OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries is 3. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Microplastic in fish – A global synthesis	84
Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement	63
A review of bycatch reduction in demersal fish trawls	62
Technological innovations in the recreational fishing sector: implications for fisheries management and policy	58
Living until proven dead: addressing mortality in acoustic telemetry research	56
The future of ocean governance	52
Maturation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Salmonidae): a synthesis of ecological, genetic, and molecular processes	50
Ocean resource use: building the coastal blue economy	44
Research progress on gut health of farmers teleost fish: a viewpoint concerning the intestinal mucosal barrier and the impact of its damage	43
A quantitative inventory of global soniferous fish diversity	41
Empowering her guardians to nurture our Ocean’s future	40
Assessment of cetacean–fishery interactions in the marine food web of the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean Sea)	35
Systematic review and meta-analysis of PIT tagging effects on mortality and growth of juvenile salmonids	34
Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution	34
Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems	31
Cleaner seas: reducing marine pollution	31
One size does not fit all: variation in thermal eco-physiology among Pacific salmonids	30
Using untapped telemetry data to explore the winter biology of freshwater fish	27
Climate change impacts on China’s marine ecosystems	26
Stomach content analysis in cephalopods: past research, current challenges, and future directions	26
Oceans and society: feedbacks between ocean and human health	25
Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management	24
Effect of pelagic longline bait type on species selectivity: a global synthesis of evidence	24
Variability in δ13C and δ15N trophic discrimination factors for teleost fishes: a meta-analysis of temperature and dietary effects	24
Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy	23

Linking genomics and fish conservation decision making: a review	22
Developing achievable alternate futures for key challenges during the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development	22
Physiological biomarkers and fisheries management	21
The functional roles of surgeonfishes on coral reefs: past, present and future	21
A global review of the critical link between river flows and productivity in marine fisheries	21
Hermaphroditism in fish: incidence, distribution and associations with abiotic environmental factors	20
Estimating demographic parameters for fisheries management using acoustic telemetry	20
North Atlantic Oscillation and fisheries management during global climate change	19
Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems	19
Inland fisheries development versus aquatic biodiversity conservation in China and its global implications	19
Atlantic salmon in the Canadian Arctic: potential dispersal, establishment, and interaction with Arctic char	19
Monitoring extinction risk and threats of the world’s fishes based on the Sampled Red List Index	18
Seasonal feeding plasticity can facilitate coexistence of dominant omnivores in Neotropical streams	18
Pots as alternative and sustainable fishing gears in the Mediterranean Sea: an overview	17
Odontocete cetaceans foraging behind trawlers, worldwide	17
Reviewing the genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal in elasmobranchs	17
An enigma: how can freshwater eels (Anguilla spp.) be such a successful genus yet be universally threatened?	17
Recreational angling and spearfishing on social media: insights on harvesting patterns, social engagement and sentiments related to the distributional range shift of a marine invasive species	17
Equity of our future oceans: practices and outcomes in marine science research	16
The auditory system of cartilaginous fishes	16
Swimming performance of sharks and rays under climate change	15
Use of sound to guide the movement of eels and other fishes within rivers: a critical review	14
A decision support tool for integrated fisheries bycatch management	14
Approaches to regulating recreational fisheries: balancing biology with angler satisfaction	13
A future for seafood point-of-origin testing using DNA and stable isotope signatures	12
Unravelling fish community assembly in shallow lakes: Insights from functional and phylogenetic diversity	12
New perspectives on the role of cleaning symbiosis in the possible transmission of fish diseases	11
Review of trap-and-haul for managing Pacific salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.) in impounded river systems	11
A bright spot analysis of inland recreational fisheries in the face of climate change: learning about adaptation from small successes	11
Adult body growth and reproductive investment vary markedly within and across Atlantic and Pacific herring: a meta-analysis and review of 26 stocks	10
Partially protected areas as a management tool on inshore reefs	10
Goals, challenges, and next steps in transdisciplinary fisheries research: perspectives and experiences from early-career researchers	10
Statolith chemistry: a new tool to understand the ecology and provenance of octopus	10
The biology and ecology of tropical marine sardines and herrings in Indo-West Pacific fisheries: a review	10
Trying to collapse a population for conservation: commercial trade of a marine invasive species by artisanal fishers	9
How to know about waters? Finnish traditional knowledge related to waters and implications for management reforms	9
Initial recovery of demersal fish communities in coastal waters of Hong Kong, South China, following a trawl ban	9
Population niche breadth and individual trophic specialisation of fish along a climate-productivity gradient	9
Review of the life history, fisheries, and stock assessment for small tunas in the Atlantic Ocean	9
Who is the ocean? Preface to the future seas 2030 special issue	9
Oceans of plenty? Challenges, advancements, and future directions for the provision of evidence-based fisheries management advice	9
Ontogenetic and spawning migration of Pacific halibut: a review	8
Shark depredation: future directions in research and management	8
Characterizing the development of Sea ranching in China	8
Fish telemetry in African inland waters and its use in management: a review	8
Surplus production models: a practical review of recent approaches	8
A new threat: assessing the main interactions between marine fish and plastic debris from a scientometric perspective	8
High seas fisheries: the Achilles’ heel of major straddling squid resources	8
Implications of the depth profile on the functional structure of the fish community of the Perdido Fold Belt, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico	8
