OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Sea Research 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Tidally driven porewater exchange and the key affecting factors in mangroves in the Pearl River Estuary, China	224
Long-term impacts of climate change on the seasonal trajectories of phytoplankton in a coastal lagoon (western Mediterranean Sea)	106
Testing the applicability of marine biotic indices for ecological quality in the northern East China Sea	90
Systematic review of a RAMSAR wetland and UNESCO biosphere reserve in a climate change hotspot (Ichkeul Lake, Tunisia)	69
Environmental concentrations of antifouling biocides affect cell proliferation, possibly by a synergic interaction	48
A novel metaheuristic approach for AGVs resilient scheduling problem with battery constraints in automated container terminal	47
Mussel reefs promote taxonomic biodiversity and host a unique assemblage of mobile marine fauna in a coastal area of poor ecological status	47
Distribution of Ulva prolifera, the dominant species in green tides along the Jiangsu Province coast in the Southern Yellow Sea, China	40
Guardians of the seabed: Nature-inclusive design of scour protection in offshore wind farms enhances benthic diversity	39
Distribution, source, and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments from Dingzi Bay, China	37
Performance of the different parameterization of depth-induced breaking during a typhoon	29
Editorial Board	28
Quantitative analysis of sea surface temperature warming prior to the summer monsoon onset over the Bay of Bengal	26
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	26
Predicting the impacts of environmental variability on phytoplankton communities of a sub-tropical estuary	25
Concentration-dependent settling velocities of cohesive sediments from the Port of Hamburg based on ultrasound velocity profiling	24
Abnormal high water temperature prediction in nearshore waters around the Korean Peninsula using ECMWF ERA5 data and a deep learning model	24
Does Spartina invasion affect the carbohydrate assimilation of polychaetes in mangroves? A case study in the Zhangjiang Estuary Mangrove National Nature Reserve	24
Eutrophication-driven biogeochemical processes influencing dissolved organic matter dynamics in a tropical coastal bay: Insights from Lianzhou Bay, northwestern South China Sea	24
Feasibility study for kelp afforestation in the German Bight: Habitat availability and light requirements of Laminaria hyperborea	23
Long-term biogeochemical variations in the southern South China Sea and adjacent seas: A model data analysis	22
Environmental and human health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Musa estuary (northwest of Persian Gulf), Iran	21
Accelerated land loss and nuisance flooding potential in the Barataria Basin: The impacts of land subsidence, sea-level rise, and tidal dynamics	21
The role of financial development in improving marine living resources towards sustainable blue economy	21
Possible evidence of range expansion of the tropical ghost crab Ocypode ceratophthalmus to a temperate region driven by climate change	20

Selective preservation of glomalin-related soil protein contributes to centennial-scale organic carbon burial on the East China Sea shelf	19
Seasonal dynamics of cable bacteria in an estuarine intertidal mudflat subject to green tides: Implications for the foraminiferal community and test preservation	18
Surface manifestation characteristics of internal solitary waves observed by GCOM-C/SGLI imagery	18
Spring soil CO2 and CH4 emissions in the Yellow River Delta wetland, China	17
Integrated ecosystem management and regulation strategies in the South China Sea	17
Assessing the coastal protection role of seagrass meadows along a barrier beach, southern Romanian coast	17
Chemostratigraphy and source of mercury in the Tropical Western Pacific over the past 600 kyr	16
Multi-decade changes in the condition index of adult Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in response to climate in a US west coast estuary	16
Design of a new composite underwater hull cleaning robot	15
Life-history strategies under exploitation: A long-term study of Azorean fisheries	15
Sustainable synergistic development of marine economic degree growth and marine art industry	15
Research on the spatial evolution of resources and sustainable development of the spatial environment for the development of marine cities	15
Joint monitoring programme of ambient noise North Sea (Jomopans): Opinion paper on continuous noise pollution	15
Marine indicators of climate change in the Azov Sea ecosystem	15
A novel quality control method of time-series ocean wave observation data combining deep-learning prediction and statistical analysis	15
Microplastics in the tropical Northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Indonesian seas	15
Planktonic ciliate community structure and its distribution in the oxygen minimum zones in the Bay of Bengal (eastern Indian Ocean)	15
Application of gradient boosting machine in satellite-derived bathymetry using Sentinel-2 data for accurate water depth estimation in coastal environments	14
Understanding the shift in bacterial community structure in response to antibiotic pollution and rise in antibiotic resistant genes within Dapeng Cove sea, China	14
Indigenous fishponds are sediment traps for terrigenous sediment on the southern coast of Moloka'i, Hawaii	14
Long-term changes in the subtidal macrozoobenthos of the western Dutch Wadden Sea	14
An analysis of the linkage between marine industry and regional economy – Taking the three coastal economic zones as an example	14
Assessing the impact of successive marine heatwaves on the diversity of rocky intertidal communities	13
Evaluation of light traps for sampling lobster larvae in the German Bight, North Sea	13
Spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton dynamics in-relation to essential oceanographic variables in the south east coast of Bangladesh	13
The challenge of harvesting common sole (Solea solea) in highly selective trawl fisheries	13
Representative residual transport pathways in a mixed-energy open tidal system	13
