OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Polar Biology is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Parasites of invasive pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792) (Actinopterygii: Salmonidae), in the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea	32
Habitat use by threatened sheldgeese (Chloephaga spp.) in Austral Patagonia at two spatial scales	28
Shifting polar bear Ursus maritimus denning habitat availability in the European Arctic	24
Can penguins (Spheniscidae) see in the ultraviolet spectrum?	20
Correction: Where have all the petrels gone? Forty years (1978–2020) of Wilson’s Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) population dynamics at King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo, Antarctica) in a changin	18
Physiological parameters of South Georgia Shag (Phalacrocorax georgianus) during breeding in South Orkney Island, Antarctica	18
Species diversity of the genus Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (Trematoda, Opecoelidae) in the White Sea: morphological, molecular and life history evidences	16
Evaluating strategic offspring sex allocation in the Southern Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome, a species with obligate brood reduction	16
Vertical stratification of arctic microbial communities near potential hydrocarbon seepage off Cape Dyer, Nunavut	13
Parasites of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) from three localities in the Antarctic Peninsula and a review of their parasitic fauna	13
Morphological shell characterization of Fissurellidea and Fissurella (Vetigastropoda: Fissurellidae) along the Argentinean coast, from temperate to subantarctic waters	12
Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of benthic microbial ecosystems from James Ross Archipelago (West Antarctica)	12
Ontogenetic shift in feeding habits of Antarctic deep-sea smelt Bathylagus antarcticus in the Cosmonaut Sea, East Antarctica	12
Significance of autumn and winter food consumption for reproduction by Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears, Ursus maritimus	11
Feeding ecology of the longtail southern cod, Patagonotothen ramsayi (Regan, 1913) (Notothenioidei) in the Marine Protected Area Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank, Argentina	11
Biodegradation of low sulfur fuel oil HDME 50 in seawater at sub-arctic temperatures with and without dispersants	10
A review of leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) births and pups using a standardised age-class classification system	10
Effect of soil depth on the structure of bacterial composition in the active layer at five geologically distinct sites on James Ross and Vega Islands in Antarctica	10
The Little Auk Alle alle: an ecological indicator of a changing Arctic and a model organism	10
Extreme fieldwork: flame-sealed capillaries versus frozen serums to estimate body composition of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) using isotopic dilution	10
Juvenile southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) uses snow hole to find shelter in winter at its southernmost breeding site	10
Records of king penguins at Stranger Point and Esperanza/Hope Bay, Antarctica	10
Feasibility and knowledge gaps to modeling circumpolar seabird bycatch in the Arctic	10
Krill finder: spatial distribution of sympatric fin (Balaenoptera physalus) and humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) whales in the Southern Ocean	10
High abundances of small copepods early developmental stages and nauplii strengthen the perception of a non-dormant Arctic winter	10

Octopuses and drilling snails as the main suspects of predation traces on shelled molluscs in West Antarctica	10
Food web structure and species’ role in the sub-Antarctic Marine Protected Area Yaganes	9
Xenobiotic metabolism and its physiological consequences in high-Antarctic Notothenioid fishes	9
Effects of seawater temperature and seasonal irradiance on growth, reproduction, and survival of the endemic Antarctic brown alga Desmarestia menziesii (Phaeophyceae)	9
New insights into the diversity and ecology of benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica)	9
Annual variation of oceanographic conditions changed migration timing of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus in the southern Chukchi Sea	9
The tardigrade Mesobiotus aradasi (Binda, Pilato & Lisi, 2005) is widely distributed along the Antarctic Peninsula	9
Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) hindlimb joint kinetics: propulsive and energy storage mechanisms and mechanical work	9
Antarctic sea ice as a driver of humpback whale migration timing in the southeast Pacific	9
Can heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) serve as biomarkers in Antarctica for future ocean acidification, warming and salinity stress?	9
Phenology and reproductive biology of the southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at Isla Pingüino (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina)	8
Penguin osteohistology: the key role of the inner circumferential layer in sex determination	8
Inventory of lichenised and lichenicolous fungi of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard	8
Umbilicaria africana (Umbilicariaceae, lichenized fungi) new to the Arctic and a hypothesis for its bipolar distribution	8
The highest mercury concentrations ever reported in a South American bird, the Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis)	7
A review of the scientific knowledge of the seascape off Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica	7
