OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Coastal Conservation is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Occurrence of Karenia brevis near Southwest Florida coast 1971 to 2017: a geospatial analysis	45
A comparison of physical disturbance and pollution stressors in sandy beaches using nematode functional biological traits	23
Climate change and coastal population dynamics in Togo (West Africa)	20
Sedimentology of False Bay (Western Cape, South Africa): geological background information for the integrated environmental management of a physically confined coastal compartment	19
Spatial–temporal changes of shoreline and Vegetation: Impacts on mangrove cover along the Sundarbans area, Bangladesh	18
Spatiotemporal pattern of landscape ecological sensitivity in coastal zone in the last 30 years: an empirical study of Shandong Peninsula, China	17
Coastal morphology changes in the southern Mediterranean Basin: the case of the Hammamet fringe (Gulf of Hammamet, NE-Tunisia)	16
The Nicobarese tribes and their coastal fishing activities during the COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions- preliminary findings	15
An empirical study of the design of an ecological damage compensation assessment framework for land reclamation from the sea	15
IN MEMORIAM: PROF. ALLAN T. WILLIAMS, a great scientist and friend!	15
Water table dynamics of dune slacks in an arid zone	14
Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) characteristics on shoreline demarcation and change assessment along Mandaikadu, south-west coast of India for the year 2018–2019	14
Future flooding of the Volta Delta caused by sea level rise and land subsidence	13
The geographic range extension of crowned jellyfish to the north-western Bay of Bengal	12
CA-Markov chain for simulation and prediction of LULC and assessing the status of water pollution in Manzala Lake after recent development	11
Coastal land cover mapping using UAV imaging on the southeast coast of Brazil	11
Coastal erosion driven Land-Sea Interactions in Maritime Spatial Planning - a case of Bulgaria	11
Assessing the impact of hurricane Fiona on the coast of PEI National Park and implications for the effectiveness of beach-dune management policies	11
Microplastic pollution and its impact on marine microbes in Zhanjiang, China	11
Coastal vulnerability assessment using Geospatial technologies and a Multi-Criteria Decision Making approach – a case study of Kozhikode District coast, Kerala State, India	10
Public perceptions of marine environmental issues: A case study of coastal recreational users in Italy	10
Constructed floating wetlands made of natural materials as habitats in eutrophicated coastal lagoons in the Southern Baltic Sea	10
Mixed sand and gravel beaches of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Morphodynamics and stability	9
Spatial variation of soil and ground water salinity in a deltaic region of the Indian Sundarbans	9
Integrated coastal zone management to protect the Sarawak shoreline	9

Assessment method of the sea turtle-nesting habitat of small reef islands	9
Tides of change: monitoring NIS in Icelandic harbours	9
High carbon accumulation rates in sediment adjacent to constructed oyster reefs, Northeast Florida, USA	9
Ocean state projections: A review of the West African marine environment	9
A cyclone preparedness plan for the coastal blocks of the Indian Sundarban	8
Toxic metal concentration in soil and mangrove plant species across Purna River Estuary, Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat	8
An experimental and numerical study of the morphodynamic response of a gravel beach profile under regular wave conditions	8
Checklist of Malpighiaceae on São Luís Island, Maranhão, Brazil: the absence of collections impacts the knowledge and conservation of the Island flora	8
Remote sensing of water clarity in the near-shore zone using a cross-sensor-based method: feasibility study: Kish Island, Persian Gulf	7
Natural coastal dunes on Wadden Sea islands as a refuge for an endangered wader species	7
Resource status and protection strategies of mangroves in China	7
Coastal vulnerability considering combined effect of tropical cyclones and future sea level rise	7
Climate-friendly business: A study to assess its potential in the coastal areas of Bangladesh	7
Sediment dynamics at different timescales on an embayed coast in southeastern Australia	7
Use of Unnamed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to monitor marine megafauna strandings in beach monitoring programs	7
Dune slope, not wind speed, best predicts bare sand in vegetated coastal dunes	7
Stakeholders’ perceptions of coastal development in relation to marine protected areas	7
Spatial effects of shrub encroachment on wetland soil pH and salinity in the Yellow River Delta, China	7
Consideration of the carbon sequestration potential of seagrass to inform recovery and restoration projects within the Essex Estuaries Special Area of Conservation (SAC), United Kingdom	7
Deciphering long-term seasonal and tidal water quality trends in the Mahanadi estuary	7
Coastline behavior under climate change and sea-level rise scenarios: a western Portuguese littoral case study	7
Status and perspectives of blue economy sectors across the Macaronesian archipelagos	7
DNA barcoding, pollen and seed characteristics for documentation of four monocot Mediterranean endemic plant species in Egypt	6
Impact of effluent discharge on recreational beach water quality: a case study of Karachi-Pakistan	6
Patterns and trends in scientific production on marine elasmobranchs: research hotspots and emerging themes for conservation	6
