OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Maritime Archaeology 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Post-medieval Ship Graffiti on the North Coast of Ireland	13
Carlo Beltrame and Elisa Costa, Editors: The Shipwreck of Santa Maria in Padovetere (Comacchio-Ferrara): Archaeology of a Riverine Barge of Late Roman Period and of Other Recent Finds of Sewn Boats	12
Kwa Chong Guan, Editor: Shipwrecks and the Maritime History of Singapore	11
Ashley Lemke: Anthropological Archaeology Underwater	10
Aquatic Innovation and Adaptation: Archaeological Evidence of Fishing Technologies in Southern Africa	9
A Review of Development of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Central America	9
Documenting the First Three U.S. Aircraft Discovered in Truk Lagoon from Operation Hailstone (February, 1944)	8
Reconstructing Maritime Trade Networks in the Islamic-Period Persian Gulf: A Comparative Ceramic Provenance and Inter-port Correlation Analysis	8
Sea Nomads, Sultans, and Raiders: History and Ethnogenesis in the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines	7
Four Rare Ring-Shaped Artifacts from Antalya and Mediterranean Diver Weights of Antiquity	7
Correction: Late Nineteenth-Century Bulk Trade and Barges: An Historical Overview and the Likely Context of Two Deep-Water Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico	7
Site Formation Processes and Pollution Risk Mitigation of World War II Oil Tanker Shipwrecks: Coimbra and Munger T. Ball	6
A Bronze Age Inland Water Network and Its Role in the Maritime Trade Network of the Harappan (Indus) Civilization	6
Notes on the Archaeology and Contextualization of a Nearly Intact Schooner Koff in the Western Black Sea	6
Wreck 15563: An Early Nineteenth-Century Merchant Vessel in the Gulf of Mexico	6
First Steps in Addressing the Submerged Archaeological Evidence in the Patagonian Continental Shelf, Argentina	5
Dolores Elkin and Christophe Delaere, Editors: Underwater and Coastal Archaeology in Latin America	5
Preparing Food on Board in Roman Times	5
Early Net Fishing at the Epipaleolithic Site of Jordan River Dureijat, Upper Jordan River, Israel	5
John T. Koch, Mikael Fauvelle, Barry Cunliffe and Johan Ling, Editors: Presenting Counterpoints to the Dominant Terrestrial Narrative of European Prehistory	4
The Ngomeni Shipwreck and Portuguese Indian Route Ships	4
Correction: Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia	4
Launching CAST	4
Metal Objects Were Much Desired: A Sixteenth-Century Shipwreck Cargo off the Coast of Esposende (Portugal) and the Importance of Studying Ship Cargos	4
The Archaeological Signature of Frontier Recycling: Evidence of the First Boiler of the Ss Beaver, the First Working Steamship on the Pacific Coast of North America	4

Sara A. Rich and Peter B. Campbell, Editors: Contemporary Philosophy for Maritime Archaeology: Flat Ontologies, Oceanic Thought, and the Anthropocene	4
State of the Field	4
Yuriko Kikuchi: A History of Maritime Trade in Northern Vietnam, 12th to 18th Centuries: Archaeological Investigations in Vandon and Phohien	4
Maritime Networks and Navigation Patterns in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands (1764–1845)	3
The Ship is Laden with Rice and Salt: A Comparison of Two Sailing Models on an Early 17th Century Trade Route Between Java and Sumatra	3
Early Seaport Societies in Southern Colonial Peru: Archaeology at the Port and Fishery of Loa	3
Traces of Mynos in Kumluca Bronze Age Shipwreck: 2022, 2023, 2024 Excavation Seasons	3
Late Iron Age Whaling in Scandinavia	3
Shipwrecks, Hurricanes, and A British Hydrographic Survey: Reconstructing Cartagena de India’s Nineteenth-Century Maritime Cultural Landscape	3
Michael Brennan, Editor: Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Potentially Polluting Wrecks	3
The Offshore Oil Exploration Industry and Archaeology in the Gulf of Mexico	3
The Chestatee River Diving Bell: A Unique Survivor of Mid-Nineteenth Century Underwater Exploration and Exploitation	3
Albert Hafner, Ekaterina Dolbunova, Andrey Mazurkevich, Elena Pranckenaite and Martin Hinz, Editors: Settling Waterscapes in Europe: The Archaeology of Neolithic & Bronze Age Pile-Dwellings	2
Documenting, Protecting and Managing Endangered Maritime Cultural Heritage in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region	2
Navigating the Narrative: Integrating Traditional Knowledge and Embodied Practice within Computational Models of Ancient Seafaring	2
A Case Study in Maritime Heritage Ecology: Understanding How Structural Changes to the 1898 Shipwreck Portland Affect Biological Diversity and Colonization	2
Locating and Mapping Archaeological Rice Cultivation Artifacts Associated with the Gullah Geechee Tradition Using Visual Observations and Side Scan Sonar	2
Jane Webster: Materializing the Middle Passage: A Historical Archeology of British Slave Shipping, 1680–1807	2
The Preliminary Investigation on the Origin and the Sailing Route of Bidong Shipwreck, Malaysia	2
Potential for Ibero-Pacific Archaeology and the Manila Galleon Trade in the Northern Mariana Islands	2
D. Bernal-Casasola, D. Malfitana, A. Mazzaglia, J.J. Díaz: Le cetariae ellenistiche e romane di Portopalo (Sicilia). Primi resultati da ricerche interdisciplinari / Las cetariae helenísticas y romanas	2
Maritime Power in Northern Norway during the Viking Age and Medieval Period: Evidence from Monumental Boathouses Tracing the Rise and fall of the Bjarkøy Clan	2
An Inventory for the Portuguese Submerged Cultural Heritage	2
Shipwrecks in the Western Caribbean: Archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence, and Santa Catalina: Between Narratives and Hurricanes	2
Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico in the Nineteenth Century: An Historical Overview and the Likely Context of Two Deep-Water Shipwrecks	2
Correction: Wreck 15377: A Probable Immigrant and Cargo Packet of the Mid-Nineteenth Century in the Gulf of Mexico	2
Charting the Course: Nanhai No.1's Voyage and Beyond	2
Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia	2
The King Street Vessel (8SJ07432): A Nineteenth Century Vernacular Craft from St. Augustine, Florida. Part One: Discovery, Excavation Methodology, Site Description and Analysis of the Vessel and Assoc	2