OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Oceanography is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Global trends of ocean CO2 sink and ocean acidification: an observation-based reconstruction of surface ocean inorganic carbon variables	73
Long-term change in the status of water pollution in Tokyo Bay: recent trend of increasing bottom-water dissolved oxygen concentrations	17
A review: iron and nutrient supply in the subarctic Pacific and its impact on phytoplankton production	17
Role of tide-induced vertical mixing in the deep Pacific Ocean circulation	12
Decadal-scale variability of the North Pacific subtropical mode water and its influence on the pycnocline observed along 137°E	10
Internal hydraulic jump in the Tsugaru Strait	10
Distribution and stoichiometry of Al, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the East China Sea	9
Subtropical Mode Water in a recent persisting Kuroshio large-meander period: part I—formation and advection over the entire distribution region	9
Elevated turbulent and double-diffusive nutrient flux in the Kuroshio over the Izu Ridge and in the Kuroshio Extension	9
Phytoplankton growth and grazing mortality through the oligotrophic subtropical North Pacific	9
Effects of eddies on the subduction and movement of water masses reaching the $$137^{\circ }\,\hbox {E}$$ section using Lagrangian particles in an eddy-resolving OGCM	9
Eutrophication and hypoxia in the upper Gulf of Thailand	8
Seasonal and interannual variations of MODIS Aqua chlorophyll-a (2003–2017) in the Upper Gulf of Thailand influenced by Asian monsoons	8
Quality control of potentiometric pH measurements with a combination of NBS and Tris buffers at salinities from 20 to 40 and pH from 7.2 to 8.6	7
Estimate of turbulent energy dissipation rate using free-fall and CTD-attached fast-response thermistors in weak ocean turbulence	7
Spatiotemporal evolution of submesoscale filaments at the periphery of an anticyclonic mesoscale eddy north of the Kuroshio Extension	7
Projected future changes in the contribution of Indo-Pacific sea surface height variability to the Indonesian throughflow	7
The formation of biogenic reef stone: from coral skeleton to reef rubble	7
System vicarious calibration of GCOM-C/SGLI visible and near-infrared channels	7
Simulation of global distribution of rare earth elements in the ocean using an ocean general circulation model	7
Observations of anticyclonic eddies in the western subarctic North Pacific	7
Temporal variation of particulate organic carbon flux at the mouth of Tokyo Bay	7
Seasonal velocity variations over the entire Kuroshio path part I: data analysis and numerical experiments	7
Performance of JAXA’s SGLI standard ocean color products for oceanic to coastal waters: chlorophyll a concentration and light absorption coefficients of colored dissolved organic matter	7
Urea is a potentially important nitrogen source for phytoplankton during red tide formation in Isahaya Bay, Japan	6

Use of AERONET-OC for validation of SGLI/GCOM-C products in Ariake Sea, Japan	6
Unusually high sea level at the south coast of Japan in September 2011 induced by the Kuroshio	6
Seasonal pathways of the Tsugaru Warm Current revealed by high-frequency ocean radars	6
Vertical eddy diffusivity in the subsurface pycnocline across the Pacific	6
Vertical turbulent nitrate flux from direct measurements in the western subarctic and subtropical gyres of the North Pacific	6
Projected climate change in the western North Pacific at the end of the 21st century from ensemble simulations with a high-resolution regional ocean model	6
Mesoscale-dependent near-inertial internal waves and microscale turbulence in the Tsushima Warm Current	6
Evaluation of retrieving chlorophyll a concentration and colored dissolved organic matter absorption from satellite ocean color remote sensing in the coastal waters of Hokkaido, Japan	5
Sea level variability along the Japanese coast forced by the Kuroshio and its extension	5
Seasonal velocity variations over the entire Kuroshio path part II: dynamical interpretation for the current speed variation	4
Sea surface temperature predictability in the North Pacific from multi-model seasonal forecast	4
Analysis and validation of ocean color and aerosol properties over coastal regions from SGLI based on a simultaneous method	4
Long-term trends of oxygen concentration in the waters in bank and shelves of the Southern Japan Sea	4
Ocean mixing processes (OMIX): impact on biogeochemistry, climate and ecosystem	4
The features and mechanisms of the North Shandong Coastal Current: a case study in 2014	4
Relative contributions of photophysiology and chlorophyll-a abundance to phytoplankton group-specific primary production in the Kuroshio region as inferred by satellite ocean color remote sensing	4
Subtropical Mode Water in a recent persisting Kuroshio large-meander period: part II—formation and temporal evolution in the Kuroshio recirculation gyre off Shikoku	4
Spatial distribution of the protist community in the southern part of the Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido during summer	4
Influence of North Pacific subtropical mode water variability on the surface mixed layer through the heaving of the upper thermocline on decadal timescales	4
Ocean state estimations for synthesis of ocean-mixing observations	4
Comparison of the positive and negative Indian Ocean Dipole forcing on the Pacific interannual variability through the oceanic channel	4
The island mass effect: a study of wind-driven nutrient upwelling around reef islands	4
Phytoplankton and ice-algal communities in the seasonal ice zone during January (Southern Ocean, Indian sector)	4
Hypoxia in the Upper Gulf of Thailand: Hydrographic observations and modeling	4
Phytoplankton blooms in summer and autumn in the northwestern subarctic Pacific detected by the mooring and float systems	3
Intrusion of Coastal Oyashio water to Funka Bay and Tsugaru Strait occasionally disturbed by Kuroshio-originating warm core ring	3
