OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Reproductive biology and sperm storage characters in two bobtail squid species (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae)	18
Gymnocranius indicus, a new large-eye seabream from the Indian Ocean	16
MBI volume 101 issue 5 Cover and Front matter	15
Redescription of the early zoeal stages of the snapping shrimp Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909 reared in laboratory conditions	13
Exploring reproductive and population characteristics of magnificent shrimp, Ancylomenes magnificus from the Gulf of Mannar, India	11
First records of the ornate eagle ray Aetomylaeus vespertilio from the Inhambane Province, Mozambique	10
Panulirus stimpsoni and checklist of Panulirus lobsters in Malaysian waters: morphological and molecular insights	10
Life history parameters of the crocodile shark,Pseudocarcharias kamoharai, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean	10
Size-related, seasonal and interdecadal changes in the diet of the Patagonian longfin squid Doryteuthis gahi in the South-western Atlantic	9
New non-native ornamental octocorals threatening a South-west Atlantic reef	9
Bayesian occupancy modelling of benthic Crustacea and the recovery of the European spiny lobster, Palinurus elephas	8
Growth assessment of the sea urchin Pseudechinus magellanicus (Temnopleuridae) in coastal habitats of central Patagonia, Argentina	8
Chirostyloid and galatheoid anomurans (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Indian waters, with descriptions of three new species	8
Biological sampling at Port-en-Bessin fish market: assessing the diversity and size structure of squid and cuttlefish populations in the English Channel	7
Metabolic rate thermal plasticity in the marine annelid Ophryotrocha labronica across two successive generations	7
First record of Goniadella gracilis (Verrill, 1873) (Glyceriformia, Goniadidae) in the Italian waters	7
Range extension of invasive Cancer irroratus and native Carcinus maenas polewards in the Ascophyllum-dominated intertidal zone in north-west Iceland	7
Competition relations between selected microalgae and bloom-forming Ulva prolifera	7
Integrative taxonomy confirms the presence of the enigmaticLysmata olavoiFransen, 1991 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	6
Climate change impacts on the coral reefs of the UK Overseas Territory of the Pitcairn Islands: resilience and adaptation considerations	6
Well-known mesophotic kelp populations in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park marine-protected area, east coast, South Africa	6
Application of a national monitoring approach for an initial assessment of the current distribution of marine invertebrate protected by the Habitat Directive (92/43/EEC) along the Italian coasts	6
New record of smalltooth sand tiger Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) in the Mediterranean	6
Shell shape, morphometrics and relative growth of four sympatric limpet species from the Algarve coast (southern Portugal)	6
New records and range extension of two deep-sea skate genera,AmblyrajaandNotoraja(Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes), in the southeastern Pacific Ocean	6

Soft-walled monothalamid foraminifera from the intertidal zones of the Lorn area, north-west Scotland	6
Life-history traits variation of Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) in the waters off Northern Vietnam	5
Cetacean diversity of the eastern South Atlantic Ocean and Vema Seamount detected during a visual and passive acoustic survey, 2019	5
Deepening our perspective about the small and medium pelagic fish: case study in the Canary Islands (NW Africa, Spain)	5
New contributions to the subfamily Polycerinae (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae): description of three new species and one new genus	5
Reproductive traits of the round sardinella in the Canary Islands (Spain, NW Africa)	5
MBI volume 101 issue 5 Cover and Back matter	5
Morphological description of Arctic sea anemone Haliactis arctica Carlgren, 1921 and taxonomic status of Halcampactinidae Carlgren, 1921 and Haliactinidae Carlgren, 1921	5
The odd octopus: identification and burrowing behaviour of a deep-water octopus, Muusoctopus leioderma, found in a shallow-water bay	5
Assessing Guiana dolphin abundance and density in the Southwestern Atlantic: insights from conservation areas	4
Compositional and functional features of the gut microbiota of the intertidal snailNerita yoldiialong China's coast	4
Post-larval development and growth intraspecific variations in Ophiocoma echinata and Ophiocoma trindadensis from Brazil (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)	4
