OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Climate Change and Renewable Energy from the Ocean and Tides: Calming the Sea of Regulatory Uncertainty	26
The 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean: A Critical Analysis	25
The IMO Initial Strategy for the Reduction of GHGs from International Shipping: A Commentary	16
The Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Pollution and Activities: Gauging the Tides of Global and Regional Governance	12
From the Depths: Rich Pickings of Principles of Sustainable Development and General International Law on the Ocean Floor—the Seabed Disputes Chamber’s 2011 Advisory Opinion	10
Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs)	9
Investigation, Detention and Release of Ships under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control: A View from Practice	9
Departures from the Coast: Trends in the Application of Territorial Sea Baselines under the Law of the Sea Convention	9
Defining eez Claims from Islands: A Potential South China Sea Change	8
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from International Shipping: The Response from China’s Shipping Industry to the Regulatory Initiatives of the International Maritime Organization	7
Benefitting from the Common Heritage of Humankind: From Expectation to Reality	7
The Development of a Payment Regime for Deep Sea Mining Activities in the Area through Stakeholder Participation	7
Protests against Oil Exploration at Sea: Lessons from the Arctic Sunrise Arbitration	6
Sunken Spanish Ships before American Courts	6
The EU’s Regulation on the Sustainable Management of External Fishing Fleets: International and European Law Perspectives	5
Article 76 of the LOSC on the Definition of the Continental Shelf: Questions concerning its Interpretation from a Legal Perspective	5
Obligations of ‘Due Regard’ in the Exclusive Economic Zone: Their Context, Purpose and State Practice	5
Spain’s Action to Control and Suppress Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing: Current Status and Future Prospects	5
International Governance of Oil Spills from Upstream Petroleum Activities in the Arctic: Response over Prevention?	5
International Regulation of Heavy Fuel Oil Use by Vessels in Arctic Waters	4
The Settlement of Disputes Arising From Conflicting Outer Continental Shelf Claims	4
Islands Awash Amidst Rising Seas: Sea Level Rise and Insular Status under the Law of the Sea	4
The Netherlands: The 2018 Agreement between The Ocean Cleanup and the Netherlands	4
Port State Measures—from Residual Port State Jurisdiction to Global Standards	4
Article 76 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea—Implementation Problems from the Technical Perspective	4

To Our Children's Children's Children: From Promoting to Achieving Compliance in High Seas Fisheries	4
Litigating Climate Change under Part XII of the LOSC	4
The Legal Nature and Content of ‘Due Regard’ Obligations in Recent International Case Law	4