OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Journal of Marine 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluating the histopathology, condition index and stress-on-stress response of caged brown mussels Perna perna for monitoring marine coastal pollution in Senegal	32
The ecology of coastal wetland ponds created by diamond mining in southern Namibia. 2. Saltmarsh vegetation	22
Winter storms: a potential threat to African oystercatchers Haematopus moquini	12
Reproduction, recruitment, growth and mortality of co-occurring species of the intertidal limpet Siphonaria with contrasting reproductive modes	10
Spatial and temporal distribution of shallow-water hake Merluccius capensis off the south coast of South Africa	9
Further insights into killer whales Orcinus orca preying on white sharks Carcharodon carcharias in South Africa	9
Reproductive biology of the lesser African threadfinGaleoides decadactylusin Gabon, Gulf of Guinea	7
Patterns of fish distribution in tropical rock pools at Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea	6
Movement patterns and underestimation of the maximum age of a Vulnerable endemic guitarfish species inferred from mark-recapture studies	6
Geographical and seasonal patterns in the diet of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in Namibia, based on extensive scat analyses	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
Socio-ecological change in bait fisheries for the common sandprawn Kraussillichirus kraussi in Durban Harbour, South Africa	5
Is the largest African penguin colony in South Africa influencing local ocean productivity?	5
The effects of eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus and oregano Origanum vulgare essential oils on anaesthesia response in a Namibian marine species, silver kob Argyrosomus inodorus	5
Thermal tolerances of littorinid snails from temperate and subtropical South Africa	4
Sensitivity simulation of sea surface temperature variability in coastal waters off East Africa in relation to the Indian Ocean Dipole	4
Maturity length, fecundity and spawning season of Atlantic chub mackerel Scomber colias in the coastal waters of Ghana (west-central Gulf of Guinea)	4
Dropping plates to pick up aliens: towards a standardised approach for monitoring alien fouling species	4
Migratory movement of photo-identified humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae along the southeastern coast of Africa	4
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
Movement patterns and catch trends of the diamond ray Gymnura natalensis (Dasyatidae) in South African waters	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
Revisiting ‘A monograph on the Polychaeta of southern Africa’: establishing taxonomic research priorities in southern Africa	3
Spatial environmental variability shapes the diversity of bottom ecosystems on the western Gulf of Guinea shelf	3

Estimating the economic damage caused by jellyfish to fisheries in Morocco	3
Predator avoidance by mesopredatory benthic sharks in response to potential predators in a natural environment	3
Marine macroalgae of the Agulhas Marine Province of South Africa: biodiversity, exploitation and potential for aquaculture	3
Movement patterns of Natal seacatfish Galeichthys troworum (Ariidae) tagged in the Pondoland Marine Protected Area, Eastern Cape, South Africa	3
Estimating the economic income and social contributions derived from the South African west coast rock lobster fishery	3