OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science is 30. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in 'Blue Carbon' science	110
Fishery biomass trends of exploited fish populations in marine ecoregions, climatic zones and ocean basins	81
Relevance and magnitude of 'Blue Carbon' storage in mangrove sediments: Carbon accumulation rates vs. stocks, sources vs. sinks	56
Mangroves in arid regions: Ecology, threats, and opportunities	55
Microplastics occurrence and spatial distribution in seawater and sediment of Haikou Bay in the northern South China Sea	53
Limited dispersal of riverine litter onto nearby beaches during rainfall events	46
Global sources, abundance, size, and distribution of microplastics in marine sediments - A critical review	43
Reconciling nature, people and policy in the mangrove social-ecological system through the adaptive cycle heuristic	42
Evaluating mangrove conservation and sustainability through spatiotemporal (1990–2020) mangrove cover change analysis in Pakistan	41
Salt marsh at the tip of Africa: Patterns, processes and changes in response to climate change	40
Geo-ecological impact assessment of severe cyclonic storm Amphan on Sundarban mangrove forest using geospatial technology	40
Hydrochemical characteristics and functions of groundwater in southern Laizhou Bay based on the multivariate statistical analysis approach	39
Nature-based shoreline protection by tidal marsh plants depends on trade-offs between avoidance and attenuation of hydrodynamic forces	39
Satellite-derived bathymetry in optically complex waters using a model inversion approach and Sentinel-2 data	37
Distribution and variability of sea surface temperature fronts in the south China sea	37
Seasonal variations of net ecosystem (CO2) exchange in the Indian tropical mangrove forest of Pichavaram	37
Microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Gabes, southern Mediterranean Sea: Distribution, composition and influence of hydrodynamics	37
Fishers who rely on mangroves: Modelling and mapping the global intensity of mangrove-associated fisheries	36
Two decades of oligotrophication: Evidence for a phytoplankton community shift in the coastal lagoon of Thau (Mediterranean Sea, France)	36
Improving mangrove above-ground biomass estimates using LiDAR	34
An optimal waterline approach for studying tidal flat morphological changes using remote sensing data: A case of the northern coast of Vietnam	34
Impacts of land reclamation on sediment transport and sedimentary environment in a macro-tidal estuary	33
March of the mangroves: Drivers of encroachment into southern temperate saltmarsh	33
Estuarine tidal response to sea level rise: The significance of entrance restriction	32
Long-term changes in red tide outbreaks in Xiamen Bay in China from 1986 to 2017	32

A place for subterranean estuaries in the coastal zone	31
Impact of cigarette butts on microbial diversity and dissolved trace metals in coastal marine sediment	30
Riverine impacts on benthic biodiversity and functional traits: A comparison of two sub-Arctic fjords	30
Impact of wood harvesting on mangrove forest structure, composition and biomass dynamics in India	30
Seasonal phosphorus variation in coastal water affected by the land-based sources input in the eutrophic Zhanjiang Bay, China	30