Regional difference of sea surface salinity variations in the western tropical pacific	3
The potential role of thermohaline–shear instability in turbulence production in the Bering Sea and the subarctic North Pacific	3
Particle-tracking experiments of coastal-origin sea ice that could induce high biological productivity in the Sea of Okhotsk	3
Identification of Kuroshio meanderings south of Japan via a topological data analysis for sea surface height	3
Effects of cyanate enrichment on growth of natural phytoplankton populations in the subtropical Pacific	3
Coastal ecosystem change in Asia: hypoxia, eutrophication, and nutrient conditions	3
Effect of a current trapped by a continental slope on the pathway of a coastal current crossing Toyama Trough, Japan	3
Study on prediction of internal solitary waves propagation in the southern Andaman Sea	3
Atmosphere-upper-ocean interactions during three rare cases of rapidly intensified tropical cyclones over North Indian Oceans	3
The use of tidally induced vertical-mixing schemes in simulating the Pacific deep-ocean state	3
Seasonal variations in salinity of the North Pacific Intermediate Water and vertical mixing intensity over the Okinawa Trough	3
Synchronized interdecadal variations behind regime shifts in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation	3
50-year volume transport of the Soya Warm Current estimated from the sea-level difference and its relationship with the Tsushima and Tsugaru Warm Currents	3
Spatial distribution of turbulent diapycnal mixing along the Mindanao current inferred from rapid-sampling Argo floats	2
Processes governing seasonal and interannual change of the Antarctic sea-ice area	2
Seasonal dynamics of dinoflagellates with special emphasis on potentially harmful species in a tropical estuarine system along the southwest coast of India	2
Distributions of tritium and 137Cs in coastal seawater and biota off Aomori and Iwate prefectures, Japan	2
Inverse estimation of diffusivity coefficients from salinity distributions on isopycnal surfaces using Argo float array data	2
Dependence of drag coefficient on the spectral width of ocean waves	2
Hydrographic structures of Tokyo Bay between 1992 and 2019 and evidence of temperature increase; observational results by the training vessel Seiyo-Maru	2
Special section for second-generation global imager (SGLI)	2
Wave setup at the Minamitorishima tide gauge	2
Evidence of bottom-up effects of climate on Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) in the western North Pacific	2
Luzon strait mesoscale eddy characteristics in HYCOM reanalysis, simulation, and forecasts	2

Cross-shelf overturning in geostrophic-stress-dominant coastal fronts	2
Seasonal and spatial variations in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in a eutrophic brackish lake, Lake Hamana, Japan	2
Impact of mesoscale eddies on particulate organic carbon flux in the western subarctic North Pacific	2
Dominant modes of winter SST variability in the Japan Sea and their influences on atmosphere	2
The origin and characteristics of dissolved organic carbon in the highly urbanized coastal waters of Tokyo Bay	2
Abyssal current and water mass in the Main Gap and an adjacent Small Gap of the Emperor Seamount Chain	1
The variation of environmental profiles during harmful algal bloom in Sepanggar Bay, Sabah, Malaysia	1
Coastal water temperature difference, a potential predictor of glass eel recruitment in Anguilla japonica during non-meander periods of the Kuroshio	1
Future changes in marine heatwaves based on high-resolution ensemble projections for the northwestern Pacific Ocean	1
Different responses of phytoplankton to Fe manipulation in Fe-limited waters with contrasting surface mixed layer depths in the western subarctic Pacific	1
The behaviour of aluminium, manganese, iron, cobalt, and lead in the subarctic Pacific Ocean: boundary scavenging and temporal changes	1
Distribution characteristics of pycnocline in the northern South China Sea based on an improved vertical gradient method	1
Backward-tracking simulations of sea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk toward understanding of material transport through sea ice	1
Enhanced vertical turbulent nitrate flux in the intermediate layer of the Kuroshio in the Tokara Strait	1
Zinc and silicon biogeochemical decoupling in the North Pacific Ocean	1
Diurnal coastal trapped waves propagating along the east coast of the Shimokita Peninsula, Japan	1
Eddy–mean flow interactions in the Agulhas leakage region	1
Seasonal and vertical variations in phytoplankton photosynthetic parameters and primary production in Suruga Bay, Japan	1
Performance of primary production algorithm using absorption coefficient of phytoplankton in the Pacific Arctic	1
Internal waves with high vertical wavenumber structure generated by diurnal tidal flow over the eastern ridge of Luzon Strait	1
Temporal variations in the surface primary productivity and their causes at a station F3 in the inner Tokyo Bay	1
Near-inertial wave propagation between stratified and homogeneous layers	1
Seasonal variation in the current field and development of bottom cold water in Harima-Nada	1
Rapid increase of surface water pCO2 revealed by settling particulate organic matter carbon isotope time series during 2001–2009 in Sagami Bay, Japan	1
Revisit of thorium-based dust fluxes and their implications for the iron fertilization hypothesis	1
Succession of three dominant diatoms, Skeletonema, Thalassiosira, and Pseudo-nitzschia in the inner area of Tokyo Bay from 2003 to 2017	1
Seasonal variation in alkaline phosphatase activity in the central part of Tokyo Bay, 2013	1
Occurrence patterns of larval mesopelagic fishes in the mouth of highly eutrophic Tokyo Bay, central Japan	1
Decadal changes in the basin-wide heat budget of the mid-latitude North Pacific Ocean	1
Diagnostic evaluation of effects of vertical mixing on meridional overturning circulation in an idealized ocean	1
Global mapping of 10-day differences of temperature and salinity in the intermediate layer observed with Argo floats	1