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

Article	Citations
A global functional analysis of fish-estuary associations and selected environmental factors	146
A review of PANoptosis mechanism: current knowledge on pyroptosis, apoptosis and necroptosis in fish	83
Fertilization by short-term stored sperm alters DNA methylation patterns at single-base resolution in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) embryos	67
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	59
Characterizing the development of Sea ranching in China	41
Making the most of aquatic animal tracking: a review of complementary methods to bolster acoustic telemetry	38
Long non-coding RNAs in the physiology of aquaculture animals: a perspective update	34
Chitosan-based delivery of fish codon-optimised Caenorhabditis elegans FAT-1 and FAT-2 boosts EPA and DHA biosynthesis in Sparus aurata	31
The UK’s expanding global reach for seafood over 120-years	30
Seven decades of transformation: evaluating the dynamics of coral reef fish communities in the Xisha Islands, South China Sea	28
Towards an enhanced understanding of animal ecology and aquatic systems via an integrated stable isotope-acoustic telemetry approach—a review and future directions	28
Exploring temporal patterns in fish feeding ecology: Are ontogenetic dietary shifts stable over time?	27
A global review of the biology and ecology of the European perch, Perca fluviatilis	26
Indigenous fishers’ knowledge on fish behavior, fishing practices and climatic conditions in a conservation priority coastal ecosystem in the Caspian Sea	26
Predicting and assessing the impacts of COVID-19 disruption on marine science and sectors in Australia	24
Jeffery A. Hutchings: A primer of life histories: ecology, evolution, and application	24
It’s a shark-eat-shark world, but does that make for bigger pups? A comparison between oophagous and non-oophagous viviparous sharks	23
The piscine arsenal: an updated review of venomous fishes	22
Cytogenetics and DNA barcode in Hoplias gr. malabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) reveals correlation between karyomorphs and valid species	22
Unravelling the stock structure of blue whiting in the Northeast Atlantic: navigating contradictions towards resolution	22
Caught in the middle: bottom-up and top-down processes impacting recruitment in a small pelagic fish	21
Spirulina in fish immunity development: find the black box	20
Life-history traits of batoids (Superorder Batoidea) in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean	20
The 8th World Fisheries Congress: sharing our oceans and rivers, a vision for the world’s fisheries	20
Ontogenetic and evolutionary trends on cephalopod digestive systems	20

Understanding and predicting size selectivity of saithe (Pollachius virens) in trawl codends	19
A review of the utility and application of relatedness and kinship in elasmobranchs	19
Research progress on whether mangroves and seagrass beds serve as nursery habitats for coral reef fish	19
The functional roles of surgeonfishes on coral reefs: past, present and future	17
A quantitative inventory of global soniferous fish diversity	16
Odontocete cetaceans foraging behind trawlers, worldwide	16
Essential spawning grounds of Scottish herring: current knowledge and future challenges	16
Life-history and population dynamics of a short-lived Norwegian capelin stock in a changing environment	16
Genes involved in sex differentiation, epigenetic reprogramming, and cell fate regulate sex change in a wrasse	15
A Century of Ichthyoplankton Research in Indonesian waters: lessons from the past, challenges for the future	15
Implications of utilization shifts of marine fish in India: a macro-level empirical analysis	15
Management strategy evaluation operating model conditioning: a swordfish case study	14
Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian fisheries production, research organisations and assessment: shocks, responses and implications for decision support and resilience	14
Navigating life-history parameter uncertainty in data-limited fisheries: a comparative analysis of length-based stock assessment methods	14
Running on empty: capelin diet after stock collapse	14
Swimming performance of sharks and rays under climate change	13
A meta-analytical review of turbidity effects on fish mobility	13
Exploring the adaptive behaviour and environmental acclimation of artificially-bred Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) in semi-open marine environment: insights for endangered species conservation	12
Has the displacement of the capelin Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) feeding grounds induced a phenotypic response?	12
Optimising the review of electronic monitoring information for management of commercial fisheries	12
Applying a sequential evidence hierarchy, with caveats, to support prudent fisheries bycatch policy	12
Research status of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin: fish and environmental stressors	11
Enhancing our understanding of fish movement ecology through interdisciplinary and cross-boundary research	11
Initial recovery of demersal fish communities in coastal waters of Hong Kong, South China, following a trawl ban	11
DNA barcoding of traded shark fins in Peninsular Malaysia	11
A global review of the critical link between river flows and productivity in marine fisheries	11
