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 2021-09-01 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
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
Spirulina in fish immunity development: find the black box	20

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
Understanding and predicting size selectivity of saithe (Pollachius virens) in trawl codends	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
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
An approach to assess data-less small-scale fisheries: examples from Congo rivers	10
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
Evaluating loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the small-scale fisheries of Cabo Verde	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