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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Comparing planktonic heliozoan abundance in deep and shallow basins of Lake Biwa: exploring optimal growth temperature, food resources and habitat use	65
Correction to: Phytoplankton stoichiometry along the salinity gradient under limited nutrient and light supply	27
Long-term dynamics, population structure and connectivity of the helmet jellyfish Periphylla periphylla in a Norwegian fjord and adjacent waters	24
Phytoplankton thermal response curves in natural communities of different origins	24
Ichthyoplankton species assemblages during the 2015–2016 El Niño in the southwest Gulf of California	23
Comparison of WP-2 and MOCNESS plankton samplers for measuring zooplankton biomass in the Barents Sea ecosystem	22
A mass occurrence of pteropods (Limacina spp.) drove a pronounced peak in zooplankton biomass in Atlantic water in the Barents Sea in 1994	22
Testing theoretical frameworks of zooplankton longitudinal distribution in a large reservoir	18
Light limitation and lower nutrient availability lead to buoyancy loss in freshwater cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis raciborskii	17
Distribution, abundance and grazing impact of Salpa fusiformis, with response to environmental conditions and their effects on other zooplankton species in Korean waters	16
Pioneers of plankton research: Alister Hardy (1896–1985)	16
Changes in phytoplankton community structure over a century in relation to environmental factors	16
Comparison of the ecology of pelagic copepods as basibionts and suctorian ciliates as epibionts in the subarctic Pacific	14
Testing mechanisms driving the increased susceptibility of Daphnia to disease when exposed to Chaoborus cu	14
Plankton digital twins—a new research tool	14
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	13
Seasonal variation in the population structure and production of the copepod Calanus sinicus in the Yellow Sea	12
Ecological role of a cosmopolitan testate rhizopod, Paulinella ovalis, in the microbial food web of a eutrophic estuary	12
Plankton abundance and resource exploitation by the endemic sprat Nannothrissa stewarti (Poll & Roberts, 1976) in a large blackwater lake of the midd	12
Multiple environmental stressors mediate cyanobacteria recruitment in microcosms simulating spring conditions from two Midwest US hypereutrophic reservoirs	12
Climate change effects on plankton recruitment from coastal sediments	11
Occurrence of larval fishes sampled by drifting light traps in the lower reaches of a South African estuary	11
The role of oceanographic conditions and colony size in shaping the spatial structure ofPyrosoma atlanticumin the NW Mediterranean Sea	10
Know your limits; miniCOI metabarcoding fails with key marine zooplankton taxa	10

Pioneers of plankton research: Salvatore Lo Bianco (1860–1910)	10
Molecular detections of 14 amphidomatacean species (Dinophyceae) and their temperature-associated distribution in subarctic waters off eastern Hokkaido, Japan	10
Swarming of holoplanktonic gastropod (Creseis acicula Rang, 1828) in Andaman Island during southwest monsoon, possible reasons and its global swarming records	9
Between universality and specificity: predator kairomones in aquatic predator–prey relationships	8
Short-term variability in plankton abundance on the inner shelf off Ubatuba, Brazil	8
Uncovering hidden structures: previously undescribed pseudopodia and ectoplasmic structures in planktonic foraminifera	8
Hydrostatic pressure impedes the degradation of sinking copepod carcasses and fecal pellets	8
Mesodinium–Dinophysis encounters: temporal and spatial constraints on Dinophysis blooms	8
Chytrids alleviate the harmful effect of heat and cyanobacteria diet on Daphnia via PUFA-upgrading	8
Formation and reversibility of inducible morphological and behavioral defenses in Daphnia magna	8
Effects of crude oil and high salinity on eggs and early naupliar stages of the copepod Calanus hyperboreus	7
Body size and developmental response of a rotifer to the predator Asplanchna	7
Lanternfish larvae (Teleostei: Myctophidae) feeding ecology in the continental slope and off oceanic islands in the tropical Atlantic	7
Phytoplankton metabolism in a stratified nearshore ecosystem with recurrent harmful algal blooms (HABs)	7
Size and energy content of Calanus spp. copepods: linking copepod phenology to variability in their quality as prey	7
Should we reconsider how to assess eutrophication?	7
Under ice plankton and lipid dynamics in a subarctic lake	7
Littoral phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in a tropical reservoir: Pantabangan Reservoir, the Philippines	6
