OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Freshwater Ecology 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Optimization of the Korean river macroinvertebrate prediction and assessment System (KRIMPAS) for the biological assessment of rivers	18
Reversal interaction of water temperature and Roundup® pollution on the survival and reproduction of Chaetogaster Limnaei Limnaei , symbiont of	13
Distribution pattern of the Zebra Mussel ( Dreissena polymorpha ) in White Bear Lake, Minnesota: a spatial scale analysis	13
Factors associated with extirpation of the last Northern Sunfish ( Lepomis peltastes Cope, 1870) population in western New York State, USA	11
Larval fish can be a freshwater mussel host	11
Heavy rainfall alters the underwater light-environment characteristics in typical urban lakes: evidence from Qingshan Lake in the middle Yangtze River	11
Modeling accumulated degree-days for the invasive aquatic plant Oxycaryum cubense in the southeastern United States	10
Correction	10
Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community	10
Modelling the effect of tourism disturbance on hatching rate of the Chinese giant salamander ( Andrias davidianus ) by using artificial neural network	10
Evaluating the potential role of predation by native fish regulating the abundance of invasive spiny water flea	9
Disturbance is the primary determinant of food chain length when the top predator is constant	9
Study on the quality and symbiotic microbial composition of Artemia nauplii in three main producing areas	9
Chloride and phosphorus retention and release in soils surrounding a salt-contaminated lake in West Michigan	9
eDNA metabarcoding revealed the seasonal and spatial variation of phytoplankton functional groups in the Chai river and their relationship with environmental factors	9
Status of phytoplankton biomass and physico-chemical parameters of water during fish cage culture fallowing: a case study of Southeast Arm of Lake Malawi	8
Community structure and diversity of plankton and fish in the Dazhangxi River	8
Morphology and ecological studies of the Chlorophyta in relation with water quality parameters of the Dor River Abbottabad, Pakistan	8
Diversity and abundance of zooplankton in the Omo Gibe III Reservoir, Southern Ethiopia	8
Research of characteristics of spatial and temporal variations of CH ₄ emission at the water-gas interface of the Inner Mongolia section of the Yello	7
Study on the effect of water level on phenotypic plasticity of Artemisia selengensis	7
Enrichment and geo-accumulation of trace and heavy metals in surface sediments along urbanised Austral wetlands	6
Invasive water lettuce ( Pistia Stratiotes ) increase CO ₂ /CH ₄	6
Seasonal variation of fatty acid compositions in freshwater crayfish ( Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823)	6
Zooplankton as ecosystem indicators and their effects on eutrophication in Lake Arekit (Ethiopia) – implication for freshwater habitat management	6

Suspended particulates decline along a dense mussel bed in a small Minnesota stream, U.S.A.	5
Differential impacts of hurricanes on direct and complex life cycle parasites: a 42-year study of riverine fish	5
Spatial-temporal variation of the ecosystem services value (ESV) in the Yellow River Delta wetland and its response to land use/land cover changes (lu/lc)	5
Disentangling small dam impacts: macroinvertebrate metrics reveal local stressors in degraded agricultural streams	5
Occurrence and seasonal variations of heavy metal (loid)s in lake case: effects of climate and water source perspectives	5
Fluorescence spectral characteristics of DOM and its effects on the bacterial community structure in Bosten Lake, China	5
Evaluating eDNA metabarcoding for fish biodiversity assessment in Nigerian aquatic ecosystems: potential, limitations, and comparisons with traditional methods	5
Predicting phytoplankton assemblages growth and estimating critical N: P ratios with experimental nutrient additions in a drinking water reservoir of central China	5
Integrated assessment of irrigation channel ecosystem quality in a tropical agroecosystem: linking riparian vegetation, physicochemical gradients, and benthic macroinvertebrate responses	5
Combined effects of temperature and algal density on the life history characteristics in Brachionus angularis and Keratella Valga	4
Spatial dietary differentiation and trophic variation in Gymnocypris chilianensis across three watersheds of the Hexi Corridor	4
Morphological characterization and DNA barcoding of freshwater fishes collected from riverine ecosystem	4
Taxon-specific effects of seasonal variation and water connectivity on the diversity of phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthic organisms in urban wetland	4
The impact of the unharvested reeds on the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in Lake Dongting	4
Differences in habitat suitability for Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) according to survey method using probability distribution models	4
