OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Marine Micropaleontology 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Distribution of common modern dinoflagellate cyst taxa in surface sediments of the Northern Hemisphere in relation to environmental parameters: The new n=1968 database	61
An overview and brief description of common marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst taxa occurring in surface sediments of the Northern Hemisphere	45
The genetic diversity, morphology, biogeography, and taxonomic designations of Ammonia (Foraminifera) in the Northeast Atlantic	29
A review of rare, poorly known, and morphologically problematic extant marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst taxa of the orders Gymnodiniales and Peridiniales from the Northern Hemisphere	27
From bi-polar to regional distribution of modern dinoflagellate cysts, an overview of their biogeography	26
Automated Microfossil Identification and Segmentation using a Deep Learning Approach	20
Last Abundant Appearance Datum of Hemidiscus karstenii driven by climate change	16
A review of rare and less well known extant marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst taxa of the orders Gonyaulacales and Suessiales from the Northern Hemisphere	16
Antarctic sea-ice and palaeoproductivity variation over the last 156,000 years in the Indian sector of Southern Ocean	14
Size variations and abundance patterns of calcareous nannofossils in mid Barremian black shales of the Boreal Realm (Lower Saxony Basin)	13
Response of benthic foraminifera to pH changes: Community structure and morphological transformation studies from a microcosm experiment	12
Climate and paleoceanography controlled size variations of calcareous nannofossils during the Valanginian Weissert Event (Early Cretaceous)	11
Improving the paleoceanographic proxy tool kit – On the biogeography and ecology of the sea ice-associated species Fragilariopsis oceanica, Fragilariopsis reginae-jahniae and Fossula arctica in the no	11
Late Campanian-Maastrichtian foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoecology at Wadi Tarfa (North Eastern Desert, Egypt)	10
Quantitative Middle Eocene benthic foraminiferal biofacies from west-central Sinai, Egypt: Implications to paleobathymetry and sequence stratigraphy	10
Diatom diversity during two austral summers in the Ross Sea (Antarctica)	10
Paleobiogeography of the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian) benthic foraminifera	10
Middle to late Miocene Caribbean dinoflagellate assemblages and palynofacies (DSDP Leg 15 Site 153)	10
Molecular diversity and spatial distribution of benthic foraminifera of the seamounts and adjacent abyssal plains in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean	10
Three-dimensional analysis of inter-and intraspecific variation in ontogenetic growth trajectories of planktonic foraminifera	9
Incorporation of heavy metals in experimentally grown foraminifera from Sapelo Island, Georgia and Little Duck Key, Florida, U.S.A.	9
An annual cycle of diatom succession in two contrasting Greenlandic fjords: from simple sea-ice indicators to varied seasonal strategists	9
Possible linkage between the long-eccentricity marine carbon cycle and the deep-Pacific circulation: Western equatorial Pacific benthic foraminifera evidences of the last 4 Ma	9
Vegetation evolution-based hydrological climate history since LGM in southern South China Sea	8
Upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian integrated carbon isotope stratigraphy and calcareous microplankton biostratigraphy of North-central Tunisia	8

Identifying the signature of sea-surface properties in dinocyst assemblages: Implications for quantitative palaeoceanographical reconstructions by transfer functions and analogue techniques	8
Radiolarian assemblage as an indicator of environmental conditions in the marginal seas of the Western North Pacific	8
Living coccolithophore communities in the central Mediterranean Sea (Summer 2016): Relations between ecology and oceanography	8
Benthic foraminifera from the Southeastern Mediterranean shelf: Dead assemblages and living-dead comparisons recording consequences of Nile River damming	7
Bounded by crises: An overview of the evolution of marine ostracods during the Triassic	7
Distribution of dinocyst assemblages in surface sediment samples from the West Greenland margin	7
Evolution of the Maastrichtian–Paleocene sedimentary basin in the Safaga-Quseir region, Red Sea Coast, Egypt	7
Distribution of Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and palynofacies in the Upper Cretaceous deposits from the neritic Bou Lila section, External Rif (northwestern Morocco): Implications for the age, bios	7
Development of Middle Cambrian leiolitic bioherms dominated by calcified microbes: A case study of the Xinji Section (North China Platform)	7
Eubuliminella tenuata as a new proxy for quantifying past bottom water oxygenation	7
Marine and marginal marine Ostracoda as proxies in geoarchaeology	7
Investigating the benefits and costs of spines and diet on planktonic foraminifera distribution with a trait-based ecosystem model	7