Octopuses in the south-west Pacific region: a review of fisheries, ecology, cultural importance and management	11
Blue economy: industrialisation and coastal fishing livelihoods in Ghana	11
An approach to assess data-less small-scale fisheries: examples from Congo rivers	10
A review of iteroparity in anadromous salmonids: biology, threats and implications	10
A tangled web: global review of fishing interactions with rhino rays	10
Correction: Blue shark vertical movement patterns in the Central Mediterranean: bycatch mitigation windows revealed from pop-up satellite archival tag data	10
Evaluating loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the small-scale fisheries of Cabo Verde	9
A global trophic analysis of estuary-associated fishes	9
Environmental fluctuation influences the ontogenetic dispersal and distribution of two ommastrephid squids in the Pacific Ocean	9
Rising temperatures, falling fisheries: causes and consequences of crossing the tipping point in a small-pelagic community	9
A global review of marine recreational spearfishing	9
Spatial disparity of fishing activities overlapping the abrupt shifts for marine net primary production	9
Anadromous trout from opposite sides of the globe: biology, ocean ecology, and management of anadromous brown and cutthroat trout	9
Sympatric species of coral trout (Plectropomus) show contrasting patterns of genomic structure across isolated atoll reefs	9
Correction to: A global review of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) parturition	9
Pigmentation enhancement techniques during ornamental fish production	9
Influence of diel vertical distribution and physiology on capelin (Mallotus villosus) target strength measurements	8
Trophic ecology of fishes in estuaries	8
Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management	8
Evolution and objectives of diverse Australian recreational fisheries monitoring programs	8
Long-term variation in intertidal and subtidal spawning habitat use of capelin in coastal Newfoundland during the post-collapse period	8
Quantifying fishing activity targeting subsea pipelines by commercial trap fishers	8
Correction: Unveiling the batoid plight: insights from global stranding data and future directions	8
Insights into bycatch reduction based on underwater observations of Yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) and Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) interactions with the French pelagic longline fishe	8

The socio-ecological resilience and sustainability implications of seafood supply chain disruption	8
Mitonuclear genetics reveals a novel perspective on the stock structure and fishery management of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Atlantic Ocean	8
90 years of catch data reveal changes in catch composition in the Australian east coast recreational marlin fishery	8
Overcapacity and dynamics of a tuna fleet facing catch limits and high efficiency: the case of the Indian Ocean tuna fishery	8
The influence of marine protected areas on the patterns and processes in the life cycle of reef fishes	7
Future Seas 2030: pathways to sustainability for the UN Ocean Decade and beyond	7
Untangling multi-species fisheries data with species distribution models	7
Traditional knowledge in special fisheries: the case of Puruvesi vendace and seining	7
Arabian/Persian Gulf artisanal fisheries: magnitude, threats, and opportunities	7
Understanding and predicting codend size selection for flatfish species	7
Biogeography of Beringian fishes after the molecular revolution and into the post-genomics era	7
Conservation and management of chondrichthyans in the Mediterranean Sea: gaps, overlaps, inconsistencies, and the way forward	7
Status assessment of the Beibu Gulf coastal fishery ecosystem using a multispecies size-spectrum model	7
A synthesis of women’s participation in small-scale fisheries management: why women’s voices matter	7
Diet and habitat as determinants of intestine length in fishes	6
Otolith biochronology for the long-term reconstruction of growth and stock dynamics of fish	6
A review of the life history and ecology of euryhaline and estuarine sharks and rays	6
Temporally-scheduled ROV-based monitoring to detect behavioural rhythms of deep-sea megafauna	6
A systematic review of sensory deterrents for bycatch mitigation of marine megafauna	6
Smartphone application use in commercial wild capture fisheries	6
Brachyuran crab fisheries in Chile: challenges and opportunities for rising demand	6
Non-probabilistic surveys and sampling in the human dimensions of fisheries	6
Specific locally, general globally: a synthesis on the isotopic niche in hammerhead sharks (Class Chondrichthyes, Genus Sphyrna)	6
Population structure and habitat assessment for two commercial clam species exploited in small-scale fisheries	6
Resurrecting failed environment-recruitment relationships: Revisiting cod recruitment in light of the poor-recruitment paradigm	6
Distribution, hosts and long-term decline in abundance of the Patagonian lamprey inferred from diet assessment of albatrosses	6
Umbrella effect of spotted seal conservation and achieving 30 × 30 targets in the Yellow Sea ecoregion	6
Latitudinal gradients in herbivorous and detritivorous reef fish productivity	6
Long-Term Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Support Adaptive Management in a Sciaenid Fishery (Tagus Estuary, Portugal)	6
Tracking the schools: a review of approaches to address knowledge gaps in the migratory ecology and habitat use of Canadian forage fishes	6
