OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research is 3. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding the diversity and phylogenetic placements of New Zealand amphipods within a global context	26
Effects of an experimental in situ seabed disturbance on deep-sea benthic ecosystem function and macro-infaunal community structure on the Chatham Rise, Southwest Pacifi	22
Shellogy: reading abalone shells to empower reef-scale management	15
Abalone research in a changing world	14
Fatty acid biomarkers reveal maternal energy allocation strategies in spawning Snapper ( Chrysophrys auratus )	12
Growth and survival of juvenile red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens ) fed invasive macroalgae	12
Age-based growth dynamics analysis of recreationally- vs commercially-caught snapper ( Chrysophrys auratus ) in SNA1 management zone	11
Variations in ecosystem service provision of two functionally similar bivalve habitats	11
Understanding the consequences of sea level rise: the ecological implications of losing intertidal habitat	9
Mesozooplankton community associations with water mass and season off the Southeast coast of New Zealand (2017–2018)	8
Growth of juvenile red abalone ( Haliotis rufescens ) co-cultivated with two densities of warty sea cucumber ( Apostichopus parvimensis )	8
Biochemical composition of biofilms and gastropod grazers; informing biological control efforts from a nutritional perspective	7
Population structure and genetic diversity of false killer whales ( Pseudorca crassidens ) in New Zealand waters: preliminary results	7
Historical data provides context for recent monitoring and demonstrates 100 years of declining estuarine health	7
Botryllus (Ascidiacea, Styelidae) on the Argentine coast	7
Sea to the mountains: quantifying freshwater eel and trout diet reliance on marine subsidies from upstream migrating fish	5
Morphometric and meristic discrimination within juvenile flounder species in New Zealand indicate genetic and environmental disparities	5
Effects of sediment pulses on the deep-sea coral Goniocorella dumosa	5
Chironomidae responses to volcanic ash fall: a case study from Northern Patagonia for consideration in paleolimnological reconstructions	5
Environmental drivers of Atrina zelandica habitat suitability in Tauranga Harbour	5
Comparative paralytic shellfish toxin accumulation in three important Aotearoa New Zealand marine invertebrate species: kina ( Evechinus chloroticus ), pāua (	5
Occurrence, site-fidelity and photo-identification of long-finned pilot whales in Aotearoa New Zealand	5
Adaption of a traditional Māori fishing method for biomonitoring: using whakaweku for sampling benthic macroinvertebrates in streams	5
On the projected changes in New Zealand's wave climate and its main drivers	4
The complete mitogenome of Haliotis asinina (Gastropoda, Haliotidae) from Malaysian waters provides further insights into the phylogeny of the abalone	4

Effects of temperature and salinity on bacterial reduction in Portuguese oysters ( Magallana angulata ) during depuration with sonoelectrochemical water	4
Establishment of a stable isotope database for New Zealand fur seal breeding colonies using δ ¹³ C and δ ¹⁵ N in pup vibrissae	4
Transformation of nitrogen compounds in a regenerated urban drainage stream in New Zealand	4
Evidence for strong selective forces structuring a subtropical bacterioplankton metacommunity along 800 km from freshwater reservoir to the sea	4
Notes on the experimental laboratory and field culture of Lessonia variegata (Laminariales)	4
The role of wind and buoyancy forcing on mixed layer depths and productivity on the Chatham Rise from ocean glider and ship-based observations	4
Salinity has a greater effect on sea star righting time than temperature	4
Assessment of the potential of the fucoid seaweed, Hormosira banksii , as a source of fucoidan and coculture on a Pacific oyster farm in New Zealand	4
The potential role of exopolysaccharide from Graesiella sp (chlorophyte Microalga) as dietary supplement against Bisphenol A-induced hepatotoxicity in gilthead sea bream	4
The effect of diet on the growth and energy budget of juvenile Neostichopus grammatus	4
Coral reefs of Australia: perspectives from beyond the water’s edge Coral reefs of Australia: perspectives from beyond the water’s edge , edited by S. M. Hamylton, P. Hu	4
Riparian plant species offer a range of organic resources to stream invertebrate communities through varied leaf breakdown rates	4
Is marine carbon dioxide removal right for Aotearoa New Zealand?	3
Characterisation of dissolved organic matter from temperate wetlands: field dynamics and photoreactivity changes driven by natural inputs and diagenesis along the hydroperiod	3
Invasive New and Old World freshwater species in isolated springs of the Atacama Desert: implications for native species	3
Not friends, just roommates: social organisation of two South American sea lion non-breeding colonies	3
Bryde’s whale ( Balaenoptera edeni ) occurrence and foraging behaviour along the east coast of Australia	3
Long-term warming and record-breaking marine heatwaves in the Hauraki Gulf, northern New Zealand	3
Ecological and archaeological consequences of ongoing, largely human-mediated colonisation of endemic soft, shelly habitats by mangroves in a northern New Zealand embayment	3
Common bully ( Gobiomorphus cotidianus ) and mosquitofish ( Gambusia affinis ) shift littoral zooplankton community composition to smaller	3
Review of skeletal carbonate mineralogy of brachiopods with new material from New Zealand	3
Intrapopulation variation in reproduction of Lessonia variegata J. Agardh	3