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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	426
The effects of the water-soluble fractions of crude oil on liver and kidney tissues of Caspian Kutum juveniles, Rutilus frisii	170
Towards the declaration of the strait of Gibraltar as an environmental controlled area	154
Assessing the environmental impacts of engineering and agrochemical pollution in a historically-eutrophic estuary: The Mondego case (W Portugal)	134
Emerging from lockdown: Medical and sanitary waste on a Colombian beach during the first holiday season after COVID pandemic	128
Recovery capability of the tall sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis after fishing ban in the Adriatic Sea	127
The response of microphytobenthos to physical disturbance, herbicide, and titanium dioxide nanoparticle exposure	123
Coastal groundwater dynamics, environmental issues and sustainability: A synthesis	118
Effects of different types of microplastics on the growth and low molecular weight organic acids release of Dunaliella salina	117
Tracing localised nutrient loading to Posidonia oceanica epiphyte community assemblages in the eastern Aegean Sea	112
Sabella spallanzanii mucus bacterial agglutinating activity after arsenic exposure. The equilibrium between predation safety and immune response stability	102
Does foil-like debris impair barnacles by covering them?	100
Leaching and transformation of chemical additives from weathered plastic deployed in the marine environment	98
In silico identification and characterization of microRNAs from rotifers, cladocerans, and copepods	98
Ecological significance of G protein-coupled receptors in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): Pervasive gene duplication and distinct transcriptional response to marine environmental stresses	97
How natural disasters affect the distribution of marine litter in protected island ecosystems (Seaflower Biosphere Reserve — Colombia)	96
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]	92
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	89
Systematic characterization of sediment microbial community structure and function associated with anaerobic microbial degradation of PBDEs in coastal wetland	84
Exposure status, spatial variation, and health risk assessment of selected heavy metal(loid)s in common commercial fish species of the Beibu Gulf	84
Impact of combined seawater warming and triazine-type herbicide pollution on the physiology and potential toxicity of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum	83
Do typhoon storm surges affect bank performance in coastal regions? Empirical evidence from China	83
Crustose coralline algae exhibit complex responses to breakage under current and future climate scenarios	81
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in three bathyal chondrichthyes from the North-Western Mediterranean Sea	78
A biochemical and lipidomic approach to perceive Halimione portulacoides (L.) response to mercury: An environmental perspective	77

The use of Atlantic seascapes for marine protected areas planning in the context of the marine biological diversity of areas beyond National Jurisdiction agreement	75
Physiological mechanisms of shell microstructural regulation in Japanese pearl oyster under hypoxic stress: Insights into molluscan resilience against environmental changes	74
Ocean warming (OW) and freshening influence metabolism and cellular damage in Loxechinus albus at the extremes of their Patagonian distribution	73
Application of environmental DNA metabarcoding in the ecological effect assessment of marine ranching-case study of Shuangdao Bay	73
Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in sea snakes (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	72
Environmental DNA as a complementary tool for monitoring fish assemblages in coastal lagoons: Insights for conservation	72
Inverse calculation of vessel emission source intensity based on optimized Gaussian puff model and particle swarm optimization algorithm	72
The impacts of Persian Gulf water and ocean-atmosphere interactions on tropical cyclone intensification in the Arabian Sea	71
Comparison of heavy metal pollution and ecological risk assessment in ballast tank sediments based on two applicable reference standards	71
Identification and quantification of photodegradation products of disposed expanded polystyrene buoy used in aquaculture	71
Evaluating microplastic trapping efficiency in seagrass meadows using hydraulic flume simulations	70
Unraveling sources of hydrocarbons in subtropical estuaries with distinct degrees of protection in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, Brazil	69
Editorial Board	69
Release of microplastics and nanoplastics in water from disposable surgical masks after disinfection	69
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the sediment of the Bohai Sea in China: Slow phasing out but risk remaining	68
Can environmental protection tax alleviate the mismatch of financing and investment maturities of heavily polluting enterprises?	67
Robust daily satellite sea surface salinity reconstruction using deep learning in low-salinity coastal regions	66
Long-range transport of POPs to the central Atlantic Ocean: using a resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) as sentinel species	65
Assessing water color anomalies: A hue angle approach in the Gulf of Izmit	64
Bioaccumulation of trace metal elements and biomarker responses in caged juvenile flounder at a polluted site: Effects of fish density and time exposure	62
Temporal variations of diversity and community structure of epifauna along the latitudinal and depth gradients in China seas over nearly 60 years	62
Effect of gillnet twine thickness on capture pattern and efficiency in the Northeast-Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery	62
Predation facilitates the abundance of biofouling non-indigenous species in estuarine marinas in NE Atlantic Portugal	61
Charting the invasion: Predicting Tubastraea spp. next move into Brazilian marine protected areas	61
Behavioural response of Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) to vessel noise during peak and off-peak human visitation	61
Under pressure: Assessing the ecological boundaries of the epipelagic goose barnacle Lepas anatifera using ocean gliders and laboratory experiments	61
Multivariate analysis of trace elements in starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) spine in different areas of the Caspian Sea	61
Accumulation and fluxes of potentially toxic elements in a large coastal lagoon (southern Gulf of Mexico) from 210Pb sediment chronologies	61
The relationship between carbon dioxide flux and environmental parameters at a tropical coastal sea on different timescales	60
Isotopic compositions of copper and zinc in plankton from the Mediterranean Sea (MERITE-HIPPOCAMPE campaign): Tracing trophic transfer and geogenic inputs	60
Maritime disasters and pollution: X-Press Pearl maritime debacle	59
Antibiotic resistance genes in seawater and sediments along the Antarctic Peninsula	59
Prediction of microplastic transport in oil-contaminated waters	59
Water quality and health risk assessments of illegal gold mining-impacted estuaries in Ghana	59