OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Freshwater Ecology 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Distribution pattern of the Zebra Mussel ( Dreissena polymorpha ) in White Bear Lake, Minnesota: a spatial scale analysis	23
Optimization of the Korean river macroinvertebrate prediction and assessment System (KRIMPAS) for the biological assessment of rivers	17
Factors associated with extirpation of the last Northern Sunfish ( Lepomis peltastes Cope, 1870) population in western New York State, USA	14
Ecological benefits of consistent expression of posterolateral spines in Brachionus calyciflorus	13
Modeling accumulated degree-days for the invasive aquatic plant Oxycaryum cubense in the southeastern United States	12
The effect of physicochemical parameters on the abundance of zooplankton of River Adada, Enugu, Nigeria	12
Water environment quality of Dongyu River and estuary area of Nansi lake (Shandong Province, China) based on the characteristics of diatom community	9
Study on the quality and symbiotic microbial composition of Artemia nauplii in three main producing areas	8
Modelling the effect of tourism disturbance on hatching rate of the Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) by using artificial neural network	8
eDNA metabarcoding revealed the seasonal and spatial variation of phytoplankton functional groups in the Chai river and their relationship with environmental factors	8
Chloride and phosphorus retention and release in soils surrounding a salt-contaminated lake in West Michigan	8
Evaluating the potential role of predation by native fish regulating the abundance of invasive spiny water flea	6
Hyporheic exchange due to in-stream geomorphic structures	6
Status of phytoplankton biomass and physico-chemical parameters of water during fish cage culture fallowing: a case study of Southeast Arm of Lake Malawi	6
Study on the effect of water level on phenotypic plasticity of Artemisia selengensis	5
Research of characteristics of spatial and temporal variations of CH ₄ emission at the water-gas interface of the Inner Mongolia section of the Yellow River and its	5
Zooplankton as ecosystem indicators and their effects on eutrophication in Lake Arekit (Ethiopia) – implication for freshwater habitat management	5
Community structure and diversity of plankton and fish in the Dazhangxi River	5
Zooplankton community and its environmental driving factors in Ulungur Lake, China	5
Seasonal variation of fatty acid compositions in freshwater crayfish ( Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823)	4
Bosmina fatalis adapting to ammonia through oxidative stress and ribosome increase	4
Effects of drawdown on growth and reproduction of submerged macrophyte Vallisneria spinulosa	4
Testing the effect of the submerged macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum (L.) on heterotrophic bacterioplankton densities under different levels of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in shallo	3
Comparison of three functional classification approaches to characterize phytoplankton response to environmental heterogeneity: a case study in NE China wetlands	3
Dietary comparison of age-0 sturgeon ( Scaphirhynchus sp. ) between upper and lower Missouri River basins	3

Predicting phytoplankton assemblages growth and estimating critical N: P ratios with experimental nutrient additions in a drinking water reservoir of central China	3
Hatch timing of largemouth bass: implications for recruitment at the Northern edge of their native range	3
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)	3
Combined effects of temperature and algal density on the life history characteristics in Brachionus angularis and Keratella Valga	3
Composition of epilithic diatom and soft-algal assemblages in infralittoral zones of Tennessee reservoirs and correlations of composition to trophic state	2
Effects of water level changes on the morphological and physiology of the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria natans	2
Long-term changes in unionid community in Kentucky Lake: Implications for understanding the effects of impoundment on river systems	2
Invasive Round goby Neogobius melanostomus distribution, relative abundance, and establishment in pools of the Illinois Waterway following 30 years of invasion	2
Astacus leptodactylus is collecting microplastics in dam reservoir: a new record for Türkiye	2
Flow discharge impacts competition for food and shelter between two overlapping species of crayfish	2
Environmental DNA metabarcoding for whole community inventories of vertebrates in rivers of the midwestern United States	2
Groundwater impacts on stream biodiversity and communities: a review	2
Assessment of exurban expansion on water quality in Rock Creek of the Yellowstone River in southcentral Montana, USA	2
Differential response patterns of soil fungal and bacterial communities to typical vegetation types in the Yellow River floodplain ecosystem	2
Effect of sewerage development on water quality and invertebrate assemblages in a Japanese river over the long term	2
Ecological niche modeling of diploid flowering rush ( Butomus umbellatus L.) in the United States	2
Taxon-specific effects of seasonal variation and water connectivity on the diversity of phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthic organisms in urban wetland	2
Role of environmental variables and seasonal mixing in dynamics of the phytoplankton community in a Tropical Highland Lake Ardibo, Ethiopia	2
Population dynamics of non-native Yellow Bass in Iowa’s natural lakes region	2