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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Storytelling, exploration and science at the end of the world	17
Mosses of Cockburn Island plateau, Antarctica	15
Gastropod assemblages associated with Himantothallus grandifolius, Sarcopeltis antarctica and other subtidal macroalgae	15
Schroeder Hill, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica: Triassic stratigraphy and Sirius Group glacigenic deposits	14
Seasonal shifts in microbial diversity in the lakes of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica	14
Soil environmental DNA metabarcoding in low-biomass regions requires protocol optimization: a case study in Antarctica	13
Habitat selection of southern giant petrels: potential environmental monitors of the Antarctic Peninsula	12
Assessment of trophic segregation amongst gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) individuals in Antarctica using a non-invasive methodology	11
‘No continent is immune, including Antarctica’, but National Antarctic Programmes acted collectively to avert disaster	9
International law, climate change and the Antarctic Treaty System: re-contemplating governance questions apropos of the mounting challenges	9
New records and updated distributional patterns of macroalgae from the South Shetland Islands and northern Weddell Sea, Antarctica	8
ANS volume 34 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	8
Obituary – Dr Yves Frenot (1958–2022)	8
ANS volume 34 issue 6 Cover and Back matter	7
The Chinese Antarctic science programme: origins and development	7
Experimental tests of feeding behaviour, dietary breadth and cooperative feeding in a predatory carabid invading sub-Antarctic regions	7
Identification of mobile resistome in soils exposed to different impacts in Fildes Peninsula, King George Island	7
Successful deployment of a large uncrewed aerial vehicle for multidisciplinary science from Rothera Research Station, Antarctica: 2024 season overview and lessons learned	7
Fine-scale phylogenetic diversity gradients support the Antarctic geothermal refugia hypothesis	7
Impacts of ocean acidification on the palatability of two Antarctic macroalgae and the consumption of a grazer	7
Long-term monitoring of atmospheric pollution in the Maritime Antarctic with the lichen Usnea aurantiaco-atra (Jacq.) Bory: a magnetic and elemental study	7
The joys of returning to in-person conferences - in an age of travel judgement	7
Dealing with insecurities and geopolitics: science diplomacy at the poles	7
Negotiation, adoption and domestic implementation of the annex on liability to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty	6
Researchers on ice? How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Antarctic researchers	6

Evolution of ice rises in the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Dronning Maud Land, over the last millennium	6
Deadly mushrooms of the genus Galerina found in Antarctica colonized the continent as early as the Pleistocene	6
Microhabitats, macro-differences: a survey of temperature records in Victoria Land terrestrial and freshwater environments	6
A spatial model of Marion Island's palaeo-ice extent	6
Antibiotic resistance genes and taxa analysis from mat and planktonic microbiomes of Antarctic perennial ice-covered Lake Fryxell and Lake Bonney	6
ANS volume 33 issue 5 Cover and Front matter	6
Purified proteases of two Antarctic bacteria: from screening to characterization	6
Depositional landforms and sediments in western Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica	5
Low-temperature investigation of residual water bound in free-living Antarctic Prasiola crispa	5
The role of substrate characteristics and temperature for potential non-native plant establishment in Maritime Antarctic ecosystems	5
New Spanish volcanic monitoring network for Deception Island (Antarctica)	5
Periphyton diversity in two different Antarctic lakes assessed using metabarcoding	5
Communicating the best available science to inform Antarctic policy and management: a practical introduction for researchers	5
Rock cairn and items from ‘Operation Windmill’ (January 1948) rediscovered in Bunger Hills, East Antarctica	5
Public engagement with Antarctic research: a global survey to understand sector capacity	5
Immigration and emigration in the isolated White Island Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) population	5
Nimble vessel cruises as a complementary platform for Southern Ocean biodiversity research: concept and preliminary results from the Belgica 121 expedition	4
Do chinstrap penguins use olfactory cues for partner recognition?	4
Characterization of coastal habitats and marine benthic communities of the sub-Antarctic Crozet archipelago using underwater imagery	4
Phylogeography of Antarctic soil invertebrate fauna reveals ancient origins, repeated colonization and recent evolution	4
ANS volume 34 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	4
Sixty-year trends in sulphur dioxide emissions from anthropogenic ground-based sources in Antarctica	4
A chromosome map of Belgica antarctica Jacobs (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Antarctica, including chromosome variability	4
A Journey in Antarctica: Exploring the Future of the White Continent Sergio Rossi Published by Springer Nature Publishing, Cham, Switzerland (2022) ISBN: 978-3-030-89491-7, xv + 198 pp. USD 27.99 (Har	4
The risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Southern Ocean: a practical guide for operators and scientists interacting with wildlife	4
Chemical compounds and antioxidant activity of Antarctic lichens	4
Geochemical characterization of humic acids and humification processes in lake sediments of West Antarctica	4
The impact of the Neoglacial and other environmental changes on the raised beaches of Joinville Island, Antarctica	4
The nightlife of a Ross seal: diving and haul-out behaviour from the eastern Weddell Sea	4
