OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography is 7. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The behavior of particulate matter in the Persian Gulf: biogeochemical proxies for source identification	167
Editorial Board	37
Phytoplankton dynamics, growth and microzooplankton grazing across the subtropical frontal zone, east of New Zealand	32
Habitat and benthic fauna of the Wallaby-Cuvier escarpment, SE Indian ocean	28
Diet of deep-sea holothurians in theVolcanologists Massif, Bering sea, as inferred from stable isotope and fatty acid analyses	27
Ecophenotypic variation in a cosmopolitan reef-building coral suggests reduced deep-sea reef growth under ocean change	23
An introducton to the Ross sea international conference special issue	22
Nemerteans collected in the Bering Sea during the research cruises aboard the R/V Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev in 2016, 2018, and 2021 with an analysis of deep-sea heteronemertean and hoplonemertean speci	21
Invader's portrait: Biological characteristics of walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus in the western Chukchi Sea	21
The first record of the family Paramunnidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the bathyal of the Bering Sea with descriptions of two new species of Munnogonium	20
Arabian Sea high salinity core supplies oxygen to the Bay of Bengal	20
Distribution of free–Living marine nematodes along environmental gradients in the strait of hormuz	20
How do topography and thermal front influence the water transport from the northern Laotieshan Channel to the Bohai Sea interior in summer?	18
Contrasting trends of the ocean CO2 sink and pH in the agulhas current system and the Mozambique basin, south-western Indian ocean (1963–2023)	18
Unveiling marine heatwave dynamics in the Persian /Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman: A spatio-temporal analysis and future projections	18
Submesoscale processes-induced vertical heat transport modulated by oceanic mesoscale eddies	16
Shell-bearing Gastropoda from the methane seeps and hydrothermal vents of the Bering Sea: A preliminary description	16
Dynamic change in an ocean desert: Microbial diversity and trophic transfer along the 110 °E meridional in the Indian Ocean	15
Of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the CMIP6 Project	14
Seasonal variability of eddy kinetic energy in the Banda Sea revealed by an ocean model: An energy budget perspective	14
South Sandwich Islands – An understudied isolated Southern Ocean archipelago	14
The coupling of winds, ocean turbulence, and High Salinity Shelf Water in the Terra Nova Bay Polynya	14
Editorial Board	14
Three decades of ocean warming impacts on marine ecosystems: A review and perspective	14
Vertical distribution patterns of early stages of mesopelagic fishes along 110 °E, south-east Indian Ocean	14

Megafaunal community structure on ferromanganese and phosphorite hardgrounds in the Southern California Borderland	14
Sagartiidae (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) from hydrothermal vents and methane seeps in the Bering Sea	14
Distinct patterns of coral lesion composition from national/quasi-national marine parks of Kerama and Yoron Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago	13
Record-breaking 2020 summer marine heatwaves in the western North Pacific	13
Time series of dissolved organic carbon in the Fram Strait (2010–2021): Indications for increased river export of DOC to the East Greenland Current?	12
A seasonal transition in biological carbon pump efficiency in the northern Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean	12
Plastic pollution: A potential vector of both pathogens and probiotics for corals on the Mascarene Ridge, Indian Ocean	12
Modifying a pelagic trawl to better retain small Arctic fishes	12
Advanced marine technologies for ocean research	11
Suspended particles are hotspots of microbial remineralization in the ocean's twilight zone	11
Deep-sea life associated with sediments and polymetallic nodules from the Central Indian Ocean Basin: Insights from 18S metabarcoding	11
Deep-learning model for sea surface temperature prediction near the Korean Peninsula	11
Hydrodynamic response to bathymetric changes in Tampa Bay, Florida	11
Diel variations in the upper layer biophysical processes using a BGC-Argo in the Bay of Bengal	11
Understanding future changes of Chlorophyll-a in the Indian Ocean using CMIP6 Earth System Model simulations	10
Editorial Board	10
Mesozooplankton community responses to environmental stressors in Kuwait's first marine protected area	10
Zooplankton assemblages associated with submarine canyons off the east coast of South Africa	10
Siliceous microfossil assemblages in the southern Emperor Seamount Chain sediments and their biogeographical and paleoceanographical implications	10
Biodiversity and functioning of mesozooplankton in a changing Ross Sea	10
Vertical distribution and environmental drivers of meiofaunal communities in the Persian Gulf: insights into biodiversity and sediment dynamics	9
