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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Experimental study of the effect of slope topography on the optical remote sensing imaging characteristics of the depression internal solitary waves	14
Decadal sea surface height modes in the low-latitude northwestern Pacific and their contribution to the North Equatorial Current transport variation	13
Backward-tracking simulations of sea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk toward understanding of material transport through sea ice	12
Performance evaluation of optical dissolved oxygen sensor, ARO-FT	12
Long-term observation of the Soya Warm Current using HF ocean radars: relationship between the Soya Warm Current variability and the sea level anomalies in the Soya/La Perouse Strait	12
Northeast Pacific marine heatwaves link climate modes in a coupled model simulation	11
Use of AERONET-OC for validation of SGLI/GCOM-C products in Ariake Sea, Japan	10
Kuroshio surface water intrusion into the eastern part of the transition domain: its pathways and decadal variations	9
Dominant modes of winter SST variability in the Japan Sea and their influences on atmosphere	9
Reviewers of manuscripts	9
Distributions of tritium and 137Cs in coastal seawater and biota off Aomori and Iwate prefectures, Japan	9
Disentangling mechanisms behind emerged sea surface temperature anomalies in Indonesian seas during El Niño years: insights from closed heat budget analysis	9
Oceanic cool spot formed off Boso Peninsula in the late June 2022	8
Subtropical Mode Water in a recent persisting Kuroshio large-meander period: part II—formation and temporal evolution in the Kuroshio recirculation gyre off Shikoku	8
Preface: scientific researches conducted by the training vessel Seiyo-Maru	8
Seasonal variation in alkaline phosphatase activity in the central part of Tokyo Bay, 2013	8
Effects of cyanate enrichment on growth of natural phytoplankton populations in the subtropical Pacific	8
On anomalously high sub-surface dissolved oxygen in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean	7
Impact of Eighteen Degree Water thickness variation on the thermal and biogeochemical structure in the euphotic layer	7
Satellite features of river plumes over the Lobos–Tuxpan reef system	7
Spatial structure of rain pool observed on the Kuroshio and Baiu fronts in the East China Sea	6
Correction to: Estimate of turbulent energy dissipation rate using free-fall and CTD-attached fast-response thermistors in weak ocean turbulence	6
Rapid increase of surface water pCO2 revealed by settling particulate organic matter carbon isotope time series during 2001–2009 in Sagami Bay, Japan	6
Identification of Kuroshio meanderings south of Japan via a topological data analysis for sea surface height	6
Diurnal coastal trapped waves propagating along the east coast of the Shimokita Peninsula, Japan	6

Southern Ocean marine heatwaves: variability, hotspots and teleconnections	6
Temporal variation of particulate organic carbon flux at the mouth of Tokyo Bay	6
Relationship between temperature and volume variations of the North Pacific Central Mode Water contrasting with Subtropical Mode Water	5
Seasonal variation in metabolic rate of plankton community in the inner part of Tokyo Bay	5
Vertical reflection and amplification of near-inertial internal waves near the pycnocline of mesoscale eddy in the Sea of Japan	5
Phytoplankton and ice-algal communities in the seasonal ice zone during January (Southern Ocean, Indian sector)	4
Secular variation in the M2 tide, resonant amplification, and energy dissipation in a semi-enclosed sea (Ariake sea, Japan) connected to the East China sea	4
Photosynthetic carbon fixation capability of diatom communities in the southern Sea of Okhotsk from winter to spring as estimated using their rbcL genes	4
Correction to: Distributions of tritium and 137Cs in coastal seawater and biota off Aomori and Iwate prefectures, Japan	4
Distribution characteristics of pycnocline in the northern South China Sea based on an improved vertical gradient method	4
Performance of primary production algorithm using absorption coefficient of phytoplankton in the Pacific Arctic	4
An observational study of coastal trapped wave scattering in the deep ocean of the Suruga Trough: the role of internal lee waves	4
Spatial variability in wave characteristics along the eastern Arabian Sea	4
Combined effects of climate change and interannual climate variability on the overturning circulation and deep-water properties in a semi-enclosed marginal sea	4
Hydrographic structures of Tokyo Bay between 1992 and 2019 and evidence of temperature increase; observational results by the training vessel Seiyo-Maru	3
Average coastal residence time distribution estimated by a 2-km resolution Japanese coastal model	3
Temporal changes of the Oyashio water distribution east of Japan under the changing climate: development of an objective evaluation method and its application	3
Dependence of drag coefficient on the spectral width of ocean waves	3
Eastward propagation of mid-latitude near-surface thermohaline anomaly and link to marine heat waves in the eastern North Pacific	3
Cross-shelf overturning in geostrophic-stress-dominant coastal fronts	3
Primary productivity impacts community structure of euphausiids in the low-latitude Indian and Pacific Oceans	3
Seasonal variation in pore water nutrients and their fluxes from the bottom sediments in Harima Nada, Seto Inland Sea	3
