OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Continental Shelf Research is 5. 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
Zooplankton of the Kara Sea in early spring: Abundance, demography, feeding and reproduction of dominant copepods Calanus spp. and Metridia longa in relation to ice retreat	99
Investigating terrestrial and oceanic environmental conditions to identify possible factors influencing seaweed bed distribution in Tsushima Islands, Japan	84
Editorial Board	74
Vertical distribution of primary production and chlorophyll a in the eastern Kara Sea: Relations with river plume effects in late summer and autumn	35
On the role of wind and tides in shaping the Gironde River plume (Bay of Biscay)	29
Sources and transport pathways of trace metals to the outer continental shelf off South Carolina and Georgia, USA revealed from the otoliths of moray eels	25
A comparison of PAH exposure in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) around natural and artificial reefs in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico	21
Long-term pH trends across depth in coastal areas of the southeastern Bay of Biscay	21
Comparing and improving different methods to quantify silt and clay abundance within estuarine mud	21
Cohesive sediment affects sand wave formation	20
Is there biologically-facilitated transfer of billions to trillions of microplastics between oceans in the tissues of the European anchovy?	20
Impact of seasonal variations in fronts on suspended sediments transport off the coastal area of Fujian Province	19
Radionuclides and heavy metals in surface sediments of the Bering and Chukchi Seas: distribution, source identification, and risk assessment	19
Impact of Changjiang diluted water on surface warming in the East China Sea based on the Korea operational oceanographic system	19
Long-term changes in ecosystem functioning of a coastal bay expected from a shifting balance between intertidal and subtidal habitats	18
ENSO effects in the southern Gulf of California estimated from satellite data	17
Assessment of KdV and EKdV theories for simulating internal solitary waves in the continental slope of the South China Sea	16
Editorial Board	15
High resolution analysis of plankton distributions at the Middle Atlantic Bight shelf-break front	14
Editorial Board	14
On the interaction of mode-1 Internal Solitary Wave with higher modes to the west of northern Nicobar Islands	14
Sediment settling process revealed by a bottom-tethered sediment trap at the east tip of the Shandong Peninsula	14
Surface eddy kinetic energy variability of the Western North Atlantic slope sea 1993–2016	13
The connection of the Costa Rica Coastal Current with the West Mexican Current in the Gulf of Tehuantepec	13
Effect of bathymetry data on tsunami wave ray tracing in the western Banten sea	13

Seasonal to interannual variability of the tide in the Amazon estuary	13
Coriolis force effects on the density driven estuarine circulation: Inception of a coastal current	13
Seasonal variation and response of surf zone fish assemblages to environmental variables in the Northeast Pacific	12
Oil spill analysis and simulations in the Foz do Amazonas sedimentary basin	12
Characterization of two channels of the Chiloé Inland sea used by aquaculture farming: An observational approach to water exchange	12
Tides in the Casamance estuary: A modeling study	12
Sedimentary mud and phaeophytin-a are reliable predictors of oxygen consumption and nitrogen turnover in the southern North Sea	12
Wave influence on water circulation and self-purification ability in a semi-enclosed sea	12
Examination of long-term climatic and fish-catch indicators in India at a macro scale	12
The influence of the Biobio Canyon on the circulation and coastal upwelling/downwelling off central Chile	12
Characterisation of the eddy-driven variability inshore of the Agulhas Current using sea surface temperature observations	12
Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the coastal zone of the yellow river delta: Environmental significance and characteristics of microbial diversity	12
Editorial Board	11
Taming turbulence closure in tidally driven simulations of coastal oceans and estuaries	11
A dead zone on the north-western Bay of Bengal's continental margin and its alarming impact on the distribution of demersal fishes	11
Assessment of relative dispersion in the Gulf of Tonkin using numerical modeling and HF radar observations of surface currents	11
Maintenance dredging as a driver of morphodynamic evolution in a macrotidal estuary: insights from the Seine Estuary	11
Variation of upper-layer flow structures and water masses observed around the Noto Peninsula and Sado Island, Japan	11
Grazers play different roles in the microbial loop of oligotrophic and eutrophic subtropical marine ecosystems	11
Abundance and distribution of non-indigenous Calyptraeidae gastropods along north and central Atlantic shores of Portugal	11
The transport and deposition processes of shelf sediments along the coast of China	11
Effects of island weathering and natural iron fertilization in the geochemistry of deglacial sediments from the Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Ocean	11
Distribution of the alien bivalve Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819) in the coast of Bizkaia (northern Iberian Peninsula)	10
From larva to adult: Growth, nutritional condition, and trophic ecology of Engraulis anchoita from the northern stock	10