Composition of epilithic diatom and soft-algal assemblages in infralittoral zones of Tennessee reservoirs and correlations of composition to trophic state	4
Flow discharge impacts competition for food and shelter between two overlapping species of crayfish	4
Evidence of nearshore in-lake spawning Walleye in the central basin of Lake Erie	4
Contrasting responses of Arctic charr and brown trout to compensatory nutrient enrichment in an oligotrophicated reservoir	4
Ecological niche modeling of diploid flowering rush ( Butomus umbellatus L.) in the United States	4
Taxonomic and functional groups of phytoplankton in the Northern Gulf of Lake Tana, Ethiopia	4
Dietary comparison of age-0 sturgeon ( Scaphirhynchus sp. ) between upper and lower Missouri River basins	4
Hatch timing of largemouth bass: implications for recruitment at the Northern edge of their native range	4
Population dynamics of non-native Yellow Bass in Iowa’s natural lakes region	3
Differential photosynthetic yield across a wide range of temperatures for Northern and invasive Watermilfoils	3
Astacus leptodactylus is collecting microplastics in dam reservoir: a new record for Türkiye	3
Environmental DNA metabarcoding for whole community inventories of vertebrates in rivers of the midwestern United States	3
Lake health-status evaluation in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River based on the phytoplankton biological integrity index	3
Role of environmental variables and seasonal mixing in dynamics of the phytoplankton community in a Tropical Highland Lake Ardibo, Ethiopia	3
Lake regime evaluation based on similarity evaluation method, taking Poyang Lake as an example	3
The influence of in-stream structures on temperature dynamics via induced hyporheic exchange	3
Long-term changes in unionid community in Kentucky Lake: Implications for understanding the effects of impoundment on river systems	3
Invasive Round goby Neogobius melanostomus distribution, relative abundance, and establishment in pools of the Illinois Waterway following 30 years of invasion	3
Relationships between larval fish drift, time of day and discharge in an Ozark stream	3
Assessment of exurban expansion on water quality in Rock Creek of the Yellowstone River in southcentral Montana, USA	3
Unraveling the ecological impacts of alewife in a large Midwest reservoir decades after introduction	3
Deterministic niche dynamics drive zooplankton community assembly in megacity river networks: biotic interactions outweigh environmental filtering in winter	3
Differential response patterns of soil fungal and bacterial communities to typical vegetation types in the Yellow River floodplain ecosystem	3
Groundwater impacts on stream biodiversity and communities: a review	3
Effect of sewerage development on water quality and invertebrate assemblages in a Japanese river over the long term	3
DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, and morphometric analysis of various freshwater fishes	2
Distribution of Miathyria marcella larvae (Odonata: Libellulidae) and water quality of wetlands in Northern Colombia	2
The impact of water level changes on the growth and physiology of Arundo donax var. versicolor	2
Comparative analysis of mitochondrial sequence characteristics, COX1 gene variation, and phylogenetic relationships among selected fish species	2
Permafrost-dissolved organic carbon and cladoceran grazing regulate bacterial abundance and community structure	2
Zooplankton community structure in relation to environmental variables in a tropical endorheic Soda Lake Shala, Ethiopia	2
Macrophyte dynamics in Mediterranean rivers: a first insight from the upper Oum Er-Rbia Basin (Middle Atlas, Morocco)	2
Evaluation of lake eutrophication under different hydrological connectivity conditions	2
Linking water quality with plankton dynamics: multivariate analyses of environmental drivers in Lake Koka	2
Development of a benthic macroinvertebrate predictive model based on the physical and chemical variables of rivers in the Republic of Korea	2

Machine learning assessment of molecular trophic diatom index (mTDI) using planktonic eDNA for water quality in freshwater ecosystems	2
Influence of different flooding depth on wetland plant Phalaris arundinacea	2
Functional traits drive the inter-annual differences in the diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate communities associated with agricultural ditches	2
Precipitation regime drives key alterations in subtropical stream fish community assembly and functional trait distribution across a major rainfall gradient	2
Does the nature of the end point for a spring run (marine or riverine) affect the structure of its fish assemblage?	2
Invasion and environmental drivers of Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) in the freshwater ecosystems of centre region, Burkina Faso	2
Are you filtering enough? Unveiling the impact of water sample volumes on eukaryotic microbial community in freshwater lakes	1
Pumpkinseed population characteristics in a Northeast South Dakota glacial Lake	1
