OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ocean Development and International Law is 0. 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
European Approaches Support an Essential Definition of Ecosystem-Based Management and Demonstrate Its Implementation for the Oceans	12
Coastal State Jurisdiction over Acts against Transiting Submarine Pipelines in the Exclusive Economic Zone and on the Continental Shelf—The Case of the Nord Stream Incidents	10
Challenges to the Capacity-Building of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in East Asia: What Is at Stake?	9
Submarine Cables and the Marine Environment: Bringing the First Submarine Cable to the Galapagos	8
New Developments in China’s Maritime Traffic Safety Legislation: Theoretical Background, Institutional Changes, and Potential Implications	8
Assessment of the Legal Regime for Protecting Abandoned Seafarers: A Study in Light of the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention	6
Back to the USSR: The Consequences of the 1965 Soviet Decree No. 331-112 “On the Procedure for Navigation of Foreign Ships in the Straits Along the Track of the Northern Sea Route” on Today’s Navigati	6
Evaluation of South Korea’s Growing Activities in the Changing Arctic: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	5
The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	4
Moving Beyond Benign Neglect: The Beaufort Sea Dispute and the Benefits of Compromise Solutions between Salt Water Neighbors, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	4
Dynamic Ocean Management in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction	4
A Pause or Moratorium for Deep Seabed Mining in the Area? The Legal Basis, Potential Pathways, and Possible Policy Implications	3
Establishment, Notification, and Maintenance: The Package of State Practice at the Heart of the Pacific Islands Forum Declaration on Preserving Maritime Zones	3
Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea: An Endeavor to Connect Law of the Sea and International Human Rights Law	3
Waste Management on Fishing Vessels and in Fishing Harbors in the Barents Sea: Gaps in Law, Implementation and Practice	3
A Comparative Analysis of the Legislation on Maritime Militia Between China and Vietnam	2
Managing the South China Sea Dispute: Multilateral and Bilateral Approaches	2
Resolving Maritime Delimitation Disputes by Agreement: The Danish–Polish Boundary in the Area of the Island of Bornholm	2
Bilateral Law of the Sea Neighbors: Australia and New Zealand’s Partnership and McDorman’s North American Rivals	2
The Expanding Role of Classification Societies in Conserving the Marine Environment: The Case of the 2004 BWM Convention	2
The Role of Low-Tide Elevations in Maritime Delimitation Cases	2
The Legal Regime of Islands after the South China Sea Award—Orphaned or Influential? An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	2
The BBNJ Agreement: Through the Prism of Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems	2
Remotely Controlled Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS), the “Genuine Link” Requirement, and the “Effectiveness” of Flag State Jurisdiction: Key Problems and Prospects	2
The Impact of Advisory Opinions from the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea on the Work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	2

The European Union as a Maritime Security Actor in the Gulf of Guinea: From Its Strategy and Action Plan to the New Concept of “Coordinated Maritime Presences”	1
Decommissioning Offshore Windfarms and Grid Infrastructure: To Remove or Not to Remove? - A Belgian Law Perspective	1
Different Pacta or Different Servanda ? Grey-Zone Lawfare and Law of the Sea-Based Passage and Operational Rights	1
Expanding the Environmental Regulatory Scope of UNCLOS Through the Rule of Reference: Potentials and Limits	1
Legal Status of the Remote Operator in Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Under Maritime Law	1
From “Common Pools” to “Fish Pools”: Shifting Property Institutions in Traditional Waters of Norway and Canada	1
Resolution at the Intersection of Sovereignty and Security in the Northwest Passage Dispute: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	1
Regulating Exceptions for Research and Exploratory Fishing in Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas: A Comparative Analysis on Balancing Conservation and Commercial Use	1
European Union–Falkland Islands Fisheries Relations Post Brexit	1
The Regulatory Powers of the International Seabed Authority: Security of Tenure and Its Limits	1
Maritime Security in the Baltic and Japanese Straits From the Perspective of EEZ Corridors	1
An Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Obligations Under International Law: A Realistic Prospect?	1
The Practice of the Caribbean SIDS on the Consent Regime for Marine Scientific Research Under UNCLOS: Trends, Gaps, and Recommendations	1
An Appraisal of Article 300 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea	1
What Is Innocent? Freedom of Navigation Versus Coastal States’ Rights in the Law of the Sea	1
A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing? Reflections on the Institutional Nature of the New Regime for ABMTs and MPAs under the BBNJ Agreement	1
Beyond States: Ocean Governance in the Anthropocene	0
International Law Challenges for Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection in the South China Sea	0
Maritime Delimitation Between China and South Korea in the South Yellow Sea	0
Challenging the Notion of a “Single Continental Shelf”	0