Calcareous nannofossils from the Great Australian Bight (IODP Site U1512) as a record of the peak and early decline of the mid-Cretaceous super greenhouse	7
A 23000 year old record of paleoclimatic and environmental changes from the eastern Arabian Sea	7
Environmental drivers of size changes in lower Jurassic Schizosphaerella spp	7
Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Pirabas Formation (Neogene, Pará State-Brazil)	7
Temperature effects on the shell growth of a larger benthic foraminifer (Sorites orbiculus): Results from culture experiments and micro X-ray computed tomography	6
Reflooding and repopulation of the Mediterranean Sea after the Messinian Salinity Crisis: Benthic foraminifera assemblages and stable isotopes of Spanish basins	6
Integrated micropaleontological study of the Messinian diatomaceous deposits of the Monferrato Arc (Piedmont basin, NW Italy): New insights into the paleoceanographic evolution of the northernmost Med	6
Evidence of supra-lysoclinal dissolution of pelagic calcium carbonate in the late Quaternary in the western South Atlantic	6
Middle Miocene dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and changes in marine productivity in western Colombia	6
Regression of the Tethys Sea (central Asia) during middle to late Eocene: Evidence from calcareous nannofossils of western Tarim Basin, NW China	6
Atlanticodinium striaticonulum n. gen., n. sp., a widespread extant dinoflagellate cyst from the late Cenozoic, and its comparison with Atlanticodinium janduchenei (Head et al., 1989) n. comb.	5
Ostracods in databases: State of the art, mobilization and future applications	5
A historical perspective on the development of the Northern Hemisphere modern dinoflagellate cyst database	5
Salt marsh ostracods on European Atlantic and North Sea coasts: Aspects of macroecology, palaeoecology, biogeography, macroevolution and conservation	5
Development of an intertidal foraminifera training set for the North Sea and an assessment of its application for Holocene sea-level reconstructions	5
Globorotalia truncatulinoides in Central - Western Mediterranean Sea during the Little Ice Age	5
Unitary Associations of the Aptian-Albian calcareous nannofossils of the Essaouira-Agadir Basin (NW Africa)	5
In the shadow of giants: Calcareous nannoplankton and smaller benthic foraminifera from an Eocene nummulitic accumulation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania)	5
The diatom response to Postglacial environments in the White Sea, the European Arctic	5
Integrated calcareous nannofossil and magnetostratigraphic record of ODP Site 709: Middle Eocene to late Oligocene paleoclimate and paleoceanography of the Equatorial Indian Ocean	5
Tracking the seasonal calcification of Cyprideis torosa (Crustacea, Ostracoda) using Mg/Ca-inferred temperatures, and its implications for palaeotemperature reconstruction	5
Seasonal patterns of coccolithophores in the ultra-oligotrophic South-East Levantine Basin, Eastern Mediterranean Sea	5
Distribution of recent Foraminifera as depositional indicators in Yongle Atoll, Xisha Islands, South China Sea	4
Biostratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical patterns of the larger porcelaneous foraminifer Austrotrillina Parr, 1942	4
The Palorbitolinoides event in the Kazhdumi Formation of Southwest Iran and equivalent strata of the Arabian Plate: An expression of the K100 middle Albian transgression	4
Evolution of the silicoflagellate naviculopsid skeletal morphology in the Cenozoic	4
Pleistocene surface-ocean changes across the Southern subtropical front recorded by cryptic species of Orbulina universa	4
Stelladinium bifurcatum n. sp., a distinctive extant thermophilic heterotrophic dinoflagellate cyst from the late Quaternary of the eastern Pacific and east equatorial Atlantic oceans	4
Origin of manganese in nannofossil calcite based on synchrotron nanoxrf and xanes	4
A review of exceptional preservation in fossil ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea)	4
Dinoflagellate cyst distribution in surface sediments from the South China Sea in relation to hydrographic conditions and primary productivity	4
Three dimensional analysis of ontogenetic variation in fossil globorotaliiform planktic foraminiferal tests and its implications for ecology, life processes and functional morphology	4
Effects of calcein incorporation on benthic foraminiferal community under various concentrations and incubation durations	4
From “source to sink” – A new perspective on the past dynamics of the Murray Canyon Group from benthic foraminiferal communities	4
Ostracod response to monsoon and OMZ variability over the past 1.2 Myr	4
Characteristics of surface soil pollen of northern Borneo and its paleoenvironmental significance	4
Evidence for rapid trace element alteration of planktic foraminiferal shells from the Panama Basin: Manganese adsorption during vertical transport	4
Volumetric analysis of benthic foraminifera: Intraspecific test size and growth patterns related to embryonic size and food resources	4

