OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Pollution Bulletin is 59. 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
Editorial Board	371
Analysis of the potential of marine bioblue carbon storage and their regional contributions in Shanghai marine areas	152
Ultraphytoplankton community structure in subsurface waters along a North-South Mediterranean transect	145
Tidally driven submarine groundwater discharge to a marine aquaculture embayment: Insights from radium and dissolved silicon	130
The effects of the water-soluble fractions of crude oil on liver and kidney tissues of Caspian Kutum juveniles, Rutilus frisii	123
Towards the declaration of the strait of Gibraltar as an environmental controlled area	122
Ecological impacts, efficacy and economic feasibility of algal mat removal from temperate intertidal mudflats under blue nitrogen trading schemes	114
Pollutants of emerging concern in tourist beaches of Guerrero, Mexico: A first approach to sources	114
Spatial and seasonal variations in suspended particulate matter concentration and composition in the Persian Gulf: From dust deposition and sediment resuspension to biological production in the regula	113
Assessing the environmental impacts of engineering and agrochemical pollution in a historically-eutrophic estuary: The Mondego case (W Portugal)	113
Emerging from lockdown: Medical and sanitary waste on a Colombian beach during the first holiday season after COVID pandemic	112
Recovery capability of the tall sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis after fishing ban in the Adriatic Sea	106
The response of microphytobenthos to physical disturbance, herbicide, and titanium dioxide nanoparticle exposure	100
Coastal groundwater dynamics, environmental issues and sustainability: A synthesis	96
Effects of different types of microplastics on the growth and low molecular weight organic acids release of Dunaliella salina	95
Linking fish activity and turbidity through visual and sensor data fusion and deep learning	93
Interaction effects of crude oil and nutrient exposure on settlement of coral reef benthos	91
From isolation to impact: Spatiotemporal assessment of marine litter on a non-urbanized beach in Southern Brazil	89
Distribution characteristics, source analysis and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the western Honghai Bay of China	87
Identifying the spatial pattern and the drivers of the decline in the eastern English Channel chlorophyll-a surface concentration over the last two decades	87
Tracing localised nutrient loading to Posidonia oceanica epiphyte community assemblages in the eastern Aegean Sea	87
Development of standards for assessing water quality in marine coastal waters of Bahrain	85
Behavior of invisible microplastics in aquatic environments	84
Isotopic compositions of copper and zinc in plankton from the Mediterranean Sea (MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE campaign): Tracing trophic transfer and geogenic inputs	81
Maritime disasters and pollution: X-Press Pearl maritime debacle	78

Sabella spallanzanii mucus bacterial agglutinating activity after arsenic exposure. The equilibrium between predation safety and immune response stability	76
In silico identification and characterization of microRNAs from rotifers, cladocerans, and copepods	75
Does foil-like debris impair barnacles by covering them?	75
Alterations in hydrological variables and substrate qualities and its impacts on a critical conservation reserve in the southwest coast of India	74
Analysis of the uncertainty of the AIS-based bottom-up approach for estimating ship emissions	72
Assessment of marine litter on the Fields Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica	72
Seaweed burial mitigated the release of organic carbon and nutrients by regulating microbial activity	72
Leaching and transformation of chemical additives from weathered plastic deployed in the marine environment	72
Potentially toxic elements in surface sediments of the Beibu Gulf, South Sea, China: Occurrence, bioavailability and probabilistic risk assessment	71
The relationship between carbon dioxide flux and environmental parameters at a tropical coastal sea on different timescales	69
Differences in biomarker responses and chemical contamination among three flatfish species in the Bay of Seine (NE Atlantic)	69
A hidden lethal effect of long microplastic fibres on the coastal copepod Acartia erythraea	69
Occurrence and characteristics of fibreglass-reinforced plastics and microplastics on a beach impacted by abandoned fishing boats: A case study from Chellanam, India	68
Ecological significance of G protein-coupled receptors in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): Pervasive gene duplication and distinct transcriptional response to marine environmental stresses	68
Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments of the East China marginal seas: Significance of the terrestrial input and shelf mud deposition	66
Microplastic and microfiber contamination in the Tiber River, Italy: Insights into their presence and chemical differentiation	66
Assessment of persistent and emerging pollutants levels in marine bivalves in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt	65
How natural disasters affect the distribution of marine litter in protected island ecosystems (Seaflower Biosphere Reserve — Colombia)	65
Changes in the carbon source and storage in a cultivation area of macro-algae in Southeast China	65
Marine microplastics enrich antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), especially extracellular ARGs: An investigation in the East China Sea	65
Radioecological perspective: The concentration of natural radionuclides around the coast of PLTU Labuan	64
Accumulation and fluxes of potentially toxic elements in a large coastal lagoon (southern Gulf of Mexico) from 210Pb sediment chronologies	64
Assessment of metals pollution in seawater and sediment from the western Xuwen offshore area, Leizhou Peninsula, China	64
Total mercury and methylmercury levels in blood of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) from the Antarctic Peninsula area	63
Corrigendum to “Effects of ocean warming on the fatty acid and epigenetic profile of Acartia tonsa: A multigenerational approach.” [Mar. Pollut. Bull. Volume 201, April 2024, 116265]	63
Corrigendum to “Microplastic footprints in sharks and rays: First assessment of microplastic pollution in two cartilaginous fishes, hardnose shark and whitespotted whipray” [Mar. Pollut. Bull. 212 (20	62
Exposure status, spatial variation, and health risk assessment of selected heavy metal(loid)s in common commercial fish species of the Beibu Gulf	61
Impact of combined seawater warming and triazine-type herbicide pollution on the physiology and potential toxicity of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum	61
Systematic characterization of sediment microbial community structure and function associated with anaerobic microbial degradation of PBDEs in coastal wetland	61
Predation facilitates the abundance of biofouling non-indigenous species in estuarine marinas in NE Atlantic Portugal	61
How does industrial intelligence affect the ecological efficiency of China's mariculture industry? Empirical analysis based on panel data from coastal regions of China	60
Crustose coralline algae exhibit complex responses to breakage under current and future climate scenarios	59
Do typhoon storm surges affect bank performance in coastal regions? Empirical evidence from China	59
Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate pollution investigation along the Capibaribe River Estuarine System (Northeast Brazil) using a digital imaging-based methodology	59
Behavioural response of Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) to vessel noise during peak and off-peak human visitation	59