OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Plankton Research is 4. 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
Autumn blooms and seasonality of the dinoflagellate Unruhdinium penardii in the Han River (Korea) as tracked by morphological and molecular techniques	44
Comparing planktonic heliozoan abundance in deep and shallow basins of Lake Biwa: exploring optimal growth temperature, food resources and habitat use	35
Comparison of WP-2 and MOCNESS plankton samplers for measuring zooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea ecosystem	26
Correction to: Phytoplankton stoichiometry along the salinity gradient under limited nutrient and light supply	25
Testing theoretical frameworks of zooplankton longitudinal distribution in a large reservoir	23
Changes in phytoplankton community structure over a century in relation to environmental factors	19
Long-term dynamics, population structure and connectivity of the helmet jellyfish Periphylla periphylla in a Norwegian fjord and adjacent waters	19
Three-dimensional distribution of larval fish habitats at the entrance of the Gulf of California in the tropical-subtropical convergence region off Mexico (April 2012)	19
A mass occurrence of pteropods (Limacina spp.) drove a pronounced peak in zooplankton biomass in Atlantic water in the Barents Sea in 1994	16
Ichthyoplankton species assemblages during the 2015–2016 El Niño in the southwest Gulf of California	15
Influence of food quality on larval growth of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Mexico	15
Pioneers of plankton research: Alister Hardy (1896–1985)	15
Composition patterns of surface mesozooplankton in the zonal fronts of Drake Passage	14
Shifts in survival and reproduction after chronic warming enhance the potential of a marine copepod to persist under extreme heat events	14
Plankton digital twins—a new research tool	12
Distribution, abundance and grazing impact of Salpa fusiformis, with response to environmental conditions and their effects on other zooplankton species in Korean waters	11
Sex in the wild: repeated observations of planktonic ciliate conjugation from field samples	11
Seasonal variation in the population structure and production of the copepod Calanus sinicus in the Yellow Sea	11
The role of oceanographic conditions and colony size in shaping the spatial structure ofPyrosoma atlanticumin the NW Mediterranean Sea	10
Phytoplankton growth regulation by dissolved P and mortality regulation by endogenous cell death over 35 years of P control in a Mountain Lake	10
Ecological role of a cosmopolitan testate rhizopod, Paulinella ovalis, in the microbial food web of a eutrophic estuary	10
Climate change effects on plankton recruitment from coastal sediments	9
Chytrids alleviate the harmful effect of heat and cyanobacteria diet on Daphnia via PUFA-upgrading	9
Occurrence of larval fishes sampled by drifting light traps in the lower reaches of a South African estuary	9
Know your limits; miniCOI metabarcoding fails with key marine zooplankton taxa	9

Pioneers of plankton research: Salvatore Lo Bianco (1860–1910)	8
Molecular and morphological analyses to improve taxonomic classification ofMetridia lucens/pacificain the North Pacific	8
Uncovering hidden structures: previously undescribed pseudopodia and ectoplasmic structures in planktonic foraminifera	8
Short-term variability in plankton abundance on the inner shelf off Ubatuba, Brazil	8
Formation and reversibility of inducible morphological and behavioral defenses in Daphnia magna	8
Hydrostatic pressure impedes the degradation of sinking copepod carcasses and fecal pellets	8
Degradation of dead cladoceran zooplankton and their contribution to organic carbon cycling in stratified lakes: field observation and model prediction	8
Biochemical characteristics and demography of the marine calanoid copepod Calanus finmarchicus during spring in Icelandic waters	8
Mesodinium–Dinophysis encounters: temporal and spatial constraints on Dinophysis blooms	8
Swarming of holoplanktonic gastropod (Creseis acicula Rang, 1828) in Andaman Island during southwest monsoon, possible reasons and its global swarming records	7
Lanternfish larvae (Teleostei: Myctophidae) feeding ecology in the continental slope and off oceanic islands in the tropical Atlantic	7
2024 David Cushing prize	7
Should we reconsider how to assess eutrophication?	7
Comparing recent and preindustrial cladoceran assemblages in 35 metal- and smelting-affected lakes near Sudbury (Ontario, Canada)	6