Correction: Hybridization barriers between the congeneric antarctic notothenioid fish Notothenia coriiceps and Notothenia rossii	7
Reproductive pattern of Trochita pileolus (d' Orbigny, 1841) (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) and different types of intracapsular development in Trochita species of South America	7
New Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus colony in a subantarctic island	7
Biodiversity and characteristics of antarctic brachiopods sampled during the CEAMARC expedition	7
Year-round movements of Long-tailed Ducks Clangula hyemalis from Kolguev Island, Barents Sea	7
Proximity to infrastructure and ecotype influence breeding bird abundance at an Arctic mine, the Hope Bay Project, Nunavut, Canada	7
A case of melanism in a Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) at Esperanza/Hope Bay, Antarctica	7
An on-ice aerial survey of the Kane Basin polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation	7
Diatoms, tintinnids, and the protist community of the western Weddell Sea in summer: latitudinal distribution and biogeographic boundaries	7
Ensemble forecasting of invasion risk for four alien springtail (Collembola) species in Antarctica	7
Seasonal occurrence and condition of leopard seals at an extralimital Sub-Antarctic Island	7
Influence of marine vertebrates on organic matter, phosphorus and other chemical element levels in Antarctic soils	7
Phytoplankton succession during a massive coastal diatom bloom at Marian Cove, King George Island, Antarctica	7
Geadephaga (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the sub-Antarctic Tierra del Fuego archipelago: species-richness, distribution maps and taxonomic key	6
Diversity of pollen grains transported from South America to the Antarctic Peninsula through atmospheric dispersal	6
Variation in migration behaviors used by Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) breeding across a wide latitudinal gradient	6
Spatial structuring in early life stage fish diversity in the Scotia Sea region of the Southern Ocean	6
Harpacticus Milne Edwards, 1840 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from three Islands of Western Antarctica with description of a new species	6
Effects of temperature and nutrient enrichment on the Arctic moss Hygrohypnella ochracea growth and productivity	6
Do ocean currents shape patterns of penguin hybridization?	6
Distribution of dissolved organic carbon linked to bacterial community composition during the summer melting season in Arctic fjords	6
The helminth community structure as an indicator of habitat use: the case of the Baird’s Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) and the White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) on their non-breeding ground	6
Distribution of diatoms in seafloor surface sediments of the Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi seas: implication for environmental reconstructions	6
Non-breeding distribution, activity patterns and moulting areas of Sooty Albatrosses (Phoebetria fusca) inferred from geolocators, satellite trackers and biochemical markers	6
Summer activity patterns for a moss and lichen in the maritime Antarctic with respect to altitude	6
A review of aerial survey density estimates of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) in the Canadian Arctic highlights important knowledge gaps and research needs	6
Grazing by nano- and microzooplankton on heterotrophic picoplankton dominates the biological carbon cycling around the Western Antarctic Peninsula	6
DNA metabarcoding reveals high diversity of fish and macrofaunal species in diets of little auks and other Arctic seabird species in Svalbard	6
Review of the techniques for estimating population size of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)	5
Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of juvenile survival in emperor penguins	5
Small rodent disturbance impact on Arctic graminoid forage quality	5
Distribution and development patterns in sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Subantarctic Southern Atlantic	5
Diet, isotopic niche, and spatial distribution of the white-headed petrel (Pterodroma lessonii) at Kerguelen Islands	5
Xanthophyll cycles in the juniper haircap moss (Polytrichum juniperinum) and Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) on Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Maritime Antarctica)	5

Native avian predators for the world’s Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) breeding colony in inner waters of Tierra del Fuego, Chile	5
Persistent organic pollutants and mercury in a colony of Antarctic seabirds: higher concentrations in 1998, 2001, and 2003 compared to 2014 to 2016	5
Could Norwegian fjords serve as an analogue for the future of the Svalbard fjords? State and fate of high latitude fjords in the face of progressive “atlantification”	5
Concentration of different forms of phosphorus in soils affected by the little auk (Alle alle) and their relationship with tundra vegetation in Spitsbergen (Svalbard, High Arctic)	5
Less ice, more predators: passive acoustic monitoring shows variation in killer whale (Orcinus orca) presence in the U.S. Arctic with declining sea ice	5
Species composition, distribution and relative abundance of the inshore fish community off the Argentine Islands, Bellingshausen Sea	5
Long-term population size and trends of South Georgia Shags (Leucocarbo [atriceps] georgianus) at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands and Bird Island, South Georgia	5
