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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Gymnocranius indicus, a new large-eye seabream from the Indian Ocean	13
Reproductive biology and sperm storage characters in two bobtail squid species (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae)	13
On the species of the genus Talorchestia Dana, 1852 (Senticaudata, Talitridae) reported from India, with the description of a new species	11
Exploring reproductive and population characteristics of magnificent shrimp, Ancylomenes magnificus from the Gulf of Mannar, India	11
Bayesian occupancy modelling of benthic Crustacea and the recovery of the European spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas	10
Redescription of the early zoeal stages of the snapping shrimp Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909 reared in laboratory conditions	10
Competition relations between selected microalgae and bloom-forming Ulva prolifera	10
Coastal roots: the history of seagrass in Northern Ireland	10
Growth assessment of the sea urchin Pseudechinus magellanicus (Temnopleuridae) in coastal habitats of central Patagonia, Argentina	9
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
Biological sampling at port-en-bessin fish market: assessing the diversity and size structure of squid and cuttlefish populations in the English channel – CORRIGENDUM	8
Size-related, seasonal and interdecadal changes in the diet of the Patagonian longfin squid Doryteuthis gahi in the South-western Atlantic	8
First occurrence of the genus Pandeopsis (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) in the South Atlantic Ocean	8
Chirostyloid and galatheoid anomurans (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Indian waters, with descriptions of three new species	8
Integrative taxonomy confirms the presence of the enigmaticLysmata olavoiFransen, 1991 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	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
Well-known mesophotic kelp populations in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park marine-protected area, east coast, South Africa	7
Intraspecific space competition in Halichondria panicea (Porifera: Demospongiae)	7
First record of Goniadella gracilis (Verrill, 1873) (Glyceriformia, Goniadidae) in the Italian waters	7
New records and range extension of two deep-sea skate genera,AmblyrajaandNotoraja(Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes), in the southeastern Pacific Ocean	6
Range extension of invasive Cancer irroratus and native Carcinus maenas polewards in the Ascophyllum-dominated intertidal zone in north-west Iceland	6
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
Metabolic rate thermal plasticity in the marine annelid Ophryotrocha labronica across two successive generations	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

Climate change impacts on the coral reefs of the UK Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands: resilience and adaptation considerations	6
Life-history traits variation of Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in the waters off Northern Vietnam	6
New contributions to the subfamily Polycerinae (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae): description of three new species and one new genus	5
Soft-walled monothalamid foraminifera from the intertidal zones of the Lorn area, north-west Scotland	5
Deepening our perspective about the small and medium pelagic fish: case study in the Canary Islands (NW Africa, Spain)	5
Cetacean diversity of the eastern South Atlantic Ocean and Vema Seamount detected during a visual and passive acoustic survey, 2019	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
Navigating the microbial seas: a global analysis of gut microbiota in marine mammals	5
New distribution records of the Arctic bryozoan Uschakovia gorbunovi Kluge, 1946 in the Barents and Greenland Seas	5
The odd octopus: identification and burrowing behaviour of a deep-water octopus, Muusoctopus leioderma, found in a shallow-water bay	5
Reproductive success of Antillean manatees released in Brazil: implications for conservation	4
Compositional and functional features of the gut microbiota of the intertidal snailNerita yoldiialong China's coast	4
Bacterivory of the hydrothermal-vent-specific copepod Stygiopontius senokuchiae (Dirivultidae, Siphonostomatoida) from copepodite through adult stages	4
Assessing Guiana dolphin abundance and density in the Southwestern Atlantic: insights from conservation areas	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
Long-term storage of microalgae: determination of optimum cryopreservation conditions	4
First record of Xenocephalus australiensis (Actinopterygii: Uranoscopidae) from the Arabian Sea, Western Indian Ocean with taxonomic note	4
First record of the barnacle Conchoderma virgatum on an ephippid fish	4
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	4
First record of the Western Atlantic cocoa damselfish Stegastes variabilis from the Levant (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)	4
Spatial and seasonal changes in microphytoplankton and ciliate communities in a stressed area of the southeastern Mediterranean coast (Tunisia)	4
Chondrichthyian biodiversity in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil	4
Assessment of the regional and local metazoan parasite specie-richness of Floridichthys polyommus (Cyprinodontidae) along coastal areas of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico	4
Post-larval development and growth intraspecific variations in Ophiocoma echinata and Ophiocoma trindadensis from Brazil (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)	4
On the presence of the deep-water mytilid Gigantidas horikoshii (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Taiwanese waters	4
Comparative study of fat content, profile and quality of fatty acid in three species of Carangidae of southwestern Mediterranean–CORRIGENDUM	4
A new species of Ninoe (Annelida: Lumbrineridae) from the continental shelf off southern Namibia	4
The first record of the parasite Peltogaster lineata (Rhizocephala: Peltogastridae) on the hermit crab Pagurus middendorffii (Anomura: Paguridae)	4
Occurrence of Cyanea purpurea in Hong Kong waters observed by citizen scientists and confirmed with DNA analysis	4
A pilot tagging study of yellownose skate (Dipturus chilensis) and roughskin skate (Dipturus trachyderma) off southern Chile	3
Molluscs along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon, southern Gulf of Mexico	3
Identifying humpback whale calving grounds: ensemble modelling and spatial analysis of critical habitat in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico	3
Population dynamics ofArctica islandicaat Georges Bank (USA): an analysis of sex-based demographics	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
Redescription of Cloeosiphon aspergillus (de Quatrefages 1866) (Sipuncula: Aspidosiphonidae) and description of a new species from the southern Mexican Pacific	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
