OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of African Journal of Marine Science is 1. 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
The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 2. Saltmarsh vegetation	40
Evaluating the evidence for ecological effectiveness of South Africa’s marine protected areas	28
Winter storms: a potential threat to African oystercatchers Haematopus moquini	24
Reproductive biology of the lesser African threadfinGaleoides decadactylusin Gabon, Gulf of Guinea	22
Further insights into killer whales Orcinus orca preying on white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in South Africa	17
Reproduction, recruitment, growth and mortality of co-occurring species of the intertidal limpet Siphonaria with contrasting reproductive modes	12
Movement patterns and underestimation of the maximum age of a Vulnerable endemic guitarfish species inferred from mark-recapture studies	8
Geographical and seasonal patterns in the diet of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in Namibia, based on extensive scat analyses	8
Patterns of fish distribution in tropical rock pools at Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea	7
Socio-ecological change in bait fisheries for the common sandprawn Kraussillichirus kraussi in Durban Harbour, South Africa	6
Is the largest African penguin colony in South Africa influencing local ocean productivity?	6
The effects of eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus and oregano Origanum vulgare essential oils on anaesthesia response in a Namibian marine species, silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus	6
Migratory movement of photo-identified humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae along the southeastern coast of Africa	5
Acoustic assessment of the biomass of aggregated chokka squid Loligo reynaudii on its inshore spawning grounds on the southeast coast of South Africa in the season close	5
Maturity length, fecundity and spawning season of Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias in the coastal waters of Ghana (west-central Gulf of Guinea)	5
Movement patterns and catch trends of the diamond ray Gymnura natalensis (Dasyatidae) in South African waters	4
Estimating the economic income and social contributions derived from the South African west coast rock lobster fishery	4
Thermal tolerances of littorinid snails from temperate and subtropical South Africa	4
Movement patterns of Natal seacatfish Galeichthys troworum (Ariidae) tagged in the Pondoland Marine Protected Area, Eastern Cape, South Africa	4
Sensitivity simulation of sea surface temperature variability in coastal waters off East Africa in relation to the Indian Ocean Dipole	4
Dropping plates to pick up aliens: towards a standardised approach for monitoring alien fouling species	4
Estimating the economic damage caused by jellyfish to fisheries in Morocco	4
Predator avoidance by mesopredatory benthic sharks in response to potential predators in a natural environment	3
Sponges as simple biomonitoring tools for trace element pollution in marine environments: insights from a Kenyan study focused on the leaf sponge Phyllospongia foliascens	3
Allan Heydorn (1930-2023): marine biologist and conservationist	3

Network analysis of the endemic spotted gully shark Triakis megalopterus reveals spatial vulnerability to exploitation in the Western Cape, South Africa	3
Genome-wide genetic-marker variation uncovers potential stock structuring of oceanic tuna (skipjack) and coastal tuna (kawakawa) within the western Indian Ocean	2
Site- and habitat-dependent variations in the diversity of polychaetes associated with golden kelp Ecklonia radiata holdfasts along the southeast coast of South Africa	2
Effect of rotational harvesting on the size composition of Cape rock oysters Striostrea margaritacea on the east coast of South Africa	2
Revisiting ‘A monograph on the Polychaeta of southern Africa’: establishing taxonomic research priorities in southern Africa	2
Rainfall-driven nutrient loading affects coastal phytoplankton in the southwestern Indian Ocean: a lagoon at Mauritius Island	2
Metabarcoding of zooplankton confirms southwards dispersal of decapod crustacean species in the western Indian Ocean	2
Eelgrass Zostera capensis populations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, harbour distinct genomic signals despite limited geographical distance	2
New host–parasite associations of Cymothoidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) infesting elasmobranch fishes in Tunisian waters	2
Strengthening the DNA barcode reference library for marine copepods in South Africa	2
Marine macroalgae of the Agulhas Marine Province of South Africa: biodiversity, exploitation and potential for aquaculture	2
Cross-realm biodiversity profile of the South African coastal zone	2
Wind- and eddy-driven upwelling over submarine canyons inshore of the northern Agulhas Current	2
Assessing the socio-economic value of shark diving in the Protea Banks Marine Protected Area, South Africa	2
Biometry, hatching efficiency, growth performance and survival of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana from Tanzania	2
An acoustic survey of beaked whale distribution at São Tomé and Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea, using an unmanned surface vessel	2
Movement behaviour of catface rockcodMycteroperca(Epinephelus)andersoni(Epinephelidae) off the eastern seaboard of southern Africa	2
The effects of suspended bivalve culture on benthic community structure and sediment fluxes in Saldanha Bay, South Africa	1
Spatial patterns and environmental drivers of demersal fish assemblages in the Swartkops and Sundays estuarine to marine seascapes, South Africa	1
Aspects of the reproductive biology of the common Octopus vulgaris from landings in the coastal trawl and artisanal fleets in the Atlantic waters of southern Morocco	1
Mapping fine-scale demersal trawl effort for application in ecosystem assessment and spatial planning	1
To move or not? Tourists’ perceptions and management considerations of a beached whale carcass in a South African national park and marine protected area	1
Trends in mussel cover, density and size at exploited and unexploited intertidal reefs in eastern South Africa	1
South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions	1
Distribution and site fidelity of four endemic catshark species in Walker Bay, South Africa	1
Macrobenthic fauna of the Agulhas Bank shelf edge	1
Predation on the St Joseph Callorhinchus capensis by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in Namibia	1
Use and management of seagrass ecosystems in southwestern Madagascar	1
The road towards effective governance and management of marine protected areas in South Africa: evolving policies, paradigms and processes	1
The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 1. Physical conditions	1
Coastal topography and rates of mussel recruitment: a comparison of bay versus open-coast sites	1
Acoustic telemetry reveals the drivers behind estuary–sea connectivity of an important estuarine-dependent fishery species, Pomadasys commersonnii , in the Breede Estuar	1
Bull shark Carcharhinus leucas recruitment into the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa, after prolonged mouth closure, and the first observation of a neonate bull shark preyed on by a Nile crocodil	1
Temporal and spatial variation of the molluscan community structure in Oualidia Lagoon, Moroccan Atlantic coast	1
Future of the IUCN Endangered white steenbras Lithognathus lithognathus (Sparidae) – a tale of two estuaries	1
A decade of surf-zone linefish monitoring in the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area, with a preliminary assessment of the effects of rezoning and resource use	1
Diet and condition of juvenile deep-water hake Merluccius paradoxus on the west coast of southern Africa	1
Prevalence, population structure and burrow morphology of the kelp-boring amphipod Sunamphitoe roberta	1
Estimating population changes in humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae migrating past Cape Vidal, South Africa	1
Exploratory characterisation of recreational fishing for skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis and eastern little tuna Euthynnus affinis in Sou	1
An assessment of the impact of participation in the Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project on angler attitudes and behaviour	1
Contrast in larval sensitivity to low pH in sea urchins from neighbouring seagrass meadows at Inhaca Island, Mozambique	1
Introduction	1
Distribution and community structure of at-risk and Data Deficient elasmobranchs in Zavora Bay, Mozambique	1
Life-history strategy and intertidal distribution in sympatric species of pulmonate limpets of the genus Siphonaria	1
Characterising epibenthic diversity and physical drivers in unconsolidated marine habitats of Algoa Bay, South Africa	1