OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Policy is 42. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The French procurement transformations: A historical perspective over sovereignty and innovation	156
Assessing the blue economy's impact on carbon mitigation growth levels: Evidence from North and Latin America	87
An evaluation of coastal resilience policies in Anglophone West Africa through a regional comparative analysis	85
Policy impacts of intellectual property and academic research trends in marine-derived collagen and chitin/chitosan value chains	79
Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach	79
Over 30 years of monitoring and implementing the Bern Convention's recommendations for the protection of Mediterranean sea turtles	70
The ecological and socioeconomic implications of future total allowable catch decisions and illegal fishing scenarios for South Africa’s West Coast rock lobster fishery	69
Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation	68
The implications of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) in the South China Sea: A Chinese perspective	68
Internationalization of EIA rules in the BBNJ Agreement: Impediments and possible solutions	64
Roles for advisory science in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)	63
Towards non-entangling and biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices – Baselines and transition in the world’s largest tuna purse seine fishery	59
Marine reserves and resilience in the era of COVID-19	59
Japan’s law enforcement issues to combat illegal fisheries	59
Encouraging proactive governance of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)	58
Management of spatial data integrity including stakeholder feedback in Maritime Spatial Planning	56
Conflicting governance realities: Aligning historical and cultural practices with formal marine protected area co-management in Senegal	56
Pescatourism’s contribution to the management effectiveness of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) of “Taza” (Algeria, Southwestern Mediterranean)	55
Beyond bluewashing: A critical examination of labeling blue bonds	55
Financing decarbonization through wind-powered vessels	54
Be careful what you wish (fish) for: Actioning distributive equity principles when determining catch limits in transboundary fisheries	53
Equitable pathways for sustainable tuna fisheries management in the Indian Ocean	52
Operational oceanography as a distinct activity from marine scientific research under UNCLOS? – An analysis of WMO Resolution 45 (Cg-18)	52
Harvest strategies and allocation – A chicken and egg scenario?	52
Faroe Islands Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic: Brexit, Russia, and economic incoherence	51

Human rights at sea: The limits of inter-state cooperation in addressing forced labour on fishing vessels	49
An Analysis of Policy Options Available to the International Maritime Organization to Protect the Costa Rica Thermal Dome: Building the Case for a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area	49
Mapping the nautical carrying capacity of anchoring areas of the Balearic Islands’ coast	49
Legal assessment of BIMCO’s infectious or contagious diseases (IOCD) clauses for voyage and time charter parties	49
UNCLOS and its contributions to the development of international law: An editorial note	48
Quota and catch concentration in fisheries under the ITQ system: Insights from bluefin tuna in the Strait of Gibraltar	47
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives	47
Uneven paths in co-management: A comparative analysis of a shrimp and a lobster fishery based on Ostrom's design principles	47
Marine recreational fisheries in Uruguay: Current status, challenges and opportunities for research and management	47
Scalar politics in transboundary fisheries management: The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission as an eco-scalar fix for South Pacific albacore tuna management	46
A new cold war at sea: Fishing rights vs. the proliferation of military activities in the EEZ	46
Illegal fishing threatens the sustainability of future tuna commodities in Indonesia	45
Understanding the link between climate change adaptation and household food security among shrimp farmers in Indonesia	44
Mapping fisheries value chains to facilitate their sustainability assessment: Case studies in The Gambia and Mali	44
The necessity of justice for a fair, legitimate, and effective treaty on plastic pollution	43
On the provisions of the BBNJ Agreement addressing the impacts of climate change	42
International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects	42