Metagenomic mining and molecular characterization of a psychrophilic GH5-CBM5 cellulase from Krossfjorden sediments, Arctic	5
The mitochondrial genome of the red icefish (Channichthys rugosus) casts doubt on its species status	5
Fungal diversity in seasonal snow of Martel Inlet, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, assessed using DNA metabarcoding	5
Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in the Arctic: Revisiting distribution and identifying research and conservation priorities amid rapid environmental change	5
Distribution and biology of understudied slender eelblenny Lumpenus fabricii (Stichaeidae, Teleostei) in two Siberian Arctic seas, with comparative data on some other ground fishes	5
Genetics informs the origin of black-browed albatross at a new breeding site in Chile	5
Cryoxcellia borchgrevinki gen. nov., sp. nov., a new parasitic X-cell species in an Antarctic nototheniid fish, the bald notothen Trematomus borchgrevinki	5
Evaluating the hypoxic tolerance of two maturity stages of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) at its range edge	5
Breeding den selection by Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in southern Yamal Peninsula, Russia	5
Behavioral and physiological stress responses of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) to industrial ice roads	5
Demography of a nearshore gadid navaga, Eleginus nawaga, from the Barents Sea coast during the last glacial period	5
Update on the abundance and distribution of Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in the Antarctic Peninsula region	5
First humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) re-sighting between Azorean waters and the Barents Sea (Murman coast, northwestern Russia)	5
Movements of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) from Davis Base, Antarctica: combining population genetics and tracking data	5
A systematic review of indicators and methods used to assess coastal to offshore marine ecosystems in the western Canadian Arctic	4
A guide to the otoliths of Southern Ocean lanternfishes (Myctophidae)	4
Sub-Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis, crossing hemispheres far offshore at São Pedro and São Paulo archipelago, Brazil	4
Soft bottom benthic communities under potentially anthropic and natural pressures in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica)	4
The acoustic presence and migration timing of subarctic baleen whales in the Bering Strait in relation to environmental factors	4
Special Issue: pathways and impacts of biotically mediated marine and other stored nutrient transfer between polar ecosystems	4
Benthic communities at the marine protected area Namuncurá/Burdwood bank, SW Atlantic Ocean: detection of vulnerable marine ecosystems and contributions to the assessment of the rezoning process	4
High-Arctic intertidal foraminifera, 78°N Spitsbergen	4
Visitor and vagrant seabirds admitted for rehabilitation in South Africa, 1993–2017	4
A new ostracod species of the genus Xestoleberis from Nansen Island, Wilhelmina Bay, Southern Ocean, Antarctica	4
Fish in the diet of the Antarctic Shag Leucocarbo bransfieldensis breeding at Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula	4
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) distributions, aggregation structures, and predator interactions in Bransfield Strait	4
Identification of phenotypic and genotypic properties and cold adaptive mechanisms of novel freeze–thaw stress-resistant strain Pseudomonas mandelii from Antarctica	4
New observations on the Antarctic Asteromphalus darwinii/hookeri diatom species-complex (Asterolampraceae)	4
Correction to: Yes, they can: polar bears Ursus maritimus successfully hunt Svalbard reindeer Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus	4
Lipid distribution and composition in Antarctic toothfish before and after reproductive migration: implications for the life cycle	4
Early-life history traits of two icefishes, spiny icefish Chaenodraco wilsoni and ocellated icefish Chionodraco rastrospinosus, in the Ross Sea revealed by otolith microstructure	4
New migration and distribution patterns of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) around Nunavik (Québec, Canada) identified using Inuit Knowledge	4
Pathological findings in bycaught harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the coast of Northern Norway	4
Kinematic mechanisms of coordinated fore and hind hoof movements for stability enhancement and energy efficiency in reindeer long-distance migration	4
A review on Antarctic polyextremophiles and their survival strategies	4
New species of Gromia (Protista, Rhizaria) from South Georgia and the Falkland Islands	4
First documented sighting of a group of bowhead whales outside their typical range in Hudson Bay	4
DNA metabarcoding data reveals harmful algal-bloom species undescribed previously at the northern Antarctic Peninsula region	4
Correction: Feasibility and knowledge gaps to modeling circumpolar seabird bycatch in the Arctic	4
Barnacle geese Branta leucopsis breeding on Novaya Zemlya: current distribution and population size estimated from tracking data	4
The smallest marine bivalves from the end of the world (Tierra del Fuego, Isla de Los Estados and Burdwood Bank)	4
Factors influencing haulout behaviour of non-breeding weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) at Cape Royds, Antarctica	4
Regional diet in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) as determined by lipid, fatty acid, and sterol composition	4