OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scientia Marina is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular phylogeny and divergence time estimates in pennatulaceans (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)	12
The elephant in the room: first record of invasive gregarious species of serpulids (calcareous tube annelids) in Majorca (western Mediterranean)	11
Importance of recreational shore angling in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal (northeast Atlantic)	9
Intra- and interspecific discrimination of Scorpaena species from the Aegean, Black, Mediterranean and Marmara seas	7
Conservation bottom-up initiatives in marine recreational spearfishing suggest the emergence of positive attitudes towards conservation	7
Fishery dynamics of blue whiting, Micromesistius poutassou, a highly discarded bycatch species in the NW Mediterranean Sea	6
A reconceptualization of the interactions between spawning and growth in bony fish	5
Ommastrephid squid spawning in the North Sea: oceanography, climate change and species range expansion	4
Phylogenetic relationship within Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) and genetic variability of two Antarctic species of the family Leuconidae	4
Spatiotemporal patterns of phenology of the alien Phaeophyceae Sargassum muticum on the Atlantic coast of Morocco	4
Soundscape of protected and unprotected tropical Atlantic coastal coral reefs	4
Spatial variability of life-history parameters of the Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias), an expanding species in the northeast Atlantic	4
Occurrence and abundance of young mullet Mugil liza (Teleostei: Mugilidae) in the surf zone along the southern coast of Brazil	4
New species of Eirenidae (Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from the Amazonian coast (northern Brazil)	4
Assessment of oxidative stress, genotoxicity and histopathological responses in the digestive gland of Ruditapes decussatus collected from northern Tunisian lagoons	4
Differentiating morpho-functional patterns of the five most common deep-sea benthic anglerfishes (Lophiiformes) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands (eastern Indian Ocean)	3
Assessing changes in size at maturity for the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in Atlantic Iberian waters	3
Natural and anthropic pollution episodes during the Late Holocene evolution of the Tinto River estuary (SW Spain)	3
Growth of Mediterranean young-of-the-year bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Scombridae): regional differences and hatching periods	3
Evidence of economic benefits from marine protected areas	3
Effect of terrigenous sediments on macroalgae functional-form groups of coral reefs in Capurganá, Colombian Caribbean	3
The publications of Ramon Margalef in Investigación Pesquera and Scientia Marina: The beginnings of marine ecology in the CSIC	3
Age and growth of pompano, Trachinotus ovatus, from the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean Sea)	3
Evaluation of heavy metal pollution risk in surface sediment of the South Lagoon of Tunis by a sequential extraction procedure	2
Effects on faunistic composition and population characteristics of decapod crustaceans after the implementation of a fisheries no-take area in the NW Mediterranean	2

Reproduction and growth of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali in its new environment (Cyprus, eastern Mediterranean Sea)	2
Distribution and hybridization of two sedentary gobies (Pomatoschistus microps and Pomatoschistus marmoratus) in the lagoons of southern France	2
Behaviour and body patterns of Octopus vulgaris facing a baited trap: first-capture assessment	2
Co-management of a high-value species with territorial use rights for fisheries: a spatial bioeconomic approach with environmental variability	2
Influence of climate on seawater quality and green mussel production	2
Evaluation of staining techniques for the observation of growth bands in tropical elasmobranch vertebrae	2
Assessment of trace element accumulation on the Tunisian coasts using biochemical biomarkers in Perinereis cultrifera	2
Relationship between the female attendance pattern and pup growth rate in the South American sea lion (Carnivora)	2
Seasonal dynamics of occurrence and group size of three species of cetaceans (Delphinidae and Phocoenidae) on the southwestern coast of the Black Sea	2
The fish family Muraenidae: an ideal group for testing at small-scale the coherency of Macaronesia as a biogeographic unit, with the first report on separate fishery statistics	2
Diel cycle of two recurrent fish sounds from mesophotic coral reefs	2