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 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
Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems	35
Assessment of cetacean–fishery interactions in the marine food web of the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean Sea)	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
Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems	25
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
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
Seasonal feeding plasticity can facilitate coexistence of dominant omnivores in Neotropical streams	21
Monitoring extinction risk and threats of the world’s fishes based on the Sampled Red List Index	21
North Atlantic Oscillation and fisheries management during global climate change	20
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
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
Reviewing the genetic evidence for sex-biased dispersal in elasmobranchs	18
Odontocete cetaceans foraging behind trawlers, worldwide	18
Pots as alternative and sustainable fishing gears in the Mediterranean Sea: an overview	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
Approaches to regulating recreational fisheries: balancing biology with angler satisfaction	14
Unravelling fish community assembly in shallow lakes: Insights from functional and phylogenetic diversity	14
Goals, challenges, and next steps in transdisciplinary fisheries research: perspectives and experiences from early-career researchers	13
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
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
A bright spot analysis of inland recreational fisheries in the face of climate change: learning about adaptation from small successes	12
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
Initial recovery of demersal fish communities in coastal waters of Hong Kong, South China, following a trawl ban	11
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
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
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
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
Ontogenetic and spawning migration of Pacific halibut: a review	8
Characterizing the development of Sea ranching in China	8
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