Distribution of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments of the southern Caribbean and the eastern tropical Pacific and its environmental implications	4
Benthic foraminifera distribution and sedimentary environmental evolution of a carbonate platform: A case study of the Guadalupian (middle Permian) in eastern Sichuan Basin	4
Palaeobiological significance of chitinozoan clusters with parallel vesicles	4
Sarmatian biostratigraphy of a marginal sea in northern Croatia based on calcareous nannofossils	4
Calcification depths and temperatures of planktonic foraminifera off southwest Hainan Island and their paleoceanographic implications	4
Early Jurassic coccolith diversification and response to pre-Toarcian environmental changes: A perspective from the Paris Basin	4
Benthic ostracod diversity and biogeography in an urbanized seascape	4
Aquatic palynomorphs from modern marine sediments in a reconnaissance transect across the Northwest Passage – Baffin Bay region	4
The Valanginian Weissert Event on the south Tethyan margin: A dynamic paleoceanographic evolution based on the study of calcareous nannofossils	4
Unveiling the Permian and Triassic record of drilling predation on ostracods	4
Anthropogenic impact due to mining from a sedimentary record of a marine coastal zone (SW Sardinia, Italy)	4
Middle Miocene stepwise climate evolution in the Mediterranean region through high-resolution stable isotopes and calcareous plankton records	4
Santonian deep sea benthic foraminifera from IODP Site U1513, Mentelle Basin (SW Australia): Reactions of benthic foraminiferal assemblages to surface water cooling at southern high latitudes	3
Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Pelotas Basin, southernmost Brazil, using Miocene dinoflagellate cysts	3
Pliensbachian calcareous nannofossil paleoecology in the E Rodiles section (Asturias, N Spain): A key location connecting the Boreal and Tethyan realms	3
New insights into the Barremian–lower Aptian calcareous nannofossils of the Mediterranean Tethys: Chronostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications	3
Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in surface sediments of the Ría de Vigo (Atlantic margin of NW Iberia) in relation to environmental gradients	3
High productivity of Peneroplis (Foraminifera) including aberrant morphotypes, in an inland thalassic salt pond at Lake Macleod, Western Australia	3
Do different extraction techniques impact planktic foraminiferal assemblages? An early Eocene case study	3
A biometric analysis of the Eiffellithus eximius species complex and its biostratigraphic implications	3
Living and dead foraminiferal assemblages of the last decades from Kveithola Trough: Taphonomic processes and ecological highlights	3
Biometric and biomass analysis of Quaternary Uvigerinidae (Foraminifera) from the Southern Brazilian continental slope	3
Conodont and radiolarian biostratigraphic age constraints on Carnian (Upper Triassic) chert-hosted stratiform manganese deposits from Panthalassa: Formation of deep-sea mineral resources during the Ca	3
Diatom and dinoflagellate cyst distribution in surface sediments of the Chukchi Sea in relation to the upper water masses	3
Ostracod eye size: A taxonomy-free indicator of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum sea level	3
Constraining calcification habitat using oxygen isotope measurements in tropical planktonic foraminiferal tests from surface sediments	3
Taxonomic revision of the genus Carinolithus (Early - Middle Jurassic) based on morphometric analyses and diagenesis observations: Implications for biostratigraphy and evolutionary trends	3
Variations in coccolithophore productivity off South Africa over the last 500 kyr	3
The influence of submarine canyons-related processes on recent benthic foraminiferal distribution, Espírito Santo Basin, Southeastern Brazil	3
Late Neogene chronostratigraphy and integrated paleoecological trends in the southwestern Caribbean Sea	3
How does the Southern Ocean palaeoenvironment during Marine Isotope Stage 5e compare to the modern?	3
Reconstructing sea-level change in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) using salt-marsh foraminifera, diatoms and testate amoebae	3
Variation in middle-late Miocene sedimentation rates in the northern South China Sea and its regional geological implications	3
Benthic foraminiferal morphological response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill	3
Silurian myodocopes display adaptations for a nektobenthic lifestyle: The paleobiological evidence	3
Mediterranean faunal evolution and biochronological events during the last 24 kyr	3
High resolution upper Cenomanian to Turonian paleoenvironmental changes: Inferences from calcareous nannofossils at the Oued Ettalla section (Central Tunisia)	3
Carbon isotope study of conodont elements: Applications and limitations	3
A quantitative analysis of calcareous nannofossils across a late oligocene paleolatitudinal transect of the North Atlantic Ocean	3
Testing an indirect palaeo-seagrass indicator: Benthic foraminifera from the Lower Pleistocene Posidonia meadow of Fauglia (Tuscany, Italy)	3
