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

Article	Citations
Experimental study on hydrodynamic performance of the semi-submersible vessel-shaped fish cage	73
Hydrodynamics of large-scale recirculating aquaculture tanks equipped with paddlewheel aerators	69
Pixel-level quantification of biofouling taxa associated with salmon aquaculture infrastructure using deep learning	66
Osedax-GAN: A novel metaheuristic approach for missing pixel imputation imagery for enhanced detection accuracy of freshwater fish diseases in aquaculture	65
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	57
PUFFER-DETR: Tiger puffer similar abnormal behavior recognition based on transformer	52
RC-UMT: Multimodal fish feeding intensity classification network with enhanced feature extraction capability in aquaculture	47
Editorial Board	42
The coupled vibrations of a rectangular frame and a flexible net subjected to waves and currents	42
Safety evaluation of physical plasma for water treatment in recirculating aquaculture systems	39
Denitrification performance of polyhydroxybutyrate/cellulose (PHBC) blend with and without a nitrogen-driven degassing column	39
Physical filtration of nutrients utilizing gravel-based and lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) as growing media in aquaponic recirculation system (ARS)	38
Environmental performance of Penaeus vannamei shrimp production in intensive and super-intensive biofloc systems	37
Detection of a stress related acoustic signature by passive acoustic monitoring in Atlantic salmon farming	35
Optimizing intensive shrimp production: Relieve the physiological pressure in Penaeus vannamei through transition from biofloc technology to recirculating clear-water aquaculture systems	35
Anomalous white shrimp detection in intensive farming based on improved YOLOv8	33
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	31
In-situ bioremediation and resource recovery of bioflocs by the freshwater mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) in the zero-water-exchange tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) culture systems	28
Collection rates of detached mobile sea lice according to net mesh and body size: A benchtop model	27
MusselCF, a user-friendly toolbox to estimate the physiological carbon footprint of mussels in suspended aquaculture	27
Editorial Board	26
Design considerations for a continuous mussel farm in New England Offshore waters. Part I: Development of environmental conditions for engineering design	26
Robust automatic net damage detection and tracking on real aquaculture environment using computer vision	26
Thermodynamics assessment of a near-zero discharged recirculating aquaculture system for turbot grow-out	25

Effects of biofloc-electrochemical system on water quality, fish performance, and microbial diversity	25
Effect of ozone and hydrogen peroxide on off-flavor compounds and water quality in a recirculating aquaculture system	25
Editorial Board	24
Editorial Board	24
Real-time ammonia estimation in recirculating aquaculture systems: A data assimilation approach	23
Smart headset, computer vision and machine learning for efficient prawn farm management	23
The associated use of artificial substrates and biofloc system in the intensive culture of Macrobrachium rosenbergii	23
Aqua3DNet: Real-time 3D pose estimation of livestock in aquaculture by monocular machine vision	22
Numerical study on hydrodynamic behaviors of and flow field around UHMWPE plane nets	22
Ultrasonic monitoring of early larval development of fish in tanks. Case study: Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)	21
Adaptive graph learning with dynamic neural ODE for feeding intensity analysis of pearl gentian grouper in a recirculating aquaculture system	21
Insights into different marine aquaculture infrastructures from a life cycle perspective	21
Optimization of aerobic digestion conditions of solid waste from recirculating aquaculture systems for liquid fertilizer production	21
UVA-LED365 nm and UVC-LED275 nm combined irradiation effectively inactivates Vibrio parahaemolyticus and controls photoreactivation by regulating illumination	19
Corrigendum to “Structural modelling of aquaculture nets with square meshes by quadrilateral membrane finite elements” [Aquac. Eng. 113 (2026) 102706]	19
Smart technologies in aquaculture: An integrated IoT, AI, and blockchain framework for sustainable growth	19
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	18
Influence of dietary phosphorus on orthophosphate accumulation in recirculating aquaculture systems with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	18
Digital twin-based smart aquafarm monitoring system with multi-instance learning based on autoencoder model	18
Impact evaluation of deep learning on image segmentation for automatic bluefin tuna sizing	18
Sedimentation of Crassostrea gigas and Perna perna biodeposits in the South Atlantic	18
Effect of coconut waste and its biochar as hydroponics substrates on system performance and nitrogen transformation in aquaponics	17
Evaluating submerged and surface feeding strategies in farmed Atlantic Cod: Energetic and production perspectives	17
Improving feed intake predictions in aquaculture: Integrating dissolved oxygen, body weight, and temperature for Atlantic salmon and meagre	17
RAFE-net: A robust attention-based fusion framework for classifying fish feeding behavior from sonar and acoustic data	17
Numerical study on the flow fields inside and around a submersible truss-type aquaculture cage	17
MarParPred: A Shiny web application for predicting multi-parasite disease risk in marine fish using machine learning	17
Rotiferometer: An automated system for quantification of rotifer cultures	16
Numerical and experimental study of two common types of fouled net panels in the ocean	16
Analysis of drag force, deformation and stress distribution of biofouled flexible nets	15
Technological approaches to enhance water efficiency in aquaculture: Aiming towards sustainable intensification	15
Nitrogen metabolism potential in biofilm microbial communities: potential applications in the mariculture wastewater treatment	15
Effects of feed, carbohydrate addition and stocking density on Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) production	14
Method for layout optimization of coastal cage aquaculture systems in Southeast Asia	14
Editorial Board	14
Editorial Board	13
Habitat-enhanced recirculating aquaculture systems improve post-transport recovery and survival of Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1775)	13
Development and field application of an integrated three-phase greenhouse gas monitoring system in smart shrimp aquaculture with biofloc-based carbon mitigation	12
Decision support systems for digital twins in aquaculture: A systematic literature review	12
Robust detection of farmed fish by fusing YOLOv5 with DCM and ATM	12
Conveying characteristics of shrimp feed pellets in pneumatic conveying system and minimum power consumption dissipation factor	12
An IoT based smart water quality assessment framework for aqua-ponds management using Dilated Spatial-temporal Convolution Neural Network (DSTCNN)	12
Optimal aquarium shape for rearing male Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)	12
MFSD-YOLO: A multi-scenario fish small target detection method in aquaculture	12
Reluctance of farmed Atlantic salmon to feed in cold water revealed during automated hydroacoustic feeding control	11
Preconditioner influence on twin-screw extrusion cooking of starch-based feed pellets: The example of Fish Feed	11
Research on the influence of solid-liquid two-phase flow on the flow field effect and stability of square reefs	11
Sedimentation efficiency evaluation of an aquaculture tank through experimental floc characterization and CFD simulation	10
Development of a novel sterilized thin-film photobioreactor for efficient microalgae cultivation by mixotrophic mode	10
Experimental study on the hydrodynamic responses of a novel platform integrating vertical-axis wind turbine with a fish cage in regular waves	10

