OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Shellfish Research is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Mass Mortality of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica in the Western Mississippi Sound Following Unprecedented Mississippi River Flooding in 2019	36
Alternative Substrates Used for Oyster Reef Restoration: A Review	35
Integrating Animal Health and Stress Assessment Tools Using the Green-Lipped Mussel Perna canaliculus as a Case Study	20
Declining Populations of Mytilus spp. in North Atlantic Coastal Waters—A Swedish Perspective	19
Reciprocal Interactions between Bivalve Molluscs and Seagrass: A Review and Meta-Analysis	17
Sustainable Oyster Aquaculture, Water Quality Improvement, and Ecosystem Service Value Potential in Maryland Chesapeake Bay	17
Abalone Recruitment in Low-Density and Aggregated Populations Facing Climatic Stress	14
Dying, Decaying, and Dissolving into Irrelevance: First Direct in-the-Field Estimate of Crassostrea virginica Shell Loss—a Case History from Mississippi Sound	14
Effects of Environmental Factors and Husbandry Practices on Summer Mortality Events in the Cultivated Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas in the North of Ireland	12
How Oyster Health Indices Vary between Mass Mortality Events	12
Tropical and Subtropical Ostreidae of the American Pacific: Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, and Genetics	11
Assessing Protective Cylinders for Chaplet-Based Culture of the Winged Pearl Oyster Pteria penguin	10
Eastern Oyster Recruitment Patterns on and Near Natural Reefs: Implications for the Design of Oyster Reef Restoration Projects	10
Seasonal and Temporal Changes in the Kumamoto Oyster Crassostrea sikamea Population and Associated Benthic Macrofaunal Communities at an Intertidal Oyster Reef in China	8
Identification of Saccostrea mordax and a New Species Saccostrea mordoides sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) from China	8
Attainability of Accurate Age Frequencies for Ocean Quahogs (Arctica islandica) Using Large Datasets: Protocol, Reader Precision, and Error Assessment	8
Novel Shell Stock–Recruitment Models for Crassostrea virginica as a Function of Regional Shell Effective Surface Area, A Missing Link for Sustainable Management	7
The Collapse of a Wedge Clam Fishery in the Spanish Mediterranean Coast and Recovery Problems	6
Recent Developments in The Culture of the Cuttlefish, Sepia Pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831	6
Habitat Benefits of Restored Oyster Reefs and Aquaculture to Fish and Invertebrates in a Coastal Pond in Rhode Island, United States	6
Oyster Recruitment and Persistence on Planted Versus Native Substrate over 13 Years in the Delaware Bay Oyster Fishery Resource	6
Complex Spatial Genetic Connectivity of Mussels Mytilus chilensis Along the Southeastern Pacific Coast and Its Importance for Resource Management	6
Population Structure of the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus in the Maryland Coastal Bays	5
Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing to Characterize Suspended Particulate Organic Matter as Bivalve Food for Aquaculture Site Selection	5
Validation and Assessment of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa) for Use in Monitoring and Managing Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning	5

Performance and Fecundity of Triploid Eastern Oysters Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) and Challenges for Tetraploid Production	5
European Sea Urchin Somatic and Gonadal Responses to Differing Stocking Densities and Seawater Flow Rates: A Case Study for Experimental Design Considerations	5
Queen Conch Aquaculture: Hatchery and Nursery Phases	5
Simulation Modeling of a High-Throughput Oyster Cryopreservation Pathway	5
Defining Patterns in Ocean Quahog (Arctica islandica) Sexual Dimorphism along the Mid-Atlantic Bight	5
Microscopic Anatomy of the Gill and Lung of the Apple Snail Pomacea maculata, with Notes on the Volume of the Lung	5
Discovery of Neuropeptides in the Ganglia of the Pacific Abalone Haliotis discus hannai Using Long-Read Transcriptome Analysis	4
Densities of Large Marine Gastropods in Seagrass, Oyster Reef, and Sandy Habitats in Tampa Bay and along the Gulf Coast of Florida	4
Estimating the Economic Burden of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Washington State Oyster Aquaculture: Implications for the Future	4
Improving Production of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica through Coordination of Genetic Improvement Programs, Research, and Technology Transfer Activities	4
Phylogeography of the Marine Gastropod Reticunassa festiva Complex (Nassariidae) in the Coast of China	4
Observations on Age and Growth of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica in South Carolina Saltmarsh Tidal Creeks	4
Experimental Effects of a Lightweight Mussel Dredge on Benthic Fauna in a Eutrophic MPA	4
Larval Thermal Tolerance of Kellet's Whelk (Kelletia kelletii) as a Window into the Resilience of a Wild Shellfishery to Marine Heatwaves	4
Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing on Biochemical Characteristics, Bacterial Counts, and Color of the Red Claw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus	4
Climate Indices Predict Black Gill Prevalence in White Shrimp Penaeus setiferus (Linnaeus, 1767) in South Carolina and Georgia, USA	4
Estivation in the Apple Snail Pomacea maculata: Mobilization of Calcium Granules in the Lung	3
Standard Methods for the Collection of Morphometric Data for the Commercially Fished Sea Cucumber Cucumaria frondosa in Eastern Canada	3
Effect of Number of Nuclei and Nucleus Position on Shell Growth and Mabé Pearl Coating in Pteria penguin Cultured in Coastal Waters of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia	3
Histological Changes in the Mantle Tissue of the Yesso Scallop Patinopecten yessoensis Shell Infested by Polydora	3
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Early Life History Stages of the Native Olympia Oyster Ostrea lurida (Carpenter, 1864) in a Restoration Site in Northern Puget Sound, Wa	3
Influence of Food Density on Digestive Enzyme Activities in Newly Hatched Larvae of the Spiny Lobster, Panulirus ornatus	3
A Histopathological–Biochemical Health Assessment of Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis	3
Dietary Patterns in Black Abalone Haliotis cracherodii Leach, 1814 as Indicated by Observation of Drift Algal and Seagrass Capture at San Nicolas Island, California, USA, 1982 to 2019	3
Shell Mass, Biomass, Condition, and Reproductive State of the Invasive Bivalve Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) (Dreissenidae)	3
Proximate Composition, Amino Acids, and Fatty Acids in the Adductor Muscle of the Giant Honeycomb Oyster Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) from Jeju Island, Korea	3
Living Near the Edge: Variability in Abundance and Life Cycle of the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in Eastern Long Island Sound	3
Effect of Seawater Acidity on the Initial Development of Kumamoto Oyster Larvae Crassostrea sikamea (Amemiya, 1928)	3
A Comparative Study on Metals and Parasites in Shellfish of Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems	3
Embryonic Development and Fecundity of the Pacific Pygmy Octopus, Paroctopus digueti	3
Distribution and Transport of Olympia Oyster Ostrea lurida Larvae in Northern Puget Sound, Washington	3
Intertidal Zonation of the Suminoe Oyster Crassostrea ariakensis and the Kumamoto Oyster Crassostrea sikamea on the Coast of the Northern East China Sea	3