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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Do urban rivers in the amazon coast trap macroplastic?	298
Sabella spallanzanii mucus bacterial agglutinating activity after arsenic exposure. The equilibrium between predation safety and immune response stability	280
Ultraphytoplankton community structure in subsurface waters along a North-South Mediterranean transect	251
Corrigendum to “Microplastic footprints in sharks and rays: First assessment of microplastic pollution in two cartilaginous fishes, hardnose shark and whitespotted whipray” [Mar. Pollut. Bull. 212 (20	143
Assessing water color anomalies: A hue angle approach in the Gulf of Izmit	131
Bioaccumulation and genotoxic effect of heavy metal pollution in marine sponges from the Niger Delta	106
Bioaccumulation of trace metal elements and biomarker responses in caged juvenile flounder at a polluted site: Effects of fish density and time exposure	105
Editorial Board	102
Temporal trend of polychlorinated biphenyls contamination in the northwestern Arabian Gulf – Evidence from sediment records	100
Geochemistry and ecological risk assessment of the coastal Tajan River using sediment quality indices (Southern Caspian Sea, Iran)	99
Corrigendum to “Effects of ocean warming on the fatty acid and epigenetic profile of Acartia tonsa: A multigenerational approach.” [Mar. Pollut. Bull. Volume 201, April 2024, 116265]	98
Transformations of crude oil into tar: a case study from a plastitar-contaminated site in NE Sicily, Italy (Western Mediterranean)	98
Impact of plastic bags on the benthic system of a tropical estuary: An experimental study	96
The effects of the water-soluble fractions of crude oil on liver and kidney tissues of Caspian Kutum juveniles, Rutilus frisii	96
Distribution characteristics, source analysis and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the western Honghai Bay of China	94
Identifying the spatial pattern and the drivers of the decline in the eastern English Channel chlorophyll-a surface concentration over the last two decades	90
Waste barrel contamination and macrobenthic communities in the San Pedro Basin DDT dumpsite	90
Effect of elevated temperature, sea water acidification, and phenanthrene on the expression of genes involved in the shell and pearl formation of economic pearl oyster (Pinctada radiata)	89
Selection of parameters for seagrass management: Towards the development of integrated indicators for French Antilles	89
Potentially toxic elements in surface sediments of the Beibu Gulf, South Sea, China: Occurrence, bioavailability and probabilistic risk assessment	88
Ecological and human health risk assessment of trace element pollution in sediments and five important commercial fishes of the Oman Sea	86
Multivariate analysis of trace elements in starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) spine in different areas of the Caspian Sea	85
Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in sea snakes (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	83
Radioecological perspective: The concentration of natural radionuclides around the coast of PLTU Labuan	82
Analysis of the potential of marine bioblue carbon storage and their regional contributions in Shanghai marine areas	82

Anchored bulk carriers have substantial impacts on the underwater soundscape in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia	80
Tidally driven submarine groundwater discharge to a marine aquaculture embayment: Insights from radium and dissolved silicon	79
Resilience of a microphytobenthos community from the Severn Estuary, UK, to chlorination: A mesocosm approach	78
Data quality and FAIR principles applied to marine litter data in Europe	77
Imprints of COVID-19 lockdowns on total petroleum hydrocarbon levels in Asia's largest brackish water lagoon	77
Ship noise management and the ORCA class of ships	76
Ecological significance of G protein-coupled receptors in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas): Pervasive gene duplication and distinct transcriptional response to marine environmental stresses	76
Evaluation of the acute toxic effects of ammonia on juvenile ussuri cisco (Coregonus ussuriensis) based on histopathology, antioxidant enzyme activity, immune response and the integrated biomarker res	76
Seaweed burial mitigated the release of organic carbon and nutrients by regulating microbial activity	75
Multivariate analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments of Port Valdez, Alaska, 1989–2019	75
Behavioural response of Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) to vessel noise during peak and off-peak human visitation	74
Detection of benzotriazole-type ultraviolet stabilizers in sea turtles breeding in the Northwest Pacific Ocean	71
A comprehensive approach to assess marine macro litter pollution and its impacts on corals in the Bangka Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia	71
Exposure status, spatial variation, and health risk assessment of selected heavy metal(loid)s in common commercial fish species of the Beibu Gulf	70
Digital media reveal negative impacts of ghost nets on Brazilian marine biodiversity	70
Does foil-like debris impair barnacles by covering them?	69
Changes in the carbon source and storage in a cultivation area of macro-algae in Southeast China	69
Effect of multiple stressors on the functional traits of sub-tidal macrobenthic fauna: A case study of the southeast coast of India	69
Towards the declaration of the strait of Gibraltar as an environmental controlled area	68
Differences in biomarker responses and chemical contamination among three flatfish species in the Bay of Seine (NE Atlantic)	67
Under pressure: Assessing the ecological boundaries of the epipelagic goose barnacle Lepas anatifera using ocean gliders and laboratory experiments	67
In silico identification and characterization of microRNAs from rotifers, cladocerans, and copepods	66
Unraveling sources of hydrocarbons in subtropical estuaries with distinct degrees of protection in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, Brazil	66
Plastics counteract the ability of Antarctic krill to promote the blue carbon pathway in the deep ocean	65
Warming and salinization effects on the deep-water rose shrimp, Parapenaeus longirostris, distribution along the NW Mediterranean Sea: Implications for bottom trawl fisheries	64
Inverse calculation of vessel emission source intensity based on optimized Gaussian puff model and particle swarm optimization algorithm	64
Accumulation and fluxes of potentially toxic elements in a large coastal lagoon (southern Gulf of Mexico) from 210Pb sediment chronologies	64
Growth and carbonate production of crustose coralline algae on a degraded turbid reef system	64
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in three bathyal chondrichthyes from the North-Western Mediterranean Sea	64
An appraisal of early stage biofilm-forming bacterial community assemblage and diversity in the Arabian Sea, India	63
Phthalate induced hormetic effect reveals susceptibility of gill compared to muscle tissue after depuration in commercially important fish (Etroplus suratensis)	63
Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate pollution investigation along the Capibaribe River Estuarine System (Northeast Brazil) using a digital imaging-based methodology	63
The combination of microscopic and metabarcoding analyses revealed a high diversity of algal bloom species in the Taiwan Strait	62
A hidden lethal effect of long microplastic fibres on the coastal copepod Acartia erythraea	61
Evaluation of the radiological dose due to 210Po in commercial clupeid fish collected in the near-shore environment of the high background natural radiation area (HBNRA) on the southwest coast of Indi	61
Effect of gillnet twine thickness on capture pattern and efficiency in the Northeast-Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery	60
Maritime disasters and pollution: X-Press Pearl maritime debacle	60
Assessment of metals pollution in seawater and sediment from the western Xuwen offshore area, Leizhou Peninsula, China	60
Charting the invasion: Predicting Tubastraea spp. next move into Brazilian marine protected areas	60
Emerging environmental risks to the largest coastal lagoon (Pinqing Lagoon) on the Chinese mainland: Assessment through a water-sediment-ecological perspective	60
How natural disasters affect the distribution of marine litter in protected island ecosystems (Seaflower Biosphere Reserve — Colombia)	60
A port statistics-based generic ballast water estimation and risk assessment approach and its application to Chinese ports	60