OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Phycology is 8. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis	64
Redefining Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta): Four New Genera, Resurrection of Porphyrella and Description of Calidia pseudolobata sp. nov. From China	62
Forensic carbon accounting: Assessing the role of seaweeds for carbon sequestration	56
Rate and fate of dissolved organic carbon release by seaweeds: A missing link in the coastal ocean carbon cycle	45
Shifting Boundaries: Ecological and Geographical Range extension Based on Three New Species in the Cyanobacterial Genera Cyanocohniella, Oculatella, and, Aliterella	32
Trichotorquatus gen. nov. ‐ a new genus of soil cyanobacteria discovered from American drylands¹	30
Summer and Winter Marine Heatwaves Favor an Invasive Over Native Seaweeds	30
Paulinella, a model for understanding plastid primary endosymbiosis	29
Unexpected presence of the nitrogen‐fixing symbiotic cyanobacterium UCYN‐A in Monterey Bay, California	25
Kelp‐associated Microbiota are Structured by Host Anatomy¹	24
Coleofasciculaceae, a Monophyletic Home for the Microcoleus steenstrupii Complex and Other Desiccation‐tolerant Filamentous Cyanobacteria	24
Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals Cyanidiococcus gen. nov., A New Extremophilic Red Algal Genus Sister to Cyanidioschyzon (Cyanidioschyzonaceae, Rhodophyta)	23
Formal recognition of host‐generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo‐Pacific reef corals	23
Foliose Ulva Species Show Considerable Inter‐Specific Genetic Diversity, Low Intra‐Specific Genetic Variation, and the Rare Occurrence of Inter‐Specific Hybrids in the Wild	23
Thallus Growth Stage and Geographic Origin Shape Microalgal Diversity in Ramalina farinacea Lichen Holobionts	23
Limitations of Using Cultured Algae to Study Cnidarian‐Algal Symbioses and Suggestions for Future Studies	22
A New Species of Freshwater Algae Nephrochlamys yushanlensis sp. nov. (Selenastraceae, Sphaeropleales) and Its Lipid Accumulation during Nitrogen and Phosphorus Starvation	21
The Influence of Bacteria on the Growth, Lipid Production, and Extracellular Metabolite Accumulation by Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyceae)	21
Degradation dynamics and processes associated with the accumulation of Laminaria hyperborea (Phaeophyceae) kelp fragments: an in situ experimental approach	21
Two New and Nontoxigenic Pseudo‐nitzschia species (Bacillariophyceae) from Chinese Southeast Coastal Waters	21
Elevated Temperature Affects Phenotypic Plasticity in the Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana, Phaeophyceae)	21
Revisiting the ‘bank of microscopic forms’ in macroalgal‐dominated ecosystems	19
The microbiome of the habitat‐forming brown alga Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) has similar cross‐Atlantic structure that reflects past and present drivers¹	19
Abundance and Extracellular Release of Phytohormones in Aero‐terrestrial Microalgae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) As a Potential Chemical Signaling Source¹	19
Development of High‐Level Omega‐3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Production from Phaeodactylum tricornutum	18

Whole System Analysis Is Required To Determine The Fate Of Macroalgal Carbon: A Systematic Review	18
Gogorevia, a New Monoraphid Diatom Genus for Achnanthes exigua and Allied Taxa (Achnanthidiaceae) Described on the Basis of an Integrated Molecular and Morphological Approach	18
Responses of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during the transition from P‐deficient to P‐sufficient growth (the P‐overplus response): The roles of the vacuolar transport chaperones and polyphosphate	17
Cyanoseq: A database of cyanobacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences with curated taxonomy	17
Type specimen sequencing, multilocus analyses, and species delimitation methods recognize the cosmopolitan Corallina berteroi and establish the northern Japanese C. yendoi sp. nov. (Cora	17
When will taxonomic saturation be achieved? A case study in Nunduva and Kyrtuthrix (Rivulariaceae, Cyanobacteria)	17
OPTIMIZATION OF A NEW CULTURE MEDIUM FOR THE LARGE‐SCALE PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN‐RICH ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS (OSCILLATORIALES, CYANOPHYCEAE)	17
Leveraging the blue economy to transform marine forest restoration	17
Shimiella gen. nov. and Shimiella gracilenta sp. nov. (Dinophyceae, Kareniaceae), a Kleptoplastidic Dinoflagellate from Korean Waters and its Survival under Starvation	17
Diversity of the green macroalgal genus Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from the east and gulf coast of the United States based on molecular data	17
Diversity, Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of the Prevalent Brown Algal Genus Lobophora in the Greater Caribbean Sea, Including the Description of Five New Species¹	16
Transcriptional Response of Osmolyte Synthetic Pathways and Membrane Transporters in a Euryhaline Diatom During Long‐term Acclimation to a Salinity Gradient	16
Mates Matter: Gametophyte Kinship Recognition and Inbreeding in the Giant Kelp, Macrocystispyrifera (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)	16
CO₂ Enrichment Stimulates Dissolved Organic Carbon Release in Coral Reef Macroalgae	15
