OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Pollution Bulletin is 60. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Induction of apoptosis in the gonads of Mytilus edulis by metformin and increased temperature, via regulation of HSP70, CASP8, BCL2 and FAS	252
Editorial Board	244
Metal contamination in mangrove tissues, seeds, and associated sediments from the Vattanam mangrove forest of Palk Bay, southeastern India: An ecological risk assessment	219
Saltwater intrusion and land subsidence destroy northern Nile Delta archaeological sites: An assessment using hydrochemical indices, SAR satellite imagery, and analytic hierarchy process (AHP)	218
Dissolved metal concentrations in coastal seawater and groundwater in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, USA	189
Spatiotemporal variation and transport of 137Cs in the Beibu Gulf	181
Review of mercury pollution research in Southeast Asian marine environments	163
Son of a beach: Coastal development and the loss of natural beaches over time (1919 to 2018) on Okinawa Island, southern Japan	129
Influence of temperature on growth and reproduction of keystone species, Crangon hakodatei (Caridea, Crangonidae) in the East Sea of Korea	120
First nationwide report on the presence of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) in coastal environmental samples from Sri Lanka: A potential threat to ecosystem health and seafood safety?	113
Microplastic and microfiber contamination in the Tiber River, Italy: Insights into their presence and chemical differentiation	112
Exploring the potential effects of IMTA on water column seston through intensive short-time cycles approach	100
Uptake, growth, and oxidative stress responses of Rhizophora mucronata (Poir. in Lam.) propagules exposed to high-density polyethylene microplastics	97
Biodegradable fishing gears: A potential solution to ghost fishing and marine plastic pollution	96
Impact of seasonal anoxic events on phytoplankton dynamics over the Western Indian shelf: An intra- and inter-annual study	91
How does industrial intelligence affect the ecological efficiency of China's mariculture industry? Empirical analysis based on panel data from coastal regions of China	90
Emerging environmental risks to the largest coastal lagoon (Pinqing Lagoon) on the Chinese mainland: Assessment through a water-sediment-ecological perspective	89
Rethinking plastic entrapment: Misconceptions and implications for ecosystem services in coastal habitats	88
Future microplastics in the Black Sea: River exports and reduction options for zero pollution	87
Trace element concentration and toxicity in blackspotted smooth-hound sharks (Mustelus punctulatus) from the southern Adriatic Sea: Implications for consumer safety	86
Validating citizen science for community-driven microplastic monitoring and marine protection in Northeast Iceland's Hope Spot	83
Trace elements contamination in fish and human health risks from the upper reaches of the Pearl River Basin	82
Ecological effects and health risks of potentially toxic elements in Cyctoceria barbata and sediment	80
Alteration of shoreline in a macrotidal setting induced by rising sea level: A case study of Purba Medinipur coastal stretch	80
Kuala Gula Bird Sanctuary, Perak, Malaysia: Status, challenges and future for migratory shorebirds population in the East-Asian Australian Flyway	80

Evaluating microplastic trapping efficiency in seagrass meadows using hydraulic flume simulations	79
Anthropogenic nutrients and phytoplankton diversity in Kenya's coastal waters: An ecological quality assessment of sea turtle foraging sites	78
Coastal groundwater dynamics, environmental issues and sustainability: A synthesis	76
Gaseous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons over the South China Sea: Implications for atmospheric transport under monsoon influences	76
Distribution, toxicity and bioaccumulation of trace metals in environmental matrices of an estuary in a protected area	76
PAH source differentiation between historical MGP and significant urban influences for sediments in San Francisco Bay	73
Toxic effects of the wastewater produced by underwater hull cleaning equipment on the copepod Tigriopus japonicus	73
Rebounds, regresses, and recovery: A 15-year study of the coral reef community at Pila‘a, Kaua‘i after decades of natural and anthropogenic stress events	72
Drivers of coral bleaching in a Marine Protected Area of the Southern Gulf of Mexico during the 2015 event	72
Organochlorine pesticides in marine sediments and seawater from Cirebon coastal water, West Java, Indonesia: Concentration, spatial distribution, potential sources, and ecological risk assessment	71
Size dependent egestion of polyester fibres in the Dublin Bay Prawn (Nephrops norvegicus)	70
Multivariate analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of Port Valdez, Alaska, 1989–2019	70
Seasonal variations of low pesticides contamination and biomarker responses in marine bivalves from French estuaries	69
Evaluation of nitrogen and heavy metal pollution in southern Caspian Sea: Risk assessment and modeling approach	69
Baseline on rare earth elements in the marine sediments of a Mediterranean commercial port as environmental tracers and their relationships with inorganic contaminants	69
Seasonal variation of inorganic carbon parameters and air–sea exchange of CO2 in Marian Cove, King George Island, Western Antarctic Peninsula	68
Characterizing spatial patterns of satellite-derived chlorophyll-a in the Bohai and Yellow Seas of China using self-organizing maps (SOM) approach	67
Identifying innovation discourses for nitrogen management in the sugarcane sector in Great Barrier Reef catchments using Q-methodology	67
Editorial Board	67
Recreational boating as a potential stressor of coastal striped dolphins in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea	65
Sabella spallanzanii mucus bacterial agglutinating activity after arsenic exposure. The equilibrium between predation safety and immune response stability	65
Influences of energetic typhoons on the redistributions of heavy metals in sediments along the Leizhou Peninsula coast, southern China	65
Spatiotemporal variations of retinoic acids and their metabolites in the marine environment of Hong Kong	65
First evidence of presence of plastic debris in digestive system of Mola mola (L.) from western Mediterranean Sea	64
Effects of salinity and temperature on seawater dissolution rate of initial detonation agent mercury fulminate	64
Influence of submarine topography and sediment environment on microbial assemblages in a coastal lagoon in northeastern Japan	64
Editorial Board	64
Acute turbidity exposures with Port of Miami sediments impact Orbicella faveolata tissue regeneration	63
Modelling marine microplastics accumulation zones through freshwater discharge sources: Simulated release from the Onkaparinga River and Torrens River, South Australia	63
Marine heatwaves recurrence aggravates thermal stress in the surfgrass Phyllospadix scouleri	63
Dredging activity in a highly urbanised estuary did not affect the long-term occurrence of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins and long-nosed fur seals	63
Exploring the bacterial diversity and composition with special emphasis on pathogens in ship ballast water and sediments using full-length 16S rRNA gene sequencing	63
Optimising recruitment in habitat creation for the native European oyster (Ostrea edulis): Implications of temporal and spatial variability in larval abundance	62
Ultraphytoplankton community structure in subsurface waters along a North-South Mediterranean transect	61
The response of microphytobenthos to physical disturbance, herbicide, and titanium dioxide nanoparticle exposure	60
Do adult eelgrass shoots rule seedling fate in a large seagrass meadow in a eutrophic bay in northern China?	60
Can tidal events influence analysis on colonization dynamics in body-size spectrum of periphytic ciliates for marine bioassessment?	60
Combined effects of climate change stressors and predators with contrasting feeding-digestion strategies on a mussel species	60
Study of microbial communities and environmental parameters of seawater collected from three Tunisian fishing harbors in Kerkennah Islands: Statistical analysis of the temporal and spatial dynamics	60
No recovery of a large-scale anthropogenic sediment disturbance on the Pacific seafloor after 77 years at 6460 m depth	60
Distribution and contamination assessment of trace metals in surface sediments of the South China Sea, Vietnam	60