OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine Biology Research 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
Brewed in the African pot: the phylogeography of the toothed barnacle Chthamalus dentatus (Chthamaloidea: Chthamalidae)	13
On Caretta caretta’s shell: first spatial analysis of micro- and macro-epibionts on the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle carapace	13
Trophic ecology of the clingfish Gobiesox marmoratus (Gobiesocidae): experimental evaluation of constraints to foraging behaviour	10
Revealing the variety in phytoplankton communities in waters near the Antarctic Peninsula by high-throughput sequencing	8
New records and observations of marine algae from Morocco (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)	8
Temporal and inter-specific population genetics analyses of Sebastiscus marmoratus and S. tertius provide novel implications for fishery m	8
A histology-free description of Tetrastemma cupido sp. nov. (Nemertea: Eumonostilfera) from Sagami Bay, Japan	8
Hand dredging for the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) in the Algarve coast (southern Portugal): fishing yield, bycatch, discards and damage rates	8
Isolation and identification of marine microalgae from Egyptian coasts as potential source of biodiesel: morphology and sequence-based screening	8
Effects of temperature and irradiance on the growth of regenerated juveniles from Sargassum fusiforme holdfasts	6
Phylogeny and genetic diversity of Echinometra sea urchin in Taiwan	6
Exploring global cephalopod parasites and their ecological dynamics: a perspective from waters of the Indian subcontinent	6
Annual variation in leaf canopy across a seagrass distribution range is modulated by local environmental variation	5
Conserve immatures and rebound the potential: stock status and reproduction of whiting (Merlangius merlangus [Linnaeus, 1758]) in the Western Black Sea	5
First record of stonefish metabolism: baseline respiration and spontaneous activity of tropical marine Synanceia verrucosa	5
First record of the genus Harpinia Boeck, 1876 (Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae: Harpiniinae) from the southern hemisphere, with description of three new species	5
Correction	5
Advances in population monitoring of the mangrove ‘uçá’-crab (Ucides cordatus): reduction of body size variance for better evaluation of population structure and extractive potential	5
A deep abyssal natural wood fall in the Northwestern Pacific and its associated fauna	5
Notes on the occurrence of ectoparasites on cetaceans off the northeastern coast of Brazil	4
Diversity of ctenophores from the Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone	4
Have Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) adequately addressed key needs to monitor and mitigate fishery impacts on endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) species? A review, with recommendations t	4
Genetic homogeneity in soldier crab Mictyris guinotae populations across their geographic distribution in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan	4
Exposure at low tide leads to a different microbial abundance of intertidal coral Acropora pulchra	4
Effects of elevated pCO₂ on the response of coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi to prolonged darkness	4

The interspecific abundance–occupancy relationship in rocky intertidal communities	4
Seasonal biomass and composition of mesozooplankton communities in Sea of Oman and Arabian Sea	4
A new species of branchial fish parasitic isopod, Norileca Bruce, 1990 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), from the Andaman Islands, India	4
Aggregation patterns in juvenile southern king crab Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782). Are the aggregations related to moulting activity?	4
Night underwater rides: the activity of a sandy beach gastropod is affected by interactive effects of light availability and water level	3
Under pressure: Cassiopea andromeda jellyfish exposed to increasing water temperature or lead, cadmium and anthropogenic gadolinium contamination	3
Spatial and temporal patterns of scyphozoan jellyfish abundance and growth in Icelandic coastal waters – a climate change perspective	3
Long-term changes and causes of biota assemblages in the southern Black Sea coasts	3
Microbiota in Ariake bay tidal mud and the guts of indigenous mud skipper and eel goby	3
Crustacea biodiversity in tubes of Ceriantharia (Cnidaria; Anthozoa), including the description of a novel species of Amphipoda from southeastern Brazil	3
Assessing the stock status of Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque 1810) exploited by tuna purse seiners in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: implications of using the length-	3
Taxonomic status and geographic distribution ofPhycogorgia fucata(Valenciennes 1846) (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)	3
The diet of juvenile Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) feeding in new northern nursery areas along the Norwegian coast	3
On some cryptic sponges associated with Lessonia trabeculata holdfasts in the South-eastern Pacific	3
Relationships between environmental heterogeneity and fish beta diversity in a tropical bay	3
Feeding of the crab Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Eriphiidae) as a tool to assess the impacts of oil spills	3
Nine new records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Indian waters	3