Revival of Ancient Marine Dinoflagellates Using Molecular Biostimulation	15
High Resolution Proteome of Lipid Droplets Isolated from the Pennate Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyceae) Strain pt4 provides mechanistic insights into complex intracellu	15
Characterization of Chlorella vulgaris (Trebouxiophyceae) associated microbial communities¹	15
Transcriptomic and Physiological Responses of the Tropical Reef Calcified Macroalga Amphiroa fragilissima to Elevated Temperature¹	14
No evidence of Phago‐mixotropy in Micromonaspolaris (Mamiellophyceae), the Dominant Picophytoplankton Species in the Arctic	14
Persistence of seaweed forests in the anthropocene will depend on warming and marine heatwave profiles	14
Corallinapetrales and Corallinapetraceae: A new order and family of coralline red algae including Corallinapetra gabrielii comb. nov.	14
Arabinogalactan‐like Glycoproteins from Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) Show Unique Features Compared to Land Plants AGPs	13
Paludicola gen. nov. and Revision of the Species Formerly in Batrachospermum Section Turfosa (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta)	13
The Harmful Unarmored Dinoflagellate Karlodinium in Japan and Philippines, with Reference to Ultrastructure and Micropredation of Karlodinium azanzae sp. nov. (Kareniaceae, Dinophyceae)<	13
Dimorphism in the Antarctic cryptophyte Geminigera cryophila (Cryptophyceae)	13
Inorganic carbon concentrating mechanisms in free‐living and symbiotic dinoflagellates and chromerids	13
Density‐dependence and seasonal variation in reproductive output and sporophyte production in the kelp, Ecklonia radiata	13
Evidence for mixotrophy in pico‐chlorophytes from a new Picochlorum (Trebouxiophyceae) strain	13
Trends in Free‐access Genomic Data Accelerate Advances in Cyanobacteria Taxonomy	13
Effects of Heat Waves and Light Deprivation on Giant Kelp Juveniles (Macrocystis pyrifera, Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)	13
Spatial organization of dinoflagellate genomes: Novel insights and remaining critical questions	12
Sterol Biosynthesis in Four Green Algae: A Bioinformatic Analysis of the Ergosterol Versus Phytosterol Decision Point	12
Mojavia aguilerae and M. dolomitestris — two new Nostocaceae (Cyanobacteria) species from the Americas	12
A Rise in ROS and EPS Production: New Insights into the Trichodesmium erythraeum Response to Ocean Acidification	12
Interactive Effects of CO₂, Temperature, Irradiance, and Nutrient Limitation on the Growth and Physiology of the Marine Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (Coscinodiscophyceae)	12
Differential Frond Growth in the Isomorphic Haploid–diploid Red Seaweed Agarophyton chilense by Long‐term In Situ Monitoring	12
Morphological and genetic analyses of Ostreopsis (Dinophyceae, Gonyaulacales, Ostreopsidaceae) species from Vietnamese waters with a re‐description of the type species, O. siamensis	12
Roles of Alkaline Phosphatase PhoA in Algal Metabolic Regulation under Phosphorus‐replete Conditions	12
Watanabeales ord. nov. and twelve novel species of Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta)	12
Co‐suppression in Pyropia yezoensis (Rhodophyta) Reveals the Role of PyLHCI in Light Harvesting and Generation Switch	12
Phylogenomic analysis restructures the ulvophyceae	12
The occurrence of Affixifilum gen. nov. and Neolyngbya (Oscillatoriaceae) in South Florida (USA), with the description of A. floridanum sp. nov. and N. biscaynensis sp. nov	12
Taxonomic Shift Over a Phosphorus Gradient Affects the Stoichiometry and Fatty Acid Composition of Stream Periphyton	12
Revised classification of the Cyanidiophyceae based on plastid genome data with descriptions of the Cavernulicolales ord. nov. and Galdieriales ord. nov. (Rhodophyta)	12
Short‐term stress responses and recovery of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera, Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) juvenile sporophytes to a simulated marine heatwave and nitrate scarcity¹	11
The Probable Mechanism for Silicon Capture by Diatom Algae: Assimilation of Polycarbonic Acids with Diatoms—Is Endocytosis a Key Stage in Building of Siliceous Frustules?	11
Influence of nutrients on ploidy‐specific performance in an invasive, haplodiplontic red macroalga	11
Iron Availability Modulates the Response of Endosymbiotic Dinoflagellates to Heat Stress	11
DNA barcoding and mucilage ducts in the stipe reveal the presence of Hedophyllum nigripes (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) in Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen)	11
Insights into agar and secondary metabolite pathways from the genome of the red alga Gracilaria domingensis (Rhodophyta, Gracilariales)	11

NMR Metabolic Profiling of Sargassum Species Under Different Stabilization/Extraction Processes	11
Algal Community Change in Mountain Lakes of the Alps Reveals Effects of Climate Warming and Shifting Treelines¹	11
Finding needles in a haystack—Extensive diversity in the eustigmatophyceae revealed by community metabarcode analysis targeting the rbcL gene using lineage‐directed primers	11
Influence of Temperature and CO₂ On Plasma‐membrane Permeability to CO₂ and HCO₃⁻ in the Marine Haptophytes Emiliania huxleyi and Calcidiscus lept	11
Comparative phylogeography of two Agarophyton species in the New Zealand archipelago	11
