OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries is 9. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
A review of PANoptosis mechanism: current knowledge on pyroptosis, apoptosis and necroptosis in fish	98
Increasingly diverse coral reef fishes are threatened by unsustainable fishing in Palau	49
Fertilization by short-term stored sperm alters DNA methylation patterns at single-base resolution in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) embryos	42
A review of the scientific production and research output on the demersal marine fishery resources of the Brazilian Meridional Margin, SW Atlantic	40
A global functional analysis of fish-estuary associations and selected environmental factors	35
Towards an enhanced understanding of animal ecology and aquatic systems via an integrated stable isotope-acoustic telemetry approach—a review and future directions	34
Diet composition and feeding behavior of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the changing Iceland–East Greenland–Jan Mayen ecosystem	34
Chitosan-based delivery of fish codon-optimised Caenorhabditis elegans FAT-1 and FAT-2 boosts EPA and DHA biosynthesis in Sparus aurata	34
Into the deep: Retracing the liver oil trade of shark, ray, and chimaera fisheries in India	32
Long non-coding RNAs in the physiology of aquaculture animals: a perspective update	30
Net illumination is more effective for reducing fisheries bycatch at night	28
The UK’s expanding global reach for seafood over 120-years	28
Making the most of aquatic animal tracking: a review of complementary methods to bolster acoustic telemetry	28
Seven decades of transformation: evaluating the dynamics of coral reef fish communities in the Xisha Islands, South China Sea	26
Exploring temporal patterns in fish feeding ecology: Are ontogenetic dietary shifts stable over time?	26
Parasites of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in North America: a systematic literature review and an analysis of contemporary data from anadromous populations from Nunavut	24
Indigenous fishers’ knowledge on fish behavior, fishing practices and climatic conditions in a conservation priority coastal ecosystem in the Caspian Sea	24
Jeffery A. Hutchings: A primer of life histories: ecology, evolution, and application	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
Historical ties shape fisheries research in West Africa	22
The piscine arsenal: an updated review of venomous fishes	22
Caught in the middle: bottom-up and top-down processes impacting recruitment in a small pelagic fish	22
Predicting and assessing the impacts of COVID-19 disruption on marine science and sectors in Australia	22
Spirulina in fish immunity development: find the black box	21

Ontogenetic and evolutionary trends on cephalopod digestive systems	20
A global review of the biology and ecology of the European perch, Perca fluviatilis	19
What determines trophic niche breadth? A global analysis of freshwater fishes using isospaces	19
The 8th World Fisheries Congress: sharing our oceans and rivers, a vision for the world’s fisheries	19
Understanding and predicting size selectivity of saithe (Pollachius virens) in trawl codends	18
Life-history and population dynamics of a short-lived Norwegian capelin stock in a changing environment	18
Research progress on whether mangroves and seagrass beds serve as nursery habitats for coral reef fish	17
Monsoon-driven oceanographic variability and habitat conditions of moonfish in southwestern Taiwan: ecological insights for sustainable fisheries	17
You are what you eat: is suboptimal larval diet linked to the slow recovery of the Newfoundland capelin stock?	17
A review of the utility and application of relatedness and kinship in elasmobranchs	16
Running on empty: capelin diet after stock collapse	16
Life stage-specific habitat use and trophic ecology of the critically endangered great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)	16
Management strategy evaluation operating model conditioning: a swordfish case study	16
A Century of Ichthyoplankton Research in Indonesian waters: lessons from the past, challenges for the future	15
Tuna and billfish larval distributions in a warming ocean	15
Evaluating ecological and socio-economic system dimensions to improve fisheries management in the Bohai Sea, China	15
Genes involved in sex differentiation, epigenetic reprogramming, and cell fate regulate sex change in a wrasse	15
The pervasiveness of fish spawning along a complex coastline	14
Implications of utilization shifts of marine fish in India: a macro-level empirical analysis	14
Navigating life-history parameter uncertainty in data-limited fisheries: a comparative analysis of length-based stock assessment methods	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
Culture, context, and fish length drives voluntary catch-and-release behaviour of recreational anglers	14
A meta-analytical review of turbidity effects on fish mobility	14
Exploring the adaptive behaviour and environmental acclimation of artificially-bred Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) in semi-open marine environment: insights for endangered species conservation	13
Optimising the review of electronic monitoring information for management of commercial fisheries	13
Applying a sequential evidence hierarchy, with caveats, to support prudent fisheries bycatch policy	13
Blue economy: industrialisation and coastal fishing livelihoods in Ghana	13
Research status of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin: fish and environmental stressors	12
Has the displacement of the capelin Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) feeding grounds induced a phenotypic response?	12
A review of iteroparity in anadromous salmonids: biology, threats and implications	12
Large Language Models (LLMs) for fisheries management research: understanding potential and navigating risks	12
Octopuses in the south-west Pacific region: a review of fisheries, ecology, cultural importance and management	12
Enhancing our understanding of fish movement ecology through interdisciplinary and cross-boundary research	11
A tangled web: global review of fishing interactions with rhino rays	11
Pigmentation enhancement techniques during ornamental fish production	11
Environmental fluctuation influences the ontogenetic dispersal and distribution of two ommastrephid squids in the Pacific Ocean	11
Spatial disparity of fishing activities overlapping the abrupt shifts for marine net primary production	11
An approach to assess data-less small-scale fisheries: examples from Congo rivers	11
Unveiling spatial differentiation of China’s inland recreational fishing: novel insights from multi-source data	11
Rising temperatures, falling fisheries: causes and consequences of crossing the tipping point in a small-pelagic community	11
Technical mitigation measures to reduce the bycatch of sharks: there is no silver bullet	11
Advances in understanding mesopelagic fish contributions to ocean carbon export	10
Correction: Blue shark vertical movement patterns in the Central Mediterranean: bycatch mitigation windows revealed from pop-up satellite archival tag data	10
A global trophic analysis of estuary-associated fishes	10
Anadromous trout from opposite sides of the globe: biology, ocean ecology, and management of anadromous brown and cutthroat trout	10
A global review of marine recreational spearfishing	10
Correction to: A global review of white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) parturition	10
Influence of diel vertical distribution and physiology on capelin (Mallotus villosus) target strength measurements	9
Mapping the footprint of untracked small-scale fisheries using multicriteria spatial analysis and optical satellite imagery	9
A streamlined genetic framework for identifying hatchery-origin individuals in natural populations of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea)	9

Evolution and objectives of diverse Australian recreational fisheries monitoring programs	9
Hungry like the fish: evidence and implications of starvation mortality on marine animal population dynamics	9
Eddies regulate the variability in Argentine shortfin squid distribution and abundance in the southwest Atlantic Ocean	9
Evaluating loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the small-scale fisheries of Cabo Verde	9
Mitonuclear genetics reveals a novel perspective on the stock structure and fishery management of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Atlantic Ocean	9
Reading the biomineralized book of life: expanding otolith biogeochemical research and applications for fisheries and ecosystem-based management	9
Trophic ecology of fishes in estuaries	9
Diel vertical migration and feeding dynamics of capelin and cod in an epipelagic subarctic ecosystem in Greenland	9
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	9
Sympatric species of coral trout (Plectropomus) show contrasting patterns of genomic structure across isolated atoll reefs	9
The socio-ecological resilience and sustainability implications of seafood supply chain disruption	9
Long-term variation in intertidal and subtidal spawning habitat use of capelin in coastal Newfoundland during the post-collapse period	9