OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Policy is 43. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Roles for advisory science in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)	140
The French procurement transformations: A historical perspective over sovereignty and innovation	104
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives	81
Scalar politics in transboundary fisheries management: The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission as an eco-scalar fix for South Pacific albacore tuna management	78
Legal assessment of BIMCO’s infectious or contagious diseases (IOCD) clauses for voyage and time charter parties	78
Irregular migration and its impact on the marine environment: Legal aspects	70
Faroe Islands Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic: Brexit, Russia, and economic incoherence	70
Operational oceanography as a distinct activity from marine scientific research under UNCLOS? – An analysis of WMO Resolution 45 (Cg-18)	69
Policy impacts of intellectual property and academic research trends in marine-derived collagen and chitin/chitosan value chains	62
Illegal fishing threatens the sustainability of future tuna commodities in Indonesia	62
Understanding core determinants in LNG bunkering port selection: Policy implications for the maritime industry	62
Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach	59
A review of migrant labour rights protection in distant water fishing in Taiwan: From laissez-faire to regulation and challenges behind	58
An evaluation of coastal resilience policies in Anglophone West Africa through a regional comparative analysis	56
The implications of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) in the South China Sea: A Chinese perspective	56
Mapping the nautical carrying capacity of anchoring areas of the Balearic Islands’ coast	54
Seafarers in fishing: A year into the COVID-19 pandemic	53
Understanding vulnerability and sustainable livelihood factors from coastal residents in Taiwan	52
Evolution of support policies for the development of distant-water fishing bases in China: Review, performance, challenges and prospects	51
Breaking Blue: Establishing comprehensive policy for a just and inclusive transition for the Blue Economy	51
Small-scale low-tropic ocean farming and coastal rural landscapes: Why the logistics of seaweed matter? Insights from Ireland for collaborative planning	51
Biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices: Current status and future prospects	50
Equitable pathways for sustainable tuna fisheries management in the Indian Ocean	49
Towards non-entangling and biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices – Baselines and transition in the world’s largest tuna purse seine fishery	49
Short and long-term solutions for mitigating black carbon emissions in Arctic shipping: Implications for stakeholders	49

Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation	48
The ecological and socioeconomic implications of future total allowable catch decisions and illegal fishing scenarios for South Africa’s West Coast rock lobster fishery	48
A new cold war at sea: Fishing rights vs. the proliferation of military activities in the EEZ	47
Harvest strategies and allocation – A chicken and egg scenario?	47
Be careful what you wish (fish) for: Actioning distributive equity principles when determining catch limits in transboundary fisheries	47
Integrating cultural and natural heritage approaches to Marine Protected Areas in the MENA region	46
Financing decarbonization through wind-powered vessels	46
Japan’s law enforcement issues to combat illegal fisheries	46
Over 30 years of monitoring and implementing the Bern Convention's recommendations for the protection of Mediterranean sea turtles	45
Beyond bluewashing: A critical examination of labeling blue bonds	45
International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects	45
Pescatourism’s contribution to the management effectiveness of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) of “Taza” (Algeria, Southwestern Mediterranean)	45
Hazard and catch composition of ghost fishing gear revealed by a citizen science clean-up initiative	45
Fisheries in flux: Bridging science and policy for climate-resilient management of US fisheries under distributional change	44
Internationalization of EIA rules in the BBNJ Agreement: Impediments and possible solutions	44
On the provisions of the BBNJ Agreement addressing the impacts of climate change	44
Encouraging proactive governance of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)	43
Mapping fisheries value chains to facilitate their sustainability assessment: Case studies in The Gambia and Mali	43