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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Microplastic in fish – A global synthesis	99
Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement	67
A review of bycatch reduction in demersal fish trawls	65
Technological innovations in the recreational fishing sector: implications for fisheries management and policy	64
The future of ocean governance	55
Maturation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, Salmonidae): a synthesis of ecological, genetic, and molecular processes	51
Ocean resource use: building the coastal blue economy	48
A quantitative inventory of global soniferous fish diversity	47
Empowering her guardians to nurture our Ocean’s future	44
Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution	36
Assessment of cetacean–fishery interactions in the marine food web of the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean Sea)	35
Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems	35
One size does not fit all: variation in thermal eco-physiology among Pacific salmonids	32
Cleaner seas: reducing marine pollution	31
Using untapped telemetry data to explore the winter biology of freshwater fish	31
Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy	30
Climate change impacts on China’s marine ecosystems	29
Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management	29
Stomach content analysis in cephalopods: past research, current challenges, and future directions	28
Oceans and society: feedbacks between ocean and human health	27
Variability in δ13C and δ15N trophic discrimination factors for teleost fishes: a meta-analysis of temperature and dietary effects	26
The functional roles of surgeonfishes on coral reefs: past, present and future	25
A global review of the critical link between river flows and productivity in marine fisheries	25
Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems	25
Developing achievable alternate futures for key challenges during the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development	24

Hermaphroditism in fish: incidence, distribution and associations with abiotic environmental factors	23
Physiological biomarkers and fisheries management	22
Estimating demographic parameters for fisheries management using acoustic telemetry	22
Monitoring extinction risk and threats of the world’s fishes based on the Sampled Red List Index	21
Seasonal feeding plasticity can facilitate coexistence of dominant omnivores in Neotropical streams	21
North Atlantic Oscillation and fisheries management during global climate change	20
An enigma: how can freshwater eels (Anguilla spp.) be such a successful genus yet be universally threatened?	19
Equity of our future oceans: practices and outcomes in marine science research	19
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	19
Odontocete cetaceans foraging behind trawlers, worldwide	18
Pots as alternative and sustainable fishing gears in the Mediterranean Sea: an overview	18
Reviewing the genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal in elasmobranchs	18
The auditory system of cartilaginous fishes	17
Swimming performance of sharks and rays under climate change	16
A decision support tool for integrated fisheries bycatch management	15
Unravelling fish community assembly in shallow lakes: Insights from functional and phylogenetic diversity	14
Approaches to regulating recreational fisheries: balancing biology with angler satisfaction	14
A future for seafood point-of-origin testing using DNA and stable isotope signatures	13
New perspectives on the role of cleaning symbiosis in the possible transmission of fish diseases	13
Goals, challenges, and next steps in transdisciplinary fisheries research: perspectives and experiences from early-career researchers	13
A bright spot analysis of inland recreational fisheries in the face of climate change: learning about adaptation from small successes	12
Review of trap-and-haul for managing Pacific salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.) in impounded river systems	12
Review of the life history, fisheries, and stock assessment for small tunas in the Atlantic Ocean	12
Initial recovery of demersal fish communities in coastal waters of Hong Kong, South China, following a trawl ban	11
Oceans of plenty? Challenges, advancements, and future directions for the provision of evidence-based fisheries management advice	11
The biology and ecology of tropical marine sardines and herrings in Indo-West Pacific fisheries: a review	11
Statolith chemistry: a new tool to understand the ecology and provenance of octopus	10
Population niche breadth and individual trophic specialisation of fish along a climate-productivity gradient	10
Adult body growth and reproductive investment vary markedly within and across Atlantic and Pacific herring: a meta-analysis and review of 26 stocks	10
Surplus production models: a practical review of recent approaches	10
High seas fisheries: the Achilles’ heel of major straddling squid resources	10
Partially protected areas as a management tool on inshore reefs	10
Who is the ocean? Preface to the future seas 2030 special issue	9
Trying to collapse a population for conservation: commercial trade of a marine invasive species by artisanal fishers	9
Blue economy: industrialisation and coastal fishing livelihoods in Ghana	9
Shark depredation: future directions in research and management	9
Fish telemetry in African inland waters and its use in management: a review	9
Performance of length-based assessment in predicting small-scale multispecies fishery sustainability	9
A review of marine stressors impacting Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, with an assessment of the major threats to English stocks	8
The ten steps to responsible Inland fisheries in practice: reflections from diverse regional case studies around the globe	8
The current knowledge status of the genetic population structure of the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus): uncertainties to be solved for an appropriate fishery management	8
Ontogenetic and spawning migration of Pacific halibut: a review	8
Characterizing the development of Sea ranching in China	8
Warming world, changing ocean: mitigation and adaptation to support resilient marine systems	7
Links between behaviour and metabolic physiology in fishes in the Anthropocene	7