Response of high-resolution heavy metals records to human activities after considering the influence of early diagenesis in the East China Sea over the last 70 years	10
Experimental warming effects on microbial community growth and mortality during the cold season in coastal waters of Taiwan and Japan	10
Changing source waters on the Northeast US Continental Shelf: Variation in nutrient supply and phytoplankton biomass	10
Using scleractinian corals as monitors of essential and potentially toxic elements pollution in the southern Red Sea, Yemen Republic	10
Modal content of typhoon-induced near-inertial waves around the East China Sea	10
Observations and generation of internal waves in the Strait of Sicily	9
Effect of wind–wave conditions on the distribution of the phytoplankton community in the coastal area of the southern Crimea in spring (Black Sea)	9
Editorial Board	9
Small-scale spatiotemporal thermal regimes drive patterns of zooplankton abundance in a kelp forest	9
Nepheloid layer dynamics overview of the Portuguese continental shelf	9
Understanding heavy Metal pollution dynamics in Çandarlı Gulf, western Türkiye: Insights from spatial analysis, sediment transport modeling and ecological risk assessment	9
Editorial Board	9
Modeling the effects of aerial temperature and exposure period on intertidal mudflat profiles	9
Mediterranean Sea: An overview of the spatial distribution of surficial sediment in relation to their origin, seabed relief and water circulation patterns	9
Oceanographic influences on spotted seal foraging in the Pacific Arctic	9
Modern sediment sources and transport processes in the southern Arabian Sea: Evidences from geochemistry and mineralogy	9
Evolution of sediment grain-size profiles on a sheltered, continental shelf in response to punctuated flood deposition	8
Source/sink of CO2 in the southwestern part of Peter the Great Bay (sea of Japan)	8
Assessing the potential of consumer-grade fish finders to improve coastal habitat mapping in data-poor areas	8
Western South Atlantic seasonal variability recorded in a mid-deglacial bivalve from the outer Uruguayan continental shelf	8
Macrofauna community structure and population dynamics in the Flemish bank region: Assessing long-term change in the Anthropocene	8
Spatial variation of marine primary productivity over ridge and trough: A case study in the East China Sea	8
Spring-summer temporal dynamics of the zooplankton community in a flooded inlet of a sub-Antarctic river (Tierra del Fuego National Park)	8
Bibliometric analysis of microplastics research: Advances and future directions (2020–2024)	8
Editorial Board	8
On the retroflection of upwelling jets near coastal bends	8

Flow characterization and turbulence in the eastern section of the Strait of Magellan, Southern Chile	8
Emerging pollutants and heavy metals in sediments: An overview	8
Responses of zooplankton (copepods) in the Indian mud bank-upwelling region	8
The coalescence of two mangrove-lined river plumes and consequences for sediment transport and deposition in a coastal environment	8
Protozoan community structure and their relationships with seaweed in coastal waters of Weizhou Island: Insights from environmental DNA analysis	8
Interannual-decadal variations in the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass in summer during 1958–2016 using an eddy-resolving hindcast simulation based on OFES2	8
Investigation of submarine groundwater discharge into the Baltic Sea through varved glacial clays	8
Distribution of recent planktonic foraminifera in surface sediments of the Basque shelf (S Bay of Biscay): Oceanographic implications	8
Blue carbon assessment in Avicennia marina sediments and vegetation along the Red Sea Coast of Egypt: Improving methods and insights	8
Bottom water quality plasticity in the northern gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone	8
Assessing spatiotemporal changes in the benthic habitats of the West Gironde Mud Patch through the analyses of surface sediments, benthic macrofauna and sediment profile images	7
Eddy viscosity profiles and currents characterization of the bottom Ekman layer for the Western Gulf of Mexico continental shelf	7
Intake of trace contaminants by corals in Abrolhos reef bank (western South Atlantic) during two decades of coastal impacts	7
High-resolution organic and black carbon records in the South Yellow Sea over the last century	7
Pyritization may archive the influence of Sulfate-AOM and bioturbation activities in marine sulfidic shelf sediments	7
Model of Pleistocene geomorphological evolution in active Alpine neotectonics controlled margins in the western Mediterranean area: The case of SE Iberian Peninsula	7
Silent survivors: diatom resilience in Mediterranean Temporary Ponds	7
Role of phytoplankton composition on exudation of dissolved organic carbon in the Bay of Bengal	7
Namib desert dust affects phytoplankton biomass in the Benguela upwelling region: Insights from first mesocosm study	7
The impact of rain events on the supply and movement of fine sediment in engineered intertidal systems	7
Study of storm-induced changes in circulation and temperature over the northern South China Sea during Typhoon Linfa	7
Semi-enclosed coastal systems of South America: compilation and dynamic-based classification	7
On the combined effects of surface heat and momentum fluxes on continental shelf baroclinic instability	7
Impacts of Agulhas Current meanders on intermediate water masses along the adjacent continental slope and shelf.	7