The first record of the parasite Peltogaster lineata (Rhizocephala: Peltogastridae) on the hermit crab Pagurus middendorffii (Anomura: Paguridae)	4
First record of the Western Atlantic cocoa damselfish Stegastes variabilis from the Levant (Perciformes: Pomacentridae)	4
Spatial and seasonal changes in microphytoplankton and ciliate communities in a stressed area of the southeastern Mediterranean coast (Tunisia)	4
Long-term storage of microalgae: determination of optimum cryopreservation conditions	4
Reproductive success of Antillean manatees released in Brazil: implications for conservation	4
Chondrichthyian biodiversity in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil	4
A new species of Ninoe (Annelida: Lumbrineridae) from the continental shelf off southern Namibia	4
Population dynamics ofArctica islandicaat Georges Bank (USA): an analysis of sex-based demographics	4
Spatial–temporal variability of phytoplankton community and potentially harmful species in the Golden Horn Estuary (Sea of Marmara, Türkiye)	4
MBI volume 101 issue 6 Cover and Front matter	4
New distribution records of the Arctic bryozoan Uschakovia gorbunovi Kluge, 1946 in the Barents and Greenland Seas	4
Identifying humpback whale calving grounds: ensemble modelling and spatial analysis of critical habitat in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico	3
On the presence of the deep-water mytilid Gigantidas horikoshii (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Taiwanese waters	3
First record of the barnacle Conchoderma virgatum on an ephippid fish	3
A pilot tagging study of yellownose skate (Dipturus chilensis) and roughskin skate (Dipturus trachyderma) off southern Chile	3
First record of Phymactis papillosa (Lesson, 1830), a Pacific south sea anemone in European shores	3
Comparative study of fat content, profile and quality of fatty acid in three species of Carangidae of southwestern Mediterranean	3
Population characteristics and stock assessment of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus L., 1758) in coastal waters of the south-eastern Black Sea of Turkey	3
First record of Xenocephalus australiensis (Actinopterygii: Uranoscopidae) from the Arabian Sea, Western Indian Ocean with taxonomic note	3
Seven new distributional records of cryptobenthic reef fishes in Lakshadweep, India	3
Bacterivory of the hydrothermal-vent-specific copepod Stygiopontius senokuchiae (Dirivultidae, Siphonostomatoida) from copepodite through adult stages	3
A critical deliberation of the ‘species complex’ status of the globally spread colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri	3
A phylogenetic study of a tropical sea urchin, Echinometra sp. EZ (Echinoidea: Camarodonta: Echinometridae) from the Persian Gulf	3
Metazoan parasites of some meso- and bathypelagic fish from the Perdido region, southern Gulf of Mexico	3
First documented observation of the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Physaliidae) on the west coast of Algeria	3
Photographic evidence from a recreational angler of the northernmost record of the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhinidae) in the western Pacific Ocean	3
Comparative study of fat content, profile and quality of fatty acid in three species of Carangidae of southwestern Mediterranean–CORRIGENDUM	3
Cassiopea andromeda (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) in the subtropical eastern Atlantic	3
Molluscs along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon, southern Gulf of Mexico	3
Biological observations and new maximum reported sizes for two threatened rays: ornate eagle ray Aetomylaeus vespertilio and mangrove whipray Urogymnus granulatus from the Gulf of Mannar	3
Diet and feeding of juvenile common two-banded sea bream, Diplodus vulgaris (Teleostei: Sparidae), in the eastern central Adriatic Sea	3
More than local adaptation: high diversity of response to seawater acidification in seven coral species from the same assemblage in French Polynesia	3
Macroalgae from two coastal lagoons of the Gulf of California as indicators of heavy metal contamination by anthropogenic activities	3
Antagonistic interactions among marine sedimentary bacteria in multispecies microcosms	3
Investigating the palps of the polychaete Hediste diversicolor (Müller, 1776) through histochemistry and transmission electron microscopy	2
Spatiotemporal fluctuations in surface copepods community structure in Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman, Iran	2
Molecular genetic biodiversity assessment of the Wallis Island sponge fauna in the Tropical Pacific	2
