OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Antarctic Science 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Antarctica	34
Biodegradation of diesel oil by cold-adapted bacterial strains of Arthrobacter spp. from Antarctica	34
Checklist of the species of notothenioid fishes	27
Extreme summer marine heatwaves increase chlorophyll a in the Southern Ocean	23
Optimization of phenol degradation by Antarctic bacteriumRhodococcussp.	18
The price of cumulative human activities in the Antarctic	16
Detection and community-level identification of microbial mats in the McMurdo Dry Valleys using drone-based hyperspectral reflectance imaging	15
Remote characterization of photosynthetic communities in the Fryxell basin of Taylor Valley, Antarctica	13
Environmentally clean access to Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments	13
Further evidence that Antarctic toothfish are important to Weddell seals	11
Evolution of the Cook Ice Cap (Kerguelen Islands) between the last centuries and 2100 ce based on cosmogenic dating and glacio-climatic modelling	10
Assessing colonies of Antarctic shags by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at South Shetland Islands, Antarctica	10
Taxonomy 2.0: computer-aided identification tools to assist Antarctic biologists in the field and in the laboratory	9
Interannual variability of hydrographic properties in Potter Cove during summers between 2010 and 2017	9
Lithostratigraphy, age and distribution of Eocene volcanic sequences on eastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica	9
Contrasting responses of land-terminating glaciers to recent climate variations in King George Island, Antarctica	9
A lithostratigraphical and chronological study of Oligocene-Miocene sequences on eastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands (Antarctica), and correlation of glacial episodes with global isotop	8
Species distribution modelling of the Southern Ocean benthos: a review on methods, cautions and solutions	7
A debris-covered glacier at Kerguelen (49°S, 69°E) over the past 15 000 years	7
Anthropogenic effects on the marine environment adjacent to Palmer Station, Antarctica	7
From wood to vent: first cocculinid limpet associated with hydrothermal activity discovered in the Weddell Sea	7
National Antarctic Program responses to fieldwork sexual harassment	7
Exploring the plant environmental DNA diversity in soil from two sites on Deception Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands) using metabarcoding	7
The need for increased protection of Antarctica's inland waters	7
High-resolution spatial distribution ofpCO₂in the coastal Southern Ocean in late spring	7

The influence of Totten Glacier on the Late Cenozoic sedimentary record	6
Gastropod assemblages associated with Himantothallus grandifolius, Sarcopeltis antarctica and other subtidal macroalgae	6
Growth and longevity of the Antarctic scallopAdamussium colbeckiunder annual and multiannual sea ice	6
Sea-floor and sea-ice conditions in the western Weddell Sea, Antarctica, around the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance	6
Experimental warming of bryophytes increases the population density of the nematode Plectus belgicae in maritime Antarctica	5
Cryostratigraphy of mid-Miocene permafrost at Friis Hills, McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica	5
Episodic basin-scale soil moisture anomalies associated with high relative humidity events in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica	5
A bathymetric compilation of the Cape Darnley region, East Antarctica	5
New determinations of tides on the north-western Ross Ice Shelf	4
Harnessing Erebus volcano's thermal energy to power year-round monitoring	4
Can mandible morphology help predict feeding habits in Antarctic amphipods?	4
Genetic diversity in clustered colonies of an Antarctic marine mesopredator: a role for habitat quality?	4
Can classic biological invasion hypotheses be applied to reported cases of non-native terrestrial species in the Maritime Antarctic?	4
Foraging patterns of Antarctic minke whales in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea	4
Yeasts from the Maritime Antarctic: tools for industry and bioremediation	4
Seasonal hydrological and suspended sediment transport dynamics and their future modelling in the Orwell Glacier proglacial stream, Signy Island, Antarctica	4
Climate and energy balance of the ground in University Valley, Antarctica	4
Valley-floor snowfall in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, from 1995 to 2017: spring, summer and autumn	4
Status and short-term environmental changes of lakes in the area of Devil's Bay, Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula	4
Renewables in Antarctica: an assessment of progress to decarbonize the energy matrix of research facilities	4
A tool to evaluate accessibility due to sea-ice cover: a case study of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica	3
Salinity response to atmospheric forcing of the Terra Nova Bay polynya, Antarctica	3
Diversity in polar science: promoting inclusion through our daily words and actions	3
Bacteriophages and their microbial hosts in terrestrial biotopes of Antarctica	3
Habitat selection of southern giant petrels: potential environmental monitors of the Antarctic Peninsula	3
Isolation and characterization of a novel laccase from an Antarctic thermophilic Geobacillus	3
Origin, structure and geochemistry of a rock glacier near Don Juan Pond, Wright Valley, Antarctica	3
Purified proteases of two Antarctic bacteria: from screening to characterization	3
Ice-free valleys in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica: glacial geomorphology, geochronology and potential as palaeoenvironmental archives	3
The effectiveness of Virkon® S disinfectant against an invasive insect and implications for Antarctic biosecurity practices	3
Advancing Antarctic climate change policy: upcoming opportunities for scientists and policymakers to work together	3
Vertical zonation of benthic invertebrates in the intertidal zone of Antarctica (Admiralty Bay, King George Island)	3
Brazil in Antarctica: 40 years of science	3
Microhabitats, macro-differences: a survey of temperature records in Victoria Land terrestrial and freshwater environments	3
Influence of heavy metals on the occurrence of Antarctic soil microalgae	3
First glaciological investigations at Ridge B, central East Antarctica	3