Combining in situ and ex situ plankton image data to reconstruct zooplankton (>1 mm) volume and mass distribution in the global ocean	6
Identification of phytoplankton isolates from the eastern Canadian waters using long-read sequencing	6
Size and energy content of Calanus spp. copepods: linking copepod phenology to variability in their quality as prey	6
Under ice plankton and lipid dynamics in a subarctic lake	6
Mesozooplankton trait distribution in relation to environmental conditions and the presence of krill and salps along the northern Antarctic Peninsula	6
Microzooplankton grazing and community composition in a high-productivity marine ecosystem	6
The colorful world of cryptophyte phycobiliproteins	6
Phytoplankton metabolism in a stratified nearshore ecosystem with recurrent harmful algal blooms (HABs)	6
Correction to: Seasonal organization of tintinnid community by temperature preference and LOD size-class in a subtropical brackish embayment	6
Effects of phosphorus enrichment on Daphnia–algae interactions in laboratory microcosms	5
Pioneers of plankton research: Yoshine Hada (1905–1993)	5
Effects of physical forcing on short-term plankton dynamics in a narrow coral reef lagoon (Ouano, New Caledonia): a two-week high-frequency study	5
Opportunistic vs selective feeding strategies of zooplankton under changing environmental conditions	5
Drivers of microplankton community assemblage following tropical cyclones	5
Phytoplankton phagotrophy across nutrients and light gradients using different measurement techniques	5
Littoral phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in a tropical reservoir: Pantabangan Reservoir, the Philippines	5
Variability of tintinnid ciliate communities with water masses in the western Pacific Ocean	5
A Markov chain model of Daphnia motion	5
Post-flooding blooms of the non-indigenous freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Kollam District of Kerala, India	5
Temperature, phosphorus and species composition will all influence phytoplankton production and content of polyunsaturated fatty acids	5
Assessing good environmental status through mesozooplankton biodiversity: a step forward	5
2023 David Cushing prize	4
What do the geometric and stochastic properties of swimming behaviour have to teach us about zooplankton behavioural ecology?	4
Assessing coastal zooplankton in the St. Lawrence estuary: spatio-temporal patterns of taxonomic and functional biodiversity	4
A 3-year study of the seasonal variability of abundance, biomass and reproductive traits of Oncaea venusta (Copepoda, Oncaeidae) in a subtropical coastal area	4
Changes in phytoplankton composition hinder the recovery from eutrophication in a perialpine lake (Lake Lugano, Switzerland and Italy)	4
Miquel Alcaraz (1945–2022)	4
Effects of mixotroph evolution on trophic transfer	4
Genetic variability, biomass parameters, elemental composition and energy content of the non-indigenous hydromedusa Craspedacusta sowerbii in North America	4
Copepods key traits in diverse habitats of tropical waters	4
Seasonal hydromedusan feeding patterns in an Eastern Boundary Current show consistent predation on primary consumers	4
Concurrent observations of the euphausiid Thysanoessa raschii in an Icelandic fjord by acoustics and Video Plankton Recorder: comparisons with theoretical models of target strength	4
Experimental analysis of development, lipid accumulation and gene expression in a high-latitude marine copepod	4
Reproductive biology, elemental composition and diel vertical migration of the cosmopolitan warm-temperate pelagic tunicate Soestia zonaria	4
Novel combination coccospheres fromHelicosphaeraspp indicate complex relationships between species	4
Pioneers of plankton research: Eugène Canu (1864–1952)	4

Bottom–up propagation of synoptic wind intensification and relaxation in the planktonic ecosystem of the South Senegalese Upwelling Sector	4
Phytoplankton prey of an abundant estuarine copepod identifiedin situusing DNA metabarcoding	4
Appendicularians and marine snowin situvertical distribution in Argentinean Patagonia	4
Zooplankton community structure and diel migration patterns vary over hours, days, and years in the pelagic and littoral zone of a eutrophic reservoir	4
Desiccation increases the hatching of resting eggs of a freshwater calanoid copepod	4
Substantial unrealised global biodiversity of continental microcrustaceans	4
Seasonal dynamics of zooplankton communities in a recent lava delta on an oceanic island in the Central East Atlantic Ocean	4