OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aquacultural Engineering is 8. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
RC-UMT: Multimodal fish feeding intensity classification network with enhanced feature extraction capability in aquaculture	69
Osedax-GAN: A novel metaheuristic approach for missing pixel imputation imagery for enhanced detection accuracy of freshwater fish diseases in aquaculture	66
Flow-through and cyclic fed-batch cultivation of the green microalga Haematococcus pluvialis in recirculating aquaculture effluent: Strategies for sustained biomass production and astaxanthin biosynth	64
The coupled vibrations of a rectangular frame and a flexible net subjected to waves and currents	61
PUFFER-DETR: Tiger puffer similar abnormal behavior recognition based on transformer	51
Pixel-level quantification of biofouling taxa associated with salmon aquaculture infrastructure using deep learning	51
Hydrodynamics of large-scale recirculating aquaculture tanks equipped with paddlewheel aerators	45
Experimental study on hydrodynamic performance of the semi-submersible vessel-shaped fish cage	41
Editorial Board	39
Detection of a stress related acoustic signature by passive acoustic monitoring in Atlantic salmon farming	38
Safety evaluation of physical plasma for water treatment in recirculating aquaculture systems	37
Denitrification performance of polyhydroxybutyrate/cellulose (PHBC) blend with and without a nitrogen-driven degassing column	37
Optimizing intensive shrimp production: Relieve the physiological pressure in Penaeus vannamei through transition from biofloc technology to recirculating clear-water aquaculture systems	35
Environmental performance of Penaeus vannamei shrimp production in intensive and super-intensive biofloc systems	33
Anomalous white shrimp detection in intensive farming based on improved YOLOv8	33
Physical filtration of nutrients utilizing gravel-based and lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) as growing media in aquaponic recirculation system (ARS)	32
Prawn morphometrics and weight estimation from images using deep learning for landmark localization	31
Influence of tank geometry and background color on growth performance and immune response of endangered Indian butter catfish Ompok bimaculatus	30
Editorial Board	27
MusselCF, a user-friendly toolbox to estimate the physiological carbon footprint of mussels in suspended aquaculture	26
Effect of ozone and hydrogen peroxide on off-flavor compounds and water quality in a recirculating aquaculture system	25
Robust automatic net damage detection and tracking on real aquaculture environment using computer vision	24
Design considerations for a continuous mussel farm in New England Offshore waters. Part I: Development of environmental conditions for engineering design	24
Collection rates of detached mobile sea lice according to net mesh and body size: A benchtop model	24
Effects of biofloc-electrochemical system on water quality, fish performance, and microbial diversity	23

In-situ bioremediation and resource recovery of bioflocs by the freshwater mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) in the zero-water-exchange tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) culture systems	23
Thermodynamics assessment of a near-zero discharged recirculating aquaculture system for turbot grow-out	23
Editorial Board	22
Numerical study on hydrodynamic behaviors of and flow field around UHMWPE plane nets	21
Real-time ammonia estimation in recirculating aquaculture systems: A data assimilation approach	21
Optimization of aerobic digestion conditions of solid waste from recirculating aquaculture systems for liquid fertilizer production	21
The associated use of artificial substrates and biofloc system in the intensive culture of Macrobrachium rosenbergii	21
Editorial Board	21
Insights into different marine aquaculture infrastructures from a life cycle perspective	20
Aqua3DNet: Real-time 3D pose estimation of livestock in aquaculture by monocular machine vision	19
Smart headset, computer vision and machine learning for efficient prawn farm management	19
Adaptive graph learning with dynamic neural ODE for feeding intensity analysis of pearl gentian grouper in a recirculating aquaculture system	19
Smart technologies in aquaculture: An integrated IoT, AI, and blockchain framework for sustainable growth	18
Numerical study on the flow fields inside and around a submersible truss-type aquaculture cage	18
Ultrasonic monitoring of early larval development of fish in tanks. Case study: Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)	18
Corrigendum to “Structural modelling of aquaculture nets with square meshes by quadrilateral membrane finite elements” [Aquac. Eng. 113 (2026) 102706]	18
Impact evaluation of deep learning on image segmentation for automatic bluefin tuna sizing	18
UVA-LED365 nm and UVC-LED275 nm combined irradiation effectively inactivates Vibrio parahaemolyticus and controls photoreactivation by regulating illumination	18
Rotiferometer: An automated system for quantification of rotifer cultures	18
Evaluating submerged and surface feeding strategies in farmed Atlantic Cod: Energetic and production perspectives	17
Effects of feed, carbohydrate addition and stocking density on Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) production	16
Digital twin-based smart aquafarm monitoring system with multi-instance learning based on autoencoder model	16
Improving feed intake predictions in aquaculture: Integrating dissolved oxygen, body weight, and temperature for Atlantic salmon and meagre	16
Smart aquaculture revolution: Triple-hybrid AI framework for ultra-precise aquaculture energy forecasting using adaptive markov imputation, neutrosophic intelligence, and shrimp-inspired multi-scale o	16
Effect of coconut waste and its biochar as hydroponics substrates on system performance and nitrogen transformation in aquaponics	16
Analysis of drag force, deformation and stress distribution of biofouled flexible nets	15