Identifying Invaders: The Case of Ceratium furcoides (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) in South America	11
Marine heatwaves and decreased light availability interact to erode the ecophysiological performance of habitat‐forming kelp species	11
Description of Flexiglena gen. nov. and new members of Discoplastis and Euglenaformis (Euglenida)	11
Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae) genomes improve evaluation of nutrient acquisition strategies involved in brown tide dynamics	11
Whole‐genome sequencing reveals forgotten lineages and recurrent hybridizations within the kelp genus Alaria (Phaeophyceae)	11
Freezing, Melting, and Light Stress on the Photophysiology of Ice Algae: Ex Situ Incubation of the Ice Algal diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus (Bacillariophyceae) Using an Ice Tank	10
New pelagophytes show a novel mode of algal colony development and reveal a perforated theca that may define the class	10
Northward range extension for Durvillaea poha bull kelp: Response to tectonic disturbance?	10
Exogenous Abscisic Acid Confers Salinity Tolerance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii During Its Life Cycle	10
Macro‐ and micro‐scale adaptations allow distinct Stylophora pistillata‐symbiodiniaceae holobionts to optimize performance across a broad light habitat	10
Olisthodiscus represents a new class of Ochrophyta	10
DNA Sequencing of Type Material Reveals Pneophyllum marlothii comb. nov. from South Africa and P. discoideum comb. nov. (Chamberlainoideae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from Argentina	9
Morphological plasticity in the kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (Phaeophyceae) is sensitive to the magnitude, direction, and location of mechanical loading	9
Inherent tolerance of extreme seasonal variability in light and salinity in an Arctic endemic kelp (Laminaria solidungula)	9
Growth, nitrate uptake kinetics, and biofiltration potential of eucheumatoids with different thallus morphologies	9
Systematics and Biogeography of the Red Algal Genus Yonagunia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo‐Pacific Including the Description of Two New Species from Taiwan	9
Taxonomic revision of the Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta): Circumscribing the authentic Peyssonnelia clade and proposing four new genera and seven new species	9
Symbiodiniaceae Dinoflagellates Express Urease in Three Subcellular Compartments and Upregulate its Expression Levels in situ in Three Organs of a Giant Clam (Tridacna squamosa) During Illumina	9
Growth of the harmful alga, Prymnesium parvum (Prymnesiophyceae), after gradual and abrupt increases in salinity	9
Effects of temperature on the nitrate reductase activity and growth of Ulva prolifera	9
Fungal endophytes vary by species, tissue type, and life cycle stage in intertidal macroalgae	9
On Sea Turtle‐associated Craspedostauros (Bacillariophyta), with Description of Three Novel Species	9
Methylation Pattern and Expression Dynamics of Methylase and Photosystem Genes Under varying light Intensities in Fugacium kawagutii (Symbiodiniaceae)	9
Dynamic Photophysiological Stress Response of a Model Diatom to Ten Environmental Stresses	9
Assessment of a Novel Oleaginous Filamentous Microalga Klebsormidium sp. Lgx80 (Streptophyta, Klebsormidiales) for Biomass and Lipid Production¹	9
Identification and Characterization of a Periplasmic α‐Carbonic Anhydrase (CA) in the Gametophytes of Saccharina japonica (Phaeophyceae)	8
Phylotranscriptomics reveals the reticulate evolutionary history of a widespread diatom species complex	8
Phytoplankton Blooms Below the Antarctic Landfast Ice During the Melt Season Between Late Spring and Early Summer	8
Assessing the importance of cobalt as a micronutrient for freshwater cyanobacteria	8
Reproductive phenology and morphology of Macrocystis pyrifera (Laminariales, Ochrophyta) from southern New Zealand in relation to wave exposure¹	8
A method to establish an “immortalized F₂” sporophyte population in the economic brown alga Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales: Alariaceae)	8
Phylogeography of the mediterranean green seaweed Halimeda tuna (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta)	8
Glycerol Utilization By Phytoplankton¹	8
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provides Insights into Response of Ulva compressa to Fluctuating Salinity Conditions	8
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Candidate Genes Related to Structural and Storage Carbohydrate Biosynthesis in Kelp Saccharina japonica (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)	8
The role of seasonality in reproduction of multiannual delayed gametophytes ofSaccharina latissima	8
Insights into the Production and Role of Nitric Oxide in the Antarctic Sea‐ice Diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus	8
Obligate Brominating Enzymes Underlie Bromoform Production by Marine Cyanobacteria	8
The role of ion‐transporting proteins in the evolution of salt tolerance in charophyte algae	8
Ecoregional Characteristics Drive the Distribution Patterns of Neotropical Stream Diatoms	8
Novel Cyanobacterial Diversity Found in Costa Rican Thermal Springs Associated with Rincon de la Vieja and Miravalles Volcanoes: A Polyphasic Approach	8