The ten steps to responsible Inland fisheries in practice: reflections from diverse regional case studies around the globe	7

How flexible are habitat specialists? Short-term space use in obligate coral-dwelling damselfishes	7
Spontaneous autopolyploidy in the Acipenseriformes, with recommendations for management	7
A review of marine stressors impacting Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, with an assessment of the major threats to English stocks	7
The Southern Hemisphere lampreys (Geotriidae and Mordaciidae)	7
Modelling the distribution of larval fish in a western boundary current using a multi-voyage database	7
Blue economy: industrialisation and coastal fishing livelihoods in Ghana	7
Fish genomics and its impact on fundamental and applied research of vertebrate biology	7
Variation in abundance, diversity and composition of coral reef fishes with increasing depth at a submerged shoal in the northern Great Barrier Reef	7
Warming world, changing ocean: mitigation and adaptation to support resilient marine systems	6
A review and meta-analysis of the environmental biology of bleak Alburnus alburnus in its native and introduced ranges, with reflections on its invasiveness	6
Predicting and contextualizing sensitivity to overfishing in Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)	6
Performance of length-based assessment in predicting small-scale multispecies fishery sustainability	6
Towards vibrant fish populations and sustainable fisheries that benefit all: learning from the last 30 years to inform the next 30 years	6
Exploring temporal patterns in fish feeding ecology: Are ontogenetic dietary shifts stable over time?	6
Status assessment and opportunities for improving fish welfare in animal experimental research according to the 3R-Guidelines	6
‘Getting the Right Nutrients to Those Who Need Them Most’: towards nutrition-sensitive governance of fisheries in the Global South	6
Aquaculture environment changes fish behavioral adaptability directly or indirectly through personality traits: a case study	5
Essential spawning grounds of Scottish herring: current knowledge and future challenges	5
Evaluating loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the small-scale fisheries of Cabo Verde	5
A review of iteroparity in anadromous salmonids: biology, threats and implications	5
An overview of the mechanisms underlying hypoxia tolerance differences in aquatic animals and their inspirations for aquaculture	5
‘Disentangling’ the advantages from gillnets in freshwater small-scale fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon	5
Diel activity of littoral and epipelagic teleost fishes in the Mediterranean Sea	5
General patterns of sexual dimorphism in graylings (Thymallus), with a comparison to other salmonid species	5
Population structure and habitat assessment for two commercial clam species exploited in small-scale fisheries	5
Caught in the middle: bottom-up and top-down processes impacting recruitment in a small pelagic fish	5
Assessing discards in an illegal small-scale fishery using fisher-led reporting	5
The current knowledge status of the genetic population structure of the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus): uncertainties to be solved for an appropriate fishery management	5
Status and challenges for sustainable billfish fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean	4
Life-history traits of batoids (Superorder Batoidea) in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean	4
Links between behaviour and metabolic physiology in fishes in the Anthropocene	4
DNA barcoding of traded shark fins in Peninsular Malaysia	4
Characterizing Antarctic fish assemblages using eDNA obtained from marine sponge bycatch specimens	4
It’s a shark-eat-shark world, but does that make for bigger pups? A comparison between oophagous and non-oophagous viviparous sharks	4
Quantifying fishing activity targeting subsea pipelines by commercial trap fishers	4
Innovating transcriptomics for practitioners in freshwater fish management and conservation: best practices across diverse resource-sector users	4
A systematic review of sensory deterrents for bycatch mitigation of marine megafauna	4
Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian fisheries production, research organisations and assessment: shocks, responses and implications for decision support and resilience	4
Widening mismatch between UK seafood production and consumer demand: a 120-year perspective	4
Adaptive factors and strategies in small-scale fisheries economies	4
An approach to assess data-less small-scale fisheries: examples from Congo rivers	4
The stock assessment theory of relativity: deconstructing the term “data-limited” fisheries into components and guiding principles to support the science of fisheries management	4
When non-target wildlife species and alien species both affect negatively to an artisanal fishery: the case of trammel net in the Alboran Sea	3
Improving growth, omega-3 contents, and disease resistance of Asian seabass: status of a 20-year family-based breeding program	3
Innovation to limit seafood fraud post-COVID-19	3
Incorporating evolutionary based tools in cephalopod fisheries management	3
Mitigating the cumulative effects of hydropower and climate change on riverine fishes	3
Indigenous fishers’ knowledge on fish behavior, fishing practices and climatic conditions in a conservation priority coastal ecosystem in the Caspian Sea	3
Riverine communities and management systems for anadromous fisheries in the Iberian Peninsula: global strategy, local realities	3
Unravelling the phylogenetic and ecological drivers of beak shape variability in cephalopods	3
Implications of utilization shifts of marine fish in India: a macro-level empirical analysis	3
Burrow emergence rhythms of deep-water Mediterranean Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) revealed by acoustic telemetry	3
Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by recreational anglers: considerations for developing more resilient and sustainable fisheries	3
Tori lines mitigate seabird bycatch in a pelagic longline fishery	3
A tangled web: global review of fishing interactions with rhino rays	3
Smartphone application use in commercial wild capture fisheries	3
Monitoring marine fishes using underwater video techniques in the Mediterranean Sea	3
Circumpolar sampling reveals high genetic connectivity of Antarctic toothfish across their spatial distribution	3
The influence of marine protected areas on the patterns and processes in the life cycle of reef fishes	3
Estimating maturity from size-at-age data: Are real-world fisheries datasets up to the task?	3
Pigmentation enhancement techniques during ornamental fish production	3
Evidence of historical isolation and genetic structuring among broadnose sevengill sharks (Notorynchus cepedianus) from the world’s major oceanic regions	3
Applying global best practices for estimating unreported catches in Norwegian fisheries under a discard ban	3