ANS volume 34 issue 5 Cover and Front matter	3
Low-cost preventative measures can effectively mitigate microplastic release from scientific research facilities in Antarctica	3
The emerging contribution of Türkiye to Antarctic science and policy	3
Mixoxylon australe gen. et sp. nov., a unique homoxylous wood with non-angiosperm affinity from the Lower Cretaceous of Antarctica (Albian, James Ross Island)	3
Predicting mire distribution using species distribution models: a case study of the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands	3
Time-lapse recording of yearly activity of the sea star Odontaster validus and the sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri in Tethys Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica)	3
Diversity in polar science: promoting inclusion through our daily words and actions	3
Assessing aerial biodiversity over Keller Peninsula, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica, using DNA metabarcoding	3
Characterizing the variability of Chlorophyta from McMurdo Dry Valley streams	3
Absence of Wolbachia in the sub-Antarctic midge, Eretmoptera murphyi (Diptera: Chironomidae)	3
Ireland and the Antarctic Treaty System	3
What factors affect the alpha diversity of microarthropods (Acari, Collembola) on King George Island (Antarctica)?	3
Revisiting the bipolarity of Roaldia revoluta (Mitt.) P.E.A.S. Câmara & Carv.-Silva (Bryophyta, Pylaisiaceae)	3
Geological insights from the newly discovered granite of Sif Island between Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers	2
Extreme cold (−69.1°C) in the McMurdo Dry Valleys	2
‘I walk a lonely road’: solitary seals have fewer lice	2
Exchanged time in shared isolation: circulation of debt in Antarctica	2
Palaeo-environmental significance of evaporative calcite crusts in the Untersee Oasis, East Antarctica	2
Microsatellite locus development in the seaweed Plocamium sp.	2
Analysing the trends of research contributions and scientific collaboration networks working in Antarctic science: a look to the production of the Spanish programme honouring the memory of Andrés Barb	2
Cold-loving microorganisms in Antarctic glaciers: a review of South Shetland archipelago glaciers	2

Impact of the harsh Antarctic environment on mucosal immunity	2
First report of vivipary in Deschampsia antarctica: a new insight into Antarctic plant reproductive strategies	2
Antarctic science in Chile: a bibliometric analysis of scientific productivity during the 2009–2019 period	2
Obituary: Bill Block (1937–2023)	2
Seismic exploration of the sea floor using fin whale songs and seismic airguns in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica	2
ANS volume 34 issue 5 Cover and Back matter	2
Assessing the relationship between viruses and protists and their role in dimethylsulphoniopropionate release in Antarctic surface microlayers	2
Retrospective modelling of air pollution due to the operation of scientific stations in Antarctica: an experience of reanalysis	2
Extreme precipitation event at the Ross Ice Shelf during the 1911–1912 South Pole run	2
Leucistic Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) observations in Erebus Bay, Antarctica	2
Isolation and characterization of a novel laccase from an Antarctic thermophilic Geobacillus	2
Amphipod diversity and metabolomics of the Antarctic spongeDendrilla antarctica	2
ANS volume 33 issue 6 Cover and Back matter	1
ANS volume 34 issue 1 Cover and Back matter	1
Advancing Antarctic climate change policy: upcoming opportunities for scientists and policymakers to work together	1
The June 2022 extreme warm event in central West Antarctica	1
ANS volume 34 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	1
McMurdo Dry Valley lake edge ‘moats’: the ecological intersection between terrestrial and aquatic polar desert habitats	1
The 1821 eruption of Bridgeman Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: an observed Capelinhos-style hydrovolcanic event	1
Thermal regimes and phases of surface temperature in Livingston and Deception islands, Antarctica, 2007–2021: influence of snow cover and implications for frozen ground	1
Spatial and temporal dynamics of surface water physicochemical parameters and the influence of atmospheric conditions in Admiralty Bay, Antarctic Peninsula	1
Submarine volcanic edifices in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctica): towards a unified toponymy	1
The distribution of lichens and mosses at Edward VII Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica	1
Resolving uncertainty in historical observations of the Adélie penguin breeding distribution in southern Prydz Bay, East Antarctica	1
ANS volume 34 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	1
Formal recognition of extinct Antarctic polar forests as a distinct biome	1
Topographical effect of the Antarctic Peninsula on a strong wind event	1
A tool to evaluate accessibility due to sea-ice cover: a case study of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica	1
Permafrost and ground-ice conditions in the Untersee Oasis, Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica	1
Triassic silicified peat from the Rennick Glacier area, north Victoria Land, Antarctica	1
Prediction of subglacial lake melt source regions from site characteristics	1
The policy-law-science nexus in the Antarctic	1
Findings and challenges in understanding the impacts of human-induced trampling on Antarctic edaphic microbial communities and their recovery potential – CORRIGENDUM	1
Public support for Antarctic science: lessons from a national survey of Australians	1
A paradise for Maldane sarsi antarctica: preliminary characterization of the marine soft-bottom fauna of False Bay (Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)	1
Modelling of geomechanical processes of interaction of the ice cover with subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica	1