Changes in fish composition and diversity in the Lake Malawi National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Increased diversity of macroinvertebrates, but not fish, near wastewater outfalls in the Red River Basin, Oklahoma	1
Influence of habitat structures on fish abundance and diversity: a case study of rural river in North Central eco-region of Nigeria	1
Characteristics of plankton community structure and applicability of biomanipulation in midstream of the Jialing River—the biggest tributary of the Yangtze River	1
Animal-sourced model of human norovirus infection predicted using environmental DNA metabarcoding analysis	1
Distribution and source of nutrients and dissolved organic matter in the Dagang river sediments in southeast Hubei, China	1
Effects of cadmium on gametophyte growth and archegonia development in the endangered floating fern Ceratopteris pteridoides in China	1
Seasonal movements of adult Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum in a Missouri River reservoir	1
Trophic plasticity and invasive success: dynamic feeding strategies of the signal crayfish in Croatian rivers	1
Study on the biodiversity of macroinvertebrate in the Dayang River Basin during summer based on environmental DNA and morphological analysis	1
Development of a benthic macroinvertebrate-based multimetric index to quantify riverbed substrate condition in Swedish streams	1
Comparison of the phytoplankton community compositions between the temperate reservoir and the downstream river areas of the Han River, Korea	1
Impacts of buffer zone degradation on some water quality parameters in the northeastern part of Lake Tana, Ethiopia	1
Experimental evidence quantifying effects of nocturnal light conditions on predation levels by riverine predators on larval prey	1
Human activities influence on distribution of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) in a tropical riverine ecosystem in Kenya	1
Influence of a protected riparian corridor on the benthic aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages of a small northern Michigan (USA) agricultural stream	1
Fish size and assemblage patterns following dam failure in Black Rock Brook, New York	1
Variation in diet and lipid content of age-0 sturgeon ( Scaphirhynchus sp. ) in the lower Missouri River basin	1
Monopisthocotylans of Noturus spp. (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in the western portion of the Mississippi River drainage, with comments on influence of en	1
Time-series ARIMA modelling of the Labeobarbus spp (Cyprinidae) fishery in water hyacinth-infested and non-infested sites in Lake Tana, Ethiopia	1
Comprehensive assessment of eutrophication in Tangxun Lake, a large urban lake in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River	1
Spatial and temporal variations in the environmental and biological characteristics of the Turyanchay River basin, Azerbaijan	1
Effects of water level gradients on the physiological ecology of Potamogeton crispus	1
Comparing the effects of temperature and C/N ratios on denitrification between point bar and straight channel sediments	1
Water quality, heavy metal contamination, and ecological risk assessment in Asejire reservoir, Nigeria	1
Spatial distribution of the planktonic and sediment bacterial communities in algae- and macrophyte-dominated zones of the Chengdong Lake	1
An application of maximum entropy model to evaluate the differential effect of cage aquaculture on the distribution of a native and an endemic fish species in Lake Maninjau, Indonesia	1
Phytoplankton communities and environmental variables as indicators of ecosystem productivity in a shallow tropical lake	1
Genetic characterization of freshwater fishes using DNA barcoding with 12S rRNA gene from rivers of Malakand division, Pakistan	1
Environmental DNA based biomonitoring for hatchery-raised fish in riverine habitats before and after recordable flood event	1
Characteristics of temporal changes and influencing factors of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes at the water-gas interface of the Inner Mongolia section of the Yellow River	1
Spatial and temporal pattern of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in two large Chinese freshwater lakes subjected to different degrees of eutrophication	1
Seasonal prey taxa and size selection and drivers of age-0 walleye ontogenetic diet shifts	1
A monthly runoff prediction model based on ICEEMD-L-SHADE-SRU	1
Seasonal variation in dietary overlap between yellow perch ( Perca flavescens ) and bluegill ( Lepomis macrochirus	1
The effects of temperature and host-parasite interactions on parasite persistence in a planktonic crustacean	1
Environmental patterns of establishment and early-stage impacts from invasive round gobies in an aquatic biodiversity hotspot	1
Characteristics of dissolved organic matter in water bodies during the dry season in the Huainan section of the Huaihe River Basin in Northern Anhui Province, China	1
Comparison of protists at Xianghai wetland (China) in summer and winter using metagenomic sequencing	1
Effects of land use on water quality at different spatial scales in the middle reaches of Huaihe River	1