Microstructure observations of three-layered mixing on the shelf of the northwestern South China Sea	9
Assessing marine mammal diversity in remote Indian Ocean regions, using an acoustic glider	9
Ocean-atmosphere heat exchange seasonal cycle on the West Florida Shelf derived from long term moored data	9
eDNA metabarcoding shows latitudinal eukaryote micro- and mesoplankton diversity stabilizes across oligotrophic region of a >3000 km longitudinal transect in the Indian Ocean	9
Mean circulation and its seasonal cycle on the West Florida Shelf as evidenced by multi-decadal time series of moored currents and winds	8
Deep carbon export peaks are driven by different biological pathways during the extended Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean) bloom	8
Spatiotemporal patterns and implications of suspended Alexandrium catenella cysts in the Pacific Arctic region	8
Surface ocean carbon budget in the 2017 south Georgia diatom bloom: Observations and validation of profiling biogeochemical argo floats	8
The influence of aeolian input on the trace and rare earth element composition of Oligocene-Miocene corals of KOKO Guyot (Emperor seamount chain, Pacific Ocean)	8
Fine-scale variability in habitat selection and niche differentiation between sponges and cold-water corals on vertical walls of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone	8
The distribution and host utilization of octocoral infesting Ascothoracida (Crustacea, Thecostraca), including the discovery of a new species of Gorgonolaureus from the Emperor sea Mount Chain	8
Observed near-inertial waves and shears east of Luzon during Typhoons Mangkhut and Yutu in 2018	8
Oceanic biophysical response to large-scale wind forcing observed southwest of Sumatra during December 2017	8
Impact of the Gulf Stream on ocean waves	8
Hard-bottom communities in the deep Fram Strait: patterns, processes, and looming questions	8
Prediction of sardine and anchovy catches by double-boat purse seiners in the northern Persian Gulf using machine learning models	8
Blue carbon in an eastern boundary upwelling zone – A case study in Namibia	8
Ophiuroidea of the Emperor Seamount Chain – diversity, distribution and biogeography	8
Editorial Board	8
ENSO independent tropical-extratropical signal off the Northeast Pacific	8
Age and growth of Antarctic deep-sea smelt (Bathylagus antarcticus), an important mesopelagic fish in the Southern Ocean	8
Effects of symmetric instability in the Kuroshio Extension region in winter	8
Polymorphism of mtDNA gene Cyt b of the Chukchi Sea polar cod, Boreogadus saida (Gadidae, Gadiformes)	8
Sedimentary phosphorus in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman: Geochemical fractionation, seasonal variations, potential bioavailability, and ecological risk	8
Acoustic characterization of fish and macroplankton communities in the Seychelles-Chagos Thermocline Ridge of the southwest Indian ocean	7
Primary productivity and N2-fixation in the eastern Indian ocean: Bottom-up support for an ecologically and economically important ecosystem	7
Spatiotemporal variability from physics to plankton ecology in an upwelling bay	7
Vertical imbalance in organic carbon budgets is indicative of a missing vertical transfer during a phytoplankton bloom near South Georgia (COMICS)	7
Sea surface temperature predictability assessment with an ensemble machine learning method using climate model simulations	7

Long-term monitoring and integrated research – Understanding ecosystem processes in the Gulf of Alaska	7
Carbon budgets of Scotia Sea mesopelagic zooplankton and micronekton communities during austral spring	7
Interaction of bay outflow and wind-driven upwelling in chlorophyll patterns in the Gulf of the Farallones	7
Editorial Board	7
Gulf of Mexico larval dispersal: Combining concurrent sampling, behavioral, and hydrodynamic data to inform end-to-end modeling efforts through a Lagrangian dispersal model	7
Annual and spatial variation in the condition and lipid storage of juvenile Chukchi Sea gadids during a recent period of environmental warming (2012 to 2019).	7
Editorial Board	7
Echinoderes beringiensis sp. nov. - The first Kinorhyncha from deep-sea methane seepages in the north Pacific	7
Trophic specialization enhances growth performance in larvae of southern bluefin, albacore, and skipjack tunas from the eastern Indian ocean	7
Impact of a fresh-core mesoscale eddy in modulating oceanic response to a Madden-Julian Oscillation	7
Late Quaternary responses to glacial-interglacial climate cycles of offshore Benguela region and associated foraminifera in the southeast Atlantic along Namibia and western South Africa	7
Coral reefs health status variation around Kish Island before and after 2015 bleaching in the Persian Gulf: A case study of global warming effects	7
A data-assimilative modeling investigation of Gulf Stream variability	7
Influence of oceanic mesoscale eddy on the atmospheric boundary layer based on an idealized model	7
Iron cycling during the decline of a South Georgia diatom bloom	7