OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Plankton Research is 4. 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
Comparing planktonic heliozoan abundance in deep and shallow basins of Lake Biwa: exploring optimal growth temperature, food resources and habitat use	63
Correction to: Phytoplankton stoichiometry along the salinity gradient under limited nutrient and light supply	26
Phytoplankton thermal response curves in natural communities of different origins	24
Long-term dynamics, population structure and connectivity of the helmet jellyfish Periphylla periphylla in a Norwegian fjord and adjacent waters	23
A mass occurrence of pteropods (Limacina spp.) drove a pronounced peak in zooplankton biomass in Atlantic water in the Barents Sea in 1994	22
Ichthyoplankton species assemblages during the 2015–2016 El Niño in the southwest Gulf of California	22
Comparison of WP-2 and MOCNESS plankton samplers for measuring zooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea ecosystem	21
Influence of food quality on larval growth of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Mexico	17
Testing theoretical frameworks of zooplankton longitudinal distribution in a large reservoir	17
Changes in phytoplankton community structure over a century in relation to environmental factors	16
Shifts in survival and reproduction after chronic warming enhance the potential of a marine copepod to persist under extreme heat events	16
Pioneers of plankton research: Alister Hardy (1896–1985)	16
Distribution, abundance and grazing impact of Salpa fusiformis, with response to environmental conditions and their effects on other zooplankton species in Korean waters	15
Plankton digital twins—a new research tool	14
Comparison of the ecology of pelagic copepods as basibionts and suctorian ciliates as epibionts in the subarctic Pacific	14
Testing mechanisms driving the increased susceptibility of Daphnia to disease when exposed to Chaoborus cu	13
Composition patterns of surface mesozooplankton in the zonal fronts of Drake Passage	13
Seasonal variation in the population structure and production of the copepod Calanus sinicus in the Yellow Sea	13
Plankton abundance and resource exploitation by the endemic sprat Nannothrissa stewarti (Poll & Roberts, 1976) in a large blackwater lake of the midd	12
Know your limits; miniCOI metabarcoding fails with key marine zooplankton taxa	12
Multiple environmental stressors mediate cyanobacteria recruitment in microcosms simulating spring conditions from two Midwest US hypereutrophic reservoirs	11
Ecological role of a cosmopolitan testate rhizopod, Paulinella ovalis, in the microbial food web of a eutrophic estuary	11
The role of oceanographic conditions and colony size in shaping the spatial structure ofPyrosoma atlanticumin the NW Mediterranean Sea	11
Degradation of dead cladoceran zooplankton and their contribution to organic carbon cycling in stratified lakes: field observation and model prediction	10
Occurrence of larval fishes sampled by drifting light traps in the lower reaches of a South African estuary	10

Pioneers of plankton research: Salvatore Lo Bianco (1860–1910)	10
Climate change effects on plankton recruitment from coastal sediments	10
Swarming of holoplanktonic gastropod (Creseis acicula Rang, 1828) in Andaman Island during southwest monsoon, possible reasons and its global swarming records	9
Between universality and specificity: predator kairomones in aquatic predator–prey relationships	9
Short-term variability in plankton abundance on the inner shelf off Ubatuba, Brazil	8
Formation and reversibility of inducible morphological and behavioral defenses in Daphnia magna	8
Chytrids alleviate the harmful effect of heat and cyanobacteria diet on Daphnia via PUFA-upgrading	8
Uncovering hidden structures: previously undescribed pseudopodia and ectoplasmic structures in planktonic foraminifera	8
Hydrostatic pressure impedes the degradation of sinking copepod carcasses and fecal pellets	8
Mesodinium–Dinophysis encounters: temporal and spatial constraints on Dinophysis blooms	8
Lanternfish larvae (Teleostei: Myctophidae) feeding ecology in the continental slope and off oceanic islands in the tropical Atlantic	7
Should we reconsider how to assess eutrophication?	7
Combining in situ and ex situ plankton image data to reconstruct zooplankton (>1 mm) volume and mass distribution in the global ocean	7
Size and energy content of Calanus spp. copepods: linking copepod phenology to variability in their quality as prey	7
Effects of crude oil and high salinity on eggs and early naupliar stages of the copepod Calanus hyperboreus	7
Phytoplankton metabolism in a stratified nearshore ecosystem with recurrent harmful algal blooms (HABs)	7
Post-flooding blooms of the non-indigenous freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Kollam District of Kerala, India	6
2024 David Cushing prize	6
Under ice plankton and lipid dynamics in a subarctic lake	6
