OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Marine Science is 47. 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
Quantifying Mesophotic Fish Assemblages of Hawai‘i’s Au‘au Channel: Associations With Benthic Habitats and Depth	143
The offshore renewables industry may be better served by new bespoke design guidelines than by automatic adoption of recommended practices developed for oil and gas infrastructure: A recommendation il	139
Transcriptome reveals the immune and antioxidant effects of residual chlorine stress on Cyclina sinensis	130
Editorial: Optics and ecophysiology of coral reef organisms: volume II	117
The Global Pandemic Has Shown We Need an Action Plan for the Ocean	108
Standardized protocol for reproductive phenology monitoring of fucalean algae of the genus Cystoseira s.l. with potential for restoration	106
Effects of tropical typhoon event on land-based nutrients sources fluxes in the semi-enclosed eutrophic Zhanjiang Bay coastal water, China	101
Editorial: Drivers and consequences of ocean deoxygenation in tropical ecosystems	99
Effect of DIN and DON sources on the nitrogen uptake of the seagrass Zostera japonica and the macroalgae Ulva pertusa previously grown in different light levels	79
Effects of Dietary Lipid Sources on the Growth, Gonad Development, Fatty Acid Composition and Spawning Performance of Broodstock, and Early Larvae Quality of Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus intermedius	79
Modelling the Effects of Multiple Fractal Dimensions on the Flocculation and Resuspension Processes of Cohesive Sediment	79
Impacts of temporal growth variability on fisheries stock assessment in changing oceans: a case study of Eastern Atlantic skipjack	78
A comprehensive approach to assessing eutrophication for the Guangdong coastal waters in China	74
Picophytoplankton is the main contributor to living carbon and biogenic silica stocks in the oligotrophic Eastern Indian Ocean	74
Guarding net effects on landings and discards in Mediterranean trammel net fishery: Case analysis of Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (Central Mediterranean Sea, Italy)	68
Overcoming tide-related challenges to successful regional and coastal ocean modeling	66
Editorial: Cyanobacterial and microalgal compounds: Chemical ecology and biotechnological potentials	65
Editorial: Marine invertebrates and sound	65
Propaedeutic Study of Biocomposites Obtained With Natural Fibers for Oceanographic Observing Platforms	63
The effects of sea-bottom plowing on phytoplankton assemblages: a case study of northern Hiroshima Bay, the Seto Inland Sea of Japan	63
Trawling-induced change in benthic effect trait composition – A multiple case study	60
Biotechnological potential of Ulva ohnoi epiphytic bacteria: enzyme production and antimicrobial activities	60
Nitrogen cycling in sediments on the NW African margin inferred from N and O isotopes in benthic chambers	59
The effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) on the circadian biology of marine animals	57
What Have We Lost? Modeling Dam Impacts on American Shad Populations Through Their Native Range	57

The interaction and mutual development of “a maritime community with a shared future” and global ocean governance	56
Cetaceans of north-western continental Africa (Morocco to Liberia): diversity and distribution	56
Group Size of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis): An Examination of Methodological and Biogeographical Variances	56
Analysis of mooring-observed bottom current on the northern continental shelf of the South China Sea	55
Spatiotemporal variations of the oxycline and its response to subduction events in the Arabian Sea	54
Contribution of the seagrass Syringodium isoetifolium to the metabolic functioning of a tropical reef lagoon	54
Characterising a potential nearshore nursery ground for the blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus) in Ma’agan Michael, Israel	53
Estimation of geoacoustic parameters and source range using airgun sounds in the East Siberian Sea, Arctic Ocean	53
Sedimentary Record of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea) - Distribution, Origin and Temporal Trends	52
Plastic Filtration and Decomposition According to Ricochet Filtering Mechanism Using Ideonella sakaiensis	52
Sponges With Microbial Symbionts Transform Dissolved Organic Matter and Take Up Organohalides	52
Limited ventilation of the central Baltic Sea due to elevated oxygen consumption	52
Editorial: Hydrodynamics and water environment characteristics in coastal areas under the influences of climate change and human activities	52
How does climate change affect a fishable resource? The case of the royal sea cucumber (Parastichopus regalis) in the central Mediterranean Sea	51
DNA repair-related genes are the key for stony coral ancestors to survive under elevated levels of UVR	49
Hydrographical implications of ship-induced turbulence in stratified waters, studied through field observations and CFD modelling	49
Lower thermal tolerance restricts vertical distributions for juvenile albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the northern limit of their habitats	49
Microzooplankton communities and their grazing of phytoplankton under artificial upwelling in the oligotrophic ocean	49
Born With Bristles: New Insights on the Kölliker’s Organs of Octopus Skin	48
High-precision DOA estimation for underwater acoustic signals based on sparsity adaptation	48
Identification, classification and expression analysis of the Ras superfamily genes in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei	47
Morphological evolution of the Qingshuigou subaqueous delta of the Yellow River before and after the operation of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir (1997-2007)	47