OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Sea Research 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Environmental concentrations of antifouling biocides affect cell proliferation, possibly by a synergic interaction	126
Editorial Board	62
Tidally driven porewater exchange and the key affecting factors in mangroves in the Pearl River Estuary, China	61
Systematic review of a RAMSAR wetland and UNESCO biosphere reserve in a climate change hotspot (Ichkeul Lake, Tunisia)	51
Testing the applicability of marine biotic indices for ecological quality in the northern East China Sea	40
Mussel reefs promote taxonomic biodiversity and host a unique assemblage of mobile marine fauna in a coastal area of poor ecological status	40
Distribution of Ulva prolifera, the dominant species in green tides along the Jiangsu Province coast in the Southern Yellow Sea, China	37
Distribution, source, and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments from Dingzi Bay, China	34
A novel metaheuristic approach for AGVs resilient scheduling problem with battery constraints in automated container terminal	32
Guardians of the seabed: Nature-inclusive design of scour protection in offshore wind farms enhances benthic diversity	30
Performance of the different parameterization of depth-induced breaking during a typhoon	28
Effect of selected environmental factors on microalgae diversity and abundance in Gazi Bay, south coast Kenya	26
Editorial Board	24
Assessing the impact of climate change on mean annual wave agitation and berth downtime at two major ports of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: Port of Piraeus, Greece and Port of Limassol, Cyprus	23
Does Spartina invasion affect the carbohydrate assimilation of polychaetes in mangroves? A case study in the Zhangjiang Estuary Mangrove National Nature Reserve	23
Predicting the impacts of environmental variability on phytoplankton communities of a sub-tropical estuary	22
Possible evidence of range expansion of the tropical ghost crab Ocypode ceratophthalmus to a temperate region driven by climate change	22
Eutrophication-driven biogeochemical processes influencing dissolved organic matter dynamics in a tropical coastal bay: Insights from Lianzhou Bay, northwestern South China Sea	22
Long-term biogeochemical variations in the southern South China Sea and adjacent seas: A model data analysis	21
Feasibility study for kelp afforestation in the German Bight: Habitat availability and light requirements of Laminaria hyperborea	20
Using acoustic telemetry to locate flatfish spawning areas: Estuarine migrations of turbot Scophthalmus maximus and European flounder Platichthys flesus	19
Abnormal high water temperature prediction in nearshore waters around the Korean Peninsula using ECMWF ERA5 data and a deep learning model	18
Feeding habits of Bryde's and sei whales in the western North Pacific inferred from stomach contents and skin stable isotope ratios	18
Accelerated land loss and nuisance flooding potential in the Barataria Basin: The impacts of land subsidence, sea-level rise, and tidal dynamics	16
Environmental and human health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Musa estuary (northwest of Persian Gulf), Iran	15

The role of financial development in improving marine living resources towards sustainable blue economy	15
Surface manifestation characteristics of internal solitary waves observed by GCOM-C/SGLI imagery	15
Integrated ecosystem management and regulation strategies in the South China Sea	14
Chemostratigraphy and source of mercury in the Tropical Western Pacific over the past 600 kyr	13
Spring soil CO2 and CH4 emissions in the Yellow River Delta wetland, China	13
Research on the spatial evolution of resources and sustainable development of the spatial environment for the development of marine cities	13
Drivers of growth in a keystone fished species along the European Atlantic coast: The common cockle Cerastoderma edule	13
Joint monitoring programme of ambient noise North Sea (Jomopans): Opinion paper on continuous noise pollution	12
Assessing the coastal protection role of seagrass meadows along a barrier beach, southern Romanian coast	12
An analysis of the linkage between marine industry and regional economy – Taking the three coastal economic zones as an example	12
Sand-capping stabilizes muddy sediment and improves benthic light conditions in eutrophic estuaries: Laboratory verification and the potential for recovery of eelgrass (Zostera marina)	12
Microplastics in the tropical Northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Indonesian seas	12
A novel quality control method of time-series ocean wave observation data combining deep-learning prediction and statistical analysis	12
Multi-decade changes in the condition index of adult Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in response to climate in a US west coast estuary	12
Design of a new composite underwater hull cleaning robot	12
Sustainable synergistic development of marine economic degree growth and marine art industry	12
Responses of nematodes to oil contamination in a mangrove sediment: A microcosm study	11
Marine indicators of climate change in the Azov Sea ecosystem	11
Evaluation of light traps for sampling lobster larvae in the German Bight, North Sea	11
Spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton dynamics in-relation to essential oceanographic variables in the south east coast of Bangladesh	11
A new method for enhancing signatures of ocean surface waves in nautical X-band radar images	11
Planktonic ciliate community structure and its distribution in the oxygen minimum zones in the Bay of Bengal (eastern Indian Ocean)	11
Representative residual transport pathways in a mixed-energy open tidal system	11
Long-term changes in the subtidal macrozoobenthos of the western Dutch Wadden Sea	11
Understanding the shift in bacterial community structure in response to antibiotic pollution and rise in antibiotic resistant genes within Dapeng Cove sea, China	11
Application of gradient boosting machine in satellite-derived bathymetry using Sentinel-2 data for accurate water depth estimation in coastal environments	11
The challenge of harvesting common sole (Solea solea) in highly selective trawl fisheries	11