Groundwater potential and quality assessments of a coastal environment: a case study of the location of Federal University of Technology Ikot Abasi (FUTIA), Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria	6
An in-depth characterization of the Habitat of Thelypteris interrupta in South Korea	6
Tourism impacts on small island ecosystems: public perceptions from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia	6
Shoreline change along the Yombunjin sandy coast (DPR Korea) during Typhoon Maysak (2020): comparison of four longshore sediment transport formulae	6
Pre-dimensioning and technical, economic and environmental feasibility analysis of sub-river outfalls in Macapá and Santana cities, Amapá State, Brazil	6
Status and prospects of nature-based solutions for coastal flood and erosion risk management in the Federal State of Schleswig–Holstein, Germany	6
Multidecadal Morphodynamic evolution of shorelines and coral reefs along the Arabian Sea Coast of Oman: Bar Al Hikman Peninsula	6
Roles and interrelation between variables : a study case of plastic waste management in Jakarta Bay	6
A comprehensive study on preparedness, impacts, response and recovery from tropical severe cyclonic storm ‘GAJA’: lessons for the future	6
How you dune-ing? a systematic review of coastal dune plant community assembly	5
Coastal protection function of mangrove ecosystems: a case study from Sri Lanka	5
Balancing between natural development and human intervention	5
Coral recruitment assessment as a pre-requisite experiment to restore shallow water coral communities of Palk Bay, southeast coast of India	5
More than surface roughness: making a case for wrack as a geomorphic engineer in the beach-dune system	5
Coastal compartments: the role of sediment supply and morphodynamics in a beach management context	5
Molluscan diversity of coastal Karnataka, India and role of physicochemical parameters on their diversity	5
The safety degree evaluation of marine biodiversity in China	5
Navigating the coastal Persian Gulf-Makoran Sea corridor: harnessing the past for sustainable maritime trade	5
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on methane related activities in a tropical estuarine mangrove ecosystem	5
Changes in land-cover patterns in the Huizache–Caimanero Coastal Lagoon System from 1990 to 2020	5
Development of a water quality index as a management tool to Sado coastal estuarine areas	5
Tidal fluctuation effect on marine debris characteristics in the Kulon Progo beaches of Yogyakarta, Indonesia	5
Hydrozoans (Cnidaria) from the estuarine zone of the International Minho River, NW Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic Europe	5
Assessing the scope for promoting climate resilient agriculture in the Indian Sundarban Delta: A SWOT-AHP analysis	5
Monitoring vegetation loss and shoreline change due to tropical cyclone Fani using Landsat imageries in Balukhand-Konark Wildlife Sanctuary, India	5

Assessment of spatial change dynamics of land features upon short and long term scenarios for a vulnerable island in the Ganges Delta	5
A systematic review of coastal community adaptation practices in response to climate change-induced tidal inundation	5
A critical approach to Canakkale urban beaches: from the perspective of swimming water and landscape potential	5
Bioeconomic assessment of refuge availability under various scenarios: impact on species biomass, fishing effort, and profits	5
Assessing the feasibility of Landsat satellite data in monitoring water body and shoreline change along the coast of Keta	4
Segmentation of visitor perceptions and attitudes as a tool for informing management and targeted communication strategies in Coastal and Marine Protected Areas	4
Determining anthropogenic pressure on the Southern Black Sea blue flag beaches	4
Ecology in Chott Sidi Abdel Salam oasis, southeastern Tunisia: cultivated vegetation, fungal diversity and livestock population	4
Data integration and participatory process in developing integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in the northern Baltic Sea	4
Short-term analysis of coastal erosion among human intervention and sea level rise	4
Cadmium exposure experiments on calanoid copepods reveal significant shortfall in water quality criteria for managing coastal marine ecosystems in West Africa	4
Response of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) to different frequencies of irrigation and levels of soil fertilization in a non-saline coastal Typic Endoaquept	4
Spatio-temporal analysis of shoreline changes and future forecasting: the case of Küçük Menderes Delta, Türkiye	4
Connecting communities to coral reefs: a socio-ecological perspective on coral restoration programs in a remote marine protected area	4
Management of coastal dunes affected by shrub encroachment: are rabbits an ally or an enemy of restoration?	4
Evaluation of TENORM radionuclides and trace element levels by using seagrass	4
Distribution and CPUE standardization of European Pilchard (Sardina Pilchardus) in the Northwest African upwelling waters under varying climatic conditions	4
Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) assemblages in seashore vegetation (“restinga”) formations along the northern coast of the state of Bahia, Brazil	3
The conservation value of forest fragments in a coastal “Restinga” forest in southeastern Brazil	3
Assessment of beach morphological characteristics and conservation strategies for blue flag beaches on the West Coast of India	3
Assessment of challenges to Radhapuram due to temporal coastal infrastructures using hybrid approach	3
Comparison of machine learning algorithms for mangrove species identification in Malad creek, Mumbai using WorldView-2 and Google Earth images	3