Effects of phosphorus enrichment on Daphnia–algae interactions in laboratory microcosms	6
The colorful world of cryptophyte phycobiliproteins	6
A Markov chain model of Daphnia motion	6
Littoral phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in a tropical reservoir: Pantabangan Reservoir, the Philippines	6
Correction to: Seasonal organization of tintinnid community by temperature preference and LOD size-class in a subtropical brackish embayment	6
Body size and developmental response of a rotifer to the predator Asplanchna	6
Identification of phytoplankton isolates from the eastern Canadian waters using long-read sequencing	5
Effects of physical forcing on short-term plankton dynamics in a narrow coral reef lagoon (Ouano, New Caledonia): a two-week high-frequency study	5
Temperature, phosphorus and species composition will all influence phytoplankton production and content of polyunsaturated fatty acids	5
Gut content and fatty acid analyses reveal trophic role of the ctenophore Pleurobrachia bachei in the Northern California current	5
Miquel Alcaraz (1945–2022)	5
Phytoplankton phagotrophy across nutrients and light gradients using different measurement techniques	5
Evaluating a most probable number method for assessing the viability of Laurentian Great Lakes protists	5
Assessing good environmental status through mesozooplankton biodiversity: a step forward	5
Experimental analysis of development, lipid accumulation and gene expression in a high-latitude marine copepod	5
Substantial unrealised global biodiversity of continental microcrustaceans	5
Variability of tintinnid ciliate communities with water masses in the western Pacific Ocean	5
Opportunistic vs selective feeding strategies of zooplankton under changing environmental conditions	5
Abundance and distribution of the paralarval cephalopod community in the northern Gulf of Mexico	5
Seasonal variation in phytoplankton community assembly in hydrologically isolated urban lakes	5
2026 Cushing Prize	4
2023 David Cushing prize	4
Introduction to the themed section “Mixotrophs and mixoplankton: conceptual integration into aquatic research”	4
Seasonal dynamics of zooplankton communities in a recent lava delta on an oceanic island in the Central East Atlantic Ocean	4
Concurrent observations of the euphausiid Thysanoessa raschii in an Icelandic fjord by acoustics and Video Plankton Recorder: comparisons with theoretical models of target strength	4
Inter-annual variability of phytoplankton and subsurface chlorophyll in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean: evidence from austral summers 2018 and 2020	4
What do the geometric and stochastic properties of swimming behaviour have to teach us about zooplankton behavioural ecology?	4
Dietary plasticity in small Arctic copepods as revealed with prey metabarcoding	4
Hypoxia reduces predation on the invasive comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi	4
RNA/DNA ratios as estimate of metabolic and functional traits in diatom species from the northwestern Adriatic Sea	4
Novel combination coccospheres fromHelicosphaeraspp indicate complex relationships between species	4

Effects of mixotroph evolution on trophic transfer	4
Appendicularians and marine snowin situvertical distribution in Argentinean Patagonia	4
Pioneers of plankton research: Eugène Canu (1864–1952)	4
Bottom–up propagation of synoptic wind intensification and relaxation in the planktonic ecosystem of the South Senegalese Upwelling Sector	4
Diel, seasonal and vertical changes in the abundance, biomass and community structure of pelagic polychaetes at the subtropical station S1 in the western North Pacific: comparison with the results fro	4
Winter plankton dynamics in a boreal lake: community structure, vertical distribution and reproduction under ice	4
Spatial and temporal dynamics of ichthyoplankton in a temperate estuary: identifying essential habitats for early life stages	4
Pioneers of plankton research: Esteban Boltovskoy (1912–1997)	4
Food quality impacts on reproductive traits, development and fatty acid composition of the freshwater calanoid copepod Eudiaptomus sp.	4
Diapause in Cladocera: mechanisms of induction, termination and seasonal information accumulation	4
Reproductive biology, elemental composition and diel vertical migration of the cosmopolitan warm-temperate pelagic tunicate Soestia zonaria	4
Zooplankton community structure and diel migration patterns vary over hours, days, and years in the pelagic and littoral zone of a eutrophic reservoir	4
Genetic variability, biomass parameters, elemental composition and energy content of the non-indigenous hydromedusa Craspedacusta sowerbii in North America	4
Assessing coastal zooplankton in the St. Lawrence estuary: spatio-temporal patterns of taxonomic and functional biodiversity	4
Rare but persistent asexual reproduction explains the success of planktonic foraminifera in polar oceans	4