Unraveling deepwater oil blowouts at different depths: A coupled experimental and modeling study	10
Seasonal and intra-seasonal variations of surface hydrological parameters over North Yellow Sea and its implications for applicability of quasi-synchronous ship-based multi-station hydrological invest	10
Changes in the marine biosphere of the Northwest Pacific and the Central Indo-Pacific observed via Earth Observation data (EO data used for NWP and CIP biosphere)	10
Crustaceans of the Northwest Pacific Ocean: Species richness and distribution patterns	10
Food for thought: A realistic perspective on the potential for offshore aquaculture in the Dutch North Sea	10
One new species of Oxyonchus ( ) (Enoplida: Nematoda) from the Yellow Sea of China	10
Production of dimethylsulfoniopropionate, dimethylsulfide and acrylic acid from marine microalgae	10
Size-disaggregated landings of Pama croaker (Otolithoides pama) at a fish collection station in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar: An eight-year analysis	10
Satellite observed oceanographic drivers of Mobulidae fisheries catch in the Southeast Indian Ocean	9
The EMSO-Azores deep-sea observatory: 15 years of multidisciplinary studies of the lucky strike hydrothermal system, from sub-seafloor to the water column	9
Coupled model to predict wave-induced liquefaction and morphological changes	9
Bathymetry of shallow coastal environment using multi-spectral passive data under rapid sea–level change	9
Optimized cleaning and centrifugation of Japanese precious corals for enhanced sclerite classification and chemical profiling	9
Footprints of fishing vessels in Chinese waters based on automatic identification system data	9
Spatiotemporal analysis of marine environmental influence on the distribution of chub mackerel in the Northwest Pacific Ocean based on geographical and temporal weighted regression	9
Characteristics of foraminiferal communities in the western Clarion–Clipperton Zone revealed by eDNA metabarcoding	9
Spatial and temporal changes of water environmental factors and water quality assessment in coastal waters of Jiangsu Province	9
Assessing thornback ray growth pattern in different areas of Western-Central Mediterranean Sea through a Multi-Model Inference analysis	9
Examining effects of sample concentration on estimates of live phytoplankton abundance	8
Editorial Board	8
Assessing habitat microscale conditions underlying with mortality and survival of Pinna nobilis in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (SE Spain)	8
Historical overview on the use of ballast water in shipping	8
Beachface steepness modulates erosion but not recovery: Multi-decadal spatiotemporal shoreline evidence across 390 transects	8

China's island management system based on qualitative content analysis: The choice between development and conservation	8
Modulation effects of different dissolved nitrogen compositions on the phytoplankton community structure based on combined field experiments and the NbPD model in Jiaozhou Bay	8
Plicopurpura patula and Monoplex parthenopeus (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda): New evidence of the tropicalization of the Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic)	8
Prediction of abnormal proliferation risk of Phaeocystis globosa based on correlation mining of PC concentration indicator and meteorological factors along Qinzhou Bay, Guangxi	8
Lateral changes of crustal extension and passive margin type along the Brazilian southeastern margin	8
The impact of marine industrial structure rationalization on marine economic growth	8
Diel activity patterns of rocky shore macroinvertebrates in the northern Baltic Sea	8
Model and prediction relationship of sound velocity and porosity of seafloor sediments	8
Accelerated Ocean thermal expansion and its contribution to Global Sea-level rise	7
Ecological risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metals in sediments of a typical marine reservoir in the East China Sea: A case study of xuanmen bay marine reservoir	7
Spatial variation and mechanism of the dissolved/particulate organic carbon partitioning of seawater adjacent to the mangrove in Zhangjiang Estuary	7
Habitat differences and vertical migration patterns of mesopelagic fish: A case study on the trophic niche of Chauliodus sloani in cold seep-adjacent waters	7
The impact of re-ordering the conventional chemical steps on the production and characterization of natural chitosan from biowaste of Black Tiger Shrimp, Penaeus monodon	7
Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary processes since the last glacial maximum in Nha Phu Bay and adjacent shelf, central Vietnam	7
A Video Plankton Recorder user guide: Lessons learned from in situ plankton imaging in shallow and turbid coastal waters in the Belgian part of the North Sea	7
Limited effects of UVBR on primary productivity and photosynthetic pigment composition in the Greenland Sea	7
Corrigendum to The EMSO-Azores deep-sea observatory: 15 years of multidisciplinary studies of the lucky strike hydrothermal system, from sub-seafloor to the water column [Journal of Sea Research 207 (	7
Monitoring of ichthyoplanktonic community at the Doce River mouth and adjacent marine region in Southeast Brazil after Fundão dam collapse	7
Diet of eiders and body condition change from the late 1980s to the mid 2010s	7
Synergistic effects of ocean acidification and copper on gamete health and fertilization potential of the Pacific oyster Magallana (Crassostrea) gigas	7
No evidence that the Atlantic jackknife clam Ensis leei benefits from shrimp fisheries	7
Residual circulation and freshwater retention within an event-driven system of intertidal basins	7
A scientometric review of climate change and research on crabs	7
Diversity and distribution of archaeal and bacterial nitrifiers in deep oceans	7
Analysis of the effect of salt processing on microplastic residues in crushed and washed sea salt	7
Improving phytoplankton abundance estimation accuracy for autonomous microscopic imaging systems	7
An improved sea surface salinity retrieval algorithm for the Chinese Bohai Sea based on hyperspectral reconstruction and its applicability analysis	7
Editorial Board	7
Morphological evolution of Indus shelf region under the influence of hydrodynamic conditions in 20th century	7