Riverine communities and management systems for anadromous fisheries in the Iberian Peninsula: global strategy, local realities	6
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Unveiling the batoid plight: insights from global stranding data and future directions	6
Variation in abundance, diversity and composition of coral reef fishes with increasing depth at a submerged shoal in the northern Great Barrier Reef	6
Spatial–temporal variation in the vertical behaviour of sea trout kelts during their marine phase	5
Assessing the conservation status of Chinese freshwater fish using deep learning	5
Cryopreservation of pufferfish sperm in small and large volumes: the effect on kinetic parameters, and fertilization and hatching rates	5
What about the meat: uncovering the unseen trade in meat from endangered sharks in Singapore and Malaysia	5
Advancing knowledge about great small-scale fisheries	5
The limited role of herbivorous fishes and turf-based trophic pathways in the functioning of turbid coral reefs	5
Reviewing and improving spatiotemporal modeling approaches for mackerel’s total annual egg production	5
Contrasting tropical marine herbivorous fish catches between the Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic	5
Octopus diet during the settlement period using DNA metabarcoding	5
Predicting and contextualizing sensitivity to overfishing in Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)	5
Tonic immobility in cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes): function, evolutionary history, and future directions	5
Can pots be an alternative fishing gear to gillnets? A Mediterranean case study	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
Rab proteins in fish and crustaceans: an overview	5
Fish community dynamics in a water-stressed ecosystem: a case study from the endorheic basin in the semi-arid Mediterranean region	4
Coupled DNA barcoding and mini-barcoding approaches expose illegal trade of endangered elasmobranchs from the Southwestern Atlantic	4
Correction to: Intracohort cannibalism and methods for its mitigation in cultured freshwater fish	4
Increase in catch efficiency using a semicircular ground gear in demersal trawls	4
Unveiling the fishing history of threatened Brazilian parrotfishes through local ecological knowledge	4
Lunar cycle effects on pelagic predators and fisheries: insights into tuna, billfish, sharks, and rays	4
Population niche breadth and individual trophic specialisation of fish along a climate-productivity gradient	4
Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems	4
The potential impacts of climate change on the life history and habitat of jumbo flying squid in the southeast Pacific Ocean: overview and implications for fisheries management	4
Widening mismatch between UK seafood production and consumer demand: a 120-year perspective	4
Contrasting environmental and demographic influences on growth variability in two tropical snappers spanning the equator in the Indo-West Pacific	4
Anguillids: widely studied yet poorly understood—a literature review of the current state of Anguilla eel research	4
Prevalence of fish migration related to fish species richness and sea level change	3
Navigating post-pandemic tilapia farming: a systematic review and meta-analysis of probiotic as a strategy for sustainable production	3
Muscle growth and plasticity in teleost fish: the significance of evolutionarily diverse sarcomeric proteins	3
Burrow emergence rhythms of deep-water Mediterranean Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) revealed by acoustic telemetry	3
Correction: Exploring predators of Pacific salmon throughout their life history: the case of Japanese chum, pink, and masu salmon	3
Life-history traits, capture dynamics, and conservation status of key species landed by the artisanal gillnet fleet in the southwest Atlantic Ocean	3
Underwater hyperspectral imaging technology has potential to differentiate and monitor scallop populations	3
Comparative demography of surgeonfishes from the tropical western Pacific	3
Roles and sources of B vitamins in the marine ecosystem	3
Observing fish behavior in towed fishing gear—is there an influence of artificial light?	3
The functional traits behind fish rarity in an impounded river basin	3
The effect of bottom trawling time on mortality, physical damage and oxidative stress in two Sciaenidae species	3
Contextualising credit transactions in artisanal marine fishing: insights from Kerala, India	3
Socio-economic impacts and responses of the fishing industry and fishery managers to changes in small pelagic fish distribution and abundance	3
Compliance in small-scale fisheries is linked to fisher-trader relations: not fishers alone (Southeast Asian case study)	3
Synthesis of information from multiple sources to understand the collapse of a Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) fishery in southern Australia	3
Innovation to limit seafood fraud post-COVID-19	3
Influence of a changing wave climate on the quality and morphometry of the stalked barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1789), along the coasts of NW Iberia	3
Exploring predators of Pacific salmon throughout their life history: the case of Japanese chum, pink, and masu salmon	3
Contribution of area-based fisheries management measures to fisheries sustainability and marine conservation: a global scoping review	3