OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Journal of Marine Science 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
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