Introduction to the Special Issue in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
UNCLOS and Maritime Boundary Disputes in Areas of Hydrocarbon Potential: Oil Under Troubled Waters?	0
Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The Claims of the State of Palestine under UNCLOS	0
Potential Contributions of IMO Area-Based Shipping Management and Port State Jurisdiction to the Regulation of Ship-Borne Tourism in Antarctica	0
After the Dust Settles: Selected Considerations about the New Treaty on Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction with Respect to ABMTs and MPAs	0
Planning for the Management of the Extended Continental Shelf: The Unique Situation of the Mascarene Plateau Region of the Western Indian Ocean	0
From Fishery Resources Conservation to Labor Protection: RFMOs and the Development of Combating IUU, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Cruise Ships, COVID-19, and Port/Flag State Obligations	0
The Case of the Martin Vaz Rocks and Other Brazilian Offshore Archipelagos: A Further Step Toward the “Territorialization” of the South Atlantic	0
Designing Law and Policy for the Health and Resilience of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems—Lessons From (and for) Aotearoa New Zealand	0
The Jurisdiction of the Dispute Settlement Bodies of the Law of the Sea Convention With Respect to Other Treaties	0
Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea: Implications for the Customary International Law of the Sea	0
The Polar Code Process and Sovereignty Bargains: Comparing the Approaches of Canada and Russia to POLARIS	0
Designating Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction	0
The Extended Continental Shelf in Nicaragua v Colombia : Identifying a Customary Rule Based on CLCS Submissions?	0
The Dispute over the Geographical Application of the Svalbard Treaty: Into a New Phase, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Baseline Preservation as a Response to Sea-Level Rise	0
The ‘Due Regard’ of Article 234 of UNCLOS: Lessons From Regulating Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea	0
Options for Cooperation and Joint Management in Disputed Areas of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Towards a New Horizon: 1972 COLREG in the Era of Autonomous Ships	0
The Senkaku Islands Dispute Between Japan and China: A Note on Recent Trends	0
Mesopelagic Mysteries: Regulating an Emerging Resource Amid Uncertainty	0
Ship Surveys and Certification During Global Health Pandemics; Challenges and Opportunities Presented by COVID-19	0
The Road Not Taken: Submission of Disputes Concerning Activities in Undelimited Maritime Areas to UNCLOS Compulsory Procedures	0
The Legal Regime of the Strait of Hormuz and Attacks Against Oil Tankers: Law of the Sea and Law on the Use of Force Perspectives	0
International Governance of Marine Geoengineering: Sketchy Seascape, Foggy Future—An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Complexities and Complications: Delineating and Delimiting Russia’s Arctic Continental Shelf as the Russian Federation Wages War on Ukraine, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Reviving the Monetary Gold Principle? A Case Note on the Judgment of Preliminary Objections in the Mauritius/Maldives Case	0
Toward Better Maritime Cooperation—A Proposal from the Chinese Perspective	0
The South China Sea Code of Conduct and the Freedom of Navigation: A Proposal in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0

Harnessing the Wind Down Under: Applying the UNCLOS Framework to the Regulation of Offshore Wind by Australia and New Zealand	0
The Dispute Resolution and Advisory Opinion Provisions of the BBNJ Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
The Law of the Sea Goes Digital—Indigenous Peoples’ “Right to Exclude” Their Traditional Knowledge from the Digital Sphere	0
‘Inconvenient Conveniences’: An Essay on Extraterritorial Port State Jurisdiction, in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Emergency Marine Protected Areas Under the BBNJ Agreement: A Feasible Solution for Emergencies in ABNJ?	0
Ship Arrest in China: The Link with Economic and Marine Policy	0
The Interaction Between the BBNJ Agreement and the International Deep Sea Mining Regime: More Questions than Answers?	0
Reflections on the Environmental Impact Assessment in the BBNJ Agreement: Its Implications for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Marine Arctic beyond National Jurisdiction	0
Can the International Regulatory Framework on Ships’ Routing, Ship Reporting, and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Accommodate Marine Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)?	0
Transparency in the Process of Implementing Article 76 of the UNCLOS: Peering Inside	0
Is Compulsory Jurisdiction Under UNCLOS Part XV Expanding? A Critical Review of the Claims	0
The Concept of Adjacent Coastal States in the BBNJ Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Arctic Straight Baselines: Time for a Revisit?—An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Pollution Substitution? Scrubber Discharges and the Law of the Sea: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman	0
Recent Developments Concerning Irish Straight Baselines and Bay Closing Lines	0
Untangling Squid: Regulatory Gaps and Opportunities to Improve High Seas Squid Fisheries Management	0
Evolution of the Law of the Sea and Ocean Policy in Northeast Asia	0
‘One Map to Rule Them All’? Revisiting Legalities Through Cartographic Representations of the Northwest Passage	0