Modelling the distribution of larval fish in a western boundary current using a multi-voyage database	7
An overview of the mechanisms underlying hypoxia tolerance differences in aquatic animals and their inspirations for aquaculture	7
How flexible are habitat specialists? Short-term space use in obligate coral-dwelling damselfishes	7
The Southern Hemisphere lampreys (Geotriidae and Mordaciidae)	7
Spontaneous autopolyploidy in the Acipenseriformes, with recommendations for management	7

Essential spawning grounds of Scottish herring: current knowledge and future challenges	7
Fish genomics and its impact on fundamental and applied research of vertebrate biology	7
Exploring temporal patterns in fish feeding ecology: Are ontogenetic dietary shifts stable over time?	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
Status assessment and opportunities for improving fish welfare in animal experimental research according to the 3R-Guidelines	7
Predicting and contextualizing sensitivity to overfishing in Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)	7
‘Getting the Right Nutrients to Those Who Need Them Most’: towards nutrition-sensitive governance of fisheries in the Global South	6
It’s a shark-eat-shark world, but does that make for bigger pups? A comparison between oophagous and non-oophagous viviparous sharks	6
General patterns of sexual dimorphism in graylings (Thymallus), with a comparison to other salmonid species	6
Population structure and habitat assessment for two commercial clam species exploited in small-scale fisheries	6
Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian fisheries production, research organisations and assessment: shocks, responses and implications for decision support and resilience	6
Complexities of reef fisheries in Brazil: a retrospective and functional approach	6
Innovating transcriptomics for practitioners in freshwater fish management and conservation: best practices across diverse resource-sector users	6
Towards vibrant fish populations and sustainable fisheries that benefit all: learning from the last 30 years to inform the next 30 years	6
Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by recreational anglers: considerations for developing more resilient and sustainable fisheries	6
Diel activity of littoral and epipelagic teleost fishes in the Mediterranean Sea	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
Characterizing Antarctic fish assemblages using eDNA obtained from marine sponge bycatch specimens	5
Tori lines mitigate seabird bycatch in a pelagic longline fishery	5
Evaluating loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the small-scale fisheries of Cabo Verde	5
The stock assessment theory of relativity: deconstructing the term “data-limited” fisheries into components and guiding principles to support the science of fisheries management	5
A systematic review of sensory deterrents for bycatch mitigation of marine megafauna	5
Status and challenges for sustainable billfish fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean	5
Quantifying fishing activity targeting subsea pipelines by commercial trap fishers	5
Assessing discards in an illegal small-scale fishery using fisher-led reporting	5
An approach to assess data-less small-scale fisheries: examples from Congo rivers	5
A review of iteroparity in anadromous salmonids: biology, threats and implications	5
Aquaculture environment changes fish behavioral adaptability directly or indirectly through personality traits: a case study	5
Caught in the middle: bottom-up and top-down processes impacting recruitment in a small pelagic fish	5
‘Disentangling’ the advantages from gillnets in freshwater small-scale fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon	5
Smartphone application use in commercial wild capture fisheries	5
DNA barcoding of traded shark fins in Peninsular Malaysia	5
A meta-analytical review of turbidity effects on fish mobility	4
The influence of marine protected areas on the patterns and processes in the life cycle of reef fishes	4
Mitigating the cumulative effects of hydropower and climate change on riverine fishes	4
Adaptive factors and strategies in small-scale fisheries economies	4
Deep learning algorithm as a strategy for detection an invasive species in uncontrolled environment	4
Improving growth, omega-3 contents, and disease resistance of Asian seabass: status of a 20-year family-based breeding program	4
Life-history traits of batoids (Superorder Batoidea) in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean	4
Indigenous fishers’ knowledge on fish behavior, fishing practices and climatic conditions in a conservation priority coastal ecosystem in the Caspian Sea	4
Riverine communities and management systems for anadromous fisheries in the Iberian Peninsula: global strategy, local realities	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	4
Contribution of area-based fisheries management measures to fisheries sustainability and marine conservation: a global scoping review	4
Widening mismatch between UK seafood production and consumer demand: a 120-year perspective	4
Are the taste preferences similar in closely related fish of the same trophic category? A case of Nile and Mozambique tilapias	4
Applying global best practices for estimating unreported catches in Norwegian fisheries under a discard ban	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
Contrasting patterns of population structure in commercially fished sawsharks from southern Australian waters	3
Pigmentation enhancement techniques during ornamental fish production	3
A tangled web: global review of fishing interactions with rhino rays	3
Arabian/Persian Gulf artisanal fisheries: magnitude, threats, and opportunities	3
Innovation to limit seafood fraud post-COVID-19	3
Assessing the state of seahorse research through scientometric analysis: an update	3
Diversity of chromatin condensation patterns, nuclear reorganization, evolution and phylogenetic distribution of sperm nuclear basic proteins in fish	3
Evidence of historical isolation and genetic structuring among broadnose sevengill sharks (Notorynchus cepedianus) from the world’s major oceanic regions	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
Incorporating evolutionary based tools in cephalopod fisheries management	3
Spatial disparity of fishing activities overlapping the abrupt shifts for marine net primary production	3