OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Policy is 40. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The French procurement transformations: A historical perspective over sovereignty and innovation	94
Conflicting governance realities: Aligning historical and cultural practices with formal marine protected area co-management in Senegal	92
Marine reserves and resilience in the era of COVID-19	84
Hazard and catch composition of ghost fishing gear revealed by a citizen science clean-up initiative	80
How blue financing can sustain ocean conservation and development: A proposed conceptual framework for blue financing mechanism	77
Understanding the link between climate change adaptation and household food security among shrimp farmers in Indonesia	74
Management of spatial data integrity including stakeholder feedback in Maritime Spatial Planning	70
A new cold war at sea: Fishing rights vs. the proliferation of military activities in the EEZ	69
An evaluation of coastal resilience policies in Anglophone West Africa through a regional comparative analysis	69
Understanding vulnerability and sustainable livelihood factors from coastal residents in Taiwan	68
Equitable pathways for sustainable tuna fisheries management in the Indian Ocean	62
Roles for advisory science in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)	62
Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation	62
Japan’s law enforcement issues to combat illegal fisheries	60
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives	58
Mapping the nautical carrying capacity of anchoring areas of the Balearic Islands’ coast	54
Is Maritime Spatial Planning a tool to mitigate the impacts of underwater noise? A review of adopted and upcoming maritime spatial plans in Europe	54
On the provisions of the BBNJ Agreement addressing the impacts of climate change	54
Financing decarbonization through wind-powered vessels	54
Improved traceability in seafood supply chains is achievable by minimising vulnerable nodes in processing and distribution networks	51
Faroe Islands Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic: Brexit, Russia, and economic incoherence	48
Operational oceanography as a distinct activity from marine scientific research under UNCLOS? – An analysis of WMO Resolution 45 (Cg-18)	48
Be careful what you wish (fish) for: Actioning distributive equity principles when determining catch limits in transboundary fisheries	48
Legal assessment of BIMCO’s infectious or contagious diseases (IOCD) clauses for voyage and time charter parties	47
Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach	46

An Analysis of Policy Options Available to the International Maritime Organization to Protect the Costa Rica Thermal Dome: Building the Case for a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area	46
Assessing the blue economy's impact on carbon mitigation growth levels: Evidence from North and Latin America	46
Biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices: Current status and future prospects	45
Uneven paths in co-management: A comparative analysis of a shrimp and a lobster fishery based on Ostrom's design principles	45
Evolution of support policies for the development of distant-water fishing bases in China: Review, performance, challenges and prospects	44
Scalar politics in transboundary fisheries management: The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission as an eco-scalar fix for South Pacific albacore tuna management	44
Research on the legal issues of illegal fishing by yachts in China's coastal waters	43
Understanding core determinants in LNG bunkering port selection: Policy implications for the maritime industry	43
A social cost-benefit analysis of shellfish beds on the Dutch coast as a nature-based measure against climate change	43
Small-scale low-tropic ocean farming and coastal rural landscapes: Why the logistics of seaweed matter? Insights from Ireland for collaborative planning	42
Towards a temporal approach of the law of the sea: Addressing slow violence through legal longtermism	42
Human rights at sea: The limits of inter-state cooperation in addressing forced labour on fishing vessels	42
Internationalization of EIA rules in the BBNJ Agreement: Impediments and possible solutions	42
Unlocking the economic potential of the fisheries sector in Cabo Verde	41
Fisheries in flux: Bridging science and policy for climate-resilient management of US fisheries under distributional change	41
International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects	40