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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluating the evidence for ecological effectiveness of South Africa’s marine protected areas	34
Fear at the top: killer whale predation drives white shark absence at South Africa’s largest aggregation site	23
Social and economic effects of marine protected areas in South Africa, with recommendations for future assessments	18
Revisiting ‘A monograph on the Polychaeta of southern Africa’: establishing taxonomic research priorities in southern Africa	16
South African marine citizen science – benefits, challenges and future directions	14
Microplastics pollution in the sediments of creeks and estuaries of Kenya, western Indian Ocean	12
Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton in South Africa	12
Movement patterns and growth rate of the whitespotted wedgefish Rhynchobatus djiddensis in southern Africa based on tag-recapture data	11
When the flathead mullet left St Lucia	11
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	7
Evaluating Kenya’s coastal gillnet fishery: trade-offs in recommended mesh-size regulations	7
The effect of fishmeal replacement with terrestrial protein sources on growth, body condition and intestinal microbiota of juvenile dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicus	6
Application of DNA mini-barcoding reveals illegal trade in endangered shark products in southern Africa	6
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	6
The influence of estuary eutrophication on the benthic diatom community: a molecular approach	6
The road towards effective governance and management of marine protected areas in South Africa: evolving policies, paradigms and processes	6
Monitoring the effects of spatial protection on the reef fish communities of the Pondoland Marine Protected Area, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	5
Movement patterns and catch trends of the diamond ray Gymnura natalensis (Dasyatidae) in South African waters	5
An indicator-based approach for cross-realm coastal biodiversity assessments	4
Dropping plates to pick up aliens: towards a standardised approach for monitoring alien fouling species	4
Mobilisation and dynamics of energy reserves in different tissues of Donax trunculus (Bivalvia: Donacidae) in the Gulf of Tunis (eastern Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia)	4
Metabarcoding of zooplankton confirms southwards dispersal of decapod crustacean species in the western Indian Ocean	4
Heavy metal profiles in limpets and algae on the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa	4
Distribution patterns of intertidal oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from South African shores and their relationship to temperature	4
‘Flash Mobula’: first observations of courtship behaviour of the shortfin devil ray Mobula kuhlii	4

Characterising the seasonal cycle of wind forcing, surface circulation and temperature around the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands	4
Long-term variation in the breeding diets of macaroni and eastern rockhopper penguins at Marion Island (1994–2018)	3
Potential impact of marine heatwaves on selected phytoplankton adapted to the Gulf of Guinea during stable hydrographic periods	3
Abundance and distribution of Antarctic blue whalesBalaenoptera musculus intermediaoff the Queen Maud Land coast of Antarctica	3
Distribution and community structure of at-risk and Data Deficient elasmobranchs in Zavora Bay, Mozambique	3
A baseline assessment of coastal pH variability in a temperate South African embayment: implications for biological ocean acidification research	3
Variation of the relationships between lengths and weights applied to 123 fish species observed at Réunion Island (Indian Ocean)	3
Large-scale movements and site fidelity of two bull sharksCarcharhinus leucasestimated from a double-tagging experiment at Réunion Island (southwest Indian Ocean)	3
The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 2. Saltmarsh vegetation	3
The first report of Naobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) off South Africa, with a redescription of the adult female	2
Day/night patterns of habitat use by dogfish sharks (Squalidae) at photic and subphotic warm-temperate reefs: evidence for diel movements and size- and sex-segregation	2
Estimating the economic damage caused by jellyfish to fisheries in Morocco	2
Characterising epibenthic diversity and physical drivers in unconsolidated marine habitats of Algoa Bay, South Africa	2
The distribution of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in recent sediments of the Oualidia Lagoon, Morocco, with a focus on toxic species	2
The effects of eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus and oregano Origanum vulgare essential oils on anaesthesia response in a Namibian marine species, silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus	2