Diatom communities differ among Antarctic moss and lichen vegetation types	3
Seasonal shifts in microbial diversity in the lakes of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica	3
GIS tool to predict photosynthetically active radiation in a Dry Valley	3
Eukarya biodiversity in the Thala Hills, East Antarctica	3
Why do so few Antarctic Specially Protected Areas protect inland waters?	2
What is the place of science in Antarctica?	2
Periphyton diversity in two different Antarctic lakes assessed using metabarcoding	2
Sulphur and oxygen isotope signatures of dissolved sulphate in freshwater from King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula	2
A small whale reveals diversity of the Eocene cetacean fauna of Antarctica	2
The morphology of pockmarks on the north-east Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf	2
Drilling predation on Antarctic tusk shells: first records on Recent scaphopods from the Southern Hemisphere	2
Firstde novotranscriptome analysis of the Antarctic springtailCryptopygus terranovus(Collembola:Isotomidae) following mid-term heat exposure	2
Weddell seal behaviour during an exceptional oceanographic event in the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 2017	2
Microsatellite locus development in the seaweed Plocamium sp.	2

Habitat severity characteristics structure soil communities at regional and local spatial scales along the Antarctica Peninsula	2
Reproductive traits and age of barbeled plunderfishes from the Weddell Sea	2
Palynological evidence supporting widespread synchronicity of Early Jurassic silicic volcanism throughout the Transantarctic Basin	2
Experimental determination of reflectance spectra of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Scotia Sea	2
The Chinese Antarctic science programme: origins and development	2
Antarctic representation in print media during the emergence of COVID-19	2
Amphipod diversity and metabolomics of the Antarctic spongeDendrilla antarctica	2
The sub-Antarctic islands are increasingly warming in the 21st century	2
Molecular evidence for hybridization in the aquatic plant Limosella on sub-Antarctic Marion Island	2
Antarctic science in Chile: a bibliometric analysis of scientific productivity during the 2009–2019 period	2
Shape, condition and diet of the pike icefish Champsocephalus esox (Teleostei: Channichthyidae): evidence of phenotypic plasticity?	2
Breeding behaviour of colour-aberrant Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Antarctica	2
The emerging contribution of Türkiye to Antarctic science and policy	2
Tectono-metamorphic evolution and significance of shear-zone lithologies in Akebono Rock, Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica	2
Behavioural responses of two penguin species to human presence at Barrientos Island, a popular tourist site in the Antarctic Peninsula region	2
Sediment and water geochemistry record of water-rock interactions in King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula	1
Nimble vessel cruises as a complementary platform for Southern Ocean biodiversity research: concept and preliminary results from the Belgica 121 expedition	1
An estimate of the South Georgia diving petrel Pelecanoides georgicus population at Ile de la Possession, Crozet archipelago	1
Impact of the harsh Antarctic environment on mucosal immunity	1
Formal recognition of extinct Antarctic polar forests as a distinct biome	1
The limnology and spectral behaviour of a freshwater lake at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, Antarctica	1
The history of a cluster of large icebergs on leaving the Weddell Sea pack ice and their impact on the ocean	1
Marine macroalgae of the Balleny Islands and Ross Sea	1
Dealing with insecurities and geopolitics: science diplomacy at the poles	1
The nightlife of a Ross seal: diving and haul-out behaviour from the eastern Weddell Sea	1
New records and updated distributional patterns of macroalgae from the South Shetland Islands and northern Weddell Sea, Antarctica	1
Schroeder Hill, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica: Triassic stratigraphy and Sirius Group glacigenic deposits	1
Soil environmental DNA metabarcoding in low-biomass regions requires protocol optimization: a case study in Antarctica	1
Low-temperature investigation of residual water bound in free-living Antarctic Prasiola crispa	1
Retrospective modelling of air pollution due to the operation of scientific stations in Antarctica: an experience of reanalysis	1
Dickdellia on Colossendeis: testing ectoparasitism with stable isotopes	1
Researchers on ice? How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Antarctic researchers	1
Antibiotic resistance genes and taxa analysis from mat and planktonic microbiomes of Antarctic perennial ice-covered Lake Fryxell and Lake Bonney	1
Calcium carbonate saturation states along the West Antarctic Peninsula	1
Air temperature lapse rates and cloud cover in a hyper-oceanic climate	1
Changes in expeditioners' personality measures during 1 year Antarctic expeditions	1
Seymour (Marambio) Island: an outstanding example of Antarctic geological heritage	1
Ant-ICON - ‘Integrated Science to Inform Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation’: a new SCAR Scientific Research Programme	1
Marine geological investigation of Edward VIII Gulf, Kemp Coast, East Antarctica	1
High-concentration sediment plumes, Horseshoe Island, western Antarctic Peninsula	1
The 1821 eruption of Bridgeman Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: an observed Capelinhos-style hydrovolcanic event	1
Winter climate change on the northern and southern Antarctic Peninsula	1
Unravelling the complex sub-ice geology of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin region of East Antarctica from marine sediment provenance analyses	1
First record of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) at a research station in Antarctica	1
Long-term monitoring of atmospheric pollution in the Maritime Antarctic with the lichen Usnea aurantiaco-atra (Jacq.) Bory: a magnetic and elemental study	1
Who should work in Antarctica? An exploration of the individual, social and cultural aspects of expeditioner recruitment	1
Chemical compounds and antioxidant activity of Antarctic lichens	1
Unravelling the suitability of Branchinecta gaini as a potential biomonitor of contaminants of emerging concern in the Antarctic Peninsula region	1