A phylogenetic study of a tropical sea urchin, Echinometra sp. EZ (Echinoidea: Camarodonta: Echinometridae) from the Persian Gulf	3
Metazoan parasites of some meso- and bathypelagic fish from the Perdido region, southern Gulf of Mexico	3
Comparative study of fat content, profile and quality of fatty acid in three species of Carangidae of southwestern Mediterranean	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
Isotopic ratios of Perna perna mussel in southeast Brazil using the COVID-19 pandemic as temporal reference	3
First genetic and morphological records of Balloon Alfonsin, Beryx mollis egg and larvae	3
First documented observation of the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Physaliidae) on the west coast of Algeria	3
First record of Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830), a Pacific south sea anemone in European shores	3
An individual based model of female brown crab movements in the western English channel: modelling migration behaviour	3
The first record of ring sea anemones from the Saudi Arabian Red Sea mesophotic zone	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
The longest documented travel by a West Indian manatee – CORRIGENDUM	3
Cassiopea andromeda (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) in the subtropical eastern Atlantic	3
Occurrence of Cyanea purpurea in Hong Kong waters observed by citizen scientists and confirmed with DNA analysis	3

A pilot tagging study of yellownose skate (Dipturus chilensis) and roughskin skate (Dipturus trachyderma) off southern Chile	3
First records of five appendicularian species (Tunicata, Appendicularia) in the western North Pacific	3
First record and a new species of Verdeia Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Brazil, with an overview of the genus – A	3
Notable Crustacea (Mysida, Amphipoda and Decapoda) from England's deepest and most remote Marine Conservation Zone	3
An updated checklist of Stomiiformes from Indian waters with nine new records	3
Antagonistic interactions among marine sedimentary bacteria in multispecies microcosms	3
Diet and feeding of juvenile common two-banded sea bream, Diplodus vulgaris (Teleostei: Sparidae), in the eastern central Adriatic Sea	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
Nutrient storage dynamics in male Mytilus coruscus: interplay of glycogen, amino acids, fatty acids, and nutritional elements (C, N, P) during reproductive development	3
Molluscs along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon, southern Gulf of Mexico	3
Redescription of Cloeosiphon aspergillus (de Quatrefages 1866) (Sipuncula: Aspidosiphonidae) and description of a new species from the southern Mexican P	3
The overlooked introduction of the encrusting bryozoan Juxtacribrilina mutabilis to eastern Canada	3
Impact of historic sediment characterisation on predicting polychaete distributions: a case study of so-called muddy habitat shovelhead worms (Annelida: Magelonidae)	3
Spatiotemporal fluctuations in surface copepods community structure in Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman, Iran	2
Beneath the surface: co-habitation of recruits of the land crab Johngarthia lagostoma and its relevance for conservation on oceanic islands	2
The distribution of the red-throated ascidian Herdmania momus shifts northwards in association with ocean warming in the Korean Peninsula	2
Description of a new species of Pericelis (Polycladida, Diposthidae) from sunken wood in the bathyal zone in Japan	2
First record and molecular systematics of a rare congrid eel Bathycongrus nasicus Alcock (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from western India	2
First records of two large pelagic fishes in the Red Sea: wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) and striped marlin (Kajikia audax)	2
Expanding north: first record of the beaded sea cucumber Euapta lappa at Madeira Island	2
Effect of sediment on meiofauna and Nematoda structure in different freshwater Amazon environments under the influence of mesotides	2
Feeding ecology of the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Ecuadorian Pacific Ocean	2
First confirmed location ofCarcharhinus signatusin Puerto Rico	2
New data on South American fur seals and sea lions' occupation of the Wildlife Refuge of Ilha dos Lobos, southern Brazil	2
Alebion carchariae (Copepod: Caligidae) host plasticity and distribution: a new host and locality record from Ascension Island	2
MBI volume 102 issue 6 Cover and Front matter	2
Quantitative relationship of Sr:Ca of statoliths of the Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus) with empirical water temperatures	2
Age, growth and otolith morphometrics of Serranus hepatus (L., 1758) in two areas of the Eastern Mediterranean	2
