OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ocean Development and International Law is 1. 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
Harnessing the Wind Down Under: Applying the UNCLOS Framework to the Regulation of Offshore Wind by Australia and New Zealand	12
The Polar Code Process and Sovereignty Bargains: Comparing the Approaches of Canada and Russia to POLARIS	8
Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea: An Endeavor to Connect Law of the Sea and International Human Rights Law	7
The Practice of the Caribbean SIDS on the Consent Regime for Marine Scientific Research Under UNCLOS: Trends, Gaps, and Recommendations	7
Decommissioning Offshore Windfarms and Grid Infrastructure: To Remove or Not to Remove? - A Belgian Law Perspective	6
Is Compulsory Jurisdiction Under UNCLOS Part XV Expanding? A Critical Review of the Claims	6
From “Common Pools” to “Fish Pools”: Shifting Property Institutions in Traditional Waters of Norway and Canada	4
European Approaches Support an Essential Definition of Ecosystem-Based Management and Demonstrate Its Implementation for the Oceans	4
‘One Map to Rule Them All’? Revisiting Legalities Through Cartographic Representations of the Northwest Passage	4
Ship Surveys and Certification During Global Health Pandemics; Challenges and Opportunities Presented by COVID-19	2
‘Inconvenient Conveniences’: An Essay on Extraterritorial Port State Jurisdiction, in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	2
The Legal Regime of Islands after the South China Sea Award—Orphaned or Influential? An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	2
Regulating Exceptions for Research and Exploratory Fishing in Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas: A Comparative Analysis on Balancing Conservation and Commercial Use	2
The Dispute over the Geographical Application of the Svalbard Treaty: Into a New Phase, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	2
Evolution of the Law of the Sea and Ocean Policy in Northeast Asia	2
The Expanding Role of Classification Societies in Conserving the Marine Environment: The Case of the 2004 BWM Convention	1
After the Dust Settles: Selected Considerations about the New Treaty on Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction with Respect to ABMTs and MPAs	1
Designing Law and Policy for the Health and Resilience of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems—Lessons From (and for) Aotearoa New Zealand	1
Reviving the Monetary Gold Principle? A Case Note on the Judgment of Preliminary Objections in the Mauritius/Maldives Case	1
Challenges to the Capacity-Building of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in East Asia: What Is at Stake?	1
From Fishery Resources Conservation to Labor Protection: RFMOs and the Development of Combating IUU, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	1
A Pause or Moratorium for Deep Seabed Mining in the Area? The Legal Basis, Potential Pathways, and Possible Policy Implications	1
The Jurisdiction of the Dispute Settlement Bodies of the Law of the Sea Convention With Respect to Other Treaties	1
A Liberal Maritime Power as Any Other? The Soviet Union during the Negotiations of the Law of the Sea Convention	1
Toward Better Maritime Cooperation—A Proposal from the Chinese Perspective	1

International Governance of Marine Geoengineering: Sketchy Seascape, Foggy Future—An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	1
Managing the South China Sea Dispute: Multilateral and Bilateral Approaches	1
Cruise Ships, COVID-19, and Port/Flag State Obligations	1
Maritime Security in the Baltic and Japanese Straits From the Perspective of EEZ Corridors	1
The Road Not Taken: Submission of Disputes Concerning Activities in Undelimited Maritime Areas to UNCLOS Compulsory Procedures	1
Pollution Substitution? Scrubber Discharges and the Law of the Sea: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	1
Different Pacta or Different Servanda ? Grey-Zone Lawfare and Law of the Sea-Based Passage and Operational Rights	1
Arctic Straight Baselines: Time for a Revisit?—An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	1