OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Journal of Aquatic Science is 3. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Green technology for bioremediation of the eutrophication phenomenon in aquatic ecosystems: a review	32
A review of the populations of tilapiine species in lakes Victoria and Naivasha, East Africa	14
Quality assessment of groundwater in an agricultural belt in eastern Nigeria using a Water Quality Index	13
Disaggregation and assessment of estuarine pressures at the country-level to better inform management and resource protection – the South African experience	11
Phytoplankton community structure in relation to physico-chemical factors in a tropical soda lake, Lake Shala (Ethiopia)	11
The Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) – mobilising data for evaluating long-term change in South African rivers	8
Assessing fish community response to water quality and habitat stressors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	8
Ten research questions to support South Africa’s Inland Fisheries Policy	8
Effects of fragmented mangroves on macrozoobenthos: a case study of mangrove clearance for powerline right-of-way at Oproama Creek, Niger Delta, Nigeria	7
Quality assessment of surface water using the Nile Chemical Pollution Index (NCPI) and microbiological pollution of the Rosetta Branch (Nile River, Egypt)	6
Identifying multiple geographically restricted phylogeographic lineages of Moggel (Cyprinidae: Labeo umbratus) in South Africa	6
Seasonal variation in water quality, plankton diversity and microbial load of tropical freshwater lakes in Nigeria	6
Seasonal variation and drivers of zooplankton, macroinvertebrate and littoral fish communities from irrigation ponds in a semi-arid region in the Eastern Cape (South Africa)	5
Estimation of pesticide mixture interaction in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using survival analysis	5
Spatial distribution of zooplankton in relation to some selected physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia	5
Diversity of macrophytes in relation to environmental conditions in wetlands along the lower part of the Gilgel Abay River catchment in Ethiopia	5
A critical review of macroinvertebrate-based bioassessment approaches in Africa’s lotic systems: developments, challenges, and legal requirements	5
Bioaccumulation of trace metals in the ocypodid burrowing crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, in Richards Bay Harbour, South Africa	4
The impact of rubber effluent discharges on the water quality of a tropical rain forest river in Nigeria	4
A comparative review of decision support tools routinely used by selected transboundary River Basin Organisations	4
A trait database for southern African freshwater invertebrates	4
DRIFT: incorporating an eco-social system network and time series approach into environmental flow assessments	4
Development of a multimetric index for assessing the ecological integrity of some selected rivers and streams in the north-eastern part of Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia	4
Rotifers in the Niger River, Niger: diversity and abundance in relation to environmental parameters	4
Mass developments ofEuglena sanguineaEhrenberg in South Africa	4

Impact of flood regime on phytoplankton communities in the large African reservoir, Lake Nasser, Egypt	4
A review of the limnology of the Okavango Delta, Botswana	4
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 2: two-dimensional hydrodynamic modelling in support of an eco-social assessment	4
Assessment of water quality for suitability and human health risk: a study of the Owan River, Edo State, Nigeria	4
Assessment of metal pollution in sediment and its impact on the macrobenthic community of Richards Bay Harbour, South Africa	3
Development of a Water Quality Assessment Index for the Chania River, Kenya	3
The effect of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) invasions on native fish communities in the subtropical Blyde River, Mpumalanga province, South Africa	3
An assessment of water and sediment quality of aquatic ecosystems within South Africa’s largest floodplain	3
Structural assemblages of plant species in the Owabi Ramsar Wetland in the Ashanti Region of Ghana	3
Settlement of the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in a warm temperate estuarine embayment in South Africa	3
The contribution and value of the trait-based approach to water resource protection	3
A protocol and tools for setting environmental water temperature guidelines for perennial rivers in South Africa	3
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 3: the application of an eco-social model to assess options for managing ecological status	3
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 1: reconstruction of the historic hydromorphology	3
Risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of the Ekulu River in Enugu State in Nigeria	3
Freshwater ecosystems and interactions with the SDG 2030 Agenda: implications for SDG implementation in South Africa	3
Water quality of the Blue Nile at Khartoum, Sudan, before complete filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam	3
Assessment of subsurface riverbed clogging by fine sediments in a semi-arid catchment of north-western Algeria	3