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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
A global functional analysis of fish-estuary associations and selected environmental factors	84
Characterizing the development of Sea ranching in China	72
Fertilization by short-term stored sperm alters DNA methylation patterns at single-base resolution in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) embryos	63
A review of PANoptosis mechanism: current knowledge on pyroptosis, apoptosis and necroptosis in fish	44
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	38
Making the most of aquatic animal tracking: a review of complementary methods to bolster acoustic telemetry	36
Chitosan-based delivery of fish codon-optimised Caenorhabditis elegans FAT-1 and FAT-2 boosts EPA and DHA biosynthesis in Sparus aurata	33
Exploring temporal patterns in fish feeding ecology: Are ontogenetic dietary shifts stable over time?	31
Towards an enhanced understanding of animal ecology and aquatic systems via an integrated stable isotope-acoustic telemetry approach—a review and future directions	31
Indigenous fishers’ knowledge on fish behavior, fishing practices and climatic conditions in a conservation priority coastal ecosystem in the Caspian Sea	28
Seven decades of transformation: evaluating the dynamics of coral reef fish communities in the Xisha Islands, South China Sea	27
The UK’s expanding global reach for seafood over 120-years	27
Cytogenetics and DNA barcode in Hoplias gr. malabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) reveals correlation between karyomorphs and valid species	27
Long non-coding RNAs in the physiology of aquaculture animals: a perspective update	27
Predicting and assessing the impacts of COVID-19 disruption on marine science and sectors in Australia	23
Ontogenetic and evolutionary trends on cephalopod digestive systems	23
Jeffery A. Hutchings: A primer of life histories: ecology, evolution, and application	23
Unravelling the stock structure of blue whiting in the Northeast Atlantic: navigating contradictions towards resolution	22
It’s a shark-eat-shark world, but does that make for bigger pups? A comparison between oophagous and non-oophagous viviparous sharks	22
The piscine arsenal: an updated review of venomous fishes	22
A global review of the biology and ecology of the European perch, Perca fluviatilis	22
Spirulina in fish immunity development: find the black box	20
Caught in the middle: bottom-up and top-down processes impacting recruitment in a small pelagic fish	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	19

Monsoon-driven oceanographic variability and habitat conditions of moonfish in southwestern Taiwan: ecological insights for sustainable fisheries	18
A review of the utility and application of relatedness and kinship in elasmobranchs	17
Life-history and population dynamics of a short-lived Norwegian capelin stock in a changing environment	17
A quantitative inventory of global soniferous fish diversity	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?	16
Odontocete cetaceans foraging behind trawlers, worldwide	16
Understanding and predicting size selectivity of saithe (Pollachius virens) in trawl codends	16
A Century of Ichthyoplankton Research in Indonesian waters: lessons from the past, challenges for the future	15
The functional roles of surgeonfishes on coral reefs: past, present and future	15
Genes involved in sex differentiation, epigenetic reprogramming, and cell fate regulate sex change in a wrasse	14
Navigating life-history parameter uncertainty in data-limited fisheries: a comparative analysis of length-based stock assessment methods	13
Culture, context, and fish length drives voluntary catch-and-release behaviour of recreational anglers	13
Running on empty: capelin diet after stock collapse	13
Management strategy evaluation operating model conditioning: a swordfish case study	13
Essential spawning grounds of Scottish herring: current knowledge and future challenges	12
Implications of utilization shifts of marine fish in India: a macro-level empirical analysis	12
Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian fisheries production, research organisations and assessment: shocks, responses and implications for decision support and resilience	12
A meta-analytical review of turbidity effects on fish mobility	12
Optimising the review of electronic monitoring information for management of commercial fisheries	12
Swimming performance of sharks and rays under climate change	12
A global review of the critical link between river flows and productivity in marine fisheries	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
Has the displacement of the capelin Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) feeding grounds induced a phenotypic response?	11
Blue economy: industrialisation and coastal fishing livelihoods in Ghana	11
Applying a sequential evidence hierarchy, with caveats, to support prudent fisheries bycatch policy	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
Octopuses in the south-west Pacific region: a review of fisheries, ecology, cultural importance and management	10
DNA barcoding of traded shark fins in Peninsular Malaysia	10
Enhancing our understanding of fish movement ecology through interdisciplinary and cross-boundary research	10
Research status of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin: fish and environmental stressors	10
A tangled web: global review of fishing interactions with rhino rays	9
Rising temperatures, falling fisheries: causes and consequences of crossing the tipping point in a small-pelagic community	9
Environmental fluctuation influences the ontogenetic dispersal and distribution of two ommastrephid squids in the Pacific Ocean	9
Pigmentation enhancement techniques during ornamental fish production	9
Correction: Blue shark vertical movement patterns in the Central Mediterranean: bycatch mitigation windows revealed from pop-up satellite archival tag data	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
A global trophic analysis of estuary-associated fishes	9
Correction to: A global review of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) parturition	9
A global review of marine recreational spearfishing	9
Influence of diel vertical distribution and physiology on capelin (Mallotus villosus) target strength measurements	8
Trophic ecology of fishes in estuaries	8
90 years of catch data reveal changes in catch composition in the Australian east coast recreational marlin fishery	8
Quantifying fishing activity targeting subsea pipelines by commercial trap fishers	8
The socio-ecological resilience and sustainability implications of seafood supply chain disruption	8
Overcapacity and dynamics of a tuna fleet facing catch limits and high efficiency: the case of the Indian Ocean tuna fishery	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
Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management	8
Correction: Unveiling the batoid plight: insights from global stranding data and future directions	8
Mitonuclear genetics reveals a novel perspective on the stock structure and fishery management of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Atlantic Ocean	8
Evaluating loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the small-scale fisheries of Cabo Verde	8