High-turbidity bottom mixed-layer water on the shelf off Hokkaido in the Okhotsk Sea: distribution, seasonal variations, and spreading	3
The island mass effect: a study of wind-driven nutrient upwelling around reef islands	3
Long-term variability in larval recruitment rates of a callianassid shrimp population on an intertidal sandflat in an estuary-to-coastal ocean interface area in relation to river discharge and shelf w	3
Detailing secondary frontal bore of internal tides breaking above deep-ocean topography	3
Wave and current in extratropical versus tropical cyclones	3
Occurrence patterns of larval mesopelagic fishes in the mouth of highly eutrophic Tokyo Bay, central Japan	2
Near-surface dynamic structure in the northern South China Sea and Northwest Pacific revealed using Lagrangian data	2
Wave setup at the Minamitorishima tide gauge	2
Special section for second-generation global imager (SGLI)	2
Year‑round dynamics of Noctiluca scintillans in Yatsushiro Bay, Japan suggest possible foreign genetic contributions and long-distance connectivity pathways	2
The Kuroshio large meander and its various impacts: a review	2
Sensitivity of the Arctic sea ice representation to the ice thickness category resolution in an OGCM	2
Luzon strait mesoscale eddy characteristics in HYCOM reanalysis, simulation, and forecasts	2
Development of Eucampia zodiacus blooms associated with salinity stratification in Ariake Bay during winter	2
Intercomparison of bias of global sea surface temperature products associated with tropical cyclone passages in the western North Pacific	2
High sensitivity of sea surface temperature in the northwestern Pacific to atmospheric wind in the mid-latitude North Pacific in an eddying ocean model	2
Temporal insights into deep chlorophyll maxima dynamics in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean: a Bio-Argo float study	2
Patterns in marine surface fish biodiversity and community composition detected by different eDNA metabarcoding sampling methods	2
Nutrient and phytoplankton variability in the tropical and subtropical western North Pacific simulated using OFES2	2
Near-inertial wave propagation between stratified and homogeneous layers	2
Seasonal changes in the vertical distribution and population structure of Calanus sinicus and Calanus jashnovi (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Sagami Bay, Japan	2
Decadal changes in the basin-wide heat budget of the mid-latitude North Pacific Ocean	2
Impact of sea surface temperature anomalies in the East China Sea and western subtropical pacific on the august 2021 Northern Kyushu heavy precipitation	2
Influences of meso-scale and submeso-scale variability on simulated subtropical mode water formation: comparing two different grid-resolutions	2
Energy transmission pathways of equatorial waves within the Maritime Continent: a view with the wave energy flux	2
Particle-tracking experiments of coastal-origin sea ice that could induce high biological productivity in the Sea of Okhotsk	2
Influence of North Pacific subtropical mode water variability on the surface mixed layer through the heaving of the upper thermocline on decadal timescales	1
Improved Automated Quality Control Method based on the Signature for Argo profiles	1

Acoustic underwater glider observation of diel vertical migration off the northeast coast of Japan	1
Reviewers of manuscripts	1
Hydrographic features in the Tropical Indian Ocean: Insights from coupled and uncoupled CMIP6 models	1
Intrusion of Coastal Oyashio water to Funka Bay and Tsugaru Strait occasionally disturbed by Kuroshio-originating warm core ring	1
Midlatitude ocean–atmosphere interactions and extreme events	1
Temporal variation of the 2017 Kuroshio large meander based on repeated surveys along 138°E	1
Multi-time scale variability of surface currents in the Sunda Strait observed by high-frequency radar	1
Variabilities in the estimate of 100-year return period wave height in the Indian shelf seas	1
Succession of three dominant diatoms, Skeletonema, Thalassiosira, and Pseudo-nitzschia in the inner area of Tokyo Bay from 2003 to 2017	1
Variations in the Central Mode Water in the North Pacific as a manifestation of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation	1
Reviewers of manuscripts	1
Observation of deep currents around a seamount between the Japan and Kuril trenches	1
Kuroshio volume transport over the past 3 decades estimated from combined satellite altimetry and hydrography data	1
Eastward extension jet driven by vorticity anomaly at the western boundary: characteristics and the effects of southward background flow	1
Correction: Variations in the Central Mode Water in the North Pacific as a manifestation of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation	1
The behaviour of aluminium, manganese, iron, cobalt, and lead in the subarctic Pacific Ocean: boundary scavenging and temporal changes	1
Journal of Oceanography Most Cited Paper Award 2025	1
Spatiotemporal changes in chlorophyll a concentration in the inner area of Tokyo Bay from 2016 to 2020	1
Phylogeny of prokaryotes involved in mercury speciation in free-living and particulate-attached fractions in Minamata Bay, Japan	1
Kuroshio water intrusion into the subarctic region in the western North Pacific Ocean and analyses of the Lagrangian coherent structure	1
Mesoscale eddy influence on North Pacific air–sea heat exchange in a high-resolution ocean reanalysis	1
Winter bloom initiation with water column stabilization and improvement of light environment in a turbid shallow coastal water	1