Optimizing flow uniformity and velocity fields in aquaculture tanks by modifying water inlets and nozzles arrangement: A computational fluid dynamics study	10
Discrete element method for non-spherical feed particle transport in offshore truss cage aquaculture: Modeling and applications	10
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	10
Fish behavior recognition based on an audio-visual multimodal interactive fusion network	10
Irreversible membrane fouling in marine recirculating aquaculture systems: Mechanistic origins, engineering implications, and antifouling limitations	10
MortCam: An Artificial Intelligence-aided fish mortality detection and alert system for recirculating aquaculture	10
Hydrodynamics of waste collection in a recirculating aquaculture tank with different numbers of inlet pipes	10
Single pass saltwater disinfection using low voltage electrolysis: Potential implications for aquaculture systems	10
Neural network approaches for enhanced nitrate management in recirculating aquaculture systems	9
Biological site suitability for exposed self-regulating cultivation of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): A Belgian case study	9
An extraction method of fish vector field for marine cage culture based on UAV vision	9
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	9
Application of generative artificial intelligence in the aquacultural sector	9
Microalgae plant site selection analysis: A multi-criteria decision model based on hierarchical analysis, geographic information systems and Monte Carlo simulations	9
In-water electric stunning as a humane commercial method for culling juvenile salmonids	9
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)	9
An efficient fish counting method with adaptive global perception and multi-scale feature perception	9
Numerical investigation of flow characteristics in a rearing tank aboard an aquaculture vessel	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
Culturing freshwater crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in a static biofloc culture system based on fruit-wastes: Effects on growth, nutrient composition and bioeconomics	9
Ultrafiltration for the biosecurity of fish production: The case of a sturgeon nursery	9
A robotic fish processing line enhanced by machine learning	9
Operational agricultural water management in river-based aquaculture: A machine-learning approach to predict dissolved oxygen in the Halda River, Bangladesh	8
Integrated Zn-hexacyanoferrate based water treatment technology, for highly intensive live-fish transport systems	8
FishMAE: A Masked Autoencoder based framework for long-term fish re-identification	8
Effects of drum filters, swirl separators and foam fractionation on water quality in pilot scale recirculating aquaculture systems	8
Detection of residual feed in aquaculture using YOLO and Mask RCNN	8
Video and six-axis inertial sensor signals fusion for fish feeding behavior recognition in recirculating aquaculture system	8
Fish mass estimation method based on adaptive parameter tuning and disparity map restoration under binocular vision	8
Can air nanobubbles improve the swim bladder inflation in developing European perch? A pilot study of advanced water treatment.	8
Performance in nitrogen, turbidity and phosphorus removal in a RAS using moving bed settler and membrane aerated biofilm reactor	8
Pesticide residues in aquatic products: sources, advances in detection technologies, and risk management	8
Corrigendum to “Investigation of flow field and dissolved oxygen concentration distribution in aquaculture tanks based on computational fluid dynamics” [Aquac. Eng. 111 (2025) 102577]	8
Integration of process design and control of a pilot-scale recirculating aquaculture system	8
A novel detection and segmentation system for eichhornia crassipes growth rate using region vision transformer-based adaptive Yolo with Unet++	8
Sulphate removal by membrane filtration minimizes the risk of hydrogen sulphide formation in fixed bed biofilters	8
Characterization of solid wastes from sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in intensive culture	8