Response of bay ostracod assemblages to Late Holocene sea-level, centennial-scale climate, and human-induced factors in northeast Beppu Bay, Japan	3
The marine ostracod genus Tasmanocypris from the Neogene of southeastern Australia: Systematic and palaeoceanographical relationships, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography	3
Calcareous nannoplankton response to early Eocene warmth, Southwest Pacific Ocean	3
δ18O and δ13C of Cyprideis torosa from coastal lakes: Modern systematics and down-core interpretation	3
What drove the evolutionary trend of planktic foraminifers during the Cretaceous: Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs) directly affected it?	3
Changes in paleoenvironmental conditions during the Late Jurassic of the western Neo-Tethys: Calcareous nannofossils and geochemistry	2
Spatial and seasonal distribution of Ostracoda in a lagoonal environment along the northeastern coast of India: Implications to assess coastal ecology and paleoenvironment	2
High-resolution palynology signals in surface sediments of coastal Hainan Island of China	2
Paleoceanographic significance of Globigerinoides ruber (white) morphotypes from the Andaman Sea	2
Stable oxygen isotopes in shallow marine ostracodes from the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas	2
Influence of modern environmental gradients on foraminiferal faunas in the inner Kongsfjorden (Svalbard)	2
Ice retreat in the eastern Antarctic Peninsula region: the application of diatoms for understanding climate change	2
The ciliophoran affinity of Radiosperma textum, and its relation to other marine ciliate cysts	2
Larger porcelaneous foraminifera with a common ancestor: the Neogene Indo-Pacific Flosculinella and Alveolinella (Alveolinoidea)	2
Ostracods sensitivity to reconstructing water depths and oxygen levels: A case study from the Middle-Late Eocene of the Beni Suef area (Egypt)	2
Benthic foraminiferal proxies of environmental changes during the pre-Messinian salinity crisis of the Sinis Basin (W Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea)	2
Coccolithophore response to changes in surface water conditions south of Iceland (ODP Site 984) between 130 and 56 ka	2
Morphological changes of the large foraminiferal genus Loftusia during the Maastrichtian and its palaeogeographical inferences from the Zagros and Neotethys basins	2
Late Pliocene sea-ice expansion and its influence on diatom species turnover in the Southern Ocean	2
Pentaplacodinium lapazense sp. nov. from Central and Southern Gulf of California, a new non-toxic gonyaulacalean resembling Protoceratium reticulatum	2
Diatoms of the intertidal environments of Willapa Bay, Washington, USA as a sea-level indicator	2
Carbonate-rich sequences in the deep sea of the eastern South China Sea subbasin (IODP Hole U1431D) during the last 600 kyr	2
Mixed diatom floras in sedimentary deposits from the 2016 Kaikōura Tsunami at Little Pigeon Bay, Aotearoa-New Zealand	2
Variation in the eastern North Pacific subtropical gyre (California Current system) during the Middle to Late Miocene as inferred from radiolarian assemblages	2
The hidden agglutinated foraminifera of the mid-Cretaceous hemipelagic carbonate deposits: A method–derived bias?	2
Distinguishing reworked diatoms derived from Neogene marine strata in modern coastal assemblages for understanding taphonomic processes and reconstructing Holocene paleoenvironments in the Tokachi coa	2
Silicoflagellate evolution through the Cenozoic	2
Ostracod assemblages from the Golubaya (Rybatskaya) Bay area on the outer northeastern Black Sea shelf over the last 300 years	2
Distribution of modern dinocysts and pollen in the western Mediterranean Sea (Algerian margin and Gulf of Lion)	2
Late middle Eocene to early Oligocene radiolarian biostratigraphy in the Southern Ocean (Agulhas Ridge, ODP Leg 117, Site 1090)	2
Organic matter source and distribution in the estuarine Apapa-Badagry Creek, Nigeria: Implications for living (stained) benthic foraminiferal assemblage	2
Endemic Silurian ostracod faunas of the Southern Tien Shan, Central Asia	2
Coccolithophore assemblage changes over the past 9 kyrs BP from a climate hotspot in Tasmania, southeast Australia	2
Nutrients and hydrography explain the composition of recent Mediterranean planktonic foraminiferal assemblages	2
Diatom-based reconstruction of the Subantarctic Front migrations during the late Miocene and Pliocene	2
Implications of finding Peraclis spp. in the Holocene sediments of the northeastern Arabian Sea	2
Late Quaternary Ponto-Caspian dinoflagellate cyst assemblages from the Gulf of Corinth, Central Greece (eastern Mediterranean Sea)	2
First description of soft body parts of Ambtonia Malz and Nipponocythere Ishizaki (Ostracoda) from Korea with details on the genera's geographic and paleogeographic distribution	2
Distribution of dinoflagellate cysts along the salinity gradient in two tropical estuaries along the West coast of India	2
Coccolith size rules – What controls the size of coccoliths during coccolithogenesis?	2