Seven new distributional records of cryptobenthic reef fishes in Lakshadweep, India	3
Turkish marine biodiversity: chemical profile and in vitro biological activities	3
Diet and feeding of juvenile common two-banded sea bream, Diplodus vulgaris (Teleostei: Sparidae), in the eastern central Adriatic Sea	3
Antagonistic interactions among marine sedimentary bacteria in multispecies microcosms	3
A critical deliberation of the ‘species complex’ status of the globally spread colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri	3
First documented observation of the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Physaliidae) on the west coast of Algeria	3
Comparative study of fat content, profile and quality of fatty acid in three species of Carangidae of southwestern Mediterranean	3
Cassiopea andromeda (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) in the subtropical eastern Atlantic	3
Spatial–temporal variability of phytoplankton community and potentially harmful species in the Golden Horn Estuary (Sea of Marmara, Türkiye)	3
Metazoan parasites of some meso- and bathypelagic fish from the Perdido region, southern Gulf of Mexico	3
Isotopic ratios of Perna perna mussel in southeast Brazil using the COVID-19 pandemic as temporal reference	3

New records of invasive tubeworms (Ficopomatus, Serpulidae) in Mexico – CORRIGENDUM	3
Macroalgae from two coastal lagoons of the Gulf of California as indicators of heavy metal contamination by anthropogenic activities	3
A phylogenetic study of a tropical sea urchin, Echinometra sp. EZ (Echinoidea: Camarodonta: Echinometridae) from the Persian Gulf	3
Range extension and first record of the deep-sea brittle star Ophiactis abyssicola (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in Canadian waters	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
The distribution of the red-throated ascidian Herdmania momus shifts northwards in association with ocean warming in the Korean Peninsula	2
Age and growth of bigfin reef squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae), in Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Indian Ocean	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
Impact of historic sediment characterisation on predicting polychaete distributions: a case study of so-called muddy habitat shovelhead worms (Annelida: Magelonidae)	2
First record of Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830), a Pacific south sea anemone in European shores	2
An individual based model of female brown crab movements in the western English channel: modelling migration behaviour	2
A new record of a white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Papeete, Tahiti	2
Annotated checklist and community composition of introduced, cryptogenic, and native polychaetes in floating dock communities of New England, USA	2
Unveiling a new species of Trapania (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the South-eastern Pacific using anatomical and molecular tools	2
Spatiotemporal fluctuations in surface copepods community structure in Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman, Iran	2
Identifying Humpback Whale Calving Grounds: Ensemble Modeling and Spatial Analysis of Critical Habitat in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico – CORRIGENDUM	2
Microzooplankton community structure in a subtropical South-West Atlantic coastal site	2
First record of chiroteuthis picteti joubin (cephalopoda: chiroteuthidae) from andaman sea	2
Differences in thermal sensitivities and thermal performance curves of the three calcifying macroalgae Padina boryana, Halimeda opuntia, and Halimeda macroloba	2
First record of the bluespotted dottyback Pseudochromis persicus (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	2
Description of a new species of Pericelis (Polycladida, Diposthidae) from sunken wood in the bathyal zone in Japan	2
Shrimps from a marine biodiversity hotspot: new records and molecular analysis of alpheids from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Decapoda: Caridea)	2
First records of two large pelagic fishes in the Red Sea: wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) and striped marlin (Kajikia audax)	2
Oyster allometry: growth relationships vary across space	2
Expanding north: first record of the beaded sea cucumber Euapta lappa at Madeira Island	2
Feeding ecology of the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Ecuadorian Pacific Ocean	2
First genetic and morphological records of Balloon Alfonsin, Beryx mollis egg and larvae	2
An updated checklist of Stomiiformes from Indian waters with nine new records	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
Professor John Albert Raven, FRS	2
The overlooked introduction of the encrusting bryozoan Juxtacribrilina mutabilis to eastern Canada	2
First record of a benthic ctenophore in the Mexican Atlantic:Vallicula multiformis(Platyctenida, Coeloplanidae)	2
Use of otolith microchemical and morphological analyses for stock discrimination of Sarpa salpa on two Tunisian islands, Djerba and Kerkennah	2
Investigating the palps of the polychaete Hediste diversicolor (Müller, 1776) through histochemistry and transmission electron microscopy	2
Teratological records in blue shark Prionace glauca embryos from the South-western Atlantic Ocean	2
Molecular genetic biodiversity assessment of the Wallis Island sponge fauna in the Tropical Pacific	2
Effect of sediment on meiofauna and Nematoda structure in different freshwater Amazon environments under the influence of mesotides	2
First record and molecular systematics of a rare congrid eel Bathycongrus nasicus Alcock (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from western India	2
Description of a new species of Spinosphaera (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the eastern Mediterranean	2
Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida) utilizes shark teeth for nutrition	2
Sharks and skates in the Comau Fjord, northern Patagonia, Chile: an elasmobranch species checklist with biological aspects	2
First record and a new species of Verdeia Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Brazil, with an overview of the genus – A	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
Together till the end: endosymbiosis of the annelid Haplosyllides floridana in the giant barrel-shaped sponge Xestospongia muta throughout the Tropical Atlantic	2
New epibiotic association in the deep-sea: the amphipod Caprella ungulina and the Patagonian lobsterette Thymops birsteini in the South-western Atlantic	2
Age, growth and otolith morphometrics of Serranus hepatus (L., 1758) in two areas of the Eastern Mediterranean	2
Antifungal properties and membrane-disrupting action of two modified aquatic antimicrobial peptides	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
On Ophioderma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) coming of age: morphological variations in three eastern Pacific species	2