OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries is 8. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A review of the scientific production and research output on the demersal marine fishery resources of the Brazilian Meridional Margin, SW Atlantic	84
A global functional analysis of fish-estuary associations and selected environmental factors	74
Characterizing the development of Sea ranching in China	67
A review of PANoptosis mechanism: current knowledge on pyroptosis, apoptosis and necroptosis in fish	44
Fertilization by short-term stored sperm alters DNA methylation patterns at single-base resolution in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) embryos	41
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	37
Chitosan-based delivery of fish codon-optimised Caenorhabditis elegans FAT-1 and FAT-2 boosts EPA and DHA biosynthesis in Sparus aurata	32
Towards an enhanced understanding of animal ecology and aquatic systems via an integrated stable isotope-acoustic telemetry approach—a review and future directions	29
Indigenous fishers’ knowledge on fish behavior, fishing practices and climatic conditions in a conservation priority coastal ecosystem in the Caspian Sea	28
Making the most of aquatic animal tracking: a review of complementary methods to bolster acoustic telemetry	27
Exploring temporal patterns in fish feeding ecology: Are ontogenetic dietary shifts stable over time?	27
The UK’s expanding global reach for seafood over 120-years	27
Long non-coding RNAs in the physiology of aquaculture animals: a perspective update	23
Jeffery A. Hutchings: A primer of life histories: ecology, evolution, and application	23
Seven decades of transformation: evaluating the dynamics of coral reef fish communities in the Xisha Islands, South China Sea	23
Cytogenetics and DNA barcode in Hoplias gr. malabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) reveals correlation between karyomorphs and valid species	23
Unravelling the stock structure of blue whiting in the Northeast Atlantic: navigating contradictions towards resolution	23
The piscine arsenal: an updated review of venomous fishes	23
Life-history traits of batoids (Superorder Batoidea) in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean	21
Predicting and assessing the impacts of COVID-19 disruption on marine science and sectors in Australia	20
A global review of the biology and ecology of the European perch, Perca fluviatilis	20
Ontogenetic and evolutionary trends on cephalopod digestive systems	20
Caught in the middle: bottom-up and top-down processes impacting recruitment in a small pelagic fish	19
Spirulina in fish immunity development: find the black box	19
Monsoon-driven oceanographic variability and habitat conditions of moonfish in southwestern Taiwan: ecological insights for sustainable fisheries	17

The 8th World Fisheries Congress: sharing our oceans and rivers, a vision for the world’s fisheries	17
It’s a shark-eat-shark world, but does that make for bigger pups? A comparison between oophagous and non-oophagous viviparous sharks	17
A review of the utility and application of relatedness and kinship in elasmobranchs	16
Research progress on whether mangroves and seagrass beds serve as nursery habitats for coral reef fish	16
You are what you eat: is suboptimal larval diet linked to the slow recovery of the Newfoundland capelin stock?	15
Understanding and predicting size selectivity of saithe (Pollachius virens) in trawl codends	15
Life stage-specific habitat use and trophic ecology of the critically endangered great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)	15
Life-history and population dynamics of a short-lived Norwegian capelin stock in a changing environment	15
Odontocete cetaceans foraging behind trawlers, worldwide	14
Essential spawning grounds of Scottish herring: current knowledge and future challenges	14
The functional roles of surgeonfishes on coral reefs: past, present and future	14
A Century of Ichthyoplankton Research in Indonesian waters: lessons from the past, challenges for the future	14
A quantitative inventory of global soniferous fish diversity	14
Management strategy evaluation operating model conditioning: a swordfish case study	13
Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian fisheries production, research organisations and assessment: shocks, responses and implications for decision support and resilience	13
Implications of utilization shifts of marine fish in India: a macro-level empirical analysis	13
Running on empty: capelin diet after stock collapse	12
Navigating life-history parameter uncertainty in data-limited fisheries: a comparative analysis of length-based stock assessment methods	12
Genes involved in sex differentiation, epigenetic reprogramming, and cell fate regulate sex change in a wrasse	12
Swimming performance of sharks and rays under climate change	12
Culture, context, and fish length drives voluntary catch-and-release behaviour of recreational anglers	12
Optimising the review of electronic monitoring information for management of commercial fisheries	11
A meta-analytical review of turbidity effects on fish mobility	11
Applying a sequential evidence hierarchy, with caveats, to support prudent fisheries bycatch policy	11
Exploring the adaptive behaviour and environmental acclimation of artificially-bred Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) in semi-open marine environment: insights for endangered species conservation	11
Octopuses in the south-west Pacific region: a review of fisheries, ecology, cultural importance and management	10
Has the displacement of the capelin Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) feeding grounds induced a phenotypic response?	10
A review of iteroparity in anadromous salmonids: biology, threats and implications	10
A global review of the critical link between river flows and productivity in marine fisheries	10
An approach to assess data-less small-scale fisheries: examples from Congo rivers	10
Blue economy: industrialisation and coastal fishing livelihoods in Ghana	10
Research status of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin: fish and environmental stressors	9
Anadromous trout from opposite sides of the globe: biology, ocean ecology, and management of anadromous brown and cutthroat trout	9
A global review of marine recreational spearfishing	9
A tangled web: global review of fishing interactions with rhino rays	9
DNA barcoding of traded shark fins in Peninsular Malaysia	9
Spatial disparity of fishing activities overlapping the abrupt shifts for marine net primary production	9
A global trophic analysis of estuary-associated fishes	9
Enhancing our understanding of fish movement ecology through interdisciplinary and cross-boundary research	9
Correction: Blue shark vertical movement patterns in the Central Mediterranean: bycatch mitigation windows revealed from pop-up satellite archival tag data	9
Correction to: A global review of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) parturition	9
Pigmentation enhancement techniques during ornamental fish production	8
Rising temperatures, falling fisheries: causes and consequences of crossing the tipping point in a small-pelagic community	8
Diel vertical migration and feeding dynamics of capelin and cod in an epipelagic subarctic ecosystem in Greenland	8
Evolution and objectives of diverse Australian recreational fisheries monitoring programs	8
Mitonuclear genetics reveals a novel perspective on the stock structure and fishery management of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Atlantic Ocean	8
The socio-ecological resilience and sustainability implications of seafood supply chain disruption	8
Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management	8
Sympatric species of coral trout (Plectropomus) show contrasting patterns of genomic structure across isolated atoll reefs	8
Eddies regulate the variability in Argentine shortfin squid distribution and abundance in the southwest Atlantic Ocean	8

Long-term variation in intertidal and subtidal spawning habitat use of capelin in coastal Newfoundland during the post-collapse period	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
Overcapacity and dynamics of a tuna fleet facing catch limits and high efficiency: the case of the Indian Ocean tuna fishery	8
Environmental fluctuation influences the ontogenetic dispersal and distribution of two ommastrephid squids in the Pacific Ocean	8
Influence of diel vertical distribution and physiology on capelin (Mallotus villosus) target strength measurements	8
Evaluating loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the small-scale fisheries of Cabo Verde	8
Trophic ecology of fishes in estuaries	8
Correction: Unveiling the batoid plight: insights from global stranding data and future directions	8
The influence of marine protected areas on the patterns and processes in the life cycle of reef fishes	8