A new method for enhancing signatures of ocean surface waves in nautical X-band radar images	13
Size-disaggregated landings of Pama croaker (Otolithoides pama) at a fish collection station in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar: An eight-year analysis	12
One new species of Oxyonchus ( ) (Enoplida: Nematoda) from the Yellow Sea of China	12
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)	12
Impact of typhoon landfall time on seawall breach and flood evolution based on the case of typhoon Maria (1808)	12
Responses of nematodes to oil contamination in a mangrove sediment: A microcosm study	11
Production of dimethylsulfoniopropionate, dimethylsulfide and acrylic acid from marine microalgae	11
Food for thought: A realistic perspective on the potential for offshore aquaculture in the Dutch North Sea	11
Unraveling deepwater oil blowouts at different depths: A coupled experimental and modeling study	11
Bathymetry of shallow coastal environment using multi-spectral passive data under rapid sea–level change	11
Crustaceans of the Northwest Pacific Ocean: Species richness and distribution patterns	11
Form roughness controls hydraulics on mussel banks in the Wadden Sea	11
Historic occurrence and habitat preference of the reef-building polychaete Sabellaria spinulosa in the Wadden Sea	11
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	11
Spatiotemporal analysis of marine environmental influence on the distribution of chub mackerel in the Northwest Pacific Ocean based on geographical and temporal weighted regression	11
The EMSO-Azores deep-sea observatory: 15 years of multidisciplinary studies of the lucky strike hydrothermal system, from sub-seafloor to the water column	10
Optimized cleaning and centrifugation of Japanese precious corals for enhanced sclerite classification and chemical profiling	10
Prediction of abnormal proliferation risk of Phaeocystis globosa based on correlation mining of PC concentration indicator and meteorological factors along Qinzhou Bay, Guangxi	10
Plicopurpura patula and Monoplex parthenopeus (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda): New evidence of the tropicalization of the Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic)	10
Lateral changes of crustal extension and passive margin type along the Brazilian southeastern margin	10
Spatial and temporal changes of water environmental factors and water quality assessment in coastal waters of Jiangsu Province	10
Characteristics of foraminiferal communities in the western Clarion–Clipperton Zone revealed by eDNA metabarcoding	10
Footprints of fishing vessels in Chinese waters based on automatic identification system data	10

Linking estuarine ecology with reproductive phenology in the Indian backwater oyster Crassostrea madrasensis: A multivariate framework perspective	10
Winter–spring trends of the Zhejiang–Fujian coastal front in the East China Sea (1988–2022)	10
Coupled model to predict wave-induced liquefaction and morphological changes	10
Satellite observed oceanographic drivers of Mobulidae fisheries catch in the Southeast Indian Ocean	10
Diel activity patterns of rocky shore macroinvertebrates in the northern Baltic Sea	10
Historical overview on the use of ballast water in shipping	10
Optimization and validation of wave-state-based parameterizations in the COARE Air-Sea heat flux algorithm	9
Monitoring of ichthyoplanktonic community at the Doce River mouth and adjacent marine region in Southeast Brazil after Fundão dam collapse	9
Assessing habitat microscale conditions underlying with mortality and survival of Pinna nobilis in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (SE Spain)	9
Anisakis spp. and Skrjabinisakis spp. infections in teleosts, cephalopods and cetaceans from the western Mediterranean: An integrated food-web perspective	9
Examining effects of sample concentration on estimates of live phytoplankton abundance	9
Editorial Board	9
Modulation effects of different dissolved nitrogen compositions on the phytoplankton community structure based on combined field experiments and the NbPD model in Jiaozhou Bay	9
Model and prediction relationship of sound velocity and porosity of seafloor sediments	9
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 (	9
Analysis of the effect of salt processing on microplastic residues in crushed and washed sea salt	9
Beachface steepness modulates erosion but not recovery: Multi-decadal spatiotemporal shoreline evidence across 390 transects	9
Diversity and distribution of archaeal and bacterial nitrifiers in deep oceans	8
Characterizing the relationship between taxonomic and functional diversity in benthic communities of coarse sediments in the English Channel	8
CatBoost-based prediction of suspended sediment concentration in the Pearl River estuary: Driving mechanisms unraveled via SHAP analysis	8
Accelerated Ocean thermal expansion and its contribution to Global Sea-level rise	8
Residual circulation and freshwater retention within an event-driven system of intertidal basins	8
China's island management system based on qualitative content analysis: The choice between development and conservation	8
A scientometric review of climate change and research on crabs	8
Limited effects of UVBR on primary productivity and photosynthetic pigment composition in the Greenland Sea	8
Editorial Board	8
Spatial variation and mechanism of the dissolved/particulate organic carbon partitioning of seawater adjacent to the mangrove in Zhangjiang Estuary	8
Diet of eiders and body condition change from the late 1980s to the mid 2010s	8
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	8
The impact of marine industrial structure rationalization on marine economic growth	8
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	8
No evidence that the Atlantic jackknife clam Ensis leei benefits from shrimp fisheries	8
Improving phytoplankton abundance estimation accuracy for autonomous microscopic imaging systems	8
Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary processes since the last glacial maximum in Nha Phu Bay and adjacent shelf, central Vietnam	8
Habitat differences and vertical migration patterns of mesopelagic fish: A case study on the trophic niche of Chauliodus sloani in cold seep-adjacent waters	8