Numerical and experimental study of two common types of fouled net panels in the ocean	15
Influence of dietary phosphorus on orthophosphate accumulation in recirculating aquaculture systems with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	15
Sedimentation of Crassostrea gigas and Perna perna biodeposits in the South Atlantic	14
MarParPred: A Shiny web application for predicting multi-parasite disease risk in marine fish using machine learning	13
Technological approaches to enhance water efficiency in aquaculture: Aiming towards sustainable intensification	13
Conveying characteristics of shrimp feed pellets in pneumatic conveying system and minimum power consumption dissipation factor	12
RAFE-net: A robust attention-based fusion framework for classifying fish feeding behavior from sonar and acoustic data	12
Editorial Board	12
Nitrogen metabolism potential in biofilm microbial communities: potential applications in the mariculture wastewater treatment	12
Habitat-enhanced recirculating aquaculture systems improve post-transport recovery and survival of Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1775)	11
Development and field application of an integrated three-phase greenhouse gas monitoring system in smart shrimp aquaculture with biofloc-based carbon mitigation	11
Editorial Board	11
Decision support systems for digital twins in aquaculture: A systematic literature review	11
Method for layout optimization of coastal cage aquaculture systems in Southeast Asia	11
MFSD-YOLO: A multi-scenario fish small target detection method in aquaculture	10
Robust detection of farmed fish by fusing YOLOv5 with DCM and ATM	10
Optimal aquarium shape for rearing male Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)	10
Research on the influence of solid-liquid two-phase flow on the flow field effect and stability of square reefs	10
An IoT based smart water quality assessment framework for aqua-ponds management using Dilated Spatial-temporal Convolution Neural Network (DSTCNN)	10
Reluctance of farmed Atlantic salmon to feed in cold water revealed during automated hydroacoustic feeding control	10
Hydrodynamics of waste collection in a recirculating aquaculture tank with different numbers of inlet pipes	9
Fish behavior recognition based on an audio-visual multimodal interactive fusion network	9
Single pass saltwater disinfection using low voltage electrolysis: Potential implications for aquaculture systems	9
Numerical investigation of flow characteristics in a rearing tank aboard an aquaculture vessel	9

Discrete element method for non-spherical feed particle transport in offshore truss cage aquaculture: Modeling and applications	9
Development of a novel sterilized thin-film photobioreactor for efficient microalgae cultivation by mixotrophic mode	9
Aquaponics performance optimization: The impact of hydraulic loading rate on striped murrel (Channa striata) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) production in a vermicompost-supplemented system	9
Experimental study on the hydrodynamic responses of a novel platform integrating vertical-axis wind turbine with a fish cage in regular waves	9
Design considerations for a continuous mussel farm in New England Offshore waters. Part II: Using validated numerical models to estimate the probability of failure	9
Preconditioner influence on twin-screw extrusion cooking of starch-based feed pellets: The example of Fish Feed	9
MortCam: An Artificial Intelligence-aided fish mortality detection and alert system for recirculating aquaculture	9
In-water electric stunning as a humane commercial method for culling juvenile salmonids	9
Biological site suitability for exposed self-regulating cultivation of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): A Belgian case study	9
Ultrafiltration for the biosecurity of fish production: The case of a sturgeon nursery	9
Can air nanobubbles improve the swim bladder inflation in developing European perch? A pilot study of advanced water treatment.	8
Application of generative artificial intelligence in the aquacultural sector	8
A robotic fish processing line enhanced by machine learning	8
An extraction method of fish vector field for marine cage culture based on UAV vision	8
Microalgae plant site selection analysis: A multi-criteria decision model based on hierarchical analysis, geographic information systems and Monte Carlo simulations	8
Culturing freshwater crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in a static biofloc culture system based on fruit-wastes: Effects on growth, nutrient composition and bioeconomics	8
Effects of drum filters, swirl separators and foam fractionation on water quality in pilot scale recirculating aquaculture systems	8
FishMAE: A Masked Autoencoder based framework for long-term fish re-identification	8
Sedimentation efficiency evaluation of an aquaculture tank through experimental floc characterization and CFD simulation	8
The influence of length–width ratio of an unconventional mobile finfish structure on the drag force and dissolved oxygen: Laboratory experimentation and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)	8
An efficient fish counting method with adaptive global perception and multi-scale feature perception	8
Optimizing flow uniformity and velocity fields in aquaculture tanks by modifying water inlets and nozzles arrangement: A computational fluid dynamics study	8
Detection of residual feed in aquaculture using YOLO and Mask RCNN	8
Pesticide residues in aquatic products: sources, advances in detection technologies, and risk management	8
Growth performance of shrimp and water quality in a freshwater biofloc system with a salinity of 5.0‰: Effects on inputs, costs and wastes discharge during grow-out culture of Litopenaeus vannamei	8
Irreversible membrane fouling in marine recirculating aquaculture systems: Mechanistic origins, engineering implications, and antifouling limitations	8
Neural network approaches for enhanced nitrate management in recirculating aquaculture systems	8