2024 David Cushing prize	6
A Markov chain model of Daphnia motion	6
Effects of phosphorus enrichment on Daphnia–algae interactions in laboratory microcosms	6
The colorful world of cryptophyte phycobiliproteins	6
Post-flooding blooms of the non-indigenous freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Kollam District of Kerala, India	6
Correction to: Seasonal organization of tintinnid community by temperature preference and LOD size-class in a subtropical brackish embayment	6
Combining in situ and ex situ plankton image data to reconstruct zooplankton (>1 mm) volume and mass distribution in the global ocean	6
Assessing good environmental status through mesozooplankton biodiversity: a step forward	5
Urbanization effects on plankton communities in urban lakes are globally context-dependent	5
Substantial unrealised global biodiversity of continental microcrustaceans	5
Seasonal variation in phytoplankton community assembly in hydrologically isolated urban lakes	5
Tale of two seas: temperature and oxygen partial pressure effects on the metabolic rates of Salpa fusiformis from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans	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
Evaluating a most probable number method for assessing the viability of Laurentian Great Lakes protists	5
Miquel Alcaraz (1945–2022)	5
Temperature, phosphorus and species composition will all influence phytoplankton production and content of polyunsaturated fatty acids	5
Identification of phytoplankton isolates from the eastern Canadian waters using long-read sequencing	5
Comparison of FlowCam Macro and traditional microscopy for studying mesopelagic copepod community composition	5
Variability of tintinnid ciliate communities with water masses in the western Pacific Ocean	5
Experimental analysis of development, lipid accumulation and gene expression in a high-latitude marine copepod	5
Opportunistic vs selective feeding strategies of zooplankton under changing environmental conditions	5
Phytoplankton phagotrophy across nutrients and light gradients using different measurement techniques	5
Reproductive biology, elemental composition and diel vertical migration of the cosmopolitan warm-temperate pelagic tunicate Soestia zonaria	4
Gut content and fatty acid analyses reveal trophic role of the ctenophore Pleurobrachia bachei in the Northern California current	4
Abundance and distribution of the paralarval cephalopod community in the northern Gulf of Mexico	4
Diapause in Cladocera: mechanisms of induction, termination and seasonal information accumulation	4
Dietary plasticity in small Arctic copepods as revealed with prey metabarcoding	4
Pioneers of plankton research: Esteban Boltovskoy (1912–1997)	4
Novel combination coccospheres fromHelicosphaeraspp indicate complex relationships between species	4
Rare but persistent asexual reproduction explains the success of planktonic foraminifera in polar oceans	4
Appendicularians and marine snowin situvertical distribution in Argentinean Patagonia	4
Seasonal dynamics of zooplankton communities in a recent lava delta on an oceanic island in the Central East Atlantic Ocean	4

Inter-annual variability of phytoplankton and subsurface chlorophyll in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean: evidence from austral summers 2018 and 2020	4
Genetic variability, biomass parameters, elemental composition and energy content of the non-indigenous hydromedusa Craspedacusta sowerbii in North America	4
Spatial and temporal dynamics of ichthyoplankton in a temperate estuary: identifying essential habitats for early life stages	4
Food quality impacts on reproductive traits, development and fatty acid composition of the freshwater calanoid copepod Eudiaptomus sp.	4
Introduction to the themed section “Mixotrophs and mixoplankton: conceptual integration into aquatic research”	4
2023 David Cushing prize	4
Assessing coastal zooplankton in the St. Lawrence estuary: spatio-temporal patterns of taxonomic and functional biodiversity	4
Effects of mixotroph evolution on trophic transfer	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
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
Bottom–up propagation of synoptic wind intensification and relaxation in the planktonic ecosystem of the South Senegalese Upwelling Sector	4
RNA/DNA ratios as estimate of metabolic and functional traits in diatom species from the northwestern Adriatic Sea	4
Pioneers of plankton research: Eugène Canu (1864–1952)	4
What do the geometric and stochastic properties of swimming behaviour have to teach us about zooplankton behavioural ecology?	4