Geochemical and Isotopic evidence for volcanism on the Alleppey Terrace, southwest Indian continental margin	7
Spatial-temporal reliability of satellite-derived temperature and thermal stress in the abrolhos bank, Brazil	7
Laboratory experiments on coastal current separation and vortex formation in front of Cabo Corrientes and Bahía de Banderas, México	6
Making Waves in the Classroom – Engaging students in STEM through hands-on coastal oceanography and engineering	6
The effects of Sesarma reticulatum (L.) herbivory and sea level rise on creek expansion in Cape Cod salt marshes	6
Environmental controls on the interannual variability in chlorophyll and phytoplankton community structure within the seasonal sub surface chlorophyll maximum in the western English channel	6
Relationships between high temperatures and Pacific Oyster disease and mortality in southeast Tasmania, Australia	6
Development, calibration and validation of a phase-averaged model for cross-shore sediment transport and morphodynamics on a barred beach	6
Circulation in Cross Sound, Alaska	6
Potential ‘origin’ areas of marine surface organisms in the Indo-Pacific convergence zone inferred from current-driven particle-backtracking simulations	6
Biochemical implications of the Bottom Boundary Layer Detachment at the Mid-Atlantic Bight shelf-break front	6
Influence of warm surface water originating from the East China Sea on surface water temperature off the south coast of Korea in summer	6
Hydrography of Northern Thermaikos Gulf based on an integrated observational-modeling approach	6
Distribution, aggregation and feeding habit promote coexistence among four sympatric species of stomatopods living in tropical mud substrates	6
Seasonal fluctuations in Baltic sea level determined from satellite altimetry	6
Red rock crab (Cancer productus) movement is not influenced by electromagnetic fields produced by a submarine power transmission cable	6
Shifts in bowhead whale distribution, behavior, and condition following rapid sea ice change in the Bering sea	6
Continental shelf wave generation due to surface stress anomalies in the wake of offshore wind farms	6
Quantifying mud settling velocity as a function of turbulence and salinity in a deltaic estuary	6
Paleoenvironmental evolution and evidence of marine submersion events from mid-to late Holocene in northwestern Morocco: The case of the Tahaddart lower estuary	6
Temporal and spatial variability in hydrography and dissolved oxygen along southwest Nova Scotia using glider observations	6
Natural desalination of marine-affected subsurface sediments and its impact on pH along the Western Bohai Sea coast	6
Editorial Board	6
Echoes of a Cold War	6
Editorial Board	6
CoastSnap: A global citizen science program to monitor changing coastlines	6
Impacts of an extreme Changjiang flood on variations in carbon cycle components in the Changjiang Estuary and adjacent East China sea	6
Mid-Atlantic Bight cold pool based on ocean glider observations	5
Storms can increase beach resilience on a low-energy coast in the proximity of a harbor	5
The dynamics of the inner-shelf suspended sediments based on ADCP records and Rouse theory	5
The influence of flocculation in turbid plumes from mechanical and hydraulic dredging	5
Whitecapping term analysis of extreme wind wave modelling considering spectral characteristics and water depth	5
Effects of consecutive dredging on the fish community of a tropical estuary	5
Coralligenous assemblages of continental shelf: Multiple spatial scale variability in the western Sardinia	5
Association between selenium levels and the distribution of mangrove forests in the brackish water exchange zone of the Pearl river estuary	5
Spatial and seasonal variations of the phytoplankton community under multiple stressors in the area around Nan'ao Island, northern South China Sea	5
Wind-driven variability in longshore transport of SPM in the turbidity maximum zone along the Dutch coast	5
Editorial Board	5
Utility of satellite imagery in estimating coastal marine water attributes	5
A downcore calibration of the TE	5
Benthic macroinfaunal communities of the pockmark fields in the south-eastern Bay of Biscay	5
Urticating macromedusae and stinging bathers on the South Atlantic coast: Oceanographic and climatological conditions of Olindias sambaquiensis (Müller, 1861) outbreaks	5
Editorial Board	5
Characteristics and sedimentological significance of acoustic anomalies in silty seabed in the Yellow River subaqueous delta	5
Analysis of turbulence characteristics in a nearshore area beyond the surf zone of a mesotidal bay	5
Editorial Board	5
Change of turbidity maximum in Yangtze Estuary after construction of the Three Gorges Dam	5
Editorial Board	5
Wind influence on residual circulation in Patagonian channels and fjords	5
A numerical study on energy transfer between near-inertial internal waves and super-inertial internal waves in the South China sea under the influence of a typhoon	5
High-resolution tidal harmonic reconstruction in the South China sea using ENOPF and a 2D adjoint tidal model	5
Editorial Board	5
Prediction of the spreading of an unprecedented harmful algal bloom in South Australian gulfs	5
Corrigendum to “Biochemical implications of the Bottom Boundary Layer Detachment at the Mid-Atlantic Bight shelf-break front” [Continent. Shelf Res. 286 (2025) 105408]	5
A shoreline detection method with X-band marine radar	5
Short timescale variability in large-amplitude internal waves on the western Portuguese shelf	5