Reproductive biology of the blue swimming crabPortunus segnis(Forskål, 1775) (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Gulf of Gabes (southeastern Tunisia, central Mediterranean Sea)	2
The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 1. Physical conditions	2
Further insights into killer whales Orcinus orca preying on white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in South Africa	2
Demersal fish communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, indicate partial congruence with proposed conservation biozones	2
Spawning observations of Pomadasys commersonnii in the marine section of the Knysna estuarine bay, Western Cape, South Africa	2
Temporal and spatial variation of the molluscan community structure in Oualidia Lagoon, Moroccan Atlantic coast	2
Predicted future changes in ocean temperature and pH do not affect prey selection by the girdled dogwhelk Trochia cingulata	2
An assessment of the impact of participation in the Oceanographic Research Institute’s Cooperative Fish Tagging Project on angler attitudes and behaviour	2
Rainfall-driven nutrient loading affects coastal phytoplankton in the southwestern Indian Ocean: a lagoon at Mauritius Island	2
Sponges as simple biomonitoring tools for trace element pollution in marine environments: insights from a Kenyan study focused on the leaf sponge Phyllospongia foliascens	2
A photo-identification-based assessment model of southern right whales Eubalaena australis surveyed in South African waters, with a focus on recent low counts of mothers with calves	1
An acoustic survey of beaked whale distribution at São Tomé and Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea, using an unmanned surface vessel	1
Temperature cycles beneath, and adjacent to, intertidal boulders and associated differences in biotic composition	1
Patterns of fish distribution in tropical rock pools at Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea	1
Trends in mussel cover, density and size at exploited and unexploited intertidal reefs in eastern South Africa	1
Comparisons of macrofaunal communities occupying shores across the full particle-size spectrum reveals pebble beaches to be a distinct coastal habitat type	1
When cooling is worse than warming: investigations into the thermal tolerance of an endemic reef fish, Boopsoidea inornata	1
Wind- and eddy-driven upwelling over submarine canyons inshore of the northern Agulhas Current	1
Maturity length, fecundity and spawning season of Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias in the coastal waters of Ghana (west-central Gulf of Guinea)	1
Prevalence, population structure and burrow morphology of the kelp-boring amphipod Sunamphitoe roberta	1
Marine macroalgae of the Agulhas Marine Province of South Africa: biodiversity, exploitation and potential for aquaculture	1
Movement behaviour of catface rockcodMycteroperca(Epinephelus)andersoni(Epinephelidae) off the eastern seaboard of southern Africa	1
Characteristics and sociocultural impacts of small pelagic fishing by migrant fishers in Benin, West Africa	1
Geographical and seasonal patterns in the diet of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in Namibia, based on extensive scat analyses	1
The changing status of important marine fishery species in selected South African estuaries	1
A natural terminal Pleistocene decline of African penguin populations enhances their anthropogenic extinction risk	1
Understanding the effects of climate change on Southern Ocean ecosystems	1
Stock separation of the shallow-water hakeMerluccius capensisin the Benguela ecosystem using otolith shape analysis	1
Status of gender equality in ocean research, conservation and management institutions and organisations in Kenya	1
Network analysis of the endemic spotted gully shark Triakis megalopterus reveals spatial vulnerability to exploitation in the Western Cape, South Africa	1
Estimating the economic income and social contributions derived from the South African west coast rock lobster fishery	1
Movement patterns and underestimation of the maximum age of a Vulnerable endemic guitarfish species inferred from mark-recapture studies	1
Estimating population changes in humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae migrating past Cape Vidal, South Africa	1
Low hypoxia tolerance in larvae of the sardine Sardinops sagax and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus may limit their stock recovery in the no	1
Impact of interactions between common bottlenose dolphins and purse-seiners in the Moroccan Mediterranean region: case study in the Al Hoceima fishing grounds	1

Comparison of the particle size distributions of sediment collected from sandy seafloor using a Van Veen grab and cone dredge	1
Salt marsh erosion in a microtidal estuary	1