Phase shift from a stony-coral to a soft-coral community on a coral reef: a case study of an alternative state	2
Bathymodiolinae Mussels in the South-eastern Pacific: the presence of the genus Adipicola (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) at a methane seep site off central Chile	2
Effect of water trophic status on bio-optical properties and productive characteristics of phytoplankton of the Black Sea coastal waters near Sevastopol	2
Understanding environmental drivers and trends in chlorophyll-a and related factors across equatorial Indian Ocean regions: implications for marine ecosystem dynamics and vulnerability	2
A case study on the function of turf algae as suitable habitat for peracarid crustaceans in disturbed environments from SW Mediterranean Sea	2
An integrative approach reveals a new species of Zoantharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), Terrazoanthus silveirai, in the South-western Atlantic Ocean	2
Kinorhynch communities of Mobile Bay, Alabama	2
Growth, mortality, and exploitation rates of the mantis shrimp Erugosquilla massavensis ( Kossman , 1880 )	2
Spirulina- a marine miracle for sustainable food system	2
Intra and interspecies discrimination of three teleost species collected from the Komo Estuary in Gabon in relation to living depth levels using otolith shape analysis	2
A preliminary investigation of epibiotic macrofauna on the mangrove horseshoe crab Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille, 1802) in Singapore	2
Grid-net design that successfully reduces discarded catch and damage to benthic species in the veined rapa whelk beam trawl fishery	2
Reef-associated palaemonid shrimp fauna of Lakshadweep islands: special focus on Cuapetes Clark, 1919 (Decapoda; Caridea) with a description of new species and phylogenetic notes	2
Variations in seaweed-associated and planktonic bacterial communities along the coast of Ghana	2
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833 and Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Crustacea: Isopoda) parasitizing commercial snappers (Teleostei: Lutja	2
Age and growth of Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Myctophidae) in the South China Sea based on sagittal otolith microstructure	2
Growth and biochemical profiling of marine microalgae Chlorella salina with response to nitrogen starvation	2
Distributional patterns of two sympatric blue crabs (Callinectes) and the implications for conservation management at the South-west Atlantic subtropical shelf	2
Symbiodiniaceae in and ex hospite have differential physiological responses under different heat stress scenarios	2
Deep genetic divergence in Randall’s threadfin bream Nemipterus randalli Russell, 1986 population from northern Bay of Bengal inferred by mtDNA sequences	2
Influence of salinity on the horizontal distribution of soldier crab Mictyris guinotae in a subtropical river in Japan	2
Preferential prey and attacking strategy of the purple dye murex (Bolinus brandaris) on three common bivalve species from Tunisia (Central Mediterranean Sea)	2
Age and growth of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai , in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean	2
Early life stages of the snapping shrimp Alpheus cf . packardii : morphological description of the first three zoeal stages	2
Unveiling the first steps of juvenile Atlantic goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) in a tropical estuary at the southwestern Atlantic coast	2
Genetic diversity of Dotilla myctiroides (Crustacea: Brachyura: Dotillidae) based on mitochondrial cox 1 gene marker in Peninsular Malaysi	2
Morphometric analyses of Mithraculus forceps (Brachyura: Mithracidae): linear and geometric approaches in a no-take marine reserve population	2
Elucidating the bacterial communities and their hydrolytic enzyme activities during the southwest monsoon season, along the west coast of India	2
On the biology of the alien Red Sea goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) in the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean	2
Growth parameters and stock assessment of Carangoides bajad Forsskal, 1775 (Carangiformes: Carangidae) in Jeddah fisheries	2
Notes on the reproduction and otoliths of Neoscopelus cf. microchir (Myctophiformes: Neoscopelidae) in the Galicia Bank, NE Atlantic.	2
Sertularioidea (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME)	2
Can the Caribbean sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon porosus Poey, 1861 be used as a ‘flagship umbrella species’ in an artificial reef complex to facilitate management actio	2

Summer diet and feeding strategy of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) inhabiting the southern coast of Hokkaido, Japan	2
Record ofCrambionella annandaleiRao, 1931 from Bangladesh, with a review of the geographic distribution of the genusCrambionella(Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)	2
First in situ observations of the free-floating gelatinous matrix of blackbelly rosefish Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)	2
Swallowers (Chiasmodontidae, Scombriformes) of The Gully Marine Protected Area, in the northwest Atlantic	2
Effects of tropical cyclone Amphan on the copepods of the Ganges estuary	2
Ceratothoa nipaluna sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Hobart Bay, southeastern Tasmania, a buccal parasite of the Little Weed Whiting, Neoodax balteatus	2