OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Marine Science is 45. 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
Current Status of the Algae Production Industry in Europe: An Emerging Sector of the Blue Bioeconomy	328
Marine Environmental Plastic Pollution: Mitigation by Microorganism Degradation and Recycling Valorization	118
An Overview of Ocean Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean pH, Dissolved Oxygen Concentration, Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Thickness and Volume, Sea Level and Streng	102
Personal Care and Cosmetic Products as a Potential Source of Environmental Contamination by Microplastics in a Densely Populated Asian City	102
Novel Bioactive Compounds From Marine Sources as a Tool for Functional Food Development	99
A Review and Meta-Analysis of Potential Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Calcifiers From the Southern Ocean	98
The Essentials of Marine Biotechnology	97
Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System	87
Advancing Social Equity in and Through Marine Conservation	86
Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea: Sources, Pollution Intensity, Sea Health, and Regulatory Policies	83
Under-Ice Phytoplankton Blooms: Shedding Light on the “Invisible” Part of Arctic Primary Production	78
Tracking Marine Litter With a Global Ocean Model: Where Does It Go? Where Does It Come From?	78
Imprint of Climate Change on Pan-Arctic Marine Vegetation	75
Edible Seaweeds: A Potential Novel Source of Bioactive Metabolites and Nutraceuticals With Human Health Benefits	75
Combining Ecosystem and Single-Species Modeling to Provide Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management Advice Within Current Management Systems	74
Micro(nano)plastics Prevalence, Food Web Interactions, and Toxicity Assessment in Aquatic Organisms: A Review	74
Role of fungi in bioremediation of emerging pollutants	69
Future Risk for Southern Ocean Ecosystem Services Under Climate Change	66
Challenges for Restoration of Coastal Marine Ecosystems in the Anthropocene	66
A Dynamically Downscaled Ensemble of Future Projections for the California Current System	65
The Potential Role of Marine Fungi in Plastic Degradation – A Review	64
Estimating the Abundance of Marine Mammal Populations	60
Recommendations for the Standardisation of Open Taxonomic Nomenclature for Image-Based Identifications	60
Indicators of Coastal Wetlands Restoration Success: A Systematic Review	58
Evidence of Microplastic Size Impact on Mobility and Transport in the Marine Environment: A Review and Synthesis of Recent Research	57

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in Florida Is Associated With Disruption of Host–Zooxanthellae Physiology	57
A Convolutional Neural Network for Automated Detection of Humpback Whale Song in a Diverse, Long-Term Passive Acoustic Dataset	56
Marine Organisms as a Rich Source of Biologically Active Peptides	54
Shedding Light on Deep-Sea Biodiversity—A Highly Vulnerable Habitat in the Face of Anthropogenic Change	54
Nature-Based Engineering: A Review on Reducing Coastal Flood Risk With Mangroves	54
Perspectives on the Use of Coral Reef Restoration as a Strategy to Support and Improve Reef Ecosystem Services	54
Challenges and Opportunities in Relation to Sargassum Events Along the Caribbean Sea	53
Marine Heatwave of Sea Surface Temperature of the Oyashio Region in Summer in 2010–2016	50
Designing Coastal Adaptation Strategies to Tackle Sea Level Rise	50
The Contributions of Shellfish Aquaculture to Global Food Security: Assessing Its Characteristics From a Future Food Perspective	49
A Review of Holography in the Aquatic Sciences: In situ Characterization of Particles, Plankton, and Small Scale Biophysical Interactions	49
Valorization of Marine Waste: Use of Industrial By-Products and Beach Wrack Towards the Production of High Added-Value Products	49
A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program	49
Drivers of Marine Heatwaves in the Northwest Atlantic: The Role of Air–Sea Interaction During Onset and Decline	48
Automated Detection, Classification and Counting of Fish in Fish Passages With Deep Learning	48
Towards Environmental Sustainability in Marine Finfish Aquaculture	48
DNA Methylation Dynamics in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Challenged With High Temperature and Moderate Hypoxia	48
The Effect of Microplastics on the Bioenergetics of the Mussel Mytilus coruscus Assessed by Cellular Energy Allocation Approach	47
Future Mangrove Carbon Storage Under Climate Change and Deforestation	47
Sub-Regional Marine Heat Waves in the Mediterranean Sea From Observations: Long-Term Surface Changes, Sub-Surface and Coastal Responses	45
3D Photogrammetry Reveals Dynamics of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Lesion Progression Across a Thermal Stress Event	45
Variable Species Responses to Experimental Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Exposure	45
Microbiome-Dependent Adaptation of Seaweeds Under Environmental Stresses: A Perspective	45