Protecting coastal habitats: is a 24-meter isobath ban on purse seines adequate for coastal areas and endangered species?	3
Correction to: Coastal compartments: the role of sediment supply and morphodynamics in a beach management context	3
The influence of coastal geomorphology and human activity on plastic debris distribution on a micro-tidal recreational beach on the north coast of Trinidad	3
"Integrating AHP and geospatial data analysis for mapping groundwater potential in tropical coastal villages of Thiruvananthapuram, Southern India"	3
Composition, sources, abundance and seasonality of Marine Litter in the Çakalburnu lagoon coast of Aegean Sea	3
Assessing the potential for restoring Mediterranean coastal dunes under pressure from tourism	3
An assessment of vulnerability in aquifer using GALDIT model in aquifer zones between Mookkaiyur to Tharuvaikulam, Southeast coast of India	3
Correction to: Assessing the impact of hurricane Fiona on the coast of PEI National Park and implications for the effectiveness of beach-dune management policies	3
Source-to-sea, integrated water resources management, and integrated coastal management approaches: integrative, complementary, or competing?	3
Communities involvement in conservation of the Jozani Chakwa Bay National Park, Zanzibar, Tanzania: underlying potentials and threats	3
Correction to: Microplastic pollution and its impact on marine microbes in Zhanjiang, China	3
Evaluating a new technique for monitoring mangrove forest height changes	3
An outlook from above the Seven Maar Lakes’ road access	3
Correction to: Social vulnerability of coastal fish farming community to tidal (Rob) flooding: a case study from Indramayu, Indonesia	3
Soil site suitability for sustainable intensive agriculture in Sagar Island, India: a geospatial approach	3
Beach wrack of the Baltic Sea – public acceptance and implications for beach management	3
The effects of coastal development on the urban heat island in the mangrove ecosystem along the Jazan coast, KSA	3
Assessment of climate change related loss and damage on mangrove ecosystem: a case study in Ca Mau, Vietnam	3
Undetected non-indigenous species in the Sado estuary (Portugal), a coastal system under the pressure of multiple vectors of introduction	2
Conservation planning implications of modeling seagrass habitats with sparse absence data: a balanced random forest approach	2
An interdisciplinary approach to the identification and prioritization of environmental risks in northern industrial coastal areas of the Persian Gulf	2
Appraisal of 2004 tsunami induced shoreline change in South Andaman, India using DSAS	2
Do marine protected areas protect shallow coral reef systems? A resilience-based management approach in Tropical Southwestern Atlantic reefs	2
The coastal dynamics of the Central Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta Coast, Bangladesh: implications for coastal development and sustainability	2
Coast and the community: understanding public perceptions towards coastal ecosystems in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka	2
Vegetation bioshield for coastal protection in South Asia: Status and way forward	2
Identification of geomorphic signatures of active tectonics in the Wadi Hagul Basin, Northwest Gulf of Suez, Egypt: insights from SRTM derived geomorphic indices and watershed analysis	2
Action plan for implementation of an ecosystem-based coastal management approach in Ghana	2
An evaluation of ecosystem services as a result of land use changes in inland and coastal areas: a comparative study of Beijing and Freetown	2
Influence of tidal flat reclamations on storm surge in the West Korean Bay of DPR Korea	2
Geophysical-laboratory data integration for estimation of groundwater volumetric reserve of a coastal hinterland through optimized interpolation of interconnected geo-pore architecture	2
The impact of soil salinity on the chemical properties of soil at Hatiya Upazila, a remote area of Noakhali, Bangladesh	2
Social vulnerability of coastal fish farming community to tidal (Rob) flooding: a case study from Indramayu, Indonesia	2
Human external and internal activities in the destruction of the north galesong coastal area	2
Changing water levels and sandy barrier morphodynamics, eastern lake Ontario	2
Artificial wreck reefs: a preliminary assessment of their economic benefits to the coastal economy on a district level	2
Composition and relative abundance of plastic debris along Manora and Sandspit beaches, Karachi, Pakistan	2
Multi-scale modelling for hydrodynamic and morphological changes of breakwater in coastal Mekong Delta in Vietnam	2
Detection and mitigation of soil salinization risk from saline/brackish water aquaculture in coastal areas: an application of remote sensing and managed aquifer recharge	2
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Do worldwide governance drivers affect the blue sustainability practices? An empirical study of the fisheries sector	2
Late Holocene morphodynamic evolution of Thamirabarani delta and Thoothukudi tombolo in South India: insights from integrated analysis of early cartographic documents and satellite images	2
Multisource data reveals relevant trends in a Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis population at an important coastal wetland of Southern Brazil: implications for conservation and planning	2
Local purse-seine fishers’ economic losses owing to endangered seabird conservation measures – perceptions and reality	2
Evaluation of Conservation status of the Egyptian endemic plants along the Mediterranean coastal strip region	2
Potential use of spectral analysis to delineate coastal boundary of a landmass based on estimation soil salinity and salt water intrusion: a preliminary result	2