Sources of variation in microscopic epibiont communities on intertidal rocky organisms in Niigata, Japan – ERRATUM	2
Unveiling a new species of Trapania (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the South-eastern Pacific using anatomical and molecular tools	2
First record of a benthic ctenophore in the Mexican Atlantic:Vallicula multiformis(Platyctenida, Coeloplanidae)	2
Elliptical Fourier shape analysis of sea urchin species in the family Echinometridae	2
Investigating the palps of the polychaete Hediste diversicolor (Müller, 1776) through histochemistry and transmission electron microscopy	2
Grooved razor clam (Solen marginatus) in the mid-Atlantic Azores: unravelling ecology, phylogeny, and population biology of a new population	2
Sharks and skates in the Comau Fjord, northern Patagonia, Chile: an elasmobranch species checklist with biological aspects	2
First record of chiroteuthis picteti joubin (cephalopoda: chiroteuthidae) from andaman sea	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
Annotated checklist and community composition of introduced, cryptogenic, and native polychaetes in floating dock communities of New England, USA	2
First record of the bluespotted dottyback Pseudochromis persicus (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	2
Teratological records in blue shark Prionace glauca embryos from the South-western Atlantic Ocean	2
New records of invasive tubeworms (Ficopomatus, Serpulidae) in Mexico – CORRIGENDUM	2
Differences in thermal sensitivities and thermal performance curves of the three calcifying macroalgae Padina boryana, Halimeda opuntia, and Halimeda macroloba	2
Description of a new species of Spinosphaera (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the eastern Mediterranean	2
Ongoing tropicalization of marine fishes: is range expansion and establishment occurring in the Gulf of Cadiz (southernmost Europe)?	2
Identifying Humpback Whale Calving Grounds: Ensemble Modeling and Spatial Analysis of Critical Habitat in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico – CORRIGENDUM	2
Age-related lysosomal and autophagic dysfunction and intra-lysosomal ROS generation in marine mussels	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
Antifungal properties and membrane-disrupting action of two modified aquatic antimicrobial peptides	2
Distribution of Avicennia spp. in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with special reference to new distributional reports and post-tsunami colonization patterns	2
Oyster allometry: growth relationships vary across space	2
Thirty-one new records of reef fish species for Hong Kong waters	2
Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida) utilizes shark teeth for nutrition	2
Population structure of the endangered green turtles in a feeding ground in Brazilian Northeast: insights for conservation strategies	2
Shrimps from a marine biodiversity hotspot: new records and molecular analysis of alpheids from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Decapoda: Caridea)	2
Use of otolith microchemical and morphological analyses for stock discrimination of Sarpa salpa on two Tunisian islands, Djerba and Kerkennah	2
Molecular genetic biodiversity assessment of the Wallis Island sponge fauna in the Tropical Pacific	2
Out of the depths: new records of the sea anemone Oulactis coliumensis (Riemann-Zürneck & Gallardo, 1990) in shallow waters from northern Chile and Peru	2
Together till the end: endosymbiosis of the annelid Haplosyllides floridana in the giant barrel-shaped sponge Xestospongia muta throughout the Tropical Atlantic	2
Age and growth of bigfin reef squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae), in Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Indian Ocean	2
Meiofauna community associated with Diopatra sp. (Onuphidae: Polychaeta) tubes of an estuarine tidal flat on the Brazilian Amazon coast	2
Reproductive seasonality of Sea Urchin Centrostephanus tenuispinus on high latitude coral and macroalgal reefs in the south-eastern Indian Ocean	2
A new morphotype description of Arbacia spatuligera Valenciennes, 1846 (Arbacioida, Echinoidea) and bathymetric range extension from mesophotic reefs of the central coast of Chile	2
Negative temperature dependence of statolith Sr/Ca and its intraspecific variability in experimentally maintained spear squid Heterololigo bleekeri	2
Professor John Albert Raven, FRS	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
On Ophioderma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) coming of age: morphological variations in three eastern Pacific species	2
Microzooplankton community structure in a subtropical South-West Atlantic coastal site	2
Medusae morphogenesis by tissue regeneration: a case study on Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae)	2