OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Pollution Bulletin is 58. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Plastic debris composition and concentration in the Arctic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea	246
Baseline assessment of ocean ambient noise in the western Clarion Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean	220
Photolysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons adsorbed on polyethylene microplastics	218
Induction of apoptosis in the gonads of Mytilus edulis by metformin and increased temperature, via regulation of HSP70, CASP8, BCL2 and FAS	217
Inverse calculation of vessel emission source intensity based on optimized Gaussian puff model and particle swarm optimization algorithm	177
Trends and risk assessment of heavy metals in the surface sediments of river-connected lakes: A case study of Dongting Lake	172
Editorial Board	159
Microplastic-induced shifts in bioturbation and oxygen penetration depth in subtidal sediments	149
Persistent organochlorine pollutants in different bivalve species from central Vietnamese coasts: Concentrations, profiles, and biota-sediment accumulation factors	141
Estimation of bottom microplastic flux in the Indonesian seas	115
Ecophysiological responses of mangrove Kandelia obovata seedlings to bed-cleaning sludge from coastline shrimp ponds	113
Effective control and state sponsorship in deep seabed mining	112
Microplastics pollution in the marine environment: A review of sources, impacts and mitigation	111
In silico identification and characterization of microRNAs from rotifers, cladocerans, and copepods	109
Rhizophora mangle L. bioindicator of environmental exposure to heavy metals in the Navachiste lagoon complex, Sinaloa, Mexico	95
Metal contamination in mangrove tissues, seeds, and associated sediments from the Vattanam mangrove forest of Palk Bay, southeastern India: An ecological risk assessment	93
Time-resolved fluorescence of oils and oil distillates in artificial seawater at low excitation wavelengths: Assessing the use of lifetimes to decouple oil and dissolved organic matter (DOM) fluoropho	91
Potentially toxic elements in surface sediments of the Beibu Gulf, South Sea, China: Occurrence, bioavailability and probabilistic risk assessment	83
Labile organic matter favors a low N2O yield during nitrogen removal in estuarine sediments	82
Growing coastal tourism: Can biomonitoring provide insights into the health of coastal ecosystems?	81
Application of various molecular markers for investigating petrogenic inputs in coastal systems strongly impacted by anthropogenic stressors	80
Under pressure: Assessing the ecological boundaries of the epipelagic goose barnacle Lepas anatifera using ocean gliders and laboratory experiments	79
Decadal changes of macrofauna community in a semi-enclosed Bay of Yueqing in East China Sea	78
Microplastics in retail shellfish from a seafood market in eastern Thailand: Occurrence and risks to human food safety	77
Significant CO2 emission in the shallow inshore waters of the southeastern Yellow Sea in 2020	77

Distribution and composition of floating marine debris in Shiretoko peninsula, Japan, using opportunistic sighting survey	77
Entropy-weighted water quality index, hydrogeochemistry, and Monte Carlo simulation of source-specific health risks of groundwater in the Morava River plain (Serbia)	77
Use of an uncrewed surface vehicle and near infrared hyperspectral imaging for sampling and analysis of aquatic microplastics	76
Marine litter and microplastic pollution in mangrove sediments in the Sea of Oman	75
Marine turtles as bio-indicators of plastic pollution in the eastern Mediterranean	75
The diversity of planktonic bacteria driven by environmental factors in different mariculture areas in the East China Sea	74
Discernible decline in macroplastic litter inputs to the central eastern Red Sea shoreline during the COVID-19 lockdown	72
Phosphate buffering in mangrove sediment pore water under eutrophication and deforestation influences	72
Anthropogenic litter in a Mediterranean coastal wetland: A heterogeneous spatial pattern of historical deposition	72
Surface active dicationic ionic liquids as green oil spill dispersants	70
Biochemical responses in Pacific oysters Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793): Tools to evaluate the environmental quality of aquaculture areas	70
Human health risk attributed to consumption of seafood and recreation swimming in Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka: An assessment on lagoon water and inhabitant oysters (Crassostrea cucullata Born, 1778)	70
Seasonal and distance-decay patterns of surface sediments microbial nitrogen and sulfur cycling linkage in the eastern coast of China	68
Beached plastic and other anthropogenic debris in the inner Seychelles islands: Results of a citizen science approach	68
Detection of harmful algal blooms from satellite-based inherent optical properties of the ocean in Paracas Bay – Peru	68
Considerations and data update for the inference of environmental quality standards for two avermectins widely used in salmon aquaculture	67
Novel flame retardants detected in marine plastic litter in coastal areas in Central Chile	67
Temporal fluctuation of metallic trace elements concentrations in three morphotypes of floating holopelagic Sargassum from the Caribbean coast (Guadeloupe, French West Indies)	64
Effects of tributyltin (TBT) on the intermediate metabolism of the crab Callinectes sapidus	63
Spatial variations and potential risks of heavy metals in sediments of Yueqing Bay, China	63
Rethinking plastic entrapment: Misconceptions and implications for ecosystem services in coastal habitats	63
Particle uptake by filter-feeding macrofoulers from the Mar Grande of Taranto (Mediterranean Sea, Italy): potential as microplastic pollution bioremediators	62
Future microplastics in the Black Sea: River exports and reduction options for zero pollution	61
Temporal trends of marine litter in a tropical recreational beach: A case study of Mkomani beach, Kenya	61
Low levels of ultra-violet radiation mitigate the deleterious effects of nitrate and thermal stress on coral photosynthesis	61
The spatial and temporal changes of beach litter on Istanbul (Turkey) beaches as measured by the clean-coast index	60
Temporal trend of polychlorinated biphenyls contamination in the northwestern Arabian Gulf – Evidence from sediment records	60
Microplastic contamination of sandy beaches of national parks, protected and recreational areas in southern parts of the Baltic Sea	60
Microplastic contamination of intertidal sediment and cockles (Cerastoderma edule)	59
Seasonal dependence of false-positives in detection of anomalous pCO2 using the covariance method with dissolved oxygen in monitoring offshore CO2 storage sites	59
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	59
Fatty acids, persistent organic pollutants, and trace elements in small pelagic fish from the eastern Mediterranean Sea	59
Land-atmosphere fluxes and concentrations of CFC-11 and CFC-12 based on in situ observations from a coastal salt marsh in eastern China: Implications for CFC remediation	59
Distribution, toxicity and bioaccumulation of trace metals in environmental matrices of an estuary in a protected area	58
Age frequency, growth, mortality, and PAH levels of roughtongue bass (Pronotogrammus martinicensis) following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill	58
Gaseous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons over the South China Sea: Implications for atmospheric transport under monsoon influences	58
Anthropogenic nutrients and phytoplankton diversity in Kenya's coastal waters: An ecological quality assessment of sea turtle foraging sites	58
Coastal groundwater dynamics, environmental issues and sustainability: A synthesis	58