Shrimps from a marine biodiversity hotspot: new records and molecular analysis of alpheids from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Decapoda: Caridea)	2

Together till the end: endosymbiosis of the annelid Haplosyllides floridana in the giant barrel-shaped sponge Xestospongia muta throughout the Tropical Atlantic	2
Notable Crustacea (Mysida, Amphipoda and Decapoda) from England's deepest and most remote Marine Conservation Zone	2
First mesophotic Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales) records within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park marine-protected area, east coast, South Africa	2
Range extension and first record of the deep-sea brittle star Ophiactis abyssicola (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in Canadian waters	2
Expanding north: first record of the beaded sea cucumber Euapta lappa at Madeira Island	2
Alebion carchariae (Copepod: Caligidae) host plasticity and distribution: a new host and locality record from Ascension Island	2
An updated checklist of Stomiiformes from Indian waters with nine new records	2
Age and growth of bigfin reef squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae), in Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Indian Ocean	2
First record of a benthic ctenophore in the Mexican Atlantic:Vallicula multiformis(Platyctenida, Coeloplanidae)	2
Identifying Humpback Whale Calving Grounds: Ensemble Modeling and Spatial Analysis of Critical Habitat in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico – CORRIGENDUM	2
The distribution of the red-throated ascidian Herdmania momus shifts northwards in association with ocean warming in the Korean Peninsula	2
First sightings of mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidia) from the Southwest Indian Ocean with photographic records from the Inhambane Province of southern Mozambique	2
First record of the bluespotted dottyback Pseudochromis persicus (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	2
Feeding ecology of the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Ecuadorian Pacific Ocean	2
Differences in thermal sensitivities and thermal performance curves of the three calcifying macroalgae Padina boryana, Halimeda opuntia, and Halimeda macroloba	2
Impact of historic sediment characterisation on predicting polychaete distributions: a case study of so-called muddy habitat shovelhead worms (Annelida: Magelonidae)	2
Description of a new species of Pericelis (Polycladida, Diposthidae) from sunken wood in the bathyal zone in Japan	2
A new record of a white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Papeete, Tahiti	2
First records of two large pelagic fishes in the Red Sea: wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) and striped marlin (Kajikia audax)	2
New record of Calcinus morgani (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Andaman Islands, and a key to Calcinus species in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands	2
Microzooplankton community structure in a subtropical South-West Atlantic coastal site	2
Age, growth and otolith morphometrics of Serranus hepatus (L., 1758) in two areas of the Eastern Mediterranean	2
Unveiling a new species of Trapania (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the South-eastern Pacific using anatomical and molecular tools	2
New data on South American fur seals and sea lions' occupation of the Wildlife Refuge of Ilha dos Lobos, southern Brazil	2
Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida) utilizes shark teeth for nutrition	2
Oyster allometry: growth relationships vary across space	2
New records of invasive tubeworms (Ficopomatus, Serpulidae) in Mexico – CORRIGENDUM	2
An individual based model of female brown crab movements in the western English channel: modelling migration behaviour	2
Description of a new species of Spinosphaera (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the eastern Mediterranean	2
First genetic and morphological records of Balloon Alfonsin, Beryx mollis egg and larvae	2
Effect of sediment on meiofauna and Nematoda structure in different freshwater Amazon environments under the influence of mesotides	2
Shell growth and age determined from annual lines in the southern warm-water limpet Patella depressa at its poleward geographic boundaries	2
New epibiotic association in the deep-sea: the amphipod Caprella ungulina and the Patagonian lobsterette Thymops birsteini in the South-western Atlantic	2
Sharks and skates in the Comau Fjord, northern Patagonia, Chile: an elasmobranch species checklist with biological aspects	2
On Ophioderma (